Paramedics on Scene - Season 3

First aired: 4/3/2022 10 episodes

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

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Episodes

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

Aired: 4/3/2022

Paramedics are called to a serious mountain bike crash in the Borders. They must treat the patient on a remote hillside before working out how to get her safely to hospital.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

Aired: 4/10/2022

Paramedics rush onto a football field to treat a player who has suffered a painful double fracture to his lower leg.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

Aired: 4/17/2022

Paramedics treat an intoxicated patient who has fallen into a canal and who becomes violent when in the back of their ambulance. The crew need police support to get him to hospital.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

Aired: 4/24/2022

Paramedics treat a teenage girl who has suffered a nasty fall from a high fence. She is in extreme pain, and they must stabilise her before moving her to hospital.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

Aired: 5/1/2022

In Edinburgh, paramedics must rescue a patient from the summit of Arthur’s Seat, prompting the need to call on one of the ambulance service’s mighty off-road buggies.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

Aired: 5/8/2022

A major incident on the M74 sees ambulance service resources from all over Scotland deployed. Meanwhile, crews in Ayr and Edinburgh deal with the fallout of Scotland’s drugs epidemic.

Episode 7

7. Episode 7

Aired: 5/15/2022

Paramedics slow a patient’s racing heart with an unusual technique, and the wave of Covid-related call-outs continues in the Borders.

Episode 8

8. Episode 8

Aired: 5/22/2022

Paramedics need their all-terrain vehicle to rescue a teenager with a dislocated knee. A patient on Skye with a serious lung condition faces a long journey.

Episode 9

9. Episode 9

Aired: 5/29/2022

A walker gets into trouble on one of the hottest days of the year, and an amateur footballer who suffered seizures after a football injury is transported from Skye to Inverness.

Episode 10

10. Episode 10

Aired: 6/5/2022

With Covid sweeping the country, paramedics Peter and Gary respond to a man who is having difficulty breathing and who receives a positive Covid result while on the way to hospital.