Body-cam footage will take viewers behind the scenes and to the heart of the action of the two lifesaving charities, enabling them to join the air ambulance doctors, critical care paramedics and pilots as they attend real-life emergencies in the East of England—as well as seeing how other rescue services work across the UK.
From road traffic collisions to cardiac arrests, medical emergencies to accidental injuries, the air ambulance teams bring advanced skills, equipment and medicine directly to the scene of their patients’ incidents in the fastest time possible.
Filming took place between May-August 2023 and the series, which comprises 6 x 60’ episodes, will begin at 8 pm on Channel 5 and My5 on Friday, 16th August. Each episode features emotionally charged, real-life emergencies from all over the UK, unpicking the series of events leading to rescuing people in the most perilous of situations. Both the rescuers and casualties re-tell the story from both sides of the drama as viewers follow an unfolding narrative of the rescue from start to finish.
Dr Victor Inyang, East Anglian Air Ambulance Medical Director, says: “We were pleased to be a part of ‘Rescue 999: Seconds To Save A Life,’ which shows just some of the incidents we are tasked to across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
“Our work is only possible thanks to our incredible supporters and we’re proud and humbled by their life-saving impact, some of which will be seen in ‘Rescue 999: Seconds To Save A Life’.
Magpas Air Ambulance and EAAA are local charities which receive no regular government funding, relying on generous public support to give people the best chance of surviving and recovering from a medical emergency in East Anglia and beyond.
