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The Best Episodes of Ambulance

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Ambulance Season 7 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Episode 2

    S7:E2

    As the second wave of Covid-19 grips the country, the pressure mounts on the NHS in Merseyside. With hospitals almost full, ambulance crews know they must try to keep most of their patients at home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Ambulance Season 13 Episode 5 - What Are You Scared Of?
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #2 - What Are You Scared Of?

    S13:E5

    It’s a run of night shifts for the London Ambulance Service and delays are on the rise. Despite intensifying pressure, paramedic Rob uses his Essex charm to put every patient at ease.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Ambulance Season 13 Episode 6 - No Room at A&E
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #3 - No Room at A&E

    S13:E6

    In south west London, Martin attends a child hit by a car, while dispatchers Ed and Webster work tirelessly to get ambulances to patients as hospitals reach full capacity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Ambulance Season 13 Episode 1 - Crew under Attack
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #4 - Crew under Attack

    S13:E1

    London Ambulance Service manage a multi-storey flat fire and face the impact of assaults, both on patients and themselves.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Ambulance Season 13 Episode 2 - Fire at the Police Station
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #5 - Fire at the Police Station

    S13:E2

    Emergency medical technician Ellis draws on his own personal experiences to help a patient struggling with alcohol addiction, as the Budget for spring 2024 is announced.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Ambulance Season 13 Episode 3 - Hoax Call
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #6 - Hoax Call

    S13:E3

    Dispatchers Karen and Lucy face an overwhelming surge of urgent calls, while crews out on the road grow frustrated by frequent callers taking up valuable emergency resources.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Ambulance Season 13 Episode 4 - Shooting on the High Street
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #7 - Shooting on the High Street

    S13:E4

    Multiple specialist resources rush to help patients injured after a shooting on a busy street in Clapham, while paramedics care for elderly patients reluctant to accept help.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Ambulance Season 1 Episode 1 - The Day Shift
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - The Day Shift

    S1:E1

    Multiple stabbings, suicide attempts, a double shooting and an explosion at a flat flood the control centre of the London Ambulance Service with emergency calls threatening to overwhelm the service.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Ambulance Season 1 Episode 2 - The Night Shift
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - The Night Shift

    S1:E2

    We join the staff in the nerve-centre control room on the night shift. Amongst the thousands of calls they receive, they also have to contend with hoaxers, frequent callers and run-away patients.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Ambulance Season 1 Episode 3 - The Weekend Shift
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - The Weekend Shift

    S1:E3

    The staff of the London Ambulance Service prepare for another busy weekend. Amidst the call-outs to drunken fights, drug overdoses and stabbings there are also five women going into labour and a miscarriage to cope with.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Ambulance Season 2 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Episode 1

    S2:E1

    It is Saturday night and Katie and Sarah race to help a man who has collapsed at home. By midnight, revellers spilling out of bars and clubs start to impact the service as calls flood in of brawls and accidents.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Ambulance Season 2 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Episode 2

    S2:E2

    1 hour into the night-shift the control centre is already onto its 3rd cardiac arrest and the 12th stabbing victim of the weekend. Other crews are tied up caring for an alcoholic and an elderly man.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Ambulance Season 2 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Episode 3

    S2:E3

    A crew are dispatched to attend to a woman complaining of stomach pains, but she has actually suffered a massive heart attack. Terminal cancer patient Nigel is philosophical about his life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Ambulance Season 2 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Episode 4

    S2:E4

    Jo and Suki are involved in high drama as they take a patient to hospital when a car crashes right in front of them. Call-handlers deal with two suicidal patients. In Birmingham a woman has had her finger bitten off.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Ambulance Season 2 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Episode 5

    S2:E5

    The air ambulance is dispatched to a woman struggling to breathe after falling, but the helicopter is soon also needed at a road accident in Staffordshire. Reports of a hanging come in but is the call a hoax?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Ambulance Season 2 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Episode 6

    S2:E6

    Justin and Dawn's first call of the day is to a woman whose waters have broken. A drunken man, repeat callers and a woman unable to leave her home all test the crews patience.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Ambulance Season 2 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Episode 7

    S2:E7

    Crews in the more rural areas covered by the service are called out to an elderly couple, a train-spotter who has fallen and banged his head and suicidal patients.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Ambulance Season 2 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Episode 8

    S2:E8

    The West Midlands Ambulance Service have to deal with the fatal consequences as Storm Doris batters the UK. Gale force winds are causing accidents, blocking roads and grounding the air ambulance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Ambulance Season 3 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Episode 1

    S3:E1

    A day shift takes an unexpected turn for West Midlands Ambulance Service paramedics, Nat and Nat, when a 999 call about an unconscious patient suddenly becomes very personal. In the meantime, a 19-year-old girl has been taken ill at school.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Ambulance Season 3 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Episode 2

    S3:E2

    New Year's Eve is the busiest shift of the year for West Midlands Ambulance Service. Extra staff is brought in to care for those in need, but the night does not go as planned.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Ambulance Season 3 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Episode 3

    S3:E3

    Pete and Matt, a specialist trauma team, are called to treat the victim of a brutal knife attack. Paramedics Christine and Chris start their day shift with a man who has collapsed in Worcester town centre after a suspected drug overdose. Jo and Tracey are called to 90-year-old Dennis, who's been vomiting. Christine and Chris are dispatched to Theresa, a terminally ill patient with suspected neutropenic sepsis caused by her cancer treatment. Crewmates Mark and Nieaal drive 20 minutes on blue lights to Ledbury in the dead of night to treat 96-year-old Jim.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Ambulance Season 3 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Episode 4

    S3:E4

    Nina and Lauren respond to a caller whose mother has stopped breathing and is in cardiac arrest. The call handler in the control centre gives CPR advice over the phone while paramedics travel on blue lights to the scene.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Ambulance Season 3 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Episode 5

    S3:E5

    At the start of a night shift, West Midlands Ambulance Service is receiving a High volume of emergency calls and is struggling to cope. A specialist paramedic attends a machete attack but his less urgent jobs are even more time-consuming.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Ambulance Season 3 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Episode 6

    S3:E6

    The last Saturday before Christmas is a busy, with controller Sui having to prioritise stabbing victims and reports of drowning over patient's like Betty, whose daughter says she's fine but needs help getting up having fallen to the floor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Ambulance Season 4 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Episode 1

    S4:E1

    Over a busy weekend in Manchester, North West Ambulance Service paramedics Andrea and Glynn attend an RTC, while Debbie and Shaun try to persuade a homeless man to go to hospital.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 2" is the best rated episode of "Ambulance". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/19/2021. This episode scored 1.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "What Are You Scared Of?".