Basic Info

First Air: March 15, 1998

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 37

Last Episode

Name: Desert Sirens

Season: 3, Episode: 15

Air Date: 2005-05-25

Las Vegas, Nevada: A nine-month old in a hotel is having a seizure; A 52-year-old woman's car was hit by an SUV; A 71-year-old man almost collapsed with abdominal pains while playing a slot machine; Paramedics stop for a snack at a light night restaurant that had just been robbed; A man was assaulted with a hammer after dropping off a friend; A man's legs are burned after he tried to restart his barbecue with gasoline; An accident involving four vehicles, two of which rolled over; leaves four critical and two dead; A homeless frequent flyer calls for an ambulance to get a free ride; A psychotic patient has PTSD.

Paramedics

1998 3 seasons 37 episodes

Overview

Paramedics was a medical-based television reality show that ran on TLC from 1999 to 2001 and now runs infrequently on Discovery Health Channel. A spin-off of Trauma: Life in the E.R., Paramedics followed the activities of teams of EMTs and paramedics in a number of large urban centers in the United States. The show had no regular cast; every week featured a different city and a different group of paramedics. Actor Michael McGlone narrated the series. Composer Chuck Hammer scored the series. The excitement as well as the occasional tedium of being a member of a paramedic team is evident, as cases ranging from life-and-death to broken wrists to false calls are all featured. The show differed from Trauma: Life in the E.R. in that it did not show surgeries and hospital discharges. Instead, it focused on the importance of a paramedