Paramedics
A compelling documentary series offering unprecedented insight into the daily lives of emergency service heroes. This series is produced with the help of Ambulance Victoria and features unrivalled access to paramedics, with vision captured from up to 60 cameras rigged in ambulances, helicopters and on motorbikes.
Natalie and Leonard comfort a schoolboy who has fallen metres out of a tree and landed on his head. Cam fights to save a father in cardiac arrest. Matt and the flight crew race to a fellow paramedic bitten by a deadly brown snake, but reaching her in a remote location proves to be almost impossible. And Mike and Eamon get the call to support a young woman with a debilitating yet all-too-common condition, endometriosis.
Thousands of calls come through each day to Victoria's ambulance service; Nat and Leonard head to a hotel pool, after a romantic escape ends in disaster for a young mum; Eamon and Mike treat a traumatised child attacked by a dog.
In rugged bushland, a car has crashed one hundred metres down a ravine. Rescuing the injured driver turns into a nightmare for flight paramedic Ray. And can a teenager survive a terrifying fall through a skylight.
A little girl's terrifying seizure has Glenice on high alert. Marlie and Tanie treat a skateboard rider who has crashed at high speed without a helmet. Mike and Eamon celebrate a fun career milestone.
Every twelve seconds across Victoria, a call for help is made to emergency services. Simon and Michaela perform a high risk intervention on a seizure patient. Cullen races to a man with horrific injuries from a horrific crash.
Cullen faces every parent's nightmare as a six-year-old child is hit by a car. Simon and Michaela battle to help a man whose pacemaker is misfiring, sending agonising shocks through his system. Tanie and Marlie fear for their safety.
A 38-year-old man has suffered a massive attack while enjoying a day off with his wife in their spa. A teen footballer has collapsed after a bruising tackle. Eamon's charm offensive might not work with feisty 94-year-old Miffy.
A 76-year-old motorbike rider suffers horrific injuries after catapulting into trees; Al and Cam race to a lung cancer survivor gasping for air; Mike joins the 'fun' ambulance to help ill children escape from their daily challenges.
Steve and Emily are ready for anything as an office worker is hot and dizzy and down to his undies; Eamon is unimpressed with Mike's fashion sense; a former gravedigger surprises Cullen by laughing in the face of death.
Steve races to remote bushland where a huge tree has fallen and crushed a man's leg. Cullen takes drastic action to save a critically ill patient. Homesick Emily 'adopts' a Nanna for the day, when she and Steve help a much-loved Gran.
MICA paramedic Steve is forced to deploy a high risk procedure to save a man who's heart is beating out of control. With his distressed family watching on, there are no guarantees the drastic treatment will work. Flight paramedic Ray fears the worst when a young woman crashes through her car's rear window and smashes onto the road. It's party time ahead of Leonard's last shift with his great friend Nat but they will be confronted with one last challenge before an emotional goodbye.
Cam responds to a call for help from parents desperate to save their son who is bleeding to death. Mike and Eamon are confronted with a shocking martial arts injury, and a father-and-son weekend becomes a dad's worst nightmare.
Every second counts as new partners Mike and Eamon treat the teenage victims of a brutal assault, and intensive care paramedic Al races to the scene of a motorbike accident, where a tourist’s life hangs in the balance after colliding with a fallen tree. Flight paramedic Ray treats an unlucky gardener with a shocking injury, and facing a helicopter flight that could make his condition worse. We also catch up with season one favourites Taz and Amanda, who have a surprise in store.
A shocking motorcycle accident leaves a family man in critical condition. Can surgery in the back of an ambulance keep him alive? Cam races to help a baby arriving in a hurry. Amanda and Taz help a little patient who's had a big fall.
Matt attempts a difficult rescue of an injured paraglider. A horse trainer is critical after being kicked in the head. An aggressive patient at a train station puts Taz and Amanda to the test. A hit and run endangers a baby's life.
A mother is badly injured in a car crash and is desperate to find her baby girl. A shop assistant mysteriously collapses. Will expectant parents meet their baby in the back of the ambulance before they get to hospital?
Carina and Doddsy battle traffic to save a child. Taz and Amanda have a hair-raising encounter with a dog bite victim. Cullen responds to a devastating road accident. Glenice takes a coastal trek to reach a victim.
Leonard and Nat are called to a road accident that leaves a driver trapped, showing signs of amnesia. A mountain bike crash results in shocking facial injuries. Eamon and Mike play referee to an allergy patient and his mum.
