24 Hours in A&E

81-year-old cyclist Bill is brought to St George’s from Surrey after being hit by a car while crossing the road. Bill wasn’t wearing a helmet and ‘bullseyed’ the car’s windscreen. He has multiple injuries, but doctors are most worried that he may have sustained a serious head injury. Betty, Bill’s wife of fifty years, is recovering from a stroke and worries about him cycling. Bill and Betty’s eldest son Billy was knocked over and killed by a car, on the very same road Bill was hit. Meanwhile 93-year-old Amy has come into A&E after a clothes airer fell on top of her while she was hanging out the washing. She’s with her 85-year-old friend Bernie. Amy talks about her two unhappy marriages and meeting Bernie when she was seventy-five. And she recalls how her father refused to let her sign up to serve in the WRAF during the war. Instead she volunteered for ambulance service and worked through the Blitz, bringing patients to St George’s. And 78-year-old Samuel has come to St George’s after falling over some boxes and landing on his face. He is looked after by emergency nurse practitioner Craig.