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In this episode we鈥檙e taking a look at emergency medicine outside hospitals and surgeries 鈥� and meeting the people who save seriously-ill people in unusual places.

Smitha Mundasad goes on a rainy walk in the hills with the Brecon Mountain Rescue Team and meets the flying medics of London鈥檚 Air Ambulance. Will she have time for a chat before they get a call-out? We also hear from Sweden where they鈥檙e making lifesaving changes before the ambulance even arrives.

And from kombucha and kimchi to keffir and sourdough, fermented food and drink is everywhere. But as these foods have exploded in popularity, so have claims of health benefits, from digestion and gut health, to immunity and mood.

We start by trying some fermenting with chef Olia Hercules and then Smitha chats to fermented food 鈥渘erd鈥� Professor Paul Cotter to sift through the evidence.

Next week鈥檚 Inside Health is all about the perimenopause 鈥� the time leading up to the menopause when oestrogen starts to drop. Why is it all still such a mystery?

Send us your questions 鈥� and we鈥檒l put them to our panel. It鈥檚 insidehealth@bbc.co.uk

Presenter: Smitha Mundasad
Producer: Gerry Holt
Editor: Martin Smith
Production co-ordinator: Jonathan Harris

Declared interests:
Professor Paul Cotter: 鈥淩esearch in the Cotter laboratory has been funded by PrecisionBiotics Group, Friesland Campina, Danone and PepsiCo. Paul Cotter has also received funding to travel to or present at meetings by H&H, the National Dairy Council U.S., PepsiCo, Abbott, Arla and Yakult. In addition, he is the co-founder and CTO of SeqBiome Ltd., a provider of sequencing and bioinformatics services for microbiome analysis.鈥