The 7th series follows staff of the North West Ambulance Service serving the 1.4 million inhabitants of Merseyside. With the whole country in lockdown due to Covid-19, north-west England braces itself for the impact of Storm Christoph.
Pressure mounts on the NHS as the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic hits. 20% of staff are off work due to Covid, Merseyside's 4 major hospitals are running at 95% of capacity and over 1,000 calls have been taken in the last 24 hours.
The morning shift begins with a call to a patient who has fallen 20 feet off a ladder. A week into the New Year lockdown suspected Covid-19 cases are dominating the emergency calls, including a woman who is 20 weeks pregnant.
On the night shift, Ian responds to reports of a man being clipped by a train. Linda and Emma respond to patients in mental health crisis across Liverpool, while an asylum seeker struggling with isolation is a cause of concern.
North West Ambulance Service calls up military personnel to help them care for the public effectively as the Covid-19 pandemic takes its toll. Military recruits are put through 3-days of intense training to handle lower-category calls.
A quiet start to the night shift is broken by a 999 call on behalf of a 13-year-old patient who is stuck on a bus having dislocated her knee. Adam and Charlotte respond to a call for a patient who is struggling to breathe.
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