The Scottish Ambulance Service serves a population of over five million, from remote islands to busy cities. Its paramedics are first on the scene at medical emergencies right across the country.\n\nIn this episode, we follow crews from Paisley, Glasgow and Edinburgh as they respond to high-pressure 999 calls, 24 hours a day, and we’re with the Special Operations Response teams as they deal with the most serious emergencies. In the Pentland Hills, the ambulance crew struggle to find a hiker who has fallen ill. In Glasgow, a crash on the motorway sees several casualties hospitalised including a pregnant woman. In Edinburgh, ambulance crew Stephen and Gwion are called to a festival worker who needs treatment for a reaction to a bee sting, and just outside the city, a woman has a suspected broken arm after a fall in the street. In the west, a sepsis case at a GP surgery needs emergency treatment and a fast transfer to hospital, and in a remote rural location, a small child has fallen in a loch, triggering a huge emergency response.\n
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Series 3 (shortened Versions): Episode 9
In Stranraer, it’s one of the hottest days of the year, and Tanya and Caron are attending to a woman who has collapsed in the street. After conducting a battery of tests, ...
28-04-2023
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Series 3 (shortened Versions): Episode 8
In Edinburgh, paramedic team Tom and Donna attend a man whom they suspect has taken drugs including ‘street Valium’. He is found slumped outside a shop on Princes St ...
27-04-2023
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Series 3 (shortened Versions): Episode 7
In Dundee, Chloe and Fergie attend a man whose speech is slurred and who appears disorientated. They suspect a stroke and quickly take him to hospital. In Paisley, paramedics at ...
26-04-2023
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Series 3 (shortened Versions): Episode 6
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. Amid torrential rain, they must ...
25-04-2023
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Series 3 (shortened Versions): Episode 5
Stranraer-based paramedics treat a Covid-positive patient who is struggling to breathe. South west Scotland has been hit hard by the virus, and the crew must change into special ...
24-04-2023
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Series 3 (shortened Versions): Episode 4
In Edinburgh, paramedic crew Kevin and Martyn treat a man suffering from blinding headaches, and in Dunfermline, Jason and Billy attend a 94-year-old pensioner who has fallen at ...
21-04-2023
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Series 3 (shortened Versions): Episode 3
Paramedics Gary and Peter in Paisley rush to treat a patient whose heart rate is dangerously fast. They are able to stabilise him by using an old trick - bumping him down the st ...
20-04-2023
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Series 3 (shortened Versions): Episode 2
In Ayr, a teenager has fallen off a rope swing. Paramedics need to assess his back and spine in case he has suffered a serious injury.\n\nIn Johnstone, paramedics are called to ...
19-04-2023
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Series 3 (shortened Versions): Episode 1
Paramedics from the Scottish Ambulance Service respond to 999 calls across the country.\n\nIn this episode, the paramedics are called to a dangerous mountain bike crash in the B ...
18-04-2023
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Series 3 (shortened Versions): Episode 20
Documentary series following the life-saving work of Scotland’s paramedics.
17-04-2023
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Series 1 (shortened Versions): Episode 9
Documentary series following the Scottish Ambulance Service. In Glasgow, a call about a possible person in the Clyde triggers a huge emergency response. But is it genuine? Stevi ...
20-04-2021
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Series 1 (shortened Versions): Episode 6
Documentary series following the Scottish Ambulance Service. In the Borders, crews from the Special Operations team have to work out how to access a patient with a suspected bro ...
19-04-2021
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Series 2 (shortened Versions): Episode 4
In a Lanarkshire forest, a quad biking accident tests the ambulance service’s specialist off-road vehicle to its limits, as paramedic John struggles to reach the injured p ...
25-03-2021
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Series 1 (shortened Versions): Episode 2
In this episode, we follow crews from Paisley, Glasgow and Edinburgh as they respond to high-pressure 999 calls, 24 hours a day.\n\nIn Edinburgh, ambulance crew Stephen and Gwio ...
13-04-2021
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Series 3 (shortened Versions): Episode 7
In Dundee, Chloe and Fergie attend a man whose speech is slurred and who appears disorientated. They suspect a stroke and quickly take him to hospital. In Paisley, paramedics at ...
26-04-2023
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Series 1 (shortened Versions): Episode 14
Documentary series following the Scottish Ambulance Service. Near Peterhead, an elderly patient who has difficulties moving needs to be transferred to hospital. Ambulance crew R ...
29-04-2021
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Series 3 (shortened Versions): Episode 19
Series following Paramedics from the Scottish Ambulance Service as they respond to 999 calls across the country.\n\nIn Skye, Georgia and Paul must transport a footballer who has ...
28-10-2022
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Series 1 (shortened Versions): Episode 10
Documentary series following the Scottish Ambulance Service. In Glasgow, ambulance crew Gary and Stephen are called to help a patient with a rare autoimmune disease who has lost ...
22-04-2021
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Series 2 (shortened Versions): Episode 14
John and Suzanne race to the centre of Glasgow to help a homeless patient with a head injury. In Edinburgh, Moira and Dee struggle through the city centre traffic to assist a wo ...
08-04-2021
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Series 1 (shortened Versions): Episode 15
Documentary series following the Scottish Ambulance Service. In Paisley, a young cyclist has his bike ride cut short after a tangle with his chain has left him with a serious ga ...
30-04-2021
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