About this season
Medical science series exploring the life or death decisions facing doctors in the first critical hour of emergency care, including 360 degree access to specialists at the scene and in hospitals.
Episodes (3)
1. Between Life And Death
Aired 2 June 2015 • 60 min
Young cyclist Janina is in cardiac arrest after an accident, doctors fight to stop Tony from bleeding to death and 11-year-old Blake is left with a serious head injury after being hit by a car.
2. Surviving Birth
Aired 9 June 2015 • 60 min
This episode explores the life-or-death decisions facing doctors and midwives as they battle with neonatal emergencies. Based in a specialist maternity unit, it follows three babies, minute by minute, second by second, as frontline midwives and neonatologists fight to keep them alive through the critical first hour after birth.
3. Minutes From Death
Aired 16 June 2015 • 60 min
The cameras follow medics as they battle to save a young man who's been injured in a car crash.