999: On the Front Line

A look at some of the major trauma cases the West Midlands Ambulance Service paramedics face, including a newborn baby who's not breathing and a man who's been thrown off a horse.

A look at some of the road traffic collisions the West Midlands paramedics face, including a cyclist who's collided with a lorry and a motorbike crash.

A look at some of the heart attack cases the paramedics are faced with, including a truck driver who's collapsed and a man whose fishing trip is cut short.

Paramedic Chelsie and technician Simon rush to save a baby born not breathing. In Birmingham, paramedics Jo and Peter treat a five-year-old having an asthma attack.

Ambulance crews across the West Midlands treat a 17 year old rugby player with a suspected bleed to the brain, an 8 month old baby who is choking and a man trapped in his car.

The paramedics are called out to a cyclist crushed by a lorry. They also help a man who's fallen from a barge and rush to find a baby in cardiac arrest.

In the West Midlands, two new paramedics are in at the deep end, treating a man with life threating injuries and a victim of three epileptic fits.

Paramedics tend to a patient with a severe allergic reaction while at the same time a man has fallen unconscious after a severe diabetic attack. Also, paramedics in Warwick treat a man with a suspected heart attack, who collapsed while fishing.

A woman has collapsed in the snow and a 61 year old man has fallen on ice. Meanwhile, a pregnant woman's waters have broken early and she could be about to give birth.

West Midlands paramedics rush to treat a baby in cardiac arrest. A driver is cut out of his car after a pile up, and a patient collapses from crippling back pain.

The West Midlands Ambulance Service deal with a 19-year-old man who has had a motorbike crash, and an elderly woman showing signs of a stroke but refusing treatment.

A paramedic fights to save the life of a man having a heart attack. An elderly lady has a suspected stroke. And an epileptic man has hit his head during an episode.

In Birmingham, paramedics treat a man having a heart attack. In Coventry, a woman mysteriously collapses. And in Worcester, a baby is struggling to breathe.

West Midlands paramedics treat a man who has taken a heroin overdose, a 73-year-old man with slurred speech, and a toddler with breathing difficulties.

Paramedics treat a man who's been found unconscious outside Birmingham Crown Court, a patient with severe headaches and a biker with a shattered leg. paramedics Mark McDonagh and Adi Ahmed help a 36-year-old with back pains and numbness in his leg.

Paramedics treat a range of cases, including a man with severe chest pain, a 103-year-old who has had a fall and a woman who may have a bleed on the brain.

Paramedics are called to a man involved in a car crash, a 19-year-old who's fallen down the stairs, and a photographer who wasn't looking where they were going.

Paramedics treat a man who's had a blackout behind the wheel of a van and man who has had a severe allergic reaction after clearing poison ivy from a garden.

The paramedics of the West Midlands Ambulance Service return for a new series, treating a range of cases, from the victim of a carjacking to a lorry full of stowaway migrants.

A man involved in a car crash needs to be carefully removed from his vehicle to protect his spine, and a slip on fallen crab apples in the street leaves a woman in agony with a suspected broken hip.

Paramedics help a 15-year-old girl who's trapped in the back of a crashed car. And a chemical attack leaves a woman struggling to breathe.

Paramedics treat a man who has been stabbed, and a young man who's had 13 seizures in one day. Then the paramedics treat a patient only to discover that he's allegedly assaulted someone else, and now they have two patients on their hands.

Paramedics treat a midwife who's in agony, a man whose jaw is trembling and filling with fluid, and a woman with a wound on her arm that won't stop bleeding. Later, the police are called as the paramedics treat patients after an assault at a hotel.

Paramedics treat a motorcyclist who has collided with a deer, a woman experiencing heart palpitations while driving, and a bruised bottom the likes of which the paramedics have never seen before.

A woman falls getting off a bus and badly cuts her leg, a holiday ends abruptly when a cut to a man's arm won't stop bleeding, and a man has a heart rate so low he could go into cardiac arrest at any moment.

The Paramedics rush to a man who's said to not be breathing, but there's a surprise when they arrive. Too much alcohol sees a young woman collapsed unconscious in the street. And the team help a two-year-old who's having a seizure.

Paramedics and doctors rush to a man who has fallen headfirst down a flight of stairs outside a hospital. A woman calls an ambulance for both herself and her husband

Paramedics respond to reports of a patient in cardiac arrest. But when they arrive, there's no answer at the door. A boy has an epileptic seizure during a PE lesson.

Paramedics treat a man who's been stabbed in the leg and the head. Paramedics also treat a man who's struggling to breathe after having a triple heart bypass operation, and a woman whose rare genetic condition causes her to have seizures.

A man has collapsed in the street and is in cardiac arrest. A woman in severe abdominal pain has a panic attack as the paramedics try to get her breathing under control. And a man is vomiting blood and has a fast heart rate.

The paramedics are called out to a woman who's losing a lot of blood, and a man who has a condition where his throat swells up and closes without warning. Another man falls and cuts his head so badly that the paramedics can see his skull.

The paramedics are called out to a woman who has had a seizure on a bus, a man who's too weak to reach his oxygen supply, a young woman with terminal cancer who has collapsed and a man who needs the paramedics' help just to breathe.

Paramedics help a man who's collapsed and may be having a heart attack. Police find a man lying unconscious in the street following a suspected overdose. And an elderly woman climbs on a chair to reach a daddy long-legs, with painful consequences.

Paramedics have to change their plans when a pregnant woman's waters break at home. A daughter's worried about her mum, who's collapsed at home and is confused.

Paramedics treat a man who is experiencing a life-threatening diabetic hypoglycemia.

Paramedics treat an unconscious man who has taken drugs and a teenager who has suffered a seizure.

Paramedics treat an unresponsive patient who's having no reaction to pain, a man who's fallen over and injured his head, and a woman who's struggling to breathe

Paramedics treat a man having an anaphylactic reaction, a patient who's having a heart attack and a man receiving chemotherapy who may have developed sepsis

Paramedics help a woman who's had a panic attack while driving in rush-hour traffic. And an 11-year-old boy dials 999 when his mum collapses and is unresponsive.

Paramedics treat a motorcyclist who's landed headfirst after colliding with a car and an 11-year-old girl who's drowsy and feeling sick following a seizure.

Paramedics treat a woman showing signs of a stroke, a mum who has terrible pain in her face and a woman who has a swollen stomach and hasn't eaten for two days.

Paramedics treat a man having a heart attack who thinks he's just pulled a muscle. And a day out hiking ends badly for a man who's fallen and injured his ankle.