Documentary series following the Scottish Ambulance Service. Paramedics respond to a range of calls including a small child who has fallen in a loch. Meanwhile in Glasgow, paramedics attend the scene of a crash on a motorway, where several casualties have been hospitalised, including a pregnant woman.
An air ambulance is sent out to rescue a deer manager in the Highlands who has been crushed by his own quad bike, and a man spotted swimming in the Clyde goes missing.
An accident on the Isle of Mull leaves a man seriously injured and triggers a response from the air ambulance. In Paisley, a young cyclist is left with a serious gash in his leg.
In Paisley, paramedics Gary and Stephen help a patient with a rare autoimmune disease who has lost mobility. In Edinburgh, Moira and Blair treat a man with severe abdominal pain.
Documentary series following the Scottish Ambulance Service. Serving a population of over five million, from remote islands to busy cities, the paramedics are first on scene at medical emergencies right across the country. This episode follows ambulance crews in Aberdeen and Edinburgh and the special operations response teams from the east and west of Scotland as they deal with the most serious calls. It’s festival time in Edinburgh and ambulance crew Stephen and Gwion are called to treat a woman who has fallen on the Royal Mile, possibly breaking her ankle. Elsewhere in Edinburgh, another crew - Blair and Moira - respond to a 999 call about an elderly lady who has become unresponsive and may have had a stroke. As strokes are time-critical, they assess her as quickly as possible and rush her to hospital. In the Central Belt, it’s a hot summer's day and the special operations teams are called to support the fire service at a major wildfire. They are also called to a fire in a tenement block in Glasgow and another fire in Falkirk. On the M8, a major crash poses another challenge for the special operations team, while back in Edinburgh, specialist paramedic Mat is called to a head injury before suddenly being diverted to a more serious life-or-death call. And in Aberdeen, an elderly lady needs treatment for a face injury sustained in a fall.
This episode follows ambulance crews in Aberdeen and Edinburgh and the special operations response teams from the east and west of Scotland as they deal with the most serious calls. In Edinburgh, an emergency on Arthur’s Seat sees the team deploy their off-road vehicle, while elsewhere in the capital, a builder has had his hand crushed by a skip and needs urgent treatment if he is not to lose some fingers. Outside Glasgow, the team for the west of Scotland is called to a possible drowning which requires their special skills and equipment to try and retrieve a body from the water. In Aberdeen, Ewan and Alan transfer one of the oldest patients they have encountered to hospital. The patient is a 102-year-old lady with breathing problems who needs treatment. Back in the east, the team based close to Edinburgh have a call to a crash involving a car and a tram. In Peterhead, near Aberdeen, a seriously ill patient needs emergency stabilisation on the way to hospital. She is in palliative care and could go downhill fast. And at Glasgow Airport, a patient is safely stowed onto the ambulance service’s fixed-wing aircraft for a transfer back home to Stornoway after treatment in hospital.
In this episode, we follow ambulance crews in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Paisley and also spend time with the special operations response teams as they deal with the most serious emergencies. In Aberdeen, ambulance crew Sarah and Stuart are called to a patient with epilepsy who has suffered a succession of fits and needs to be taken to hospital. In Edinburgh, the special operations team attend a car crash involving some tourists who have just arrived in Scotland only to find themselves involved in a collision and on their way to hospital. The team are also called to assist with a call on Arthur’s Seat, where a man has a suspected broken ankle and might need to be in their all-terrain vehicle. In Glasgow, a patient with a suspected stroke is assessed by ambulance crew Steve and John. They run some tests, but when they recommend she go to hospital, she is extremely reluctant. Back in Edinburgh, specialist paramedic Mat is called to treat a woman with severe pain due to pancreatitis. He does what he can to relieve her agony before arranging hospitalisation. And on the Edinburgh night shift, paramedics Colin and Dan have a call to a possible sepsis case involving a teenager with a swollen foot and a range of unusual symptoms. In Paisley, paramedics Fiona and Brian visit an elderly lady who has fallen and gashed her arm. A bit of patching up is enough to fix her wound and she can stay at home to recover.
