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A lot of Angie's work involves helping people who have drunk too much, but though she has been verbally abused, she has never really felt unsafe.

Her paramedic partner is a woman, and Angie thinks that as two women they sometimes act as a calming influence. They have been called the "Mumbulance", when they turn up, which she thinks is funny.

Time wasters

The frustrations of the job are the time wasters, the people who call because they have toothache or an earache or even a broken fingernail.

Although she has always wanted to be a paramedic, Angie did lots of other jobs first, including working as an entertainer at a holiday camp, running a pub, and being both an aromatherapist and a sports masseur.

Foster carers

Angie lives in a small village about nine miles from Cardiff, with husband Rob, their son Chris and Glen the dog.

She has been married to Rob for about 20 years. He is a full time foster carer. They have been fostering children for 10 years because they had no children of their own. They have probably fostered between 20 and 25 children in that time, some for years and some for only a few days.

They do get attached to the children they foster and really miss them when they go.

As a mum doing this job, when a call comes through and its child, her stomach just turns over.

Mostly the children are fine and it turns out to be parents over worrying, but still, every one drives just a bit faster when there is a child involved and breathes a bit easier if the child is crying because that means they are probably going to be OK.

We asked Angie to tell us a little more about her workling life.

I work 12 hour shifts and on every shift I could have a variety of jobs. Being a paramedic is unpredictable so there is not really a 'typical' day.

I work on a fully kitted out, reasonably new ambulance. Our kit is sufficient for all the work we carry out. Our ambulance is also designed for minimum lifting and we have various moving and handling aids.

My secret... I appeared on wearing a blue dress and matching hat.

Best day: delivering a baby.

Worst day: attending the scene of a murder.