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01x01 - Containment

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Breathtaking". Aired: February 19, 2024.*
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Drama series following a doctor looking after the most gravely unwell patients in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.

01x01 - Containment

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- Does that feel secure?

- Yeah.

REPORTER: 'Have you got a

grip on the coronavirus?

'How worried are you?

'Will the measures be dramatic?'

So, what I'm gonna do is run

you through seven exercises.

MATT HANCOCK: 'Mr Speaker,

with your permission,

'I'd like to update

the house on COVID-19.'

I'll start with five pumps.

We're going to do

deep breathing now,

so that's with your tongue out.

HANCOCK: 'As of this

morning, 7,132 people

'have been tested

for the virus.'

Speak as clearly as possible.

Don't worry about

getting the words wrong.

"When the sunlight strikes

raindrops in the air,

"they act like a prism

and form a rainbow.

"The rainbow is a division

of white light"

HANCOCK: 'The public can be

assured that we have a clear plan

'to contain, delay,

research and mitigate,

'and that we are

working methodologically

'through each step to

keep the public safe.'

No, no, I can still taste it.

Yeah, that's a fail.

These FFP3s are

made for wider jaws.

So, lifesaving for

men, basically?

Yeah.

You might need a powered

respirator when the time comes.

OK.

But we've run out of those.

OK.

To be honest, I think they're

being reserved for the staff

who are, you know What

kind of doctor are you?

Acute general medicine. I'll

be in the Cold Zone, so

Yeah, so not you.

Staff in your areas won't

need that level of PPE,

but if you really want one,

you can get them on Amazon.

I mean, I wouldn't worry

about it, but if you want to.

- Amazon?

- Yeah.

They're about 300 quid, but

Great (!)

BORIS JOHNSON: 'We are increasing

our stocks of equipment.

'We are accelerating our

search for treatments,

'we're pioneering

work on a vaccine.'

TREVOR MCDONALD: 'How deadly

is it? How fast can it spread?

'And how prepared

are we in Britain?'

SIREN WAILS

Oh, you can't come

through this way, love.

I'm a consultant. I work here.

Oh, well, you'll want the

service entrance, then.

That's the new way in.

JOHNSON: 'And I know the

people of this country

'will rise to that challenge,

'and we will come through

it stronger than ever.

'We will beat the coronavirus

and we will beat it together.'

CHATTER

BANGING AND WHIRRING

Thank you.

- Morning, Abbey.

- Morning.

Hiya.

Hi, Abbey. You all right?

Yeah.

How are we looking?

So, 26 overnight,

12 in the corridor,

a couple in resus, eight

still waiting to be seen,

and two pre-alert ED

have told me about.

"Cold Zone." LOL (!)

Aye. Nice mitral stenosis

in three for Emma, though.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

- Can you come and help me, please?

- Yeah.

OK. What do you need, Emma?

I have a patient really

sick in the cupboard.

- I don't know what to do.

- OK.

Hello, sir.

I'm Dr Henderson, I'm

one of the consultants.

I'm just gonna pop you

a bit more upright.

HE GASPS FOR BREATH

OK, great. OK, what's the story?

Erm

He has ischemic heart

disease, a CABG in 2011,

erm but well since.

Walks every day with his wife.

Start with ABC, Emma.

You seem very

breathless, Mister

Williams.

Stats and obs? Where's

the monitoring?

I don't know. They just told me

to come and look at

him in the cupboard.

OK. Emergency buzzer and

call for help, please, Emma.

I'm just gonna have a little

listen to your breathing. Emma!

- Yeah.

- Yeah, yeah.

OK.

OK, we're going to take very

good care of you, Mr Williams.

I'll be right back.

I'm just gonna pop

this mask on for you.

It's gonna help your breathing.

OK, can you pop

your head forward?

Morning.

- Hi.

- Resus?

Yes, please.

81-year-old male,

no travel history,

flash pulmonary

oedema, CABG 2011.

Otherwise well, walking three

miles a day till last week.

