STAFF at South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust have turned into stars of the small screen.
Workers from Hampshire have been featured on the new series of Inside the Ambulance, which launched on Monday on the W Channel.
The new series, which is also available on free-to-view TV, is the third that has featured SCAS ambulance crews from Portsmouth and Oxford.
Filmed during October and November last year, Inside the Ambulance takes viewers behind the scenes and onto the frontline of the NHS.
Using body-mounted cameras, the programme follows ambulance crews, giving a unique perspective on what it is like to respond to some of the more than 2,000 emergency calls that come in to SCAS every day.
The series covers nearly every 999 emergency imaginable: from devastating gas explosions to high speed road traffic collisions, as well as heart attacks, suspected strokes, urgent medical problems, broken bones, mental health crises, accidents and head injuries.
Throughout it all, the paramedics, emergency care assistants and students treat everyone with skill, care and good-humoured compassion.
Portsmouth-based paramedic Jacob Shearing took part in filming for the first time in this latest series and, together with emergency care assistant Blair Ballard, can be seen in a number of episodes.
Jacob said: “Blair and I had so much fun filming with each other. It was such a good experience and a great way to break up our normal working day. We went to some amazing patients and worked with some amazing people.
“I’m so excited to see the final programmes and thank all those involved for making the experience so pleasurable.”
The show will run for 10 episodes every weekday evening at 8pm for two weeks.
As well as being available on Sky (Channel 132) and Virgin (Channel 125), the launch date also coincides with the move of the W Channel to free-to-air services. The W Channel is now available on Freeview 25 and Freesat 156.
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