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WOMAN: Ambulance -
what's the emergency?
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WOMAN 2: Quickly!
We're at Southport!
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Calm down now...
(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
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The Gold Coast, where the lights burn
bright and the Sunshine never ends.
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While many Aussies call it home...
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..every year, 12 million tourists
come to play
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on this stretch of golden coastline.
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He was surfing, when he got
bitten on both legs by a shark.
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I don't think I'm going
in the sea again.
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But the good times...
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We need some medical staff!
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..can often turn ugly.
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MAN: Pelvic binder on him, OK?
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And when they do...
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It may be that
you've had a heart attack...
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..these are the people
you want on your side.
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WOMAN: this is Princess Charlotte.
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So we've got her
a room with a view.
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Good.
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If this guy doesn't die,
there's a good chance
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he's going to end up
with a horrible brain injury.
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Whether you're just visiting...
Love you.
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..or you live here...
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This dude seriously
got attacked by a buffalo.
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Oh, my god she's biting me.
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Are we getting any sort
of a blood pressure out of this?
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He could still lose this leg.
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These are the real stories...
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MAN: You OK?
Yeah.
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..of the cutting-edge
medical teams...
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Do not move your head.
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We need to go in and get
that clot out straight away.
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Good work, guys!
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..who pick you up...
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OK, let's get moving.
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You may get some chest pain,
we're inflating the balloon now.
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..patch you up...
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Super power!
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The fairy dust, it's very magical,
and it fixes all sorts of things.
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..and put you back in paradise.
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Where else would you rather be?
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Tonight on Gold Coast Medical...
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No-one has seen me without my
prosthetic bra. Not even my husband.
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Now she bares all...
You ready for this?
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..for Dr Raja to work his magic.
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Sorry. You OK?
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Yep. Yep.
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Oh, my god, I hope he
hasn't fallen down that gap.
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Paramedics go off the road
to control a confused man.
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What's wrong, mate?
Hang on. Just relax.
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Miracle surgery
saves their smallest patient.
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There's nothing more awesome
than saving children's lives.
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I'm feeling happy.
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Hey, Johnny.
Hey, Terry.
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And the crazy plastering team
are in for a tricky pull.
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Oh, my god.
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If you think the Gold Coast is a
great place to be a plastic surgeon,
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you're right.
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But for the hospital's head of
plastic surgery, Dr Raja Sawhney,
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it's not all about making the locals
bigger or more beautiful.
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The cosmetic surgery side of it
is quite interesting
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but the reconstructive surgery side,
I find much more rewarding
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and interesting and challenging.
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Like breast surgery when
I'm doing a reconstruction
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for someone from breast cancer.
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I have to have artistic ability
to make it aesthetically pleasing,
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otherwise it would
take away from the result.
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Dr Raja's next patient
is 46-year-old mum Tracy.
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She had both breasts removed
due to cancer.
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Before I start any breast
reconstruction,
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I take an interest
into that patient's life
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because otherwise
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you can't give them the best
reconstruction for that person.
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After the trauma of the mastectomy
and chemotherapy,
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Tracy was reluctant to have Raj
do a breast reconstruction.
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I had decided not to have it
and I went to my last appointment
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to see him and tell him
that I didn't want it done.
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And he's got
a very nice bedside manner
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and he said, "No, it'll be easy."
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Of course it's easy for him -
he's holding the knife.
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Eventually, Tracy came
round to the idea
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of improving the look of her bust.
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It's the worst looking thing
you'll ever see in your life.
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No-one apart from the
plastic surgeon or the nurses
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has seen me without
my prosthetic bra.
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Not even my husband.
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I actually taped up our mirrors
for quite some time.
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I had black plastic
halfway down the mirrors
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so you could only see
from the shoulders up.
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After five years
relying on prosthetic breasts
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to give her a feminine shape,
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Tracy has had enough.
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I'm always saying to my husband,
"Are they level?
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"Are they in the same spot
on each side?"
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You're forever
walking down the street
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and you get your hands
and you just move them around
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and the kids will go, "Mum, really?
You're in the supermarket."
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"Yeah, OK."
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These aren't proper
prosthetic bathers,
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but you learn to...
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..compromise 'cause
you wanna look pretty.
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And all the other bathers
are for old nanas.
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It has controlled my life
for five years.
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And its controlled my kids' life
and my husband's life
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and I'd be quite happy just to move
on and forget about it.
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Down on the beach,
watching them, in my bathers,
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not feeling self-conscious,
that will be a good day.
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Every year in Australia,
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around 200 people die as a result of
workplace injuries.
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That's four people a week.
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It's an alarming statistic.
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But it doesn't surprise Gold Coast
paramedics Dane Barnard
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and Trent Croxford.
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(SIREN WAILS)
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So, we're going to a 38-year-old
male who has fallen off a ladder.
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He's got... patient
injured head back and neck.
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Patient fell approximately 3 metres.
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He's ALOC, bleeding from the head
so that's where we're heading to.
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There you go.
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From ear. Oh, Jesus.
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So we've got bleeding
from the ear as well
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which could be
a head injury, alright?
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If the man is bleeding from the ear,
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it could mean he has
a life-threatening brain injury.
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My god, I hope he hasn't
fallen down that gap.
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Where are we going, guys?
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He's standing up, mate, so...
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The injured man is Stephen.
