Emergency - Episode Guide

The work of the London Major Trauma System, an interconnected network of hospitals, air ambulances and paramedics that was set up following the 7/7 bombings in 2005. Filmed during the busiest month of summer 2021, the series follows the minute-by-minute decisions made by some of the country's leading medics, as they treat the most critically injured patients. In the first episode, London's Air Ambulance is dispatched to 58-year-old Peter, who has been crushed under a 400kg crate at work.

Twenty-eight-year-old Danilo has had surgery to repair his ruptured aorta following a motorbike crash. Now surgeons must fix his shattered pelvis. Twelve-year-old Lily is rushed into St George's, having been hit by a car. She was treated at the scene by emergency doctors who placed her in an induced coma; now she has a CT scan to reveal the full extent of her injuries. Meanwhile, ex-Royal Marine Wesley undergoes a complex operation using plates, screws and rods to connect his skull to his neck.

A seven-year-old arrives at William Harvey Hospital in Kent after falling 20 feet down a cliff, and as consultant Jonathan takes MRI scans to assess the damage, the seriousness is all too apparent. London's Air Ambulance are dispatched to 51-year-old Philip after his car collided with a bus, and a toddler is sent for brain scans after a TV fell on their head.

Eighteen-year-old Leyton faces multiple operations to rebuild his leg after crashing his moped, facing a recuperation of anything from six to 12 months. After a fall off a cliff, Frazer is at King's College Hospital undergoing surgery to support his unstable spine. His parents face an agonising wait for the outcome of the operation. Fifty-one-year-old Philip is suffering paralysis from the waist down after being involved in a road traffic accident. At the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, Philip begins the long road towards rehabilitation.

An air ambulance, paramedics and fire crews are dispatched to 49-year-old Paiwand, a pedestrian trapped underneath a lorry in south London, and race against time to treat his crush injuries. Thirteen-year-old Alicia has a large gaping wound on the back of her leg after crashing an electric scooter into a lamp post. Ralph, an 84-year-old with a broken femur, faces complex surgery with a 50-50 chance of survival.

Eighty-four-year-old Ralph heads in to a surgery with a 50-50 chance of survival. After being crushed against metal railings then thrown into the basement of a Mayfair property, 33-year-old Zoltan had his leg amputated and now needs an operation on his pelvis to give him any chance of walking on a prosthetic leg. Kent Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance bring 42-year-old Karl into King's Major Trauma Centre after a collision on the M25. Thirteen-year-old Alicia is about to have surgery after her accident with a lamp post and an E-scooter.

At King's College Hospital, specialist surgeons need to work quickly to save the foot of 87-year-old June who suffered a severe open ankle fracture when she lost her balance stepping into a taxi. After being involved in a high-speed crash on the M25, Karl is in intensive care being kept alive by a ventilator. At St Mary's, Zoltan prepares to see his children for the first time after his partial leg amputation and 20-year-old motorcyclist Daniil arrives at St George's by air ambulance after a collision with an HGV.

Ex-soldier Joe visits St Mary's Major Trauma Centre after getting drunk at an army reunion and falling down an escalator, leaving him with a fractured skull and a bleed in his brain. A 25-year-old is treated for a severe femur injury after being tackled and 46-year-old Jorge is brought in to North Middlesex University Hospital after being found unconscious with a lot of bleeding.

A 38-year-old paratrooper arrives at the Royal London after a paragliding accident. He has lost sensation in his legs and needs specialist high-risk surgery to fix his compacted spine and pelvis if he's to have a chance of walking again. Other patients include a pedestrian whose leg has been crushed by a bus in south London and a teenager who put his leg through a glass security door.

A mum of three is rushed to St Mary's with a femur fracture and broken knee after a car crash and 15 year-old Louie recovers from surgery to repair an artery in his leg after he kicked a glass door at school. London's Air Ambulance team arrive on scene after 20 year-old motorcyclist Tyler collides with a car, they find serious injuries to his right leg, jaw and arm and blood coming out of his ear. Lance Corporal Lee has surgery to bring his spine and pelvis back into the right position after a paragliding accident.

Surgeons Brett and Pete use bone hooks and levers to try pull paratrooper Lee's pelvis out of his spinal canal after a high-speed paragliding accident in France. In south-west London, 86 year-old Veronica comes into St George's Hospital with an open ankle fracture after a car accident but doctors worry there's a vascular injury and she could lose her foot. At St Mary's, Heidi has surgery after a vicious dog attack and 56 year-old plasterer Lee is brought in by air ambulance after a car crash where emergency doctors took over an hour to extract him from the vehicle.

At the Royal London Hospital, 56-year-old plasterer Lee is coming out of a medically-induced coma, following a major car accident five days ago and several complex surgeries. Maurilio, a 43-year-old moped delivery driver, has collided with a car, he's rushed to St Mary's Major Trauma Centre as his son Kauan comes to terms with what's happened.