Watch: Stay safe at V Festival, say ambulance bosses
Ahead of thousands of music lovers heading to Weston Park, final medical preparations are being made in readiness for this week's V Festival.
The popular annual festival is again expected to draw big crowds with tens of thousands attending each day, many of who will be camping throughout the weekend.
Once more, West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) will be working in partnership with Venture Event Medical Management and St. John Ambulance to ensure first-class medical services are available in order to make it one of the safest festivals in the country.
Last year, approximately 870 patients were treated for a variety of injuries, 20 of whom required transporting to hospital.
In total there will be approximately 200 staff and volunteers working throughout the weekend.
A command and control centre will be set up on site, staffed by call takers and dispatchers who will co-ordinate ambulances and medical staff who will be stationed within the park. Self-contained medical centres staffed by doctors, nurses and staff from St. John Ambulance will also be present on site and are fully equipped to deal with all types of injuries, helping festival goers to avoid any unnecessary trips to A&E and continue on with their fun at the festival.
