Ambulance
Ambulance is a report on BBC1. Life and death decisions on the frontline. From control rooms to the crews on the street, meet the people making sure every second counts. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 12 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in November 2024.
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Ambulance
In south west London, Martin attends a child hit by a car, while dispatchers Ed and Webster work tirelessly to get ambulances to patients as hospitals reach full capacity.
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It’s a run of night shifts for the London Ambulance Service, and delays are on the rise. Despite intensifying pressure, paramedic Rob uses his Essex charm to put every patient at ease.
Multiple specialist resources rush to help patients injured after a shooting on a busy street in Clapham, while paramedics care for elderly patients reluctant to accept help.
Dispatchers Karen and Lucy face an overwhelming surge of urgent calls, while crews out on the road grow frustrated by frequent callers taking up valuable emergency resources.
Emergency medical technician Ellis draws on his own personal experiences to help a patient struggling with alcohol addiction as the spring budget for 2024 is announced.
London Ambulance Service manage a multi-storey flat fire and face the impact of assaults, both on patients and themselves.
Series 12
While ambulances queue outside hospital with their patients, care is delayed for others ringing 999.
It’s Easter bank holiday weekend, and the ambulance service receive a spike in the number of mental health-related calls.
Ambulance crews struggle to deal with life-threatening emergencies while also being the last resort for those who have no-one else to turn to.
The ambulance service responds to two separate calls for patients with severe burns, both in need of urgent treatment at the region’s only specialist burns unit.
Multiple resources are dispatched to a patient who has fallen 20 feet from a tree and requires urgent treatment for a suspected broken back and open wrist fracture.
Multiple emergency services respond to two separate reports of unexploded bombs in Greater Manchester, one with a primary school and nursery nearby.