Dangerous Pursuits

The new run of the RTS award-winning documentary series continues, following patients treated in the same 24-hour period at St George's Hospital in south-west London, which has one of the most advanced and busiest A&E departments in the world; it's a place where stories of life, love and loss unfold every day. Fifty-year-old motorcyclist Michelle is rushed to A&E after crashing head first into a lamp post. Michelle was riding back from a rally on the Isle of Man with her husband Rik when the crash happened. She was taken to a local hospital, but her injuries were so severe that she's had to be transferred to St George's. Scans reveal that Michelle has broken bones in her neck, arm, ribs and shoulder. She'll need emergency surgery to fix her shoulder and the medical team won't know until afterwards if she will regain full use of her arm and hand.