11.15 AM, Dudley. Eighty-three-year-old Iris suffers a nastyfall at home and is in severe pain. She has a suspected brokenthigh bone, and Critical Care Paramedic Stephen Mitchell isimmediately dispatched.
On arrival he finds Iris in agony andunable to move. Only his advanced training in administeringpowerful pain relief will be able to get her out of her homeand into hospital for the immediate treatment she desperatelyneeds.
Meanwhile, 40 miles away in Shrewsbury, 50-year-oldStewart has gone into cardiac arrest during a karate class.It's a category one emergency and Grant Salsby and Sarah Foleyrace to the scene.
On arrival, they find Stewart's heart hasbeen restarted by paramedics, but now he is critically ill,and has a locked jaw. Grant and Sarah will have to doeverything they can to stop Stewart from slipping into anotherpotentially fatal arrest.
Back at base in RAF Cosford,Critical Care Paramedics Fay Pollock and Will Meadows are justclocking on when they receive reports of a serious road trafficcollision.
Forty-three-year-old truck driver Gamil is trappedin his cabin, and his dashboard and steering column havecollapsed inwards, crushing him from the waist down. It's arace against time to get Gamil out of the wreckage to preventhim suffering any life changing injuries.
