Frontline Medicine

Season 1

2 episodes · Nov 20, 2011

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  • Survival
    S1E1

    Survival

    Nov 20, 2011

    The first episode takes Michael to Camp Bastion hospital in Afghanistan to find out how medics have achieved the highest survival rate in the history of warfare. And in A&E departments in the USA, he looks at the latest medical advances that could save thousands of lives both on and off the battlefield.

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  • Rebuilding lives
    S1E2

    Rebuilding lives

    Nov 27, 2011

    The survival rate in Afghanistan is the highest in the history of combat - but this means people are surviving with dreadful injuries. Michael wants to find out what medicine and technology can do to help rebuild their shattered lives. From mind-controlled prosthetics to growing spare body parts and face transplants, he explores the innovations which are helping both wounded troops and civilians to overcome life-changing injuries.

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