Extreme A&E

Melbourne Australia, where an epidemic of car crashes has made Australians world leaders in trauma care. Nine out of every 10 major trauma patients are saved. Kevin follows elite flight paramedics as they deliver high level emergency care at the scene of a night-time road crash, and sees a man's life saved by two sophisticated operations performed in the nick of time.

The Bronx, where dedicated surgeons serve a community where gun violence is normal. Kevin discovers a combination of high-tech medicine and good old-fashioned heart.

King's Hospital London, does trauma care in the UK match up to the world's best? Kevin returns to the hospital - now one of London's designated major trauma centres - where he spent several years as a doctor.

The Charlotte Maxeke Hospital is the place where young doctors from all over the world go to learn how to do trauma medicine. For the experience of its senior figures, and the sheer volume of trauma it sees, it's legendary. But it's operating on a fraction of the budget of other international standards centres - how do they pull it off?