Medical Emergency (2005)
Medical Emergency is an Australian reality television series screened on the Seven Network. Medical Emergency is narrated by actor Chris Gabardi who also appeared in drama series All Saints. It was previously hosted and narrated by actress Georgie Parker, who also appeared in All Saints. Medical Emergency is filmed under strict protocol at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital's trauma unit. Medical Emergency is a ratings hit in Australia and has screened alongside other popular reality series such as Border Security, Police Files: Unlocked and The Real Seachange. A second series started airing Tuesday nights at 8:00pm from 17 July 2007. A third series started airing Tuesday nights at 9:30pm from 8 April 2008. Then three weeks later it was moved to Wednesdays at 8:00pm. It will return in 2010 with a lot of episodes that have not aired since early as 2008; as it aired only 3 episodes in 2009 after on hiatus for most of the year. It will return in late 2010.
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Episode 1 - Season 2 Episode 1
Release Date: 2006-07-11Paramedics rush a man to the ER after a petrol drum explodes in his face. Meanwhile, a stubborn young patient refuses to take her medication.
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Episode 2 - Season 2 Episode 2
Release Date: 2006-07-18A self-confessed 'needle phobic' is treated for tetanus; a personal trainer arrives with suspected appendicitis.
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Episode 3 - Season 2 Episode 3
Release Date: 2006-07-25Surgeons discover something unexpected when they investigate a personal trainer's suspected appendicitis. Then, an independent 94-year-old arrives with a serious injury to his knee which could result in the loss of his mobility.
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Episode 4 - Season 2 Episode 4
Release Date: 2006-08-01An accident on the snow fields could be very serious for a twenty-year-old woman. Then, paramedics attend to a woman who fainted on a train and is showing signs of diabetic ketoacidosis - a potentially fatal complication.
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Episode 5 - Season 2 Episode 5
Release Date: 2006-08-08A young man battles with life threatening injuries after a high speed, head-on collision. Then, a welder's elbow requires a full reconstruction after a devastating industrial accident.
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Episode 6 - Season 2 Episode 6
Release Date: 2006-08-15Doctors complete the final and most crucial stage of Darren's elbow reconstruction. Then, a cruise ship makes an unexpected stop in Melbourne with eight passengers in need of hospital treatment.
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Episode 7 - Season 2 Episode 7
Release Date: 2006-09-12A truck driver is flown to The Alfred after a horrific car accident. Then, a step-father prepares to donate a kidney to his seventeen-year-old step-daughter.
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Episode 8 - Season 2 Episode 8
Release Date: 2006-09-19Doctors perform a live kidney transplant, while Kevin's extraordinary act of generosity changes the life of his seventeen-year-old step-daughter.
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Episode 9 - Season 2 Episode 9
Release Date: 2006-09-26Doctors complete the final stages of Kylie's live kidney transplant. Then, a plasterer is admitted with a shattered ankle after a horrific workplace accident.
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Episode 10 - Season 2 Episode 10
Release Date: 2006-10-03Doctors reconstruct Chris's ankle in emergency surgery. Meanwhile, a young boy is treated for burns when cap gun ammunition explodes in his pocket. Then, paramedics treat a stabbed victim at the scene of a violent robbery.
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Episode 11 - Season 2 Episode 11
Release Date: 2006-10-10A young man is rushed to The Alfred after suffering a brain haemorrhage. Then, a 67-year-old woman is brought in after a near fatal car accident, which leads doctors to the discovery of a deadly tumour.
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Episode 12 - Season 2 Episode 12
Release Date: 2006-10-17Doctors determine whether Fay has cancer. Then, a CT scan shows that Charlie, a 46-year-old logger has broken his back after a tree branch fell onto him.