In this episode, we follow ambulance crews in Aberdeenshire, Edinburgh and Paisley, and the special operations response teams as they deal with the most serious calls. In Aberdeen, ambulance crew Sarah and Stewart are called to a lady who has fallen at home and needs to be checked over, while not too far away, near Peterhead, an elderly patient who has difficulties moving needs to be transferred to hospital. Ambulance crew Ricky and Luan use their skills to help him safely into the ambulance. Outside Glasgow, Special Operations paramedic Brian gets a call to a woman with breathing problems, which could be a sign of something serious. Later, he is called to help his colleagues at a bus crash in Glasgow that has left a few passengers injured. In Edinburgh, Moira and Blair are called to a lady who has collapsed on Princes Street and needs to be taken to hospital. In Paisley, Gary and Pete respond to a call about a young boy with a rare heart condition who has had a seizure and needs to be checked in hospital. And back in Aberdeen, paramedic Nick struggles to get an intravenous line into a seriously ill patient.
This episode follows ambulance crews in Edinburgh and Aberdeen and also sees the special operations response teams deal with some serious incidents. In Edinburgh, ambulance crew Moira and Blair are called to a man with severe chest pain who needs to be checked and taken to hospital right away. In Aberdeen, on the night shift, Ricky and Luan get a call to a man who has fallen at home, and who turns out to be one of the more entertaining patients they have seen in a while. In Glasgow, a call about a possible person in the Clyde has triggered a huge emergency response - but is it genuine? Stevie from the special operations response team needs to get to the bottom of it. In Edinburgh, the eastern special operations team are called to a fire in a block of flats but struggle to find the location. And specialist paramedic Mat treats a patient for breathing difficulties. Meanwhile, on the night shift in Edinburgh, ambulance crew Stephen and Gwion deal with an ill elderly patient reluctant to go to hospital. And in Glasgow, paramedic Brian treats a lady who has fallen and may have a cardiac problem.
In this episode, we follow ambulance crews from Edinburgh and Glasgow and the special operations response teams from the east and west of Scotland as they respond to 999 calls and provide emergency medical treatment. In Glasgow, Stevie and his team are called to a car crash on a very rainy day, while elsewhere in the city, ambulance crew Johnny and Fraser get a call to a GP surgery where it is reported that a man in his thirties seems to be having a heart attack – a highly unusual emergency. In Edinburgh, Colin and Dan check and treat an elderly lady with an unusual combination of symptoms. They need to work out what is going on and arrange for her to go to hospital. In Greenock, another elderly lady has fallen at home and needs to be carefully moved and checked by Brian and his special operations colleagues. Back in Edinburgh, Moira and Blair get a call to a man with breathing difficulties who seems to be having a panic attack that is making his symptoms worse. They need to try and calm him down before it’s safe to take him to hospital. Elsewhere in Edinburgh, ambulance crew Stephen and Gwion face a challenging situation with a patient who needs treatment but who, because he is in palliative care, refuses to go to hospital. In Fife, a young man has fractured his ankle while walking on rock by the coast and needs to be rescued. Ali and Emma from the special operations team go to help.
Paramedics respond to a major incident following a collision between a bus and van on the busy A90 near Dundee, causing multiple casualties.
Paramedics treat a patient in the Glasgow Airport operations tower with a history of heart attacks, and a trauma team arrive by helicopter at a high speed car crash in Forth Valley.
In this episode, we follow paramedics in Inverness, Oban, Edinburgh and the Borders. Special operations paramedics Dan and Leigh are called to assist bomb disposal experts after a hazardous chemical is found at a building site, before taking to the water in the Bordersto search for a body in the river. Lee and Nadine race to the scene of a three-car smash on icy roads, and paramedics in Oban make two trips to visit a regular patient whose breathing is getting progressively worse. Moira and Dee battle through busy city centre traffic in Edinburgh to reach a patient who has fallen from their wheelchair and needs a special piece of kit to get them into the ambulance. And in Inverness, Stuart and Jamie are called to a patient with chest pains who is unsure about going into hospital.
