Emergency: First Time Medics(2023)

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1 Seasons

Documentary

Overview

Based at The Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, Emergency: First Time Medics will focus on newly qualified doctors, known as Senior House Officers (SHOs), as they are thrown into the deep end at the start of their year-long placement on the NHS frontline.

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Ep 1

Episode 1

Day 1 in the Emergency Department for the junior doctors. Hira loses a patient, Claire looks after a seriously ill man with a broken hip, and Zak treats a woman who's fallen off her horse.

25/01/202343 min

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Ep 2

Episode 2

Junior Doctor Alex handles a paracetamol overdose, and a high-risk heart patient. Adnan braves his first shift in Resus, and Claire deals with a woman in agonising stomach pain.

01/02/202344 min

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Ep 3

Episode 3

Week 2 in the ED for the junior doctors. Adrian does a tricky blood test on a critically-ill patient, and Tej spots something worrying some test results, meaning his patient needs life-saving surgery.

08/02/202344 min

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Ep 4

Episode 4

Claire confronts her fears with her first child patient. Tejas steps up to his first trauma case - a man badly injured in an assault. And Adrian takes the plunge with his first chest drain.

15/02/202344 min

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Ep 5

Episode 5

It's the night shift for the junior doctors. Adrian's ego takes a hit as he bites off more than he can chew, and Ese has to solve the mystery of a patient's unexplained collapse.

22/02/202343 min

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Ep 6

Episode 6

It's Reading Festival weekend! Tej treats a 17 year old crushed in a mosh pit, Adrian deals with an 18 year old who's struggling to breathe and Tristan witnesses his first ever seizure.

01/03/202344 min

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Ep 7

Episode 7

The junior doctors are nearing the end of their first month in the busy Emergency Department, and are being given increasingly complex cases. Christine (pictured) handles a mysterious fall case, and Adrian learns how to set a broken ankle. Alex helps a child who's been hit by a car, and Claire deals with a woman with agonising chest pain.

08/03/202344 min

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Ep 8

Episode 8

With a month under their belts, the junior doctors are growing in confidence. Just as well, as they face up to some of their most challenging cases.

15/03/202344 min

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Ep 9

Episode 9

When the hospital’s computer system goes down, it causes mayhem for the interns. Tej attends to two critically ill patients in resuscitation while Zak helps a man who may have suffered a mini-stroke.

22/03/202343 min

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Ep 10

Episode 10

Zak treats a 90-year-old woman after paramedics gave her CPR, Tristan gets a diagnosis spot-on, and Christine has a patient with an alarming combination of symptoms.

29/03/202344 min