Episode four of ‘Ambulance’ reveals toll of treating trauma cases in London

The fourth episode of the hit TV show Ambulance, filmed after people have just been paid and hit the town, gives a glimpse of what London looks like on a busy weekend and shows a series of violent incidents. The episode, airing on Wednesday (7 October) at 9pm on BBC One features Incident Response Officer Pete who is sent to the most challenging incidents. Just 30 minutes into his nightshift, Pete is on his way to a woman in cardiac arrest - the 999 control room describe her as the “sickest patient in London”.  Her son has called the police saying he had stabbed her. Film crews followed Pete over a single weekend in the autumn of 2019 and go behind the scenes as he debriefs his colleagues after the incredibly distressing incident. Meanwhile emergency ambulance crew Stuart and crewmate paramedic Rachel rush to treat a grandmother who is believed to be in cardiac arrest causing Stuart to open up about the heartbreak of when London Ambulance Service was called to treat one of his own family. He goes on to reveal how that moment changed his life. The post Episode four of ‘Ambulance’ reveals toll of treating trauma cases in London appeared first on London Ambulance Service NHS Trust.