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Despite plummeting 3 metres
to the ground,
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he's up on his feet
and walking around.
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But he appears extremely dazed
and confused.
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So, how long ago did it happen?
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10 min? Do you
remember how you landed?
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Um, no, I have no idea.
I don't know what the hell...
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Do you know where you are
you are at the moment?
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Um, not really.
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We're going to lay you down.
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We're going to put a collar
on your neck there, alright?
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So just sit down nice and...
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Even though he has walked away
from the scene of the accident...
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Hang on - let's look
at your ear, mate.
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..he may still have a serious
neck or spinal injury.
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So fitting a spinal collar
is the first job.
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Nice and still, mate.
Nice and still.
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Do you wanna just cut his shirt off
while we're here quickly?
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Other than that pain in your head,
do you have any chest pain?
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Any other arm or leg pain?
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Just watch your hand.
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Obviously when you fell,
you walked anyway.
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Any other pain anywhere as such?
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Nuh? Cool, mate. Cool.
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His confused state of
mind is one thing
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but with blood still
dripping from his ear,
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Dane and Trent know they could be
dealing with a major head injury
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and they need urgent back-up.
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Thanks, mate. GCS14, patient is
bleeding from internal ears.
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All going well,
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Corinne and her husband Rossco
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will be expecting their first baby
in seven weeks.
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Hello! How are you?
Good. How are you?
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They didn't want any surprises
but life doesn't always go to plan.
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So do you know if you're
having a boy or a girl?
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A boy.
A boy!
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And just two weeks ago, they found
out their little man
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has a big problem.
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His bowel is blocked.
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We've had so many different steps
to this pregnancy,
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it's been kinda...
this last few weeks, there's been
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two, three, four things a week,
constantly.
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As soon as the baby is born,
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he will need immediate surgery
so he can feed.
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One, two days after he's born,
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they'll put him under
and do that surgery.
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But, yeah, I mean,
we've been consulted
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by nine different specialists today,
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like, it's been kind of excessive,
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but we're kinda
prepared for everything, yeah.
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Babies normally start drinking
the fluid from their mum's tummy
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from around 15 weeks
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to help get their
digestive tract going.
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But because the of the blockage,
he can't swallow any of it.
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So the fluid builds up.
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At this stage, we're not 100% clear
at what level that blockage is,
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and in Corinne's baby's case,
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the amniotic fluid that the baby can
swallow and will go into the stomach
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empty into that duodenum.
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But because it's got no way out,
there's a blockage somewhere
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that stretches and gets bigger.
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So today Dr David Ellwood
and midwife Tionie Newth
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will drain two litres of the fluid
out of the amniotic sac.
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WOMAN: So, Corinne, you understand
what we're about to do?
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Yes. Put a little needle in and then
leave the catheter part in
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and then remove the fluid.
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Yes. Excellent.
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Yes! It is cold.
It's freezing!
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MAN: We keep this in
the freezer especially.
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To make the pregnant
ladies uncomfortable.
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OK, now I'm gonna pop the needle in.
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If the fluid was left to build up,
Corinne would go into early labour.
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But the drainage is also risky.
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WOMAN: One of
the biggest risk factors
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is that the woman can
go into preterm labour,
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because we have gone through
the uterus, into the sac.
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Essentially, the bag of waters
around the baby can rupture
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and she can go into labour.
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But no-one wants
that to happen today
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because if their
little boy comes early,
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he could be too tiny to cope
with corrective surgery.
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Are you OK? What's wrong?
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I just feel, like, um,
a little bit of pain in there.
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That'll be a contraction.
Yeah.
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(INHALES SHARPLY) Argh!
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47-year-old Tracy had both breasts
removed five years ago
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as part of a treatment of cancer.
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It will take two major surgeries
reconstruct new breasts
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and it's a process
that Tracy has been dreading.
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Alrighty, Tracy,
how are you, darling?
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(SIGHS) Good.
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Good.
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You ready for this?
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Nuh.
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Can you stand up for me, darling?
Sure.
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No-one has seen me without my
prosthetic bra.
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Not even my husband.
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Sorry, darling.
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That's a horrible feeling.
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You OK?
Yep.
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Yep.
OK, won't be long now.
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I can do this for me.
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Not for anybody else.
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I can do this for me.
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If Dr Raja can successfully
reconstruct Tracy's breasts
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it will heal some of the physical
and emotional scars
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since her brush with cancer.
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When we do the
nipple reconstruction...
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Dr Raja Sawhney begins the first
stage of a reconstruction
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by marking Tracy's chest where
he wants her new breasts to be.
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For the next few months,
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Tracy will have temporary
expanders under her skin.
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So we put them in flat, deflated,
we put them in under the wounds
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where the breast base is.
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Expanders in today,
a couple of weeks to heal
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then we'll start
filling them up full of fluid,
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then you'll have breast volume
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and you can help us decide what you
want as far as volume is concerned.
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What the expanders are there for
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is to create a bigger
soft tissue envelope
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or skin envelope, if you like.
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Because she's flat chested,
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I can't go and put
implants straight in.
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Alright, nice and neat.
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We can stretch all the skin
and then we can go in
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and put the definitive
silicone implants,
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which are longer lasting,
more durable,
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and that will give her
better breast shape overall,
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and feel.
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Raja makes a pocket on each side
under the skin and pectoral muscles
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large enough to fit the expanders.
