Trauma: Seconds to Live

Network:Discovery Life

Drama Medical

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S02E04 - "Collapsed at Work"

Aired on Jul 15, 2017, 2:00 AM

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Trauma: Seconds to Live explores the life-and-death decisions facing doctors in the first critical hour of emergency care. Each one-hour episode features at least three cases, including: a doctor who performs open-heart surgery in the street on a woman in cardiac arrest; an 11-year-old who goes mysteriously blind after being hit by a car; a tree-trimmer who falls 20 feet onto concrete; a motorcyclist who is bleeding to death after a crash; a 77-year-old woman who presents at the hospital with a suspected stroke; and many more critical medical emergencies.

Details

Status: Ended
Language: English
Runtime: 60 min
Premiered: September 2, 2015
Ended: July 14, 2017
Schedule: Friday at 10:00 PM

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Episodes (2 Seasons · 10 Episodes)

Critical Crash

A garbage truck hits a man and medics must perform a risky procedure to keep him alive; ER doctors must determine why a cyclist's condition rapidly deteriorates; a police officer suffers a heart attack at the gym.

Jun 23, 2017

60 min

Hit by a Bus

Emergency medics respond to a man hit by a bus with multiple life-threatening injuries; a tree trimmer falls 30 feet off a ladder and could have significant internal injuries; a rider gets thrown from his horse and becomes unable to move.

Jun 30, 2017

60 min

Crushed by a Forklift

A woman needs urgent brain surgery after being hit by a car; a man is crushed by a forklift and could have significant internal injuries; surgeons operate on a patient with multiple face and skull fractures after a car crash.

Jul 7, 2017

60 min

Collapsed at Work

A mother of three fights for her life after being stabbed; a bicyclist suffers horrific injuries after being run over by a bus; a man collapses at work with a suspected cardiac arrest.

Jul 14, 2017

60 min