S01E04 | 24 Hours in A&E

Duration: 46'48''

Synopsis

This episode focuses on the consequences of alcohol on A&E departments. It includes a 39-year-old who has fallen and broken his neck after a few drinks, 56-year-old David, a long-term alcoholic who collapsed in the street and hit his head and a 26-year-old who has been arrested after a day of heavy drinking, sent to King's as he cut his hand putting it through a window.

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