Health professionals caught in spot, with first signs of oxygen running short (7)
I believe the answer is:
doctors
'health professionals' is the definition.
(doctor is a kind of health professional)
'caught in spot with first signs of oxygen running short' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'caught' could be 'ct' and 'ct' is found within the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is present in the answer.
'oxygen' could be 'o' (atomic symbol for oxygen) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'first signs' could be 's' (1st letter of 'signs') and 's' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for doctors that I've seen before include "Cooks" , "Children's game staged around a hospital" , "fixes" , "Highly qualified academics" , "Alters" .)