999: On the Front Line

The documentary following the paramedics of West Midlands Ambulance Service returns. On the way back to base, one team is flagged down by police officers dealing with a man who has overdosed on drugs. They are also called out to a woman with gynaecological problems, who is losing a lot of blood and needs to go to hospital, and a man who has a condition where his throat swells up and closes without warning.

Paramedics are called out to a young woman who has had a seizure on a bus. She has epilepsy but the frequency of her seizures has increased dramatically in recent days. The crews also help a man with a lung condition who uses his own source of oxygen, but the canister is in another room and he's too weak to reach it; a young woman with terminal cancer who has collapsed and can't get up; a husband who is worried that if his wife goes into hospital, she won't come out again, but her dementia has reached the stage where a visit to hospital is unavoidable; and a man with low blood oxygen levels who needs the paramedics' help just to breathe.

Police find a man lying unconscious in the street following a suspected drug overdose. When a man is found collapsed outside his house clutching his chest, the paramedics need to act quickly as he may be having a heart attack. A category one call - the highest priority - comes through for a woman collapsed on her bathroom floor and an elderly woman climbs on a chair to reach a daddy long-legs, with painful consequences.

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 treat a man who has injured himself while wheeling a push bike home and is in agony. The paramedics are concerned he has broken his hip. A daughter discovers her mum has died suddenly at home and calls for help. As the death is unexpected not only does the daughter have to confront her grief but she's also faced with a raft of necessary bureaucracy.

Paramedics are called to a man with chest pains, who is in so much discomfort that he can hardly speak, while a woman with liver disease has fallen over and ripped her ear. Just going to the toilet leaves another patient in agony, as he has only one kidney, and the paramedics are concerned he's got an infection, while a woman with a history of heart problems is struggling to breathe.

Paramedics on the night shift find a woman collapsed on the floor and on the verge of a diabetic coma. With no access to her veins and time running out, the team resort to drastic measures. A young woman is in agony with severe stomach cramps. Every time she gets up, her blood pressure drops and she passes out. It's a medical mystery that needs further investigation in hospital.

Paramedics treat a man who's been stabbed in the chest, a young man who may have life-threatening sepsis and a diabetic woman with high blood sugar readings.