

Emergency: First Time Medics
2023– · U&W · 60 min · 1 season
S01E10 · Episode 10
Wed, 29 Mar, 10:00 pm
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.
About
Based at The Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, Emergency: First Time Medics will focus on newly qualified doctors, known as Senior House Officers (SHOs), as they are thrown into the deep end at the start of their year-long placement on the NHS frontline.
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Thu, 26 Jan· 60 minDay 1 in the Emergency Department for the junior doctors. Hira loses a patient, Claire looks after a seriously ill man with a broken hip, and Zak treats a woman who's fallen off her horse.
- E02
Episode 2
Thu, 2 Feb· 60 minJunior 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.
- E03
Episode 3
Thu, 9 Feb· 60 minThe 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.
- E04
Episode 4
Thu, 16 Feb· 60 minClaire confronts her fears with her first child patient. Tejas steps up to his first trauma case - a man badly injured in an assault. And Adrian takes the plunge with his first chest drain.
- E05
Episode 5
Thu, 23 Feb· 60 minIt'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 has to solve the mystery of a patient's unexplained collapse.
- E06
Episode 6
Thu, 2 Mar· 60 minIt's Reading Festival weekend! Tej treats a 17 year old crushed in a mosh pit, Adrian deals with an 18 year old who's struggling to breathe and Tristan witnesses his first ever seizure.
- E07
Episode 7
Thu, 9 Mar· 60 minChristine 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.
- E08
Episode 8
Thu, 16 Mar· 60 minClaire 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.
- E09
Episode 9
Thu, 23 Mar· 60 minIt'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.
- E10
Episode 10
Wed, 29 Mar· 60 minZak 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.
Cast

Niamh Webb
Narrator