24 Hours in A&E

Next of Kin (4x6)

Data de estreia: Dez 18, 2013

This episode explores how friends and relatives can help in the healing process. Stacie, who's 38, is transferred to King's early in the morning after falling out of a tree onto her head at a friend's all-night divorce party. She's accompanied by her ex-boyfriend John and old friend Laura, who've come to be by her side and act as next of kin. It's evident that Stacie has been badly hurt, but doctors have to work out the severity of the injuries to her spine and neck. When it becomes clear that her spine is broken in two places and that Stacie has no feeling below her hips the medical team worry that she may be paralysed. Nineteen-year-old veterinary student Ashleigh is rushed to A&E by helicopter after being involved in a high-speed head-on car crash. She was driving home for Sunday lunch at the time and was left trapped in her car after the collision. Ashleigh is agitated and doctors have to sedate her so she doesn't further injure herself and so that she can be stabilised for scanning. The medical team are concerned that Ashleigh may have a brain injury. Her mother Angela and stepfather Paul arrive, as does her dad Pete. As Ashleigh receives treatment, they reflect on their lives with her. Meanwhile, 78-year-old Peter arrives at King's on his own with abdominal pains. As he's treated, Peter paints a picture of his life: being rescued as a young child from a concentration camp by Russian soldiers and going around the world four times: twice on a motorbike. But he's not met the right woman to settle down with yet.