
Ambulance: Code Red
Documentary series following the work of the West Midlands Ambulance Service, giving an insight into the life and death incidents faced by specialist emergency response teams.
- 2020-2025
- 4 seasons
- Documentary
Documentary series following the work of the West Midlands Ambulance Service, giving an insight into the life and death incidents faced by specialist emergency response teams.
Season 2 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 2021 - 2022
Episode 1
Episode #2.1
45 mins
Paramedics rush a man to hospital after a grisly circular saw incident. An air ambulance helps a man crushed under a great weight.
Episode 2
Episode #2.2
45 mins
A crash leaves an injured man trapped in a van. A man is found lying unconscious in a country lane. A motorcyclist suffers an agonising fracture. A 64-year-old man fights for his life after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Episode 3
Episode #2.3
45 mins
In a rush hour collision, a 21-year-old motorcyclist is thrown headfirst from his bike. Plus, an 80-year-old man suffers a cardiac arrest on his driveway.
Episode 4
Episode #2.4
45 mins
A motorcyclist might have severe brain damage; an older man goes into cardiac arrest; medics help a man showing symptoms of COVID-19.
Episode 5
Episode #2.5
45 mins
Paramedics rush to help a child who was hit by a car, a woman who took a bad fall off her horse needs urgent care and paramedics help after a car crash.
Episode 6
Episode #2.6
45 mins
Following a collision between a van and an articulated lorry on the M6 motorway, a driver is left with possible internal bleeding. An unconscious man may have overdosed on heroin, a child has a seizure and an old woman has had a fall.
Episode 7
Episode #2.7
45 mins
A woman thrown from her car needs help for her and her friends still trapped in the wreck. A pair of paramedics treat a heart attack victim but may be too late.
Episode 8
Episode #2.8
45 mins
A serious motorbike crash leaves an 18-year-old with a broken thigh bone; a man in his thirties suffers a heart attack; an elderly man is found at the bottom of the stairs.
Episode 9
Episode #2.9
45 mins
A man is trapped in his car after a major accident; an elderly man falls off his roof; a cyclist needs urgent care after a collision with a car.
Episode 10
Episode #2.10
45 mins
A paramedic is sent to a double stabbing at a block of flats in Birmingham and must prioritise which of the victims needs to be treated first while fighting rages nearby. A man is trapped beneath a bus with his body folded nearly in half.
Episode 11
Episode #2.11
45 mins
An Air Ambulance and the critical care team race to a tree surgeon who has impaled himself after falling 12ft onto metal railings. A 6-year-old is rushed to hospital with head injuries. A double amputee is found lying in a pool of blood.
Episode 12
Episode #2.12
45 mins
A builder falls from a height of 12 feet onto a concrete floor while working on the roof of a derelict farm building. A car wash employee is stabbed dangerously close to their liver during an argument. A 6-year-old is hit by a car.
Episode 13
Episode #2.13
45 mins
A man is stabbed several times at a residential address after getting in an argument. A 64-year-old stops breathing while her husband calls the hospital. Critical care paramedics are called to an 11-year-old boy who has been hit by a van.
Episode 14
Episode #2.14
45 mins
A workplace accident ends with a man pushed through a sheet of glass and medics have to treat the lacerations, which have exposed his rib-cage. The critical care team respond to reports of a group of women being attacked with machetes.
Episode 15
Episode #2.15
60 mins
An HGV crashes into a railway bridge on the M6 motorway. With reports of a high-speed collision, the Midlands Air Ambulance is scrambled from RAF Cosford.
Episode 16
Episode #2.16
45 mins
A 62-year-old finance broker fights for his life after he suffers a cardiac arrest while out jogging. A 32-year-old labourer is stabbed in the neck and abdomen outside his home. Emergency services respond to reports of a fatal shooting.
Episode 17
Episode #2.17
45 mins
An explosion at a hazardous waste disposal business leaves 2 men with severe burns. A street brawl leaves 2 men wounded. A girl is seriously injured in a collision with an e-scooter. A police chase ends with a suspect jumping off a bridge.
Episode 18
Episode #2.18
45 mins
A doctor has to apply more than ten surgical staples to finally close an open wound on a pensioner's scalp detached in a fall. An elderly man fights for life after falling down the stairs. A drug user has overdosed.
Episode 19
Episode #2.19
A drunk driver crashes into a tractor at 90 mph. A retired nurse suffers burns helping to put out a house fire.
Episode 20
Episode #2.20
45 mins
Air ambulances respond to a serious accident where a passenger was thrown from the car while the driver remains trapped. A man has been stabbed in a supermarket car park trying to stop thieves. An elderly woman's breathing troubles worsen.