This week on ICU: A Matter of Life or Death, Tim, a 22-year-old floor tiler, has been admitted to Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital ICU, after a devastating punch to the head left him with severe brain damage. He’s in a medically induced coma and a piece of his skull has been removed to relieve the pressure in his brain … even so, the swelling continues. The vein at the rear of Tim’s skull is under severe stress and doctors may have to remove a portion of his brain. Damian was flown to The Alfred’s ICU in Melbourne from Launceston, Tasmania, when he became critically ill after a bout of Swine Flu. His lungs are now barely functioning and he’s rapidly going downhill. The ECMO heart/lung machine is his only chance of survival. Samantha has had a double lung transplant after her own lungs failed as a result of a genetic condition called Cystic Fibrosis. The new lungs are vulnerable to infection and rejection, and the ICU staff fear they may fill with fluid. But Samantha is a fighter: she tells doctors all she wants it to make her lung donor proud.