The dilemmas and pressures of the British ambulance services are revealed.
EPISODE 1
Episode 1
An unexpected spike in 999 calls means drastic action must be taken.
EPISODE 2
Episode 2
Tonight we gain insight into the staff in the nerve-centre control room on night shift, when amongst the thousands of calls received, they also have to contend with hoax calls & run-away patients.
EPISODE 3
Episode 3
The London Ambulance Service braces for a demanding weekend shift.
A woman has to be coached over the phone to do CPR in an attempt to rescue her husband and in just two shifts, the staff of the West Midlands Service will face life, death and resurrection.
On a busy Friday night, the crew is already on its 3rd cardiac arrest & a 4th stabbing victim. But it is an elderly man without medication & an alchoholic refusing attention that take up the most time
A patient is discovered to be having a massive heart attack after she called in about pain in her stomach. A despatcher receives a call from a woman has gone into labour in a car on the side of a road
Christopher Eccleston
Kris Marshall
Andrew Dedman
Simon Ford
Peter Wallis-Tayler
Becky Houlihan
Billie Hussein
