Paramedics on Scene

In this episode, a paramedic team are called to a dangerous mountain bike crash in the Borders. Mike and Christine fear their patient has suffered serious internal injuries, and must treat her on a remote hillside before working out how to safely transport her back to the ambulance. In Ayr, a woman celebrating her 80th birthday has been vomiting for several hours. Concerned the symptoms look like sepsis, the crew need to get her to hospital as quickly as possible. Further south, in Stranraer, Tanya and Caron are called to a patient who is struggling with Covid. The region has been hard hit by the virus, and the crew must change into specialist PPE before they can enter the patient's home. In Edinburgh, Tom and Donna are called to a patient struggling with an extreme nosebleed, while in Glasgow, Karli and Craig attend the Euros 2020 fanzone in Glasgow Green, one of the first big gatherings after lockdown.

In this episode, an amateur footballer has suffered a serious and painful double fracture to his lower leg. The crew find him in agony on a muddy football pitch and, battling torrential rain, they must calm his pain and stabilise his injury before he can be taken to hospital. Meanwhile, a teenager in Ayr has fallen off a rope swing badly, and the pParamedics need to assess his back and spine in case he has suffered a serious injury. Paramedics In Johnstone are called to a man who is suffering stroke-like symptoms, including slurred speech and dizziness. The symptoms are concerning enough for a trip to hospital. In Melrose, advanced practitioner Mike and crewmate Christine are attending a patient who is struggling to pass kidney stones and in excruciating pain. They fight to control his pain and avoid a trip to A&E.

In Inverness, Lesley and Stuart tend to a man who has fallen into the canal and been fished out by an alert member of the public. However, as they treat the patient, it becomes clear he is intoxicated and he reacts badly to the crew's attempts to calm him down. Fearing for their safety, the crew call the police to keep them safe as they take the patient to hospital.

Paramedics are called to a teenage girl who has had a dramatic fall from the top of a fence. She is in severe pain, and the crew must safely move her onto a specialist stretcher before taking her to hospital.

In Edinburgh, paramedics from the Special Operations and Response Team attend a woman who has sustained an injury near the summit of Arthur's Seat. Although the injury is not serious, transporting the patient from such a difficult location is a challenge, and the team need specialist four-wheel drive equipment to complete the journey and get the patient to hospital.

Paramedics from the Special Operations and Response Team attend a major crash on the M74, along with emergency personnel from all over southern Scotland and northern England. It is the hottest day of the year, and as well as dealing with the aftermath of the crash, paramedics must work hard to make sure all their colleagues are hydrated as they battle stifling heat.

Paisley paramedics Gary and Peter rush to treat a patient whose heart rate is dangerously fast and must stabilise him before he can be transported to hospital. In Melrose, Lee and Nadine attend a 40-year-old woman with severe Covid symptoms, a common call-out during the pandemic. The patient is struggling to walk, and the crew give her oxygen in the ambulance on the way to hospital.

Paramedics from the Special Operations Response Team are called to a remote canalside in Stirlingshire, where a young walker has slipped and dislocated her knee. As night falls, the team need to scramble their specialist all-terrain vehicle to transport her from the canalside to the ambulance. 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-19 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 – a three-hour drive – as quickly as possible.

In Renfrewshire, paramedics Gary and Peter are on call on one of the hottest days of the year. They assist a man who has been out walking in the heat and collapsed at a bus stop. The crew must ensure his exhaustion isn't hiding a bigger problem.

With Covid sweeping the country, Paisley paramedics Peter and Gary respond to a man who is having difficulty breathing and who receives a positive Covid result while the crew are on their way to hospital. The paramedics must get the patient into hospital as quickly as possible while also guarding against contracting the virus themselves.