A paramedic featured in a new Channel 4 series about frontline emergency care says he "can't think of doing anything better".
The South West Ambulance Service, which covers the west of England, Devon, Dorset and Cornwall, is the subject of the 10-episode show, 999: On The Front Line. The series follows crews based in Bristol, Bridgwater and Taunton as they help millions of people every year.
Lee, one of the paramedics on the show, said: "It's not something you can easily describe, the feeling you get when can do something to save somebody's life. I can't think of doing anything better."
The service is the largest region in the country, dealing with about 3,600 incidents a day.
In the second episode, due to air on Sunday, a woman from Taunton goes into cardiac arrest while explaining her chest pains to paramedics. Crews also deal with a man who collapsed in a pool of his own vomit, and a young man who suffers an allergic reaction after drinking an alcoholic chilli shot.
Call handlers, who can each answer up to 40 calls in a single 12-hour shift, also feature in the programme. Emma, one of the call handlers, said they are there to reassure people.
She told BBC Points West: "They [paramedics] need to deal with everything as quickly as they can on the scene; but also make sure they get the right treatment, go to the right place before you can send them to somewhere else.
"We stay on the phone, we try to reassure people and give them support. Sometimes it's lifesaving information.
"We give CPR instructions, delivery instructions, whatever's needed. We're there, we're the voice on the end of the line."
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