Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts

The staff and patients of Barnsley's A&E department are put under the microscope. John checks over a man who fell six feet on to concrete and may have complex fractures.

Doctors treat a two-year-old girl with dangerously low blood sugar levels, and 88-year-old former merchant navy man Bill is rushed in with heart and breathing problems. Elsewhere, Junior doctor Jake Mullen assesses 44-year-old Kay, who arrives at the hospital with flu-like symptoms and runs the risk of contracting a highly contagious strain of flu while treating her.

Advanced Nurse Practitioner Cheryl Barnes has a serious trauma case to look after when 59-year-old Derek arrives with possible serious internal injuries after the car he was working on collapsed onto his chest. Elsewhere, a 47-year-old man is rushed in resus struggling to breathe with a collapsed lung, and a keen gardener arrives with an agonising back injury.

The casualty department treats a broken leg from a forklift, a debilitating neurological disease, a possible spinal infection, and an injury from a fall.

It's a busy night at Barnsley's Hospital's casualty department, so when Sister Benita Wainwright arrives to head the shift, the corridors are already packed full of patients.

Barnsley Hospital faces one of its toughest shifts to date, and with no children's beds available across the whole of Yorkshire, the hospital is under immense pressure. The paediatric team treat a range of patients, from three-year old Ivy, who is having a prolonged epileptic fit, to 15-year-old Ben, who has got a broken toe.

Registrar doctor Chris Carson takes an emergency call when paramedics bring in 85-year-old woman who has been found choking and is struggling to breathe. Another patient is rushed in by ambulance, and registrar doctor Gemma Hartshorne prepares to treat a man who has suddenly lost all feeling in his foot.

A woman has a life-threatening allergic reaction to nuts. A man has an arm injury.