All Saints - Season 2 Episode 42 Life Class
Still reeling from the news her father has cancer, Terri is informed terminal lung cancer patient Dave Armstrong is returning to Ward 17. Last time Dave was in hospital [ep 2.15], Terri got into an awful row with Mitch when she supported the patient's wish to refuse treatment. All Dave wanted was to die with dignity. However, now Terri knows her father has cancer, Dave's wish takes on a new meaning. Terri tries her hardest to avoid contact with Dave. But while Mitch performs a pleural tap to remove fluid from Dave's lung, Terri has to comfort Dave's wife Rosemary. When Rosemary goes home to rest for a while, Dave begs Terri and Mitch to allow him to have chemotherapy to extend his life a few weeks so he can see his daughters again at Christmas. Mitch has to break the news that chemotherapy now would not help. Dave has to prepare himself to die.
Dave seeks out Terri and spends the afternoon with her, talking about his love for his wife and daughters. Terri feels like she is attending a dress rehearsal for her own father's death. Dave starts to fail and Terri calls Rosemary back. Terri admits to Mitch that every time Dave looks at her she can see her own father and the future. Accompanied by Mitch, Terri supports Dave and Rosemary through the last hours of his life. Alone Terri lays Dave out, telling him how much she respects him and admits to her fear she will not have the same respect for her father when it is his time.
Ben and Bron attend an accident where Gordie and Col, two escaped prisoners, are trapped in a car. Ambulance Rescue work to release the trapped men and to secure the electricity lines which threaten both the rescue crews and the accident victims. Gordie is released but has no feeling below the waist. Ben feels he may have contributed to Gordie's injuries. Ben is determined to save Col but he needs the Trauma Team. Luke arrives to assess the situation. He realises Col is suffering from a slow collecting tamponade. He will die unless a small hole in his heart is plugged. There is no time to get him to hospital — Luke has no option but to open Col's chest at the accident site.
Von supervises work experience student Julian Ridgeway, son of the All Saints CEO Stan Ridgeway. Julian, influenced by his surgeon mother, is determined to be a doctor. Von discovers he has little empathy with patients and no respect for nurses. Julian is particularly scathing about Jane Potter, a young mother who is now in a coma. Julian believes caring for her is a waste of time. Observing Von as she nurses her patient, Julian begins to realise nurses are a doctors' eyes, ears and hands. His respect for nurses is confirmed when Von's care for Jane results in her regaining consciousness.
Year: 2009
Genre: Drama
Country:
Studio: Seven Network
Director: Bevan Lee
Cast: Judith McGrath, Alexandra Davies, Mirrah Foulkes, Jack Campbell, Andrew Supanz, Jolene Anderson
Crew:
First Air Date: Feb 24, 1998
Last Air date: Oct 27, 2009
Season: 12 Season
Episode: 493 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 6.20/10 by 9.00 users
Popularity: 35.975
Language: English
Keyword : hospital, medical drama
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Episode
Truth and Consequences (Part 1)
Truth and Consequences (Part 2)
Aftershocks
The Longest Day
If These Walls Could Talk
Getting to Know You
Dependence Day
Bloodlines
More Things in Heaven and Earth
Pushed to the Limit
Friends and Lovers
Judgement Day
Roll the Dice
My Mother, Myself
Get A Life
An Irish Lullaby
Head to Head
Desperate Remedies
The Human Touch
Disaster Plan
Forget-Me-Knots
Shoot the Messenger
In With the New
Second Chance
End Game
Behind Closed Curtains
Lesser of Two Evils
A Whole Lot to Lose
Just Like A Woman
Three's A Crowd
Time Bombs
Memories by Moonlight
True Love and the Blues
Knowing Me, Knowing You
When Duty Calls
The Ties that Bind
Lost and Found
The Stuff of Dreams
Outside the Square
Everyone Loves a Winner
Blood and Water
Life Class
Ghosts of Christmas Past