Mike and Eamon are called to a shocking home invasion. Cam and Doddsy's patients refuse to go to hospital without their beloved dog. A fun day at a waterpark turns into a nightmare, as Al treats a patient with suspected spinal injuries.
Cam answers a dangerous callout to save a patient in crisis. What surprise does Amanda have in store to celebrate Taz's ten years in the service? Mike and Eamon's concerns grow for a newlywed couple who've come off their motorbike.
A bumpy ride for Amanda and Taz as they rush to a foster Mum in agony. Flight paramedic Matt races to help a student who is critically injured in a school sporting accident. Eamon works his charms on a distressed cyclist.
A gripping emergency airlift for a woman who's suffered a massive stroke. A patient refuses to go to hospital without his beloved dog and a fun day at a waterpark turns into a nightmare.
Mike and Eamon treat a car accident victim who's also been brutally stabbed. Nat and Leonard help a golfer who's feeling sub-par. And Glenice meets a hero dog who raises the alarm when his owner is thrown from her horse.
Australia's ambulance crews fight to save lives in this gripping factual series. Cameras capture unguarded moments of compassion, love and laughter, giving unprecedented insight into the daily lives of these emergency service heroes.
Australia's ambulance crews fight to save lives in this gripping factual series. Cameras capture unguarded moments of compassion, love and laughter, giving unprecedented insight into the daily lives of these emergency service heroes.
Glenice rushes to the rescue of a scared elderly man who's been trapped in his bathtub for days. Cam is called out to help a tiny patient in big trouble. A grave situation for Taz and Amanda, and Nat wins herself an admirer.
A retired cowboy gets back in the ring with disastrous results, Glenice helps a young couple fighting to save their 6-year-old daughter who's suffering from a shocking disease, and Amanda and Taz get a lesson on making a marriage last.
Carina and Doddsy rush to a car crash where a young man's life hangs in the balance. Amanda and Leonard help a scared Mum who has found her 11-year-old daughter lifeless on the floor, and is Leonard's baby about to make an early entrance?
Cullen fights to save a man who's choking to death. Will Mike and Eamon need to break down doors to get to a possible stroke patient? Carina and Doddsy are called to help one of their own, after a young paramedic is attacked on the job.
Cam worries his patient might give birth to twins in the back of the ambulance while Mike and Eamon's patient has a scare at early stages of her pregnancy. A puzzling case for Nat and Leonard and big dreams for a budding little paramedic.
Flight paramedic Ray joins a massive rescue mission in treacherous conditions near Victoria's Twelve Apostles. Amanda finds an admirer in a patient with a colourful past. Can Glenice save the victim of a horror car crash?
An agitated burns victim puts Ray and the helicopter crew to the test. A baby's allergic reaction has Mike and Eamon working their charm on both bub and an anxious Mum, and a critically ill bus driver makes the toughest journey of his life.
Taz and rookie Amanda face a life-and-death scenario where every second counts in treating a man who collapsed after leaving a sauna. Meanwhile Jamie and Mike deliver friendly first aid to a colourful character having a tough time. Natalie and Leonard find a novel way to lift an elderly patient’s spirits, and Matt and his helicopter crew make an emergency flight to Shepparton to save a two-year-old girl who has fallen unconscious and stopped breathing.
Mark and Carina race to help a critically injured paraglider who’s crashed into a cliff but challenging terrain hinders progress as night closes in. Jamie and Mike struggle to convince a cyclist hit by a car to go to hospital, fearing her adrenaline is masking multiple injuries. A bed bugs case has Nicola and Michelle getting itchy all over, while Taz and Amanda rush to aid a man who’s collapsed in agony at his workplace.
Mark and Carina race to save a young woman struggling to breathe from a severe asthma attack. Matt airlifts a trauma patient to hospital after a horror car crash. Taz and Amanda find a fun way of deciding who drives the ambulance.
Nat and Leonard get a surprise while treating a suspected drug overdose. A heartbreaking fall for a 98-year-old woman requires a delicate rescue mission. And vicious abuse from a member of the public shocks Amanda and Taz.
Nat and Leonard battle to save an elderly woman after a suspected stroke. Taz and Amanda race to help a child trapped in a car outside a kindergarten. A missing item of clothing has Nicola and Michelle scratching their heads.
Matt treats a patient burnt in a workplace explosion, but bad weather jeopardises the flight to hospital.
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| Language | English |
| Release | 2018-10-04 |
| Producer | WTFN Entertainment |