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Paramedics on Skye race to get a patient with a suspected pulmonary embolism to hospital in Inverness – over 100 miles away.

Series following Paramedics from the Scottish Ambulance Service as they respond to 999 calls across the country.

On Skye, ambulance crews need to be prepared to transport patients long distances to and from hospital. Georgia and Paul attend a patient who has Covid and is having great difficulty in breathing. The crew suspect she may be suffering from a pulmonary embolism and need to get her to hospital in Inverness as quickly as possible - but it's a three-hour drive.

Meanwhile, in Inverness, paramedics Ryan and Heather are called to a woman with heart failure, and in Dunfermline, Jason and Billy attend a two-car crash near the Queensferry crossing.

28 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Moyo Akande
Executive Producer Kate Ansell
Series Producer Dominic Gallagher
Production Company Firecrest Films

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