West Midlands paramedic tells of joy at delivering baby in tonight's episode of Ambulance

A paramedic speaks of his joy after delivering a baby in a Black Country flat in tonight’s Ambulance TV programme on BBC.

In the hour-long show the cameras follow Justin and Dawn on a round of jobs around Wolverhampton, which includes a call-out to a birth.

Footage is played of a midwife at New Cross Hospital calling the ambulance operator to say a woman’s waters have broken, and they will not be able to reach her.

They arrive at the high-rise flat to find the mother, who has previously given birth to two other children, crouching over in the living room.

The West Midlands Ambulance crew pair tell her to push and soon the baby boy comes out – much to the delight of the mother and a man in the room.

When asked what the baby will be called, the mother says ‘Arian’. She adds: “We can’t believe it,” and the man says: “I never believed like this it would happen.”

Paramedic Justin then says: “You hope things are facing the right way, the cord is not around the baby’s neck.”

He then adds: “That cry, the birth cry is the best sound ever. Bringing that baby into the world is amazing.”

The baby and mother are then sent to New Cross Hospital for check-ups.

The next job for the pair is a woman named Josephine. She has made 151 ambulance calls, but only required transport to the hospital on three occasions. On the shift, she calls twice. The final time she is put to bed.

Both Justin and Dawn say they are called because day-time health services do not operate in the evening.

Justin jokes ‘another life saved’ as they leave.

Finally for the pair, a call comes in from a drunk man outside the Moon under Water in Wolverhampton city centre.

It is an Indian man and Justin uses his experience as a waiter at an Indian restaurant to talk to the man in Punjab.

The show is the sixth of eight episodes in the series. Murray MacGregor, communications director at WMAS, said: “I truly hope everyone enjoys watching it. We think it’s a great advert for the trust and the fantastic staff that work here.”

Chief executive Anthony Marsh said: “I am proud that we have been able to show the diverse nature of our workforce and how we interact with people from every area and community of the West Midlands.

“Those watching will get a chance to experience the challenges of dealing with everything from cardiac arrests and violent attacks to the second by second decisions our staff face. For example deciding whether to move a woman in advanced labour through to the desperation of lonely elderly patients who have no-one else to turn to.”