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The air is removed from inside
each expander balloon,
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and then Raja squeezes them
into the envelope he's prepared.
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Once the wounds are closed,
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the first injection of saline
solution begins the transformation...
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and Tracy's new chest takes shape.
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Argh!
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Corinne and Rossco's baby boy
is due in seven weeks.
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His mum and dad just found out
he has a blockage in his bowel
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that must be operated on
as soon as he's born.
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Really well.
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It's causing a build-up of amniotic
fluid in Corinne's womb
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that needs to be drained.
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But this type of procedure can also
cause premature contractions.
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Are you OK? What's wrong?
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I just feel, like, um,
a little bit of pain in there.
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The uterus starts to contract around
where the needle is
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and gives you a sharp pain there.
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As the slow process goes on,
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Corinne's pain levels rise.
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Argh!
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Big contraction, that one.
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(INHALES SHARPLY) Argh!
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Try not to move your legs, sweetie.
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Each bottle reduces the pressure,
but the pain is causing contractions.
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Argh! (INHALES SHARPLY)
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Your baby's deciding
to have a big wriggle.
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Come on, baby, no, no, no, no.
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Very inquisitive little man.
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He gets that from his father.
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We're getting
quite a collection there.
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With another 50, we must be getting
close to the two litres.
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Yep.
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After an hour of agony, the
contractions safely pass.
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..or you're not really sure,
it's better just to come in.
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They took 2.3 litres
of fluid off in the end,
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so that was a lot, but I feel so
much relief and he's a lot smaller,
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so that's a good thing.
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More painful than I thought it was
gonna be, but worth it -
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everything's over now.
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There were so many bottles.
There's, like, seven bottles.
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Half-litre bottles.
That was ridiculous.
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But just a few weeks later,
Corinne is back in hospital.
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Hold it. Longer. Longer.
Longer. Longer. Longer. Longer.
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This time, in labour a month before
her due date
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and it's not going well.
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Might just come out.
(GRUNTS)
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Nuh, it's not gonna happen.
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Her little baby boy
has no intention of coming out.
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Corinne, do you mind
if we re-examine you?
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No.
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She's been pushing
for 1.5 hours now.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Normally, we recommend pushing
for no longer than two hours.
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We're getting up close to that mark.
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The next step is to use a vacuum grip
attached to the baby's head.
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You still have to work exactly as
hard as you've been working
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and what happens
is that little cap goes on his head,
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OK, and then as you push,
Dr Luke will pull.
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And it's gonna deflex
his head a little bit
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00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:05,976
and it just makes
the diameter a bit smaller,
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so that he comes out
320
00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,200
but you still have
to really, really work.
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The vacuum should work, but it won't
be the easy delivery
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Corinne was hoping for.
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Ready when you are.
OK.
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Take a deep breath, big push,
all your energy right down.
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Push, push, push.
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(GROANS AND PANTS)
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Gold Coast construction worker
Stephen
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has plunged 3 metres off a ladder
329
00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:47,960
onto the ground, hitting his back,
neck and head.
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Nice and still, mate.
Nice and still.
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I'll just cut his shirt off.
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00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:53,800
He looks like he's
landed on his left side.
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He's a bit confused,
got a few injuries,
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00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,280
but we're just
trying to determine that, so...
335
00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,480
Critical care paramedic Jaye Newton
336
00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:05,200
has just arrived on the scene
after receiving a call to assist
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00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:06,640
with a major trauma.
338
00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:08,720
Where does it hurt?
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Right across my back
down the back there.
340
00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:14,520
Do you remember what happened?
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00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,880
I really don't understand, no.
342
00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,720
The bleeding from Stephen's ear
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suggests there could be
damage to his brain.
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00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,640
It's critical
they get his pain under control
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00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,640
and stable enough to transport
him to Emergency.
346
00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:33,000
OK, Steve, gonna be a sharp scratch
on your arm, OK?
347
00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:35,360
So it looks like he's
come down on the left side,
348
00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,080
so he's hit to the left
side of his head.
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00:17:37,120 --> 00:17:39,880
And his left arm's got grazing,
so it sounds like he's sort of...
350
00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:41,200
Putting them down as he goes.
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00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:45,520
Thanks, Comms.
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00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:49,000
(SPEAKS UNINTELLIGIBLY)
353
00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,480
Can you remember falling yet?
354
00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,296
You got a memory of how
you fell or what happened?
355
00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,960
Trent continues
to test Steve's memory.
356
00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:57,880
Can you remember landing
on your feet?
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00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,360
Not really.
OK, mate.
358
00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:03,200
Stephen is still unable to remember
anything from the accident,
359
00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:06,120
and he is becoming
increasingly more agitated.
360
00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:11,640
Can I just turn around that way
because that... (BLEEP)
361
00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,200
What's wrong, mate? What's wrong?
Try and keep straight for us.
362
00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:18,000
Steve, try and keep straight, mate.
Try and keep straight.
363
00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:21,040
Steve, try and keep
your neck still, mate.
364
00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,520
(BLEEP) I gotta try and get this...
365
00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:26,560
(BLEEP) Why the (BLEEP) is that...
366
00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,960
Steve, just relax, mate. Just relax.
367
00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:33,160
With Steve now fighting the spinal
collar and becoming more aggressive,
368
00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,080
the convoy of paramedics
have no choice
369
00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,400
but to pull over to
the side of the road
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to get the situation under control.
