Emergency: First Time Medics

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`Emergency: First Time Medics' takes an honest look at the drama of A&E from junior doctors' perspectives. It follows the real-time shifts of newly-qualified doctors at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, offering insight into how it feels to be at the sharp end of a demanding medical role. Cameras capture junior doctors, known as Senior House Officers (SHOs), as they are thrown into the deep end during their year-long placement on the challenging NHS frontline.

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Episode 1Emergency: First Time Medics

It's induction day for 26 junior doctors as they pick up their passes and scrubs for the Emergency Department and try to get their bearings around the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

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Episode 2Emergency: First Time Medics

Junior doctor Alex handles a paracetamol overdose and a high-risk heart patient, Adnan braves his first shift in Resus, and Claire deals with a woman in agonising stomach pain.

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Episode 3Emergency: First Time Medics

The junior doctors are now in their second week at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. Adrian does a tricky blood test on a critically-ill patient, and Tej spots some worrying test results.

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Episode 4Emergency: First Time Medics

It's the night shift for the junior doctors. Adrian's ego takes a hit as he bites off more than he can chew, and Ese must solve the mystery of a patient's unexplained collapse.

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Episode 5Emergency: First Time Medics

It's a day of firsts for the junior doctors. Claire confronts her fears with her first child patient, Tejas steps up to his first trauma case, and Adrian faces his first chest drain.

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Episode 6Emergency: First Time Medics

It's the Reading Festival, and the junior doctors have no idea what's in store for them - everything from a possible drug overdose to a mosh pit injury is possible.

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Episode 7Emergency: First Time Medics

Christine handles a mysterious fall case, Adrian learns how to set a broken ankle, Alex helps a child who's been hit by a car, and Claire deals with a woman with agonising chest pain.

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Episode 8Emergency: First Time Medics

Claire comes face-to-face with stretched NHS resources when she tries to help a cancer patient who's bleeding heavily, and Ese grapples with a rare and challenging case of possible poisoning.

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Episode 9Emergency: First Time Medics

It's chaos for the junior doctors when the hospital computer system crashes. Zak treats a man who may have had a mini stroke, and Tej deals with two critically ill patients in resus.

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Episode 10Emergency: First Time Medics

Zak treats a 90-year-old woman after paramedics gave her CPR, Tristan gets a diagnosis spot-on, and Christine has a patient with an alarming combination of symptoms.

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