Future paramedics in the West Midlands are jumping into a state-of-the-art virtual driving seat to enhance their blue light driving skills as they prepare to begin saving lives.

The driving simulator, that is the first of its kind amongst ambulance trust's in the UK, is allowing students at West Midlands Ambulance Service to undertake their Emergency Blue Light Driving course to prepare for driving in a multitude of scenarios that could occur while driving an ambulance under emergency conditions.