Paramedics on Scene — Season 4

Aired 7 May 2023 • 58 min

An ambulance crew in Aberdeen attend an electric scooter crash, a bariatric patient with breathing difficulties, and a man who has been drinking 70 per cent homemade vodka.

Aired 14 May 2023 • 58 min

The Special Operations Response Team helps two children, one who nearly loses a finger and another who needs help getting off an inflatable assault course with a broken arm.

Aired 21 May 2023 • 58 min

A biker’s tour of northern Scotland is cut short due to a broken rib, and paramedics in Banff rush to the home of a woman who collapsed while on the phone for an ambulance.

Aired 28 May 2023 • 58 min

In Dalkeith, an out-of-control dog attacks its owner and stands between the paramedics and their patient. And the ambulance service tries out e-bikes at the Edinburgh Festival.

Aired 4 June 2023 • 58 min

Paramedics are called to the shore of Banton Loch in North Lanarkshire, where a man has fallen onto rocky ground. And a crew revive a man in Hawick who has overdosed on drugs.

Aired 11 June 2023 • 58 min

There is a four-hour wait for a patient with a heart condition in Kirkcaldy, and a SORT team investigates whether a dangerous chemical has been released into a flat.

Aired 18 June 2023 • 58 min

A man struggles to breathe at a nightclub, another collapses with Covid-19, and an ambulance crew in Paisley attend a child who is having febrile convulsions.

Aired 25 June 2023 • 58 min

A patient takes a tumble off an electric scooter, hitting his head. He is reluctant to travel to the hospital, but changes his mind when he faints in the ambulance.

Aired 2 July 2023 • 58 min

Paramedics visit an uncooperative patient who has taken an overdose of drugs, and there is an urgent call to a baby who may have swallowed a drawing pin.

Aired 9 July 2023 • 58 min

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