Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts

Sister Jane has started her shift and has just walked onto the floor to find that every single area of the department is full, with 90 patients in need of help from the casualty team.

It's Bank Holiday weekend, but for the team at Barnsley Casualty it's business as usual. They're bracing themselves for a chaotic day and in charge of the shift is Sister Jane alongside Consultant James Griffiths. To make matters worse Barnsley are playing a key football match and once it's over they expect the patient numbers to suddenly rise.

On the hottest day of the year so far, paramedics blue-light in a man who is vomiting blood, and an infant is rushed in after coffee accidentally scalded his head.

Russell, 83, is suffering from agonising abdominal pain. Over in Paediatrics, paramedics rush in four-year-old George who - distressingly - is struggling to breathe.

There's been an influx of patients overnight, creating a huge backlog in the department and there's another emergency on its way. A lorry has tipped over on its side in a country lane and the driver, Karl, is rushed in. An 82-year-old is rushed in after they were found collapsed at home and 28-year-old Kial and his partner Becky wait to be seen after he sliced his fingertips preparing lunch.

On 'Manic Monday' in Barnsley Casualty, a 66-year-old patient has a dangerously high heartrate, while another has the opposite - but equally dangerous - condition.

Cases include a patient with cellulitis and a toddler with a head wound.

Sister Jane faces staffing shortages as emergencies arrive, including Harry with sepsis, Ian with an eye injury, Isaac with a stone in his ear, and Eric with breathing issues.

It's the night shift at Barnsley Casualty. Lucy, 12, has had a surprising attack - by her auntie's pet snake! And 87-year-old Colin keeps falling over at home, and has badly infected wounds on his feet.

New to the department, Doctor Martha Ellis-Parkinson is thrown in at the deep end, as paramedics bring in a 78-year-old former miner who is suffering with chest pain.