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BBC Ambulance Episode Shows Paramedics Halt CPR After 32 Minutes

The broadcast presented real-time end-of-life decisions to a mass audience.

Overview

  • Yorkshire crews, in Wednesday's episode, responded to a call that 67-year-old Steve had stopped breathing and stopped CPR after 32 minutes.
  • Critical care paramedic John told Steve's partner Penny that Steve's heart showed no electrical activity.
  • John later consoled Penny and said nothing she did would have changed the outcome.
  • Viewers posted that they were in tears, called the scenes brutal, and praised the call handlers and paramedics.
  • Ambulance is a BBC observational series that films frontline teams and airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Wednesdays at 9pm.