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Paramedics on Scene: Series 3 (Shortened Versions): Episode 18

Episode 18

Series 3 (Shortened Versions)

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Paramedics and their severely ill patient face a 100-mile dash from Skye to Inverness.

Paramedics on Skye race to get a patient with a suspected pulmonary embolism to hospital in Inverness – over 100 miles away.

Series following Paramedics from the Scottish Ambulance Service as they respond to 999 calls across the country.

On Skye, ambulance crews need to be prepared to transport patients long distances to and from hospital. Georgia and Paul attend a patient who has Covid and is having great difficulty in breathing. The crew suspect she may be suffering from a pulmonary embolism and need to get her to hospital in Inverness as quickly as possible - but it's a three-hour drive.

Meanwhile, in Inverness, paramedics Ryan and Heather are called to a woman with heart failure, and in Dunfermline, Jason and Billy attend a two-car crash near the Queensferry crossing.

Paramedics on Scene: Series 3 (Shortened Versions)

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