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The Catchment Area: The long serving Director of St. Vincent’s Emergency Department, Professor Gordian Fulde takes us through the diverse catchment area that the hospital serves. He discusses the unique mix of cases that come through the doors, courtesy of that infamous "naughty patch" of the city known as The Cross.
Heart Stabbing: Emergency staff prepare for a once-in-a-career resuscitation case as Hip Hop singer and X-factor contestant, Jelal Edmonds is rushed in by paramedics after being stabbed in the heart during a fight outside a nightclub. In the ultimate, against-the-odds struggle to bring a young man back from the brink, St. Vincent’s doctors, nurses and specialists pull together to perform history-making open heart surgery in the resus bay.
The trauma team save a man who has had acid thrown over his neck and face during a brutal assault. Meanwhile, doctors treat a patient suffering from violent seizures which may have resulted in brain damage.
Police deliver a woman behaving bizarrely who has overdosed on drugs. Paramedics bring in a man suffering from chest pains and the Emergency Team save a patient suffering lacerations to his body.
Two homeless brothers are brought in after falling victim to a vicious attack. Then, a motorcyclist lands himself in the trauma bay after being T-boned by a taxi, and catapulted ten metres from his bike.
Kings Cross King Hit
Its midnight on Saturday and the Kings Cross clubs are going full throttle. At St. Vincent’s, the trauma team prepare to treat a 35 year old man who is being brought in by paramedics after being king hit from behind during a marathon drinking session. Disorientated after losing consciousness for 2 minutes, emergency staff are concerned that he may have a bleed in the brain.
The Human Caterpillar
Over in triage, Registered Nurse Carolyn Milton has her hands full dealing with one young man who has overdosed on some kind of recreational drug. Seemingly unable to sit still, she’s worried he’ll cause even more damage to himself or others - and has to resort to a rather unusual measure to keep him out of harm’s way.
Road Trauma
Dr Irome Samarasinghe assembles a trauma team as ambulance officers bring in a 90 year old woman who has been in a serious car crash. After being pinned in her vehicle for 20 minutes, the woman has serious injuries to her lower body but is strangely feeling no pain. Registrar Dr Robbie McMahon leads emergency staff in solving this mystery...and the results are heartbreaking.
The doctors face a night of particularly unusual casualties, including the chef who sliced her own ankle, the bouncer who embedded a wine glass in his foot and the partygoer who claims he "fell off his dingo".
Doctors treat a construction worker who has a nail embedded directly into his skull. Later, a man rescued from a fire is suspected of also suffering from a drug overdose.
A car accident leaves a driver with chest injury and a spectacular laceration to his forehead and a troublesome dog lands a mother in the emergency room.
Paramedics bring in a man with stab wounds after being viciously attacked. Later, emergency staff treat a patient who has gone over the handle bar of his push bike and impaled his stomach on the brake.
Shopping Mall Overdose
New face in Emergency, Dr Jessica Green treats a young man who was found behaving aggressively in a shopping mall. She suspects he may have overdosed on a number of drugs. But when a disturbing item is found in the man’s clothing, keeping both the patient and her staff safe, becomes a priority,
Two Bucks and a Tenor
Hot summer nights in the city draw party people to the entertainment precinct. This brings some weird and wonderful cases into St Vincents Emergency. Two young men have managed to make their bucks night unforgettable by injuring themselves in most unusual ways. Meanwhile, a professional singer discovers that the best pain relief can sometimes be an Italian love song.
Action Jackson
Head of St Vincents Emergency Professor Gordian Fulde treats 50 year-old car enthusiast and action man Graham Jackson who was trapped in his car after being cleaned up by a garbage truck. In this final episode of the series, Gordian has the last word on life in the busiest Emergency Department in the country.
