24 Hours in A&E

Daily life at Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, one of the busiest A&E departments in Europe. Professional superbike rider Max is rushed in after sustaining a head injury in a high-speed motorcycle crash at a racetrack. Seventy-five-year-old Stephanie has fallen down a full flight of stairs at home, and 62-year-old Garry has come to A&E after slicing off two fingers chopping up firewood.

Staff in Major Trauma at Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham are overstretched and pushed to the limit as they face ever-increasing patient numbers. Jeremy and Patricia are admitted with multiple injuries following a high-speed car crash. Doctors are concerned that Jeremy's history of cancer could affect his recovery, while the emergency team tries to determine the full extent of Patricia's spinal injury. Andrew, 45, is in resus after falling three metres from a ladder at work and seriously fracturing his ankle. Medics need to re-align his bones before emergency surgery.