371
00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:41,080
(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
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00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:42,960
Alright.
373
00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:54,800
(POP MUSIC PLAYS)
374
00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:13,040
Now, can I borrow 50ml of normal
saline never to be returned?
375
00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:17,760
Mum of three Tracy had both breasts
removed because of cancer.
376
00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,640
Today, plastic surgeon
Dr Raja Sawhney
377
00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,600
is giving her the chest she's
only dared to dream of.
378
00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:25,480
Over the ensuing six to eight weeks
379
00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:29,040
we'll slowly inflate that expander
up to a reasonable volume.
380
00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,800
The gradual process
will stretch skin pockets
381
00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:33,680
on each side of Tracy's chest,
382
00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:38,200
then expanders are swapped out for
permanent silicone implants.
383
00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,520
I like to involve my patients with
decision-making
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00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,880
what size and shape they want,
385
00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,720
because that gives them an ownership
of what we're doing for them
386
00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:49,160
and involves them in their care,
essentially, in their restoration
387
00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:50,840
of what they want.
388
00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:52,560
We get happier patients that way
389
00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:53,800
and it goes to reason
390
00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:56,096
that they should be involved
with the decision-making process
391
00:19:56,120 --> 00:19:57,720
since it's really their body.
392
00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:01,000
Tracy is hoping to end up
with a D-cup bust.
393
00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:04,360
So there will need to be several more
top-ups with saline solution
394
00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,120
over the coming months.
395
00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:09,200
It's always nice for them to wake up
with some fluid in there
396
00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,920
and see that there is a bit
of breast tissue.
397
00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:16,520
It makes them feel that
the procedure was worthwhile.
398
00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,640
She's got probably an A cup
breast out of that,
399
00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:23,920
especially on her athletic build,
she'll feel that.
400
00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:27,240
A couple of weeks' time,
we'll probably put another 100ml in
401
00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:31,040
and then two weeks
after that, 100ml-150ml
402
00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,680
and it should practically be
reasonably at where she wants to be.
403
00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,040
A fortnight later,
404
00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:45,320
Tracy is well on the way to achieving
her ideal bust size.
405
00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,520
Wednesday just gone they put in
another 100ml.
406
00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,960
Two more visits, 120ml each
407
00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:52,640
and I'll be done.
408
00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,840
I have a cleavage.
409
00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:59,600
I don't have to wear a bra -
it's just me,
410
00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:01,080
which is nice.
411
00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:06,440
Best of all, her new body means
it's time for a whole new wardrobe.
412
00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,320
Dressy dress or casual?
413
00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,160
Dressy dress.
414
00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:11,400
OK.
Yes.
415
00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,480
This is new in, the Shona Joy.
416
00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:15,056
Would you like
to try something like that?
417
00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:16,080
That is nice.
418
00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,960
There's also this style here,
which is strapless as well
419
00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,000
with a bit of a V-plunge
at the front.
420
00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:22,320
How about a red dress?
421
00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,560
Look, you never knock back
a red dress.
422
00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:25,880
OK, we've got one for you.
423
00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,080
Something like this?
424
00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:28,800
Thank you.
You're welcome.
425
00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,440
When the final silicon implants
are in place,
426
00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:34,160
Tracy wants to be ready to party.
427
00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:35,696
OK, what do you
think this of this one?
428
00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:37,000
It does look lovely, though.
429
00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:40,040
It does look lovely
and you know what?
430
00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,480
I'm gonna cry. Sorry.
That's alright!
431
00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:56,480
It's the first time in 4.5 years
432
00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:00,120
I've had an address on
with no prosthetic boobs,
433
00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,280
with no bra, with no crop top.
434
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,800
So it's a bit overwhelming.
It's all you. Yep.
435
00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:10,120
My husband used to always say,
"You're beautiful anyway,"
436
00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:11,760
but he walked in the other night
437
00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:13,400
after Wednesday,
having them expanded,
438
00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,720
and he walked in and he went,
"Oh, my god they're huge."
439
00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,040
And I said, "Hang on,
they're only half done."
440
00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:19,936
He said, "Really?"
He wants to play with them.
441
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:21,840
Ooh. This one's lovely too.
442
00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:25,320
I think he's happy because
he can see a change in me.
443
00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:29,320
I'm a lot more comfortable
within myself.
444
00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,000
I am glad I did it.
445
00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:33,280
It's a wedding dress,
a race day dress.
446
00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,200
Date night dress.
Ladies' luncheon. Date night.
447
00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,480
I can wear almost
anything I like now,
448
00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,520
and that, as much
as it is very overwhelming,
449
00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,160
it made me feel good.
450
00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:50,800
The cleavage and being able to wear
something a little bit lower,
451
00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:52,120
I don't want to say it
452
00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,880
but yeah, it does, it makes me feel
like a girl again.
453
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,360
A girly girl.
454
00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,600
It takes all sorts
to work at a hospital
455
00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,600
and without a doubt,
these two are an odd couple.
456
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:15,080
Hey, Johnny.
Hey, Terry.
457
00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:20,320
Morning.
458
00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:22,120
Orthopaedic technician Terry Kelly
459
00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:26,160
and his good mate John Evans
have been plastering broken bones
460
00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,240
for over 30 years.
461
00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:31,200
Can you speak up? This phone
is bodgy. What have you got?