We're gonna need suction, please,

then non-rebreathe, 15 litres.

Neil, could you do an ABG?

- Yeah.

- Frusemide, GTN?

If his BP can take it, yes,

please. Have you got this?

- Yeah. Go, go.

- The take's wild. Thank you.

Hey, Emma.

Could we please stop using

that bloody cupboard?

Complaints go up, not sideways.

Emma, have a doughnut.

Hey

Hey, you did really well, OK?

That shouldn't have happened.

- Yeah, but it always happens.

- Abbey?

Can we use you?

Yeah. What's up?

It's happening.

Just had a call from LAS.

Might be the first one.

Blue-lit from Heathrow,

flew in from China.

OK.

Could you tell Ant, please?

Yeah.

OK?

Yeah.

Failed my first

fit-test a week ago.

- Oh?

- Yeah. Thanks.

Failed my second one as well.

Oh, well done (!)

EXHALES SHARPLY

SIREN WAILS

Straight to this one, please.

OK, tell me about

the patient, please.

This is Tony. DOB 3/12/65,

picked up from Heathrow,

blue-lighted here.

- Get ready to move.

- Airway open, no airway assists in.

- Ready, steady, roll.

- Rest rep rate is high at 40 pm.

- Ready, steady, slide.

- Sats low throughout on oxygen.

Let's make some room.

He's completely obtunded.

ABG, please, and can

we get some monitoring?

Yeah.

Do we have access?

Just a pink. He's

completely shut down.

Not shifting much air.

OK, can we do an urgent

chest X-ray in here, please?

On their way.

Crep throughout. Neil,

do you have an airway?

Yeah, but I'm having to

help. Sats are in the 70s.

OK, he's tiring. We need

to get on and intubate.

Yeah, agreed.

Drugs from the fridge, please.

- Jo?

- Sats are 52.

- He's barely breathing now.

- Suction's there.

Are ITU on their way?

On their way.

OK, drugs going in,

bougie ready, please.

We're gonna need that ABG

as soon as we can, guys.

Gonna need suction.

Tube, please.

He's arresting

now. MONITOR BEEPS

Chantelle.

Abbey, you and the team

have got to let me know

if you're sending unstable

patients up to the wards.

I know, I'm sorry. I wanted

to give you a heads up,

but the take's been crazy.

Archie Williams. He should

really be in ITU, but no beds.

We just lost the

first one in resus.

sh*t.

- He doesn't have it, does he?

- No, he's flash pulmonary edema.

Are the ITU outreach team

still gonna come and see him?

Yeah, I know it's not

ideal, but they're rammed.

The whole network is.

We just can't be taking

high-dependency patients

onto the general wards.

I mean, it's not safe.

I know, but he's

got to go somewhere.

FRENCH DOCTOR: 'All over

Lombardy, we are overwhelmed.

'Emergency full,

intensive care full,

'theatres, corridors.

'It arrived so fast,

we were not prepared.

'You must prepare and find

a way to double, triple,

'more than triple

the beds you have.

'All the ventilators you have,

'you will need more

than that number.'

By how much more, would you say?

How many more ventilated beds?

'Mine is a small

unit here, 15 beds,

'but we need we need 60-80 more,

'so you can do the sums.

'We're working 18-20 hours,

'our medical students are

manually ventilating patients.'

REPORTER: 'Prime Minister,

just two weeks ago in Italy,

'there were 153 cases of

coronavirus and just three deaths.

'Now, 16 million people

have been quarantined.

'A reflection, if you like,

'of the public health challenge

we are all facing globally.'

FRENCH DOCTOR: 'We are

rationing the ventilators.

'At the moment,

we have no choice.

'Over 65, no ventilators at all.

'Oxygen, too, we are

struggling with our supply.

'The thing is, it doesn't

matter how much you can plan,

'doesn't matter how much you are

reading the news or whatever,

'the virus is always

gonna be ahead.

'You can never be

prepared enough.

'I'm sorry, guys, but

that's the way it is.'

