A father-of-two whose brain bleed caused him to fall down the concrete stairwell in his block of flats says he has no recollection of what happened before he woke up in A&E.
Duncan Cliffe, 47, fell down the stairwell outside his flat in Crewe, Cheshire, after suffering a potentially fatal bleed on the brain.
Now the story of his fight for survival and treatment by emergency medics at the Royal Stoke University Hospital will be featured on TV documentary '999: Critical Condition' on Channel 5 tonight.
Duncan was looked after by medics at the hospital’s Major Trauma Centre following the terrifying incident.
The team at the centre are amongst those featured in the documentary series, which looks at these incredible teams as they battle to save the lives of critically ill patients.
Duncan, who is now recovering at home, spoke of his appreciation for the care he received at the hospital.
The construction worker had just got home from working on a project at Leighton Hospital when the bleed occurred in July last year, causing him to lose consciousness and fall all the way down the stairwell at his block of flats in Crew, Cheshire Live reports .
He was taken to the trauma centre in Stoke by ambulance and was intubated almost immediately on entering resus due to having blocked airways.
In Wednesday’s episode, which airs at 9pm, doctors are concerned about blood behind his eyeball and Dr Richard Fawcett, trauma team leader, said it could have been a potentially “catastrophic event”.
Duncan, who has a son Freddie, 14, and daughter Jessica, 20, said: “It was just a normal day when it happened and I had just arrived back from work at around teatime. I don’t really have any recollection of what happened, the first thing I knew I woke up in A&E.
“I’m pretty much getting back to normal now and am hoping to return to work shortly and a bit of normality.”
He praised the team who looked after him at the Royal Stoke, saying: “I received really good care at Royal Stoke, the people were always very friendly. It’s a good place.”
