Paramedics on Scene

Series 4

2023 · 10 episodes · 9h 40m in all

Documentary series following the life-saving work of Scotland’s paramedics.

Episodes

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   1. Episode 1

   7 May 2023 · 58 min

   An ambulance crew in Aberdeen attend an electric scooter crash, a bariatric patient with breathing difficulties, and a man who has been drinking 70 per cent homemade vodka.

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   2. Episode 2

   14 May 2023 · 58 min

   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.

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   3. Episode 3

   21 May 2023 · 58 min

   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.

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   4. Episode 4

   28 May 2023 · 58 min

   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.

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   5. Episode 5

   4 Jun 2023 · 58 min

   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.

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   6. Episode 6

   11 Jun 2023 · 58 min

   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.

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   7. Episode 7

   18 Jun 2023 · 58 min

   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.

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   8. Episode 8

   25 Jun 2023 · 58 min

   A patient takes a tumble off an electric scooter, hitting his head. He is reluctant to travel to the hospital, but changes his mind when he faints in the ambulance.

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   9. Episode 9

   2 Jul 2023 · 58 min

   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.

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    10. Episode 10

    9 Jul 2023 · 58 min

    Paramedics in Livingston attend a road traffic collision, and call handlers at the ambulance control centre struggle to deal with a call in Russian.