Ambulance

An unexpected spike in 999 calls means drastic action has to be taken.

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1 hour into the night-shift the control centre is already onto its 3rd cardiac arrest and the 12th stabbing victim of the weekend. Other crews are tied up caring for an alcoholic and an elderly man.

Justin and Dawns first call of the day is to a woman whose waters have broken. A drunken man, repeat callers and a woman unable to leave her home all test the crews patience.

A day shift takes an unexpected turn for West Midlands Ambulance Service paramedics, Nat and Nat, when a 999 call about an unconscious patient suddenly becomes very personal. In the meantime, a 19-year-old girl has been taken ill at school.

Pete and Matt, a specialist trauma team, are called to treat the victim of a brutal knife attack. Paramedics Christine and Chris start their day shift with a man who has collapsed in Worcester town centre after a suspected drug overdose. Jo and Tracey are called to 90-year-old Dennis, whos been vomiting. Christine and Chris are dispatched to Theresa, a terminally ill patient with suspected neutropenic sepsis caused by her cancer treatment. Crewmates Mark and Nieaal drive 20 minutes on blue lights to Ledbury in the dead of night to treat 96-year-old Jim.

At the start of a night shift, West Midlands Ambulance Service is receiving a High volume of emergency calls and is struggling to cope. A specialist paramedic attends a machete attack but his less urgent jobs are even more time-consuming.

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Over a busy weekend in Manchester, North West Ambulance Service paramedics Andrea and Glynn attend an RTC, while Debbie and Shaun try to persuade a homeless man to go to hospital.

A suspected terror incident requires a large-scale response and brings back memories of the Manchester Arena attack for the paramedics.

A Friday night shift takes an unexpected turn for paramedic Jon. A panicked caller needs help for a friend who has given birth in a hotel room despite not knowing she was pregnant.

A Friday night shift takes an unexpected turn for paramedic Jon. A panicked caller needs help for a friend who has given birth in a hotel room despite not knowing she was pregnant.

Call handler Laura offers life saving advice to a panicked 999 caller, the call makes such a deep impact that she decides on the spot to change the direction of her life.

Doctor Ian and paramedic Nikki see the human consequences of youth violence when they attend a 13-year-old who has been stabbed and two young men who’ve been shot.

Joining ambulance crews in Greater Manchester as they tackle the freezing winter conditions. Advanced paramedic Jon treats a homeless man who has spent the night in a van.

The control room team feel the pressure on a busy night as they receive calls concerning a cocaine binge, a traffic collision and an accident involving a cherry picker.

A burglar has injured himself while trying to escape from a house he was burgling. As Kirsten arrives to support the crews already at scene, she finds he is in agony with a nasty open fracture to his leg.

Call handler Brogan has to guide one caller through the process of performing lifesaving CPR while they wait for an ambulance to arrive.

Advanced Paramedic Kev is dispatched to a cardiac arrest. While the ambulance crews on scene continue to give CPR, Kevs attentions turn to support the family members anxiously waiting.

Its payday weekend for millions of Londoners, and the 370 ambulance crews on duty are busy caring for the capital. Thirty minutes into the night shift, police request urgent assistance at the scene of a stabbing.

In control, join call handler Erin as she answers a 999 call from a distressed relative who has found their loved one hanging. This is the first time Erin has answered a call such as this and it has an instant impact.

Cameras follow crews from the North West Ambulance Service as they respond to the impacts of the Covid-19 epidemic and Storm Christoph.

A crew attend to a woman who has contracted Covid-19 while 20 weeks pregnant. But they must join a queue of 56 ambulances waiting to transfer patients into the local hospital.

The North West Ambulance Service are struggling with a spike in staff sickness from Covid-19, which is making it hard to meet the demand for 999 responses. A decision is made to ask for military personnel to help.

A call to help a patient threatening to jump off a bridge requires an urgent response during a busy day shift for the staff of North West Ambulance Service.

A 999 call for a patient who has fallen from a horse in a remote area takes priority for crewmates Chris and Lee on a very busy day shift in Lancashire.

On a busy night shift in Lancashire, a call for a patient threatening to take his life by walking into the sea in Blackpool takes priority for the North West Ambulance Service.

A crew from the North East Ambulance Service attends to a family who arrived in the UK just 17 days earlier as refugees from Iraq.

A 999 call for a patient driving the wrong way up a slip road kicks off another busy shift for the team covering the 2,300 square miles of Teesside.

The North East Ambulance Service and Great North Air Ambulance Service work as a team after multiple urgent 999 calls alert them to a collision on the motorway.

A night shift takes a turn for the worse as multiple Darlington crews respond to a category-1 call for a patient in cardiac arrest.

Staff shortages and a rise in 999 calls stretch the North East Ambulance Service to its limits, meaning only the most critical patients will get an ambulance.

The North East Ambulance Service responds to multiple 999 calls for patients at breaking point and struggling with their mental health.

Filmed during a historical period of uncertainty for the NHS, this episode introduces the staff of North West Ambulance Service across Lancashire, from the picket line to the front line.

A busy weekend night shift across Lancashire sees advanced paramedic Shaun dispatched to a baby born in the passenger seat of a car.

An urgent call from someone threatening to use a nerve agent against the emergency services leads to a major incident standby being declared.

Multiple emergency services respond to two separate reports of unexploded bombs in Greater Manchester, one with a primary school and nursery nearby.

The ambulance service responds to two separate calls for patients with severe burns, both in need of urgent treatment at the region’s only specialist burns unit.

It’s Easter bank holiday weekend, and the ambulance service receive a spike in the number of mental health-related calls.

London Ambulance Service manage a multi-storey flat fire and face the impact of assaults, both on patients and themselves.

Dispatchers Karen and Lucy face an overwhelming surge of urgent calls, while crews out on the road grow frustrated by frequent callers taking up valuable emergency resources.

It’s a run of night shifts for the London Ambulance Service and delays are on the rise. Despite intensifying pressure, paramedic Rob uses his Essex charm to put every patient at ease.

One of Londons specialist mental health cars helps to ease pressure on the service from the growing number of patients in crisis, including a homeless university student living rough.

Aer a frantic 999 caller reports witnessing a relative being attacked by an XL bully dog, crews are dispatched – but the dangerous dog is still on the loose.

Call handler Caelainn and her colleagues are sexually harassed by a persistent caller using a withheld number, which makes it hard to block his repeated calls.

Bailey is left shaken by the sudden decline of a regular patient, who has been left feeling suicidal after discovering the shelter he lives in is closing down.

Every parent’s worst nightmare unfolds when five-year-old Harry is hit by a car. Paramedics battle through rush hour traffic to reach him.

Critical care paramedic Nick is dispatched to a 78-year-old man who was found collapsed at home. Surrounded by the patient’s family, Nick must deliver some heartbreaking news.