Thank you, Doctor.

REPORTER: 'There's been

a bit of confusing advice

'about things like

shaking hands.'

JOHNSON: 'Yes.'

'And I'm intrigued

to know whether

'you've developed a

personal policy yourself.'

'I'm shaking hands continuously, I

was at a hospital the other night

where I think there were actually

a few coronavirus patients,

and I shook hands with everybody,

you'll be pleased to know,

and I continued to shake hands.

MACHINES BEEP

Mr Ahmad.

I'm Doctor Vyas.

How are we doing?

MOROSELY: All right.

MR AHMAD COUGHS

Let's just lift you up slightly.

There we are.

CONTINUES COUGHING

Are you a smoker?

No.

Let's see.

Let's take this off.

COUGHS

You're not feeling breathless?

No.

Have you been exposed to

any chemicals at work?

I work in IT, mate.

Right.

I'm just gonna stick

this back on, yeah?

What's your high score?

556,000.

- What? You need to get out more.

- What's yours?

- About 10,000 something.

- Terrible.

I think we have a

hot case in bed one.

Everyone's been triaged

on the front door.

- I know, but I need the side room.

- I can't just give you

Clare, please, can you just

get that done for me, please?

- OK. Sure.

- Thanks.

Hiya. I need some masks,

please, some FFP3s.

Why?

Query positive in the Cold Zone.

- But

- Can I please just take some FFP3s?

I don't think it's allowed.

We've been told Hot Zone only.

OK, why?

We've just been told.

Well, I need an FFP3.

We've been told.

HE SCOFFS

Right. OK.

- Emma?

- Yeah.

Will you take one of these

and stick it on for me?

Yeah, sure.

Who's that?

Oh, that's Mrs Ahmad, his

wife. Is everything all right?

- Ant? Yeah?

- I'm not sure.

- Should I scrub up?

- Yes, please.

Hi, Mr Ahmad. We're just gonna

move you to a little side room.

One's just become available.

Sorry, can you make

some room there, please?

Would you mind just moving

to one side, please?

Can you get the door for me,

please, Clare, and then step away?

Just leave that there

for me, please, Emma.

Can I just get you to stay outside

for a sec, please, Mrs Ahmad?

- Why, what's going on?

- No, no, no, she's gonna stay.

Yeah, I'm fine here, thank you.

Have you been with him all day?

Yeah, of course.

Why? What's wrong,

Doctor? HE COUGHS

- What's going on?

- It's really weird.

He's just sat there

happily on his phone,

but his sats are in

the 60s on room air.

What's his chest X-ray like?

Virtual whiteout,

bilateral infiltrates,

a really odd-looking X-ray.

You said sats in the 60s?

Yeah, but ID won't let us

test him. No travel history.

And the Hot Zone won't take him.

"No travel history,

no coronavirus."

OK.

Everybody stay out.

Where you going?

Just stay out. I'll call you.

COUGHS

Look, I need a coronavirus

test for a 45-year-old patient.

I know he has no travel history

- Right.

but there is the highest

index of clinical suspicion

that this is an undiagnosed

coronavirus case.

Absolutely, but the guidance

says with no travel history,

we can't authorise testing.

I was just standing there watching

a patient playing on his phone

with his sats

sitting in his boots,

so the guidelines need to

go in the bin for a moment.

We have to follow guidelines.

We have no choice.

Huw, you know this thing is

spreading all over Italy.

This is national guidance, OK?

It's from Public Health England.

Talk to Mike and make sure

your patient's in a side room.

He's crashing, he's crashing.

- What's going on?

- I need help here, he's arresting.

Ant, Ant, stop! Stop!

Can we all glove and mask, all

of you, straight away, please?

Adult cardiac arrest.

I'm already exposed,

I'm getting started.

- Shouldn't we have FFP3s?

- Hot Zone only.

Jo can't come. There's

a query coronavirus.

Emma, no, please, please, step back.

Thank you. Mrs Ahmad, I need you

What's wrong with him?

Where's the defib?

