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Stripped over four nights, this ground-breaking series tells the story of the London Major Trauma System. Set up in the wake of the London bombings of 2005, it's a unique interconnected network of hospitals, air ambulances and paramedics that provide a lifeline for 10 million people in London and the South-East. A system that has improved the chances of survival for major trauma patients by 50%. Filmed during the busiest month of last summer, the series follows the minute-by-minute decisions made by some of the country's top medics, as they treat the most critically injured patients.
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.
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