The lifesaving work of the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity will feature on television with footage of one of its real life emergency calls.
The BBC One series, Ambulance, which follows the work of West Midlands Ambulance Service, will feature the charity’s emergency helicopters, which are based at Tatenhill Airfield near Burton, in three episodes, including episode five to be aired at 9pm on tomorrow, Thursday, September 21.
The episode features an emergency call from a distraught husband whose wife has fallen down the stairs and is struggling to breathe.
When she stops breathing, he is given instructions on how to administer CPR by an operator over the phone. As the patient is in a small rural village 24 miles from the nearest hospital with a trauma centre, the Midlands Air Ambulance is dispatched to the scene.
Becky Steele, air operations manager for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, said: "Our aircrew attend a huge variety of incidents across the Midlands, so this series will be a fantastic way to highlight the importance of our organisation."
Jo Hughes, series producer, said: "The West Midlands is a huge and diverse region with its rural villages, inner and city areas, making the specialist teams of the air ambulance and the distances it can cover quickly, crucial.
"We are delighted this second series includes their work for the first time and reflects how the charity and West Midlands Ambulance Service work closely together."
More details on the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is available by visiting www.midlandsairambulance.com