Where's the crash trolley?

Is he gonna be OK?

Guys, stay out. We're

gonna wait for ITU. Thanks.

Abbey?

ITU on their way.

Abbey, back, please.

This is Yussuf Ahmad,

45-year-old, admitted

with mild breathlessness.

Febrile, bilateral

creps on examination.

Sats in the 60s on admission.

Total whiteout on chest film,

but sat up chatting on oxygen.

ITU DOCTOR: Laryngoscope

and a size 8 tube.

Pause.

Pause.

Laryngoscope.

Tube.

I'm in. Restart compressions.

Why are you guys in PPE?

Just a precaution.

No travel history.

We should all be in full PPE!

Becky, you can take over?

Five, four, three, two, one.

Look, I think

I was clerking him earlier

without a mask on, Abbey.

- I think you need to isolate.

- I didn't even put gloves on.

- Ant, Ant

- But he seemed fine.

- Go home.

- They said the Cold Zone was clear.

Listen to me. You've been

exposed. You need to go now.

- What about

- Please.

Just go. I'll call

you later, OK?

- Yeah.

- It's OK.

How is that feeling, huh? Good?

Better, Mr Williams?

New man.

Thank you, Divina.

You're welcome, Mr Williams.

HE COUGHS

Hi. Hi, hi.

'Hi. Yeah, yeah. You OK?'

Sorry I didn't get a

chance to call sooner.

'No, no, it's fine. It's

all good. It's all good.'

Everything OK?

'Yeah, yeah. Just wondering

what's going on, though.'

Er We're not sure yet.

Nothing's been confirmed, you

know, with testing or anything.

But, well, Robyn doesn't

really tolerate the nebuliser,

so if she would get coronavirus,

she'd end up going

straight into kids' ED

and I really wouldn't want

that to happen right now.

'But, I mean, she's been

'she's been pretty good

recently, you know?

KIDS YELL 'Guys, guys, please.

'I don't think there are

many cases yet, are there?'

I just I don't want

it getting to her.

Even if I've dodged it,

it's gonna be in

the schools now.

'You all right, though?

When do you finish?'

Not for a while.

'Here you are.'

Do I get a hello?

- 'Hello, Mum.'

- 'Hi.'

I'll call you when

I'm heading home.

- 'Sorry. Sorry. You're OK, though?'

- It's fine.

Yep, yeah. I better go, OK?

- 'Bye-bye.'

- Bye. Bye-bye.

PPE to the max in here.

I'm not saying he's got COVID,

but we're suspicious, OK?

We've swabbed him, so we'll see.

"No travel history,

no coronavirus."

Well, he's sick

enough for a test now.

Where are these

rules coming from?

If he has got the virus,

it's coming in through

the front door.

Anyone with a chest

history could have it.

Or just anyone.

BORIS JOHNSON: 'Fantastic

NHS, fantastic testing systems

'and fantastic surveillance.'

PASSENGER COUGHS

'We will make sure the NHS

gets all the support it needs

'to continue their brilliant

response to the virus so far.

'But at this stage,

'with the exception of all the

points that I have just mentioned,

'I want to stress

'that for the vast majority

of the people of this country,

'we should be going about

our business as usual.'

OK, folks, we now have

our first two patients

with suspected coronavirus

isolated in ITU.

Both travel history from China.

Both tested, but

results not back.

We've been told to double,

possibly triple our ITU footprint,

and anticipate suspending

all elective surgery

and redeploying staff.

We're contacting

dental colleagues.

We're bringing back clinic-based

SPRs and research SPRs,

and redeploying them

to Cold Zone wards.

We are following the Public

Health England guidance

and in daily contact

with NHS England.

Er Yeah. Questions?

Yes, Mike

There are actually three

suspected COVID cases, not two.

My team saw a case

in the Cold Zone

presenting with

no travel history.

He experienced a respiratory

arrest, and he is now in ITU.

So, what's your question, Abbey?

My concern is the Cold Zones, where

there's currently no PPE at all.

