Paramedics on Scene

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Documentary following the life-saving work of Scotland's paramedics.

Capturing the unwavering dedication of Scotland’s real-life heroes. On the frontline with the Scottish Ambulance Service - a job with emotional lows and rewarding highs.

Series 4

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Fiona Blair

Dominic Gallagher

Paramedics on Scene: Series 4: Episode 10

Episode 10

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Paramedics attend a road traffic collision, and a Russian speaker calls for an ambulance.

Paramedics in Livingston attend a road traffic collision, and call handlers at the ambulance control centre struggle to deal with a call in Russian.

In the final episode of the series, paramedics help a patient who has been involved in a road traffic collision. They need to help her away from the scene to hospital so that potential injuries can be fully assessed.

Elsewhere, an Edinburgh crew help a man who spent 12 years in the Royal Navy up from a fall, and a mother with diabetes who cannot stop vomiting.

A Dalkeith crew finds a man with a dislocated hip waiting on the stairs. This patient has improvised his own strap with a belt to try and ease the pain associated with any movement. Sadly, he has been in this position before and knows exactly what to expect.

Back at the ambulance control centre, a call comes through in Russian, and with no help available from the translation service, there is some hurried improvisation to try to get the caller to the nearby hospital.

Paramedics on Scene: Series 4

A BBC TV channel for Scotland which will broadcast every evening and will show drama, factual, comedy and news programmes made in Scotland


Documentary series following the life-saving work of Scotland’s paramedics.

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