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.

In this episode, a patient in North Lanarkshire has fallen on the rocky shore of Banton Loch and is unable to get up. The Special Operations Response Team must keep the patient warm and safe while they work out the best way of getting him to an ambulance and on to hospital.

In Hawick, an ambulance crew confronts Scotland's drug problem. A patient lies unconscious on the street having overdosed, and it is a struggle to revive him without knowledge of the drugs involved.

Meanwhile, in Kelso, a paramedic offers a hug to a worried husband whose wife of 58 years will need to be taken to hospital.