Paramedics rush to a road traffic accident where a car has flipped off the road, and respond to patients struggling to breathe.
Paramedics respond to a patient with neck pain following a car crash in Livingstone and assist the coastguard in the search for a missing person in Fife.
Paramedics help a man stuck in mud at a building site who needs to be pulled out without causing more damage to his legs and feet.
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In this episode, a paramedic team are called to a dangerous mountain bike crash in the Borders. Mike and Christine fear their patient has suffered serious internal injuries, and must treat her on a remote hillside before working out how to safely transport her back to the ambulance. In Ayr, a woman celebrating her 80th birthday has been vomiting for several hours. Concerned the symptoms look like sepsis, the crew need to get her to hospital as quickly as possible. Further south, in Stranraer, Tanya and Caron are called to a patient who is struggling with Covid. The region has been hard hit by the virus, and the crew must change into specialist PPE before they can enter the patient's home. In Edinburgh, Tom and Donna are called to a patient struggling with an extreme nosebleed, while in Glasgow, Karli and Craig attend the Euros 2020 fanzone in Glasgow Green, one of the first big gatherings after lockdown.
In this episode, an amateur footballer has suffered a serious and painful double fracture to his lower leg. The crew find him in agony on a muddy football pitch and, battling torrential rain, they must calm his pain and stabilise his injury before he can be taken to hospital. Meanwhile, a teenager in Ayr has fallen off a rope swing badly, and the pParamedics need to assess his back and spine in case he has suffered a serious injury. Paramedics In Johnstone are called to a man who is suffering stroke-like symptoms, including slurred speech and dizziness. The symptoms are concerning enough for a trip to hospital. In Melrose, advanced practitioner Mike and crewmate Christine are attending a patient who is struggling to pass kidney stones and in excruciating pain. They fight to control his pain and avoid a trip to A&E.
In Inverness, Lesley and Stuart tend to a man who has fallen into the canal and been fished out by an alert member of the public. However, as they treat the patient, it becomes clear he is intoxicated and he reacts badly to the crew's attempts to calm him down. Fearing for their safety, the crew call the police to keep them safe as they take the patient to hospital.
Paramedics are called to a teenage girl who has had a dramatic fall from the top of a fence. She is in severe pain, and the crew must safely move her onto a specialist stretcher before taking her to hospital.
In Edinburgh, paramedics from the Special Operations and Response Team attend a woman who has sustained an injury near the summit of Arthur's Seat. Although the injury is not serious, transporting the patient from such a difficult location is a challenge, and the team need specialist four-wheel drive equipment to complete the journey and get the patient to hospital.
Paramedics from the Special Operations and Response Team attend a major crash on the M74, along with emergency personnel from all over southern Scotland and northern England. It is the hottest day of the year, and as well as dealing with the aftermath of the crash, paramedics must work hard to make sure all their colleagues are hydrated as they battle stifling heat.
Paisley paramedics Gary and Peter rush to treat a patient whose heart rate is dangerously fast and must stabilise him before he can be transported to hospital. In Melrose, Lee and Nadine attend a 40-year-old woman with severe Covid symptoms, a common call-out during the pandemic. The patient is struggling to walk, and the crew give her oxygen in the ambulance on the way to hospital.
Paramedics from the Special Operations Response Team are called to a remote canalside in Stirlingshire, where a young walker has slipped and dislocated her knee. As night falls, the team need to scramble their specialist all-terrain vehicle to transport her from the canalside to the ambulance. On Skye, ambulance crews need to be prepared to transport patients long distances to and from hospital. Georgia and Paul attend a patient who has Covid-19 and is having great difficulty in breathing. The crew suspect she may be suffering from a pulmonary embolism and need to get her to hospital in Inverness – a three-hour drive – as quickly as possible.
In Renfrewshire, paramedics Gary and Peter are on call on one of the hottest days of the year. They assist a man who has been out walking in the heat and collapsed at a bus stop. The crew must ensure his exhaustion isn't hiding a bigger problem.