I'm worried this puts my

team, all the teams, at risk.

We're beginning to see patients

on the take presenting

I do hear you, but there really

aren't any serious concerns

about community transmission

coming through to us from PHE.

I'm voicing that concern, Mike.

MURMURED AGREEMEN

All right. OK.

OK, look, everyone, this

is the national guidance.

MAN: Based on what?

On containment.

The working assumption is that

the few cases here in

the UK are contained.

And for now, there's no

reason to assume otherwise.

OK. Thanks so much, everyone.

These will be daily briefings

from now on. I hope that's OK.

So, I will see you

all tomorrow morning.

All of us just packed in here

again, all together like this?

It's just temporary, until

things get back to normal.

I hope that's not a problem.

Mike.

Mike!

We're all packed in here with

no masks or social distancing.

I've already had

to send my reg home

because I think he

may have been exposed.

No, no, not if he's

Cold Zone only.

But I think we're getting

coronavirus cases in the Cold Zone.

Look, like I said, this has

come straight down to us from

From Public Health

England. I know.

I don't think they're

making it up on the spot.

But what if they're out of date

and it's already spreading?

Abbey, this is their lane.

We need to have faith in their

ability to assess the epidem

- The staff on my ward have no PPE!

- Because they don't need it.

In Cold Zones, they don't

need it. That's the guidance.

PHONE BUZZES I'm sorry.

I have to take this.

How's he doing?

His gas exchange is deteriorating

despite maximal ventilation.

PHONE BUZZES

Yes. Put her through, please.

That's his wife.

Dr Ozkul here.

Everything we're trying

just isn't enough.

I'm sorry to say, he's

not going to survive.

'No! Can I see him?'

I'm so very sorry, but we

cannot let visitors inside.

The risks at the

moment are just too

SHE SOBS

I am very, very sorry.

So, in summary, Mr Williams

is doing brilliantly

when you think about what

he was like when he came in.

You're doing so

well, Mr Williams.

Hopefully, hopefully,

home to Florence soon.

She'll be pleased. Thank you.

Thanks, Emma. I'm glad you're

feeling better, Mr Williams.

- Bye-bye.

- Where's Ant this morning?

I sent him home from

the take on Friday.

He did CPR on the patient

who went straight to ITU.

What, in the Cold Zone?

I was concerned about

the possibility

Is there anything

we should be doing?

It's just a precaution.

Right.

ANT COUGHS 'Hiya.'

How you feeling?

'Shite.'

Look, Ant

Mr Ahmad, the patient

you were exposed to, he

he didn't make it.

I'm sorry.

'Oh, right.'

The results of his

test still aren't back.

Don't ask me why.

Have you had yours?

'Nope, I am not unwell enough,

and no travel history.'

COUGHS

I'll get you one,

OK? Well, I'll try.

Here you go, Abbey.

'Forget it. I've got to go.'

Where have you got to be?

'I've got to call Mum.'

OK. You take care

of yourself, yeah?

'Bye.'

So, we'll try taking him

off the nasal canulae,

and then we'll see

how you get on. OK?

When did you get back?

Excuse me one second.

Guys, guys, guys,

what are you doing?

Anyone on here could

have it, they're saying,

Who's saying that?

Chantelle told me you had said it

had got in the Cold Zone, so

I'm not sure we can

start making our own kit.

We don't want to panic people.

Well, then, no-one's

looking out for us.

We don't know which of our patients

have got it and which haven't.

Be honest, Abbey, do

you think we're safe?

That's what we're being told.

That's the advice from

Public Health England.

But you would tell us

if you weren't sure, no?

That's the national

guidance, so

- Can you come take a look?

- Yeah.

Got three query

coronavirus in resus.

ITU's with one of them now,

the other two looking like

they're heading that way.

These are out of date.

Says 2016 underneath.

Seriously?

Sorry, not the FFP3s, Doctor.

There's been a downgrade.

Excuse me?

New guidance. You can

just use the basic stuff.

Apron, surgical masks.

