Junior Doctors Down Under
This series offers an inside look at the front-line experience of junior doctors, who are crucial to the functioning of any hospital. Each year, hundreds of these young medics from the UK and Ireland are drawn to Australia, as the country seeks to bolster its healthcare workforce amid growing global pressures. Upon arrival, these doctors face a unique challenge-working in the high-pressure environment of the Emergency Department.
- 2024-2024
- 1 season
- Reality
This series offers an inside look at the front-line experience of junior doctors, who are crucial to the functioning of any hospital. Each year, hundreds of these young medics from the UK and Ireland are drawn to Australia, as the country seeks to bolster its healthcare workforce amid growing global pressures. Upon arrival, these doctors face a unique challenge-working in the high-pressure environment of the Emergency Department.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2024
Episode 1
Sun, Sea and Snake Bite
45 mins
It's the first time in an emergency department for the junior doctors; Dr Javed is confronted by a 22-year-old car accident victim; Dr Jolene's first patient suffers a seizure.
Episode 2
Spider Bite
45 mins
The pressure is on for Dr Javed who must insert an intravenous line for a 75-year-old patient with a partially torn aorta. Dr Natalie is tasked with sedating a patient who needs an electric jolt from a defibrillator to reset his abnormal heartbeat.
Episode 3
Graveyard Shift
45 mins
Dr Javed is in the deep end of the emergency department with a patient who has fallen three metres from a ladder onto a ship's steel deck. Dr Eoin is new to the anaesthetics department, where the stakes couldn't be higher.
Episode 4
Getting Plastered
45 mins
Dr Jolene faces one of her most serious cases yet; Martika's autoimmune disease has turned a simple infection into a life-threatening emergency. Time is of the essence for Dr Javed as he treats his first traumatic sports injury. Dr Laura has recently stepped up to the role of junior registrar.
Episode 5
Drug Overdose
45 mins
Dr Caitriona is put under pressure to insert a cannula into an elderly patient in desperate need of intravenous medication to save her life. On his first day in Children's ED, Dr Javed is way out of his comfort zone.
Episode 6
High Stakes
45 mins
In his most urgent trauma case yet, Dr Conor must treat a 17-year-old airlifted to hospital with suspected spinal injuries, following a quad bike accident.
Episode 7
Home Sick
45 mins
Dr Eoin is searching for answers and stronger painkillers when a 57-year-old woman presents to ED with excruciating chest pain. Dr Natalie is concerned her 76-year-old patient, brought in by ambulance, is suffering from a life-threatening blood clot.
Episode 8
The Final Shift
45 mins
Junior doctors are the frontline medics of any hospital. These young doctors in training are the specialists and surgeons of tomorrow, but not until they pass their toughest test: treating life and death trauma far away from loved ones.