462
00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,560
Today is clinic day,
463
00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,760
which means that every patient
that needs a cast set or repaired
464
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:38,320
pays them a visit.
465
00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,560
Tuesday's usually complete bedlam.
466
00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,520
You can have up to 100, 200 patients
coming through.
467
00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,800
So you never know
what's coming around the corner.
468
00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:50,760
OK, what do you need me to do?
469
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,880
The main thing is to relax your leg
and don't try and lift
470
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,600
let us lift, 'cause if lift those
bones and they pop out,
471
00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:57,720
we get very upset.
472
00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:58,800
OK.
473
00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,520
Started off as a nurse
474
00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:05,200
became an orthopaedic nurse
in the orthopaedic ward,
475
00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:09,280
then I started running orthopaedic
clinics at the Royal Brisbane
476
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,320
and Royal Children's and stuff,
477
00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:15,600
and now I'm actually
a fellow of the Institute.
478
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,360
Even so, Terry is the first to admit
479
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,440
that these could well
be his twilight working years.
480
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:28,480
I am 56 now, so I've got that many
years left. (LAUGHS) Yeah.
481
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:32,200
But for now, Terry's got to
patch up a carpenter
482
00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:34,800
who snapped his
thumb bone playing footy.
483
00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,840
It's resting nice and gently
on a nice comfy pillow,
484
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,040
above the level of the heart,
485
00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,040
that keeps the circulation good.
486
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:45,160
Heal it up real quick.
487
00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:47,080
As long as I can go have a beer.
488
00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,080
Well, don't be
grabbing too many beers
489
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:50,800
until you see
the orthopaedic doctor.
490
00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,880
With decades of nursing
and plastering under his belt,
491
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,840
Terry knows his stuff.
492
00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,920
You ever have Bees Knees?
WOMAN: What's Bees Knees?
493
00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:02,720
Bees Knees is the oldest
beer made in Australia.
494
00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,880
Have you ever heard of
the term 'he's the bees knees'?
495
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,840
It actually comes from that beer.
Yeah, right.
496
00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:09,680
It's made from the knees of bees.
497
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,896
You know the pollen
that comes from the knees of bees?
498
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:13,600
They actually make
the beer from that.
499
00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,080
How do you know all
this stuff, mate?
500
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,200
I have had a few beers.
(LAUGHS)
501
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:20,880
(PHONE RINGS)
502
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,680
But the laughs soon stop
as Terry gets a call
503
00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,240
about a young bloke who's
come off his mountain bike,
504
00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:28,160
badly dislocating his elbow.
505
00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,960
If it stays dislocated like that
for too much longer,
506
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:38,080
yeah, he could bleed to death,
he could have his arm crippled,
507
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:39,480
and it could kill him.
508
00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,840
It's gonna go kinda
in your arm, Steve.
509
00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,920
Paramedic Trent Croxford is
struggling to keep his patient
510
00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:53,160
under control
511
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:56,120
en route to
the Gold Coast University Hospital.
512
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:57,800
What's wrong, mate? What's wrong?
513
00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,400
(BLEEP) I gotta try and get this...
514
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,360
Steve, just relax, mate.
Just relax, OK?
515
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,960
His patient, 38-year-old Stephen
516
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,880
has fallen 3 metres off
a ladder at a building site
517
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,840
and has become so agitated,
518
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:13,680
the team of paramedics have
pulled over to calm him down.
519
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,240
917, yeah?
520
00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:20,720
Steve, try and keep your head and
your neck nice and still, mate.
521
00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:22,360
Open your eyes.
Take it easy, mate.
522
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:23,880
We're looking after you, alright?
523
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,680
With a suspected brain injury,
524
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,200
it's critical they get their
patient to hospital immediately.
525
00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,560
Every second they stall here
at the side of the road,
526
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,080
could impact his chances of recovery.
527
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,320
Still haemorrhaging out
of that ear, eh?
528
00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,920
Jaye, you've still got active bleed
out of there, internal.
529
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:45,720
Hang on, Steve, Steve.
Why do you want it off?
530
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:49,040
Just talking and going that way
and getting...
531
00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:50,976
Unfortunately, we can't let you...
Hang on, Steve.
532
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,600
Steve, you have to lie flat
on your back, mate.
533
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,240
We can't let you lie that way.
534
00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:59,080
Critical care paramedic Jaye Newton
535
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,720
administers the heavy
pain sedative ketamine
536
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:03,240
to get him under control.
537
00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:06,680
We're just trying to get you to the
hospital as best we can, eh?
538
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,440
(SIREN WAILS)
539
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:11,720
So our concern for him
540
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,680
is that it is bleeding on the inside
and continues to bleed,
541
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,320
that his brain could start to swell
542
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:21,400
and then he could have a significant
head injury from that.
543
00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:25,680
What he needs is a CT scan to have
a look at what's going on.
544
00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:35,000
(SIREN WAILS)
Nice and still, mate.
545
00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:38,040
Paramedics Trent and Jay
have had their hands full
546
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:41,160
trying to treat a construction worker
who has fallen on his head
547
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,760
with a life-threatening
bleeding from the ear.
548
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:47,400
On arrival, patient
was walking around,
549
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,160
walked to the bed.
550
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:50,840
Two, three.
551
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:55,440
..vagueness en route,
mainly due to agitation,
552
00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:56,856
possibly because of his injuries.
