The WORST episodes of Ambulance
Every episode of Ambulance ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Ambulance!
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#1 - Episode 2
Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/2022
The North East Ambulance Service is struggling to deal with an unprecedented volume of calls. The NHS faces chronic stresses and strains as frontline staff battle an increase in mental health problems, stretched public services and deepening poverty in the north east region.
#2 - Episode 3
Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/21/2024
The ambulance service responds to two separate calls for patients with severe burns, both in need of urgent treatment at the region’s only specialist burns unit.
#3 - Episode 2
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/14/2024
Multiple resources are dispatched to a patient who has fallen 20 feet from a tree and requires urgent treatment for a suspected broken back and open wrist fracture.
#4 - Episode 1
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/31/2024
Multiple emergency services respond to two separate reports of unexploded bombs in Greater Manchester, one with a primary school and nursery nearby.
#5 - A Very Personal Injury
Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/28/2023
Ambulance crews respond to a road traffic accident where a man who has severely injured himself requires advanced pain relief.
#6 - Toxic Attack
Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/21/2023
An urgent call from someone threatening to use a nerve agent against the emergency services leads to a major incident standby being declared.
#7 - Made of Strong Stuff
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/14/2023
Crewmates Mandy and Lauren help an elderly patient at the local boatyard, who has been on the floor for two days before being discovered by his neighbour.
#8 - The Baby is Coming!
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/7/2023
A busy weekend night shift across Lancashire sees advanced paramedic Shaun dispatched to a baby born in the passenger seat of a car.
#9 - Outbreak
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/7/2023
A busy night shift for the ambulance service as they are alerted to an infectious disease outbreak at Fairfield General Hospital.
#10 - Strike
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/24/2023
Filmed during a historical period of uncertainty for the NHS, this episode introduces the staff of North West Ambulance Service across Lancashire, from the picket line to the front line. It shines a light on the uncertainties faced by the NHS today, while the ambulance service continues to deliver life-saving care to the people of the region.
#11 - Episode 6
Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/6/2023
As crews begin to book on for the start of the day shift, an emergency call is received for a patient who has made an attempt to end their life. Crewmates Emily and Gayle are immediately dispatched to assist another crew. As they make the ten-minute journey to provide back-up, the patient is confirmed dead, but Emily and Gayle decide to remain at the scene and help provide some much-needed support to the grieving family.
#12 - Episode 5
Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/11/2023
A busy night shift for the North East Ambulance Service begins with an emergency call for a woman in labour. In Stockton, crewmates Hannah and Becky attend a 78-year-old female patient who has fallen down the stairs and suffered a seizure. In control, an urgent call is received for a 12-year-old female patient who has taken an overdose. The patient admits she has been struggling at school, which is having an impact on her mental health.
#13 - Episode 4
Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/4/2023
It's the beginning of the night, and the team in control have inherited the consequences of a busy day shift. Ambulance crews are already starting to queue at hospital as they wait to hand over their patients.
#14 - Episode 3
Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/2022
Staff shortages and a rise in 999 calls stretch the North East Ambulance Service to its limits, meaning only the most critical patients will get an ambulance.
#15 - Episode 4
Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/6/2024
Ambulance crews struggle to deal with life threatening emergencies while also being the last resort for those who have no one else to turn to.
#16 - Episode 1
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2022
A night shift takes a turn for the worse as multiple Darlington crews respond to a category-1 call for a patient in cardiac arrest.
#17 - Episode 6
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/6/2022
Crewmates Paula and Phil attend a patient who is feeling suicidal, and the call-out takes a worrying turn when the patient begins hallucinating in the back of the ambulance.
#18 - Episode 5
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/2022
#19 - Episode 4
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/1/2022
#20 - Episode 3
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/25/2022
#21 - Episode 2
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/18/2022
#22 - Episode 1
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/11/2022
A crew from the North East Ambulance Service attend to a family who arrived in the UK just 17 days earlier as refugees from Iraq.
#23 - Episode 6
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/2021
As society opens up, the Easter bank holiday has consequences for North West Ambulance Service. A call for a patient stuck in a forest in Cumbria takes priority.
#24 - Episode 5
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/2021
On a busy night shift in Lancashire, a call for a patient threatening to take his life by walking into the sea in Blackpool takes priority for the North West Ambulance Service.
#25 - Episode 4
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/2021
One year on from the beginning of national lockdown, Lancashire ambulance crews attend to patients whose health problems have been bought on or exacerbated by isolation caused by the lockdown.