As the documentary series returns for a ninth series, cameras follow ambulance staff serving the 2.7 million people of North East England. Crews are dispatched to patients suffering chest pains, traffic accidents and a bed-ridden man.
A high number of Category 1 emergency calls puts the region's ambulance service and hospitals under pressure. Chris and Becca are dispatched to a man with leg pain then halfway through their shift to a high-speed collision.