553
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,400
He's got bleeding
coming from the left ear,
554
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,960
appears to be some sort of...
haematoma
555
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,160
on that, sort of, left, just behind
that ear there.
556
00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:09,440
Do you feel sick?
Tell us if you feel sick.
557
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:12,600
Before he can be sent for CT scan of
his brain,
558
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:14,680
Dr Rajesh and the emergency team
559
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,440
need to assess his level
of consciousness
560
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,000
and physical injuries.
561
00:28:19,120 --> 00:28:21,720
RAJESH: Can you give
us your date of birth?
562
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:23,560
Eh?
Your birthday?
563
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:27,600
(MUTTERS)
564
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:31,880
That's alright, mate.
565
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,040
Hang on, hang on, hang on.
Where you going?
566
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:36,160
Stay still, mate.
567
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,960
Stephen, where is it sore?
568
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,800
Still in a highly agitated state,
569
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,800
another dose of the dissociative drug
ketamine is given
570
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,600
to ensure Stephen doesn't become
combative during the scans.
571
00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:54,040
It's imperative he stay calm
and remain still.
572
00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:01,600
Extensive 3-D imaging will reveal
if the bleeding from his ear
573
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:03,840
as a result of a potentially
life-threatening bleeding
574
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:05,360
on his brain.
575
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,480
Can you see the skull fracture
that runs through there?
576
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,920
From there, that's not supposed
to be there.
577
00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,720
That's what you call a base of skull
fracture.
578
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:23,440
He'll be going under
the neurosurgeons,
579
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:26,560
but we still have to look
at the other injuries.
580
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,440
The medicals team call Steve's family
to relay the news.
581
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:34,400
He's OK at the moment and obviously
he'll need to stay with us.
582
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:38,040
I'm not sure if he'll need an
operation or anything at this point.
583
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,800
Um, but, er, at the moment, he's OK.
584
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:45,360
But, you know, we're worried enough
about him, as you are.
585
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:48,360
RAJESH: He's stable right now.
586
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:52,240
The major injuries got is an
isolated head injury,
587
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:53,680
he's got a skull fracture
588
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,560
and there is a small bleed as well.
589
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,920
And as well, he might have injured
his lower back as well.
590
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:00,880
Right now, he's stable.
591
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,320
He'll be admitted
under the neurosurgeons.
592
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:06,760
I think, to him, there is actually
a long road ahead
593
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:08,960
even if he gets over
this acute problem.
594
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,400
It's what we would call a moderately
severe head injury,
595
00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,160
just because he's
got the fracture there
596
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:16,840
and he's got some
blood inside his head.
597
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:20,120
But at the moment he still awake
and alert and talking to us
598
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:21,680
so, you know, these are good signs.
599
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,120
But a way to go.
600
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:28,480
Steve amazed doctors with the
speed of his recovery
601
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:32,120
and after four weeks, was home
walking into a normally.
602
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:44,680
(PHONE RINGS)
603
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:46,320
Hi, it's Terry at the
orthopaedic team.
604
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:50,320
It's been a hectic day already for
the orthopaedic technicians,
605
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:53,200
but with 30 years
of experience behind him,
606
00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:55,200
Master plasterer Terry
607
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:56,760
takes it all in his stride.
608
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,600
Tuesday is usually complete bedlam.
609
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:03,360
You can have up to 100,
200 patients coming through.
610
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:08,200
He's on his way to see Mountain biker
Gareth who has just crash-landed.
611
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:14,640
I was riding along and I did a jump
and the handle bar snapped
612
00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:18,720
and I feel like my arm went
underneath my body
613
00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:20,000
and I rolled over it.
614
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:21,440
Luckily for Gareth,
615
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,440
his riding buddy Justin
wasn't too far away.
616
00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:28,000
I heard a loud scream and I knew
he wasn't in good shape
617
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:29,760
because he never screams.
618
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:31,920
I knew something happened.
619
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:37,280
X-rays ordered by Dr Elian show
a nasty dislocation of his elbow.
620
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:41,680
And also a fragment of bone
which has broken off on impact.
621
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,920
I'm not even sure if I'm going to be
able to do my job.
622
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,720
I need both arms to be an
electrician, really.
623
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:51,240
So yeah, the boss is going to
be happy about that.
624
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:54,440
So I'll give you some
more pain relief now.
625
00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:56,160
And we'll get started.
626
00:31:56,280 --> 00:32:01,720
Helping Terry get Gareth's elbow back
into position is intern Andrew Little
627
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,120
and resident Elizabeth Sheffield.
628
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:07,600
And lucky for them, they'll
be learning from the best.
629
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,280
When you're going to sleep,
630
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,960
focus on something
that makes you really happy -
631
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,080
sometimes you
have really cool dreams.
632
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,600
Let's go to my happy place.
633
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:20,080
An injury like this dislocated elbow
634
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,120
is extremely painful.
635
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,280
I've called it 'diversion therapy'
for the last 30 years,
636
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:27,160
'cause they know they're
in a bad situation,
637
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:31,800
so if they can focus on something
else, something pleasant
638
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:36,160
your brain can even take
that away a little bit,
639
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:37,680
and you can cope a bit better.
640
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:38,840
..traction for now, OK?
641
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,120
You got a really good grip?
642
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:44,240
Just do what you gotta do, guys.
643
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:45,960
We'll put you a little
bit more to sleep.