What?

You need to be doing

aerosol-generating procedures

to get full PPE.

Well, I've touched this one

now. Shall I just use it?

Erm

This is insane.

Mike Prentice was just here.

I'm sure you can catch him.

Thank you.

MACHINES BEEP, CHATTER

HEAVY BREATHING

One of them is already dead.

He never got out of resus.

Another's on his way to ITU,

the third's about to be.

I am not going in there

again in a plastic pinny,

and neither is my team.

Yeah, the downgrade is

new national guidance.

It's a three-line whip.

Are you running out?

- Look, Jo, I know it may seem

- Who are you saving it for?

Please, just tr

Just trust the guidelines.

The downgrade means

restricted use of Level 3 PPE.

There's a perception on the

floor that there's a mismatch

between the new guidelines

and reality based on Italy.

But that's Italy. We're

not on the same curve.

Well, we're definitely behind

them, but we are on it.

There's only one curve.

OK, sure. So, what?

The Department of Health are saying

that you don't need Level 3 PPE.

And you think

I-I-I think the concerns around

the Lombardy experience are real.

I've just got off

the phone from DoH.

Why are DoH saying that

Level 3 PPE isn't required?

They're very clear about the

state of things in the UK, so

No, no. Sure.

I've got the Secretary of

State on speed dial here

if you want to take

it up the line.

ABBEY: and we'll

talk about next steps.

Could you grab me

a red form, please?

Erm Ros, could you pass

me Mr Bailey's notes, please?

I just want to check the next

of kin details. Thank you.

That's great, thanks.

Divina? DIVINA COUGHS

Divina, what's the matter?

Thirty-nine point one.

I can't stop coughing.

I'm going home.

- Let me get you a test.

The guidance has

been changed again.

Now no-one can get one unless

you're sick enough to be admitted.

SHE GASPS AND COUGHS

Divina

It's OK.

Could you grab me

that form, please?

Yes. Yeah.

Hey, Mummy's home!

- Mum, Mum!

- Mum, Mum!

Hey. No, remember, Mummy's

gonna have a shower.

No, but I want to

show you something.

I know, I'll be down in a

minute. Stay in the kitchen, OK?

I won't be long. Love you.

- Mum!

Five minutes, love.

BORIS JOHNSON: 'And it's clear

that coronavirus, COVID- 19,

'continues and will

continue to spread

'across the world and our

country over the next few months.

'We've done what can be done

to contain this disease,

'and this has bought

us valuable time.

'But it's now a global pandemic

'and the number of

cases will rise sharply.

'Indeed, the true number of cases

is higher, perhaps much higher

'than the number of cases we have

so far confirmed with tests.'

Let's get you into

bay 3, please.

'I must level with you, level

with the British public.

'More families,

many more families

'are going to lose loved

ones before their time.'

OK, let's move that

oxygen over, thank you.

Brakes on.

BREATHES HEAVILY

Relax as you are for a second.

Let's get that side down.

You're doing really well.

need to be seen first,

and there are three

ducks in resus already.

Thanks, mate, well done.

Right, everyone. It's

going to be a hard night,

but we have more FFP3s

from a building firm,

from some vets and dentists.

And school kids, amazingly,

have made some visors.

THEY CHUCKLE

Hannah's been on the

phone all afternoon.

- Here we go.

- Ah, here they come.

Cheers, guys.

Thanks, lads.

Oh-h*-h*!

This one has your name

all over it, Neil.

Very fancy.

And we have around two million

pizzas from the public.

So no moaning, even if they

do all have pineapple on them.

Just kidding, they don't.

So, heads down, stay safe.

Speak to me if it gets too much.

OK?

Sure.

Hey. Didn't think I'd

be seeing you tonight.

Med reg off sick, all the

locums off sick, so

Bad luck.

What's a "duck"?

A patient with COVID lungs,

COVID bloods, COVID plain film,

but no COVID test result back.

If it looks like a duck,

walks like a duck

Yeah, got it.

