Ambulance crews in Scotland more likely to be attacked at work
Our exclusive investigation found 150 paramedics or technicians were physically or verbally assaulted in the West over the last 12 months.
Ambulance crews in Scotland are at more risk of having a knife or a bottle pulled out on them at work than last year.
Figures from the Scottish Ambulance Service shared exclusively with MFR show there were 146 incidents of abuse towards staff between October 2023 and September 2024 in the West of the country.
The were also 132 attacks in the East and another 59 in the North.
Our Senior Reporter Callum McQuade spent a Friday night with a Glasgow team earlier this month.
Paramedic Amie Wollgram said: "One man once pulled out a knife on me and it was my crew mate who noticed.
"We got out quite quickly, got the police involved and he never stabbed us but it was a volatile situation."
During the shift where we followed Amie and technician Alanna Williams, one man had to be picked up because he was walking on the Clydeside Expressway after leaving a work night out.
Alanna said: "People who drink too much and end up in the back of an ambulance because a taxi won't take them need to think about the fact they are pulling us off the road.
"It is stopping us from getting to other people in a medical or traumatic emergency.
"I would say, by all means, go out and have a good time because we all do it.
"Just don't over do it."