24 Hours in A&E
TV Show • 2011 • Documentary
ReportA British medical documentary set in King's College Hospital. 91 cameras filmed round the clock for 28 days, 24 hours a day in A&E it offers unprecedented access to one of Britain's busiest A&E departments.
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No, but a haemophilic patient makes a joking comment about how constantly having bruises as a child made others speculate that his mum was abusing him.
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Does someone vomit?
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Vomit is not shown, but patients arrive at the hospital due to vomiting and it is talked about at length.
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Is someone tortured?
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No torture. However, as caring and efficient as the hospital staff are in looking after their patients, some are still shown in significant physical or psychological pain as a result of their illnesses.
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No, but contemplation of suicide is discussed.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Self-harm is not shown onscreen, but some patients discuss their histories of self-harming. Brief shots of gory injuries on arms and hands could be triggering for those sensitive to self-harm.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Although the series maintains an uplifting tone, there are several tragedies shown as not every patient can be saved. The families of the patients are honest about how their passing affected their lives, and sometimes break down in tears during recording. It’s handled tastefully but is very emotional.
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Is there sexual content?
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Discussion of sex, often lighthearted.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Gore is shown in a medical context, though it is mostly mild to moderate. Some scenes are quite bloody - blood is shown on a pillow as a result of a head injury; a patient arrives with a bloody face and hands; blood drawn and shown in a vial for a blood test. Worst moment (that I’ve seen) is in S22E3, where a patient has been injured with a saw and the injury is shown very graphically.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Segments of the show taking place in the ED Injuries part of the hospital often involve gory finger injuries. The patients and doctors discuss how these injuries took place in detail before they are treated.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Some head damage shown and discussed (gashes, grazes, skull fractures) as a result of injury.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Non-fatal burn injuries.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Patients come to A&E with accidental cuts. Although the cutting itself isn’t shown, the aftermath is, and some injuries are quite gory. Brief shots of surgery. Nurses shave patients’ hair in order to stitch head wounds.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Patients are injected with medicine through syringes. Brief closeup shots of injuries being stitched. Blood tests shown where patients are scratched with clean needles.
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Is there amputation?
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Not explicitly shown, but discussion of losing limbs as a result of illness.
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Is there hate speech?
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No explicit hate speech, but some patients discuss how they have been discriminated against for skin colour or sexual orientation. Often, they talk about how coming out as gay derailed their relationships with their parents, and the homophobia described can be upsetting though the ending of the story is usually uplifting. The series has an overarching message of embracing ordinary people’s differences and helping each other.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there childbirth?
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Not shown onscreen, but talked about (in one episode, a teen mum explains how she didn’t know she was pregnant until she gave birth.) Newborn babies shown with umbilical cords still attached.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Some patients arrive at the hospital with breathing difficulties, which are discussed in detail.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does a parent die?
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While talking about their life stories, patients often discuss the tragic deaths of parents. Sometimes a patient’s death is covered on the show, including the aftermath with grieving family members (probably the most difficult to watch segments of the show.)
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Does someone break a bone?
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Patients arrive at the hospital with broken bones, to varying degrees of seriousness (all the way from a fractured ankle to a broken spine.) They discuss the injuries at length. There are some shots of limbs positioned at odd angles where it is clear that they are broken.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Does a car crash?
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Many patients find themselves in the trauma unit after car crashes. Often they are severely injured.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Patients arrive at the hospital after being hit by cars, usually while riding a motorbike.
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Is there addiction?
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Patients talk openly about their histories of addiction, both to doctors and to the camera.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Some patients appear extremely anxious in the hospital.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Some patients have cancer, while others talk about how their relatives passed from it. Segments of the show involve analysing scans of a patient’s organs to rule out the possibility of cancer; these scenes are very tense while the patient and relatives wait for the results.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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While there is no specific claustrophobia, patients are regularly shown having CT scans, which confines them to the small space inside the machine.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Patients talk about their histories of alcohol abuse. It’s always shown in a negative way, both in terms of effects on health and effects on personal life.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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No, but patients are severely (albeit non-fatally) injured after falling from a height.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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This is a reality show filmed from inside hospitals in the UK. It deals with the busiest and most dramatic parts of the hospital.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Patients are treated for seizures, which are often either the cause of another problem (a sudden blackout causing an accident) or a result of something more serious (an undiagnosed tumour.)
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Is there a shower scene?
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Some discussion of accidents taking place in the shower, such as an elderly patient’s son talking about how he found her unconscious in the shower.
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Patients talk about drug use and its negative effects on their personal lives. Their stories often portray drug abuse as a result of depression. Drugs administered to patients in a medical context, and some appear to ‘get high’ (such as a teenager shown under the influence of laughing gas, talking about how fun it is.)
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Does someone spit?
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Some spit shown.
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Is there gun violence?
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Mention of a patient having been shot.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does someone cheat?
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there are conversations of past relationships ending from cheating but not on screen.
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