644
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:48,280
Hold that down.
645
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,280
But the drugs aren't working.
646
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:51,640
OH! My god.
647
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:10,520
Gareth and his mate Justin were
mountain biking on Mount Tambourine
648
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:14,480
when Gareth came off is bike,
badly dislocating his elbow.
649
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,000
There's also a small piece
of bone that's broken
650
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,120
off one of the bones in your elbow.
651
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,080
So for sure, it needs
to be put back in place.
652
00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:27,120
But even in the experienced hands of
orthopaedic technician Terry,
653
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:29,360
the task of getting it
back into position
654
00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:31,560
is proving tricky.
655
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:34,520
You'll feel a click.
656
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:37,480
How are you doing at the moment? OK?
Hold his arm down that way.
657
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,640
That'll help you.
658
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:42,360
There, you're doing fine.
659
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:44,400
There we go.
660
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,240
You need a minimum of three people
to get that arm back in.
661
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,400
You need one holding that end,
one holding the other end,
662
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:54,120
and another guy...
it's really difficult.
663
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,760
Hold it there, this'll do it.
664
00:33:56,880 --> 00:34:00,440
If somebody really hangs on there,
you do the full thing.
665
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:03,040
And really pull down.
666
00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,080
OH! My god.
Like that.
667
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,440
When you feel it click
past the end, just let go.
668
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:10,840
So if I get the hand...
Yep.
669
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,120
Are we sure it's this low?
670
00:34:13,240 --> 00:34:14,640
(GROANS)
671
00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:18,080
(GROANS)
672
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:20,120
Just, you know,
with those fractured bits?
673
00:34:20,240 --> 00:34:22,560
I just wanna be sure
before we go up.
674
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:23,760
Yeah, for sure.
675
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,280
It'll be subtle. Will it come up?
Do we have flexion?
676
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,600
It feels pretty good.
I think it's back in already.
677
00:34:28,720 --> 00:34:29,960
It looks good in there.
678
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:33,000
With a bit more tugging than they
first anticipated,
679
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:34,800
it's job done.
680
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:36,920
But it wasn't exactly the view
681
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,720
that friend Justin had
planned taking in today.
682
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:43,960
It wasn't that easy to watch.
They did go pretty hard on his arm.
683
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:47,880
I got a few photos, so...
He won't believe it.
684
00:34:47,930 --> 00:34:49,840
All that's left for Terry to do now
685
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:51,320
is wrap the elbow in plaster.
686
00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:53,640
It's all better now.
687
00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,640
ELIAN: We're really happy.
It went very well.
688
00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:58,520
He's probably gonna
be sore tomorrow,
689
00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,920
although the pain should be better
with the reduction done now.
690
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:05,200
There's something about when it
clicks and comes in,
691
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:06,600
yeah, it's a good feeling.
692
00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:11,200
It's a team effort and if we can
have somebody with a rating 10,
693
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,200
which is the worst pain imaginable,
694
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:18,520
and we get them in a nice comfy cast
within ten minutes,
695
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:21,400
they're down to a pain level of zero
696
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,960
and they're walking out the door
really happy.
697
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:27,880
So instead of us spending a lot of
money having people in hospital,
698
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,296
if they've got a nice comfy cast on
and they know what to do,
699
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:33,720
they can be home with their family
resting it up,
700
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,960
taking it easy.
701
00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:49,160
So, ready when you are,
take a deep breath.
702
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,920
Push all your energy right down.
703
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:54,920
Corinne is one month away
from her due date
704
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:59,120
but nobody told her little baby boy,
who is on his way today.
705
00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:03,360
Unfortunately,
the vacuum keeps coming off
706
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,280
so I'm just gonna slide some forceps
around the baby's head instead.
707
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:07,720
OK.
708
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:11,000
If baby can't be delivered
with forceps,
709
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,640
then the only option
is an emergency Caesarean.
710
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,800
Either way, it's a tiring and
traumatic experience for her baby,
711
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:20,960
who will then have
to go through surgery
712
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:22,840
to fix the blockage in his bowel.
713
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:23,960
Argh!
Sorry about that.
714
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:29,960
Can I push him now? Can I?
If you've got the urge to.
715
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,400
Do I need... (BREATHES)
716
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:33,640
Yeah. OK. Push.
717
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:34,960
Nice and slow.
718
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,960
(GROANS)
719
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,760
WOMAN: Take a breath for me, Corinne.
720
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:42,760
And some nice little puffs for me.
721
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:44,960
That's his head, darling.
722
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:49,440
Another push.
Another push, Corinne.
723
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,760
(STRAINS)
724
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:56,360
After more than 20 hours,
finally their little fella arrives.
725
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,320
You were a bit twisted there, mate.
726
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,960
Oh!
727
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,640
You were a bit twisted there!
728
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:05,840
Hello!
729
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,040
(BABY CRIES)
730
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:16,040
Oh! Look how big he is!
731
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,800
Hello! Hey!
732
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:24,680
(BABY CRIES)
733
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:26,560
At last Corinne and Rossco
734
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,920
can enjoy the first moments
with their baby boy.
735
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:33,080
(CRIES)
736
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,280
And his name is?
737
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:37,880
Chase Benjamin Patterson.
738
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:41,560
But their joy is clouded by
the knowledge that baby Chase
739
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:43,040
can't drink any milk
740
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:46,240
because nothing can pass through
his digestive tract.
