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Paramedics on Scene

Series 5

Episode 3

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland HD

Available for 6 months

In this episode, we are with the West Special Operations Response Team at an equestrian centre. A young woman has been kicked by a horse, and the team must help get her to an ambulance over tricky terrain. Other paramedics in their team attend a woman threatening to jump off a bridge in Glasgow. The shallow water has the potential of causing a serious injury if she goes ahead with the jump. Meanwhile, ambulance crews in Livingston are called to a man struggling to breathe, and another who has fallen and injured his face.

A man in Dunfermline has suddenly lost sight in one eye, and an ambulance crew must assess him to make sure he gets the right care and the cause is discovered.

In the ambulance control centre in Inverness, a call handler strives to obtain as much accurate information as she can from a caller, so that she can provide the right help for a woman having a seizure outside a pub. Meanwhile, another call handler does everything she can to help a person who has found a family member unresponsive and not breathing, guiding them through CPR until a paramedic arrives. Show less

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