A film about the men and women who drive Britain's ambulances. Reporter Trevor Philpott In a violent age they will always be in the front line, never knowing just what form of agony they might be dealing with five minutes from now. What kind of people are they who have chosen to make this their daily task? What exactly do they do, how much medical knowledge should they have? As para-medical colleagues of the doctors, should they still earn under £30 a week? It has been estimated that one quarter of the 10,000 annual road deaths could be avoided by advanced, on the spot, medical- aid. In London alone 1,500 emergency 999 calls are answered every day at Ambulance headquarters. To show what happens, for this programme film cameras went with the ambulance crews on some of those calls. Photography JOHN MCGLASHAN Sound recordist RICHARD BOULTER Film editor CHARLES CHABOT Producer HARRY HASTINGS
