Documentary series following the frontline workers of the Scottish Ambulance Service.

In this episode, we are with Rachel and Scott, paramedics in Aberdeen who are flagged down to attend an electric scooter crash that has resulted in a broken ankle. They work out the best way of treating a bariatric patient with breathing difficulties and persuade a man who has been drinking 70 per cent homemade vodka to take a trip to A&E.

The Special Operations Response Team attend a car accident that was caused by a flat tyre. The driver miraculously escapes without injury, despite her vehicle tumbling down a steep bank and landing metres from a live railway track and fast-flowing stream.

Meanwhile, at the ambulance control centre, Kirsty, who is autistic, shows how being neurodivergent and on the frontline can help a patient in distress.

In this episode, two patients experience excruciating pain following accidents the previous day. One is an injured biker who was touring the North Coast 500 with friends, and the other is a 71-year-old woman who had been playing with her grandchildren on a trampoline.

In Dalkeith, a crew attend an emergency involving a woman with symptoms that indicate a possible stroke, sepsis, or even both. These are life-threatening illnesses, and getting her the right treatment is time-critical. Meanwhile ,paramedics from Banff rush 25 miles to the home of a woman who lost consciousness while on the phone for an ambulance.

At the ambulance control centre, we learn what it feels like to help callers deliver life-saving CPR as they wait for paramedics to arrive.