24 Hours in A&E

Pick Me Up (5x2)

Uitzenddatum: Jan 15, 2014

This episode meets patients at King's facing up to some difficult home truths. Consultant Des is running Resus. One of his patients is 50-year-old mechanical engineer Graham, who's rushed to King's by ambulance. He's had a suspected heart attack after complaining of chest pains. Graham is accompanied by his brother and business partner Tony, who talks about their carefree days in the 80s, their funny haircuts and the bars in Bermondsey where they used to hang out. As Des treats Graham it becomes clear that stress and lifestyle could have been contributing to his health problems over time. It's a moment of reckoning for Graham and his wife Gina, who arrives to be at his side. Tests confirm that Graham has suffered a heart attack and he is transferred to the specialist heart attack centre at King's, where cardiologist Phil carries out a procedure to reopen a blocked artery. Pat, who's 71, is taken to King's by paramedics after her husband Bill found her unconscious at home. Bill and the doctors are concerned because she has a history of brain haemorrhages. As Pat's symptoms worsen doctors take her for a CT scan to determine whether she's suffered a brain injury. Bill talks about their long life together and how she loves Elvis Presley and dancing, although he has two left feet. Meanwhile, 65-year-old Mick is brought to King's after a neighbour found him lying in the street with blood coming out of his ear. Doctors are concerned that his confusion might partly be a result of a brain haemorrhage and he has to be sedated to allow doctors to do a scan of his neck and brain to discover if he's had an internal bleed to his brain.