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About Man Runs Himself Over as Doctors Fear For His Life

This dramatic episode goes inside a busy A&E department at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, following emergency nurses dealing with serious accidents and unusual traumas. Patients include a man who slices through his chin with an angle grinder, a woman injured in a 40 mph car crash, a 13-year-old with a severe open arm fracture, and a man who accidentally runs himself over with his own car.

Man Runs Himself Over as Doctors Fear For His Life is presented by The Clinic. Its listed runtime is 46 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

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Title
Man Runs Himself Over as Doctors Fear For His Life
Runtime
46 minutes
Language
English
Publisher
The Clinic

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