A man who fell from a cliff and a teen badly injured in a motorbike crash are set to appear in a new documentary series following Kent medics.

Channel 4's Emergency - set to broadcast next week - follows major trauma teams from across East Kent Hospitals Trust (EKHUFT) and London hospitals as they care for trauma patients over a two-week period during the summer.

Among those featured in the show is 18-year-old Leyton Bridgewater, who suffered horrific leg injuries when he crashed his motorbike into a traffic island on a summer’s evening.

Leyton was airlifted to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, before being transferred for specialist surgery at Kings College Hospital in London.

The teenager, from Ramsgate, said: “It’s definitely not something I expected, and it is very weird to see yourself on TV lying in a hospital bed.

“But I decided to go with it and let them film and I’m really happy with how it turned out.

"I tried standing up but my leg was folding the wrong way and I couldn’t..."

“The medical teams were amazing, particularly the nurses who looked after me, and I’m really grateful to them all for everything they did.”

Leyton crashed in July 2021 after his vision was temporarily blocked by his helmet lifting up. As he went to pull it down, he lost control of his motorbike.

He said: “I remember bits and pieces. I tried standing up but my leg was folding the wrong way and I couldn’t. Then I think I just zoned out until the paramedics arrived and gave me gas and air.

“I remember being in the ambulance and they tried to straighten my leg, then I remember arriving at the hospital in Ashford.”

Camera crews filmed the transfer from the air ambulance, and Leyton’s arrival in the emergency department of the William Harvey Hospital, where medics were waiting for him.

He had a CT scan and x-rays and doctors were concerned about the risk of infection because the bone had broken through the skin of his leg, leaving an open wound.

They decided to consult specialists at Kings College Hospital, who agreed to take on the case, and Leyton travelled the 60 miles to London by road ambulance.

Leyton, who also suffered injuries to his arm, said: “I was quite out of it but I remember them telling me the bone had snapped.

“I work in construction so I was worried about work, especially when they said it wasn’t a simple break and it needed surgery.

“But I have been able to go back to work, although I still have some appointments with the physios and at Kings.

“It’s been hard work to get the strength back and it still doesn’t feel perfect but I’m lucky it wasn’t worse.

“I watched a preview of the programme with my parents, who weren’t able to visit that often when I was in London because of the distance, and it was definitely interesting to look back at everything that happened.”

The programme also follows the story of Frazer Jardine, who suffered spinal injuries falling off a cliff in Ramsgate.

Emergency follows trauma medics at EKHUFT - which comprises Ashford's William Harvey, the QEQM Hospital in Margate, and the Kent & Canterbury in Canterbury - along with London's four major trauma centres and London's Air Ambulance.

TV crews spent two weeks filming at the William Harvey last summer following patients with traumatic injuries, including road traffic accidents and falls.

Filming continued throughout the autumn as patients continued their recovery locally, including at the Kent & Canterbury and QEQM.

EKHUFT chief executive Susan Acott said: “Heartfelt thanks to our patients and their loved ones for courageously sharing their experiences on camera, at what was for many of them, some of the very worst moments of their life.

“I also want to sincerely thank our fantastic, highly skilled teams for allowing cameras to film them 24/7 last summer. This new series brings to the fore their compassion and determination to do their best for each patient and I am immensely proud of them.”

Emergency will be broadcast on Channel 4 from 9pm to 10pm across four days, starting on Monday.

Episodes three and four, to be screened on Wednesday and Thursday, will feature Leyton and Frazer.