About Air Medics
Thursday at 11.40pm
The courageous helicopter paramedics of the UK's Great North Air
Ambulance have just four minutes to scramble and get into the air
when the hotline rings.
Known locally as the 'Angels of the North', the crew are called out to some of the worst trauma cases over their 8000 square mile patch.
Cases can range from car crashes to mountain rescues, heart attacks to stabbings.
Seven days a week, 365 days a year, the crew have to face terrible weather conditions, fading light and wild terrain in order to reach their patients in time.
