Sklif
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Sklif (Ep1) Inside an Intensive care unit, the first point of contact for emergencies
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Sklif (Ep2) A depressed musician and a youth with stab wounds
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Sklif (Ep3) Treating a patient who fell under a train
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Sklif (Ep4) Two brothers in a horrific car accident
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Sklif (Ep5) A race against time to establish the diagnosis of a man in critical condition
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Sklif (Ep6) A young woman insists she’s been assaulted by the police, has she just imagined it?
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Sklif (Ep7) A life-threatening fall down an escalator in the Moscow Metro
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Sklif (Ep8) A new father's youthful bad habits catch up with him
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Sklif (Ep9) Valery’s story continued: a shocking discovery after a double lung transplant
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Sklif (Ep10) A quad bike accident leads to a man being diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver
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Sklif (Ep11) Overwork lands a 22-year-old woman in an organ transplant department
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Sklif (Ep12) Too old for life-saving surgery?
Sklif (Ep7) A life-threatening fall down an escalator in the Moscow Metro
Sklif’s Intensive care unit is the first point of contact when an emergency or an accident happens. The doctors who work here need to act fast – the lives of their patients depend on their timely response. When a young man is rushed into the unit with a serious head wound, the doctors learn he had fallen down an escalator in Moscow Metro. They urgently need to prevent more blood loss, while minimising any risk of causing damage to the patient’s neck. The cause of the accident indicates that he might also be suffering from a spinal injury, and if so, a movement in the wrong direction could cause paralysis.
Before long, a man with a stab wound in his neck is also wheeled in. He needs treatment for shock and an operation for his spinal injury. His test results reveal he also has HIV, which means the doctors must be particularly careful while treating him. Risking their own lives while helping others is common for doctors in this unit, especially as the people arriving here can be intoxicated or aggressive.