Paramedics on Scene: Episode 1 (BBC Scotland Sunday 7 May 2023)

Paramedics on Scene: Episode 1 airs Sunday 7 May 2023 on BBC Scotland

Follow the frontline staff of the Scottish Ambulance Service in this documentary series.

Join Rachel and Scott, two paramedics in Aberdeen, as they respond to a call about a broken ankle sustained in a scooter accident. A man who has been drinking 70 percent homemade vodka is convinced to go to A&E, and they figure out the best way to treat a bariatric patient with breathing difficulties.

A flat tyre causes an accident, and the Special Operations Response Team is dispatched to the scene. Even though her car went careening down a steep bank and came to rest mere feet from a live train track and a rushing stream, the driver miraculously walked away unscathed.

Meanwhile, autistic Kirsty at the ambulance control centre demonstrates how neurodiversity on the front lines can aid a distressed patient.

Season 4 Episode 1

The Scottish Ambulance Service serves over five million people, from remote islands to busy cities.

Paramedics on Scene captures the life-saving work of Scotland’s paramedics as they respond to emergencies wherever they are needed.

Each episode features extraordinary stories from across the country, with the cameras following divisional ambulances responding to high-pressure 999 calls, 24 hours a day. The call-outs ranged from air-ambulances in Highlands and Islands, bringing treatment to Scotland’s remotest communities to city centre car smashes to dealing onsite with life-threatening sepsis.

What time is Paramedics on Scene: Episode 1 on tonight

Paramedics on Scene: Episode 1 airs Sunday 7 May 2023 at 21:00 on BBC Scotland

Featured image credit: BBC Scotland