741
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:50,480
It's good to finally have him here
742
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:53,840
and we can go on to the next step
743
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:56,640
of, yeah, just making
sure he's OK and, yeah.
744
00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:59,680
You made it a bit tricky!
745
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,160
But that's OK.
746
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,840
Until the surgical team opens up
Chase's tiny tummy,
747
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:09,560
there's no way of knowing exactly
what's causing the blockage
748
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:11,960
or how to fix it.
749
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:13,720
Got him out in the end, didn't we?
750
00:38:26,720 --> 00:38:29,400
After a long and difficult delivery,
751
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:32,640
little baby Chase has been taken
for life-saving surgery
752
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:34,160
on his blocked bowel.
753
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:38,240
It's now over to the leader in
paediatric surgery,
754
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,160
Dr Deborah Bailey.
755
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:43,520
Unless Dr Bailey can find and repair
the blockage,
756
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:47,720
Chase will be unable to swallow and
digest any food.
757
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:49,400
That's it there.
758
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,160
You can see that this is enormous.
759
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:54,800
It's all just one big dilated mess.
760
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:59,640
It's an anxious wait for new parents
Corinne and Rossco.
761
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:02,136
Deborah Bailey, who's the surgeon,
762
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:03,760
has done the surgery for 25 years
763
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:07,920
and not had challenges,
so I'm good, I'm solid.
764
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:10,960
That's a good enough fact
to keep my brain safe.
765
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:12,600
Yeah.
766
00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:16,800
The problem we always have with this
is that the anatomy is abnormal,
767
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,120
so we can't work out what's what.
768
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,320
That's a nasty, nasty bit of bowel.
769
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:24,680
So large.
770
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:29,440
Little Chase had a gap in the bowel
called the duodenum
771
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:31,640
which is around the pancreas,
772
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:33,200
which is just after the stomach.
773
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:37,160
And you can have a partial, a full
gap - in fact, he had a full gap.
774
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:41,280
And because you swallow
fluid before you're born,
775
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:44,200
and it's not going anywhere,
776
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,960
his stomach and duodenum were
getting bigger and bigger.
777
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:49,160
Stomach, stomach, stomach.
778
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:54,440
And there's nothing
where there should be something.
779
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:56,640
Our job is to find the ends
780
00:39:56,760 --> 00:40:00,120
so that we can work out whether
we can join them together.
781
00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:03,160
Everything is obviously very small,
782
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:08,560
the anatomy and the way they react
to things is different from adults.
783
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:10,640
They can be
born with things wrong with them
784
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,080
so that's something
that paediatric surgeons do,
785
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:14,280
dealing with things
786
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,000
which haven't quite formed
properly before they're born
787
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:19,320
and correcting that, if possible.
788
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,280
So I'm getting the feeling
this is...
789
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:25,440
um... around here
might actually be our end.
790
00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:26,560
Right.
791
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:30,760
It takes Deborah half an hour of
careful looking and planning
792
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:34,120
to figure out how to remove
a malformed section of bowel
793
00:40:34,240 --> 00:40:35,520
and join up the ends.
794
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:38,280
I know that is
coming along quite nicely.
795
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:41,320
So that means my anastomoses
will be from there to there.
796
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:42,600
Yep.
797
00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:44,360
Lovely, thank you.
798
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,120
Let's make some holes.
799
00:40:47,240 --> 00:40:48,680
Thank you.
800
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:51,360
There's nothing more awesome than
saving children's lives.
801
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,000
(LAUGHS)
802
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:57,160
I'm feeling happy.
803
00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:59,200
I can feel where it's all coming
together now.
804
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,280
Although the blockage in Chase's
bowel is large,
805
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:07,160
it comes out easily and the bowel
is repaired.
806
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:08,800
The operation went very well.
807
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:13,440
Were very happy that we were able
to fix the gap in the bowel
808
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:14,800
in one operation.
809
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:19,720
And the baby has also coped
with the operation very well.
810
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:24,160
It's not over yet.
811
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:27,600
We've got a couple of stormy weeks
to get over the operation,
812
00:41:27,720 --> 00:41:29,200
make sure there is no complications.
813
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:33,920
It's scary for these
first-time parents,
814
00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:36,720
but a relief the surgery is over.
815
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:40,640
The baby has done very well from
the anaesthetic and the operation.
816
00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:43,240
We did find duodenal intrusion
817
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:46,240
and you'll be pleased
to know there is no stomas
818
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:47,960
there's plenty of bowel...
819
00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:50,360
Awesome. Thank you.
820
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:54,760
It's really good to be on
the other side of one, the birth,
821
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:56,120
and two, the operation,
822
00:41:56,240 --> 00:41:59,280
so hopefully everything
goes smoothly now
823
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:05,320
and yeah, we'll take it from here
just go... still day by day,
824
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:06,520
but yeah...
825
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:08,720
Yes!
(BOTH LAUGH)
826
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:10,280
It's exciting.
827
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:16,160
It's like now we can have bigger
challenges like breastfeeding
828
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:17,280
and I don't know...
829
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:18,976
His screaming in
the middle of the night.
830
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,480
Just feel like more normal
challenges to face,
831
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:24,000
which will be fun.
832
00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:30,160
Finally Corinne and Rossco can relax
and enjoy their special baby boy.
833
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:32,920
You did good, kid.
834
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:34,360
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