My F1s will help you out.

What about their PPE guidelines?

We only get Level 3 for resus.

It's obvious they're

just short of kit.

Yeah.

Are you OK in hot resus?

You know, Divina's

Yeah, yeah.

- Hello, Divina.

- Hi, Doctor.

Do you want to bring

me up to speed?

We've been tweaking the high

flow since this morning,

but she's on 100% now and

sats have dropped to 87.

Here's her gas from

20 minutes ago.

OK. Thanks.

Divina

I can see how

tired you are getting.

I think we should

take you to ITU, OK?

And if we have to

move to a ventilator,

I will do the intubation myself.

All right?

I promise you, we will

take the absolute

ALARM BLARES

What's that?

It's the low oxygen flow rate

alarm. Button on the wall, please.

Are we running out of oxygen?

I'll see you shortly,

Divina, all right?

WEAKLY: OK.

I'll call you as soon

as I've got a bed.

Let's go for a trial of

CPAP in the meantime.

Hi, guys, I might

need a bit of help,

even if it's just

for a few hours.

We're running out

of beds, vents

ALARM BLARES

Maybe even oxygen.

Look, I'm I'm not gonna

make it home this weekend.

Sorry, it's just

it's just exploded.

They they just keep coming.

Don't take the children anywhere

this weekend, it's not safe.

Home or the park,

but nowhere else, OK?

'OK, OK. Are you all right?'

Ambulance bay, please, Abbey.

Yeah.

I've got to go. I'll

call you in the morning.

- 'OK.'

- OK, bye.

What's going on? Guys,

why aren't you doing CPR?

- We've been told not to.

- Where's your PPE?

He arrested en route

20 minutes ago.

We're just in aprons.

We can't do CPR.

It's droplet-generating,

we just had to let him go.

You're gonna have to call

it in the back of the truck,

and we need to get

back out on the road.

Look, I'm really sorry

to do this to you,

but we need to get

back on the road.

Yeah.

8:32.

8:32 pm.

TEARFULLY: I'm sorry,

guys. I am so sorry.

'The country has a

perfectly adequate supply

'of personal protective

equipment, PPE, at the moment.'

There have been, I think,

some differential deliveries,

if you like, in some areas,

which has caused a degree

of concern recently.

That is completely resolved now.

'And in fact, what we've

done in the last 36 hours

'is set up an entirely

separate PPE'

- Sorry, trying to get past.

- Sorry.

- Through here, yeah?

- Yeah.

They just keep on coming.

It's madness.

I'm so sorry.

We tried everything

we could en route.

If you call the number I've

given you in the morning

Hi, Jo.

Obviously, staff sickness

is through the roof.

Because of the PPE situation.

We're also having questions

raised about oxygen delivery.

There's clearly extreme

pressure on beds.

So, Gold Command have decided

we need to declare

a critical incident.

Really? Took you long enough.

Hello, Divina.

Welcome to ITU.

It's nice to see you. We're gonna

take good care of you, all right?

We're just gonna

put a little tube.

It's gonna take a minute or two.

It's gonna be very quick,

OK? I'm gonna do it myself.

Nice and gentle.

We're right here

with you. All right?

Drugs are going in. You'll

start feeling it in a moment.

OK, just relax.

Nice.

That's it.

That's it.

MACHINES BEEP

JEREMY CORBYN: 'The World Health

Organisation said test, test, test.'

CHRIS WHITTY: 'If the

NHS became overwhelmed,

'then people would die

from indirect deaths

'because they did not have the

ability to get medical care.'

CORBYN: 'The rest of the

world is providing staff

'with full protective gear,

and we are restricting it.'

What's your name?

JOHNSON: 'I do think,

looking at it all,

'that we can turn the tide

within the next 12 weeks,

'and I'm absolutely confident that

we can send coronavirus packing.'

I need some help here!

He's stopped breathing!

REPORTER: 'Do you not

think it is now right

'to move to a more substantial

lockdown of the capital,

'like they have in

Italy, in Spain?'

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