Some of the North East's most senior A&E medics feature in the More4 TV show Emergency Helicopter Medics - and they are shown saving the lives of patients in dire straits around the region as part of the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) team.
In the show, series 4 of which is currently available on All4 and every Sunday at 9pm, Dr Phil Dowson and Dr Dave Bramley play a vital role in saving lives. Both men are consultants at Sunderland Royal 's A&E and South Tyneside District Hospital but they also devote days to flying with the doctors who devote days to flying with the GNAAS.
In the latest series of the show - currently on screens - Dr Dowson is seen helping to free and treat a patient who was trapped in a car following a shocking smash in Lanchester, County Durham. He also treats a patient for internal bleeding at the roadside after they were trapped between a car and a motorbike as they changed a tyre.
