999: On the Front Line

Paramedics in Coventry are called to a pregnant woman with severe stomach pains

On the night shift in Coventry, paramedics are concerned that a pregnant woman with severe stomach pains could be having a potentially life-threatening ectopic pregnancy. In Birmingham, a paramedic team treat an 84-year-old man who has collapsed in his bedroom and been lying on the floor for 13 hours. With his blood pressure dangerously low, it's a race against time to get him upright and into hospital. In Worcester, paramedics treat a four-year-old boy whose mother sought help when he developed a rash and began fighting for breath