Ambulance

This episode highlights the work of London Ambulance Service as they tackle the rising epidemic of knife crime in the capital and explores the devastating personal impact on those affected by the needless loss of young lives. These are the real human stories behind the sirens.

Joining ambulance staff caring for nine million people on a day of political protests in the capital.

Trainee 999 call handler Mackenzie is put to the test when she takes a call from a patient in labour with twins.

It's payday weekend in London, and ambulance crews race to the scene of a double shooting, a stabbing, a brawl and a grandmother in need of CPR.

A call comes in from London Fire Brigade requesting assistance at a fire in a block of flats which immediately puts the team under pressure. Meanwhile, mother and daughter team Nicola and Maisie have just finished with their first patient of the night but are immediately dispatched to a 12-year-old boy who has had an unfortunate accident.

A 999 call concerning a patient seen walking into the Thames takes priority. Although pulled from the water, the crew fear that the patient is at risk of secondary drowning.

A 999 call for a patient who has been found hanging takes priority on the night shift.

The Friday night shift takes its toll on crews in the capital as they deal with reports of an armed male and two stabbings.