Paramedics on Scene - Season 4

First aired: 5/7/2023 10 episodes

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

Episodes

1. Episode 1

Aired: 5/7/2023

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.

2. Episode 2

Aired: 5/14/2023

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.

3. Episode 3

Aired: 5/21/2023

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.

4. Episode 4

Aired: 5/28/2023

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.

5. Episode 5

Aired: 6/4/2023

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.

6. Episode 6

Aired: 6/11/2023

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.

7. Episode 7

Aired: 6/18/2023

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.

8. Episode 8

Aired: 6/25/2023

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.

9. Episode 9

Aired: 7/2/2023

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.

10. Episode 10

Aired: 7/9/2023

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