With Covid sweeping the country, Paisley paramedics Peter and Gary respond to a man who is having difficulty breathing and who receives a positive Covid result while the crew are on their way to hospital. The paramedics must get the patient into hospital as quickly as possible while also guarding against contracting the virus themselves.
Documentary series following the frontline workers of the Scottish Ambulance Service.
The Special Operations Response Team helps two children, one who nearly loses a finger and another who needs help getting off an inflatable assault course with a broken arm.
A biker’s tour of northern Scotland is cut short due to a broken rib, and paramedics in Banff rush to the home of a woman who collapsed while on the phone for an ambulance.
In Dalkeith, an out-of-control dog attacks its owner and stands between the paramedics and their patient. And the ambulance service tries out e-bikes at the Edinburgh Festival.
Paramedics are called to the shore of Banton Loch in North Lanarkshire, where a man has fallen onto rocky ground. And a crew revive a man in Hawick who has overdosed on drugs.
There is a four-hour wait for a patient with a heart condition in Kirkcaldy, and a SORT team investigates whether a dangerous chemical has been released into a flat.
A man struggles to breathe at a nightclub, another collapses with Covid-19. and an ambulance crew in Paisley attend a child who is having febrile convulsions.
Paramedics visit an uncooperative patient who has taken an overdose of drugs, and there is an urgent call to a baby who may have swallowed a drawing pin.
Paramedics in Livingston attend a road traffic collision, and call handlers at the ambulance control centre struggle to deal with a call in Russian.
An ambulance in Inverness attends to a woman found injured on the street, and paramedics race by helicopter to a Scottish island to help a young boy with suspected meningitis.
An ambulance crew in Aberdeen helps an intoxicated man who has fallen down some stairs, while a helicopter crew flies to Islay to help a pregnant woman who is experiencing a bleed.
Paramedics rush to a riding centre where a woman has been kicked in the head by a horse, and a crew in Livingston must help a man who is struggling to breathe.
At the scene of a bomb threat in Glasgow, paramedics race to help a patient to safety. Meanwhile, an ambulance crew in Dundee investigate the cause of a man’s sudden collapse at a bus stop.
Paramedics face a long wait to try to help a man who has barricaded himself in his home. Meanwhile, a crew in Dalkeith races to a play park to help a child with a head injury.
The air ambulance races to a serious road accident near Inveraray, and a crew in Buckie help a woman who was found unconscious in the street in the early hours of the morning.
An ambulance crew in Glasgow attend a stabbing, a fall and a severe mental health crisis. Meanwhile, in Falkirk, a crew works at a multi-vehicle road crash.
An ambulance crew in Peterhead are called to a boy with a head injury, before they later rush to help a person in the water. Meanwhile, a woman in Oban experiences a severe allergic reaction.
A Special Operations Response Team in Paisley attend a serious house fire, and an ambulance crew race to assist a pregnant woman who has been assaulted.
An ambulance crew in Paisley are called to a man who may have suffered a stroke, while medics in Glasgow race to a hard-to-reach location near the scene of a capsized boat.
An 85-year-old man from Edinburgh has been trapped under his own floorboards for three days and is in need of rescue.
A toddler in Ayr suffers a seizure in front of his frightened parents, and paramedics in Glasgow provide urgent care to the survivor of a house fire who has suffered from serious burns.
Paramedics help a woman who has been thrown off a horse near Dunbar. Meanwhile, the air ambulance brings a child with appendicitis from Campbeltown to Glasgow.
Paramedics in Edinburgh race to a building site where a wall has collapsed on a team of workers. Meanwhile, ambulances in Airdrie are sent to the scene of a serious fire.
A man calls the emergency services threatening to detonate a bomb. The area is evacuated, but special operations paramedics stay at the scene while police negotiate with the suspect.
A special operations crew in East Ayrshire is at the scene of a two-car collision. Meanwhile, paramedics in Buckie meet a man who crafts handmade fishing nets.
The Special Operations Response Team is called to a fall on Arthur’s Seat. Meanwhile, in Aberdeen, a student paramedic faces some difficult patients on her final training shift.
