999: On the Front Line

A call comes in from a GP surgery for a child suffering a severe asthma attack and paramedics are called out to a young woman with multiple sclerosis who is in considerable pain. A man with advanced bowel cancer who is struggling to breathe is seen to by a district nurse so as to avoid a visit to A&E. Plus, a patient is having their 10th nose bleed in 11 days.

Calls to the ambulance service reach new heights in the early hours of Saturday morning as the clubs start to empty. A young woman is found intoxicated by the side of the road and an amateur boxer has vomited in his sleep and is difficult to rouse after losing a fight. Paramedics are called for a woman who has gone into premature labour at 32 weeks.

Paramedics are called out to a man who's locked out of his house and has tried to climb over a metal garden fence, but has slipped and severed his finger. The ambulance crews also help a teenager who has epilepsy and is having a seizure, they become increasingly concerned as her seizures become more frequent.

A paramedic crew and air ambulance are sent to help a woman who has fallen over while playing golf, she has torn the skin from her leg causing a large gaping wound. Paramedics also treat a lollipop lady who's experiencing crushing chest pains and a woman who's been sick for 48 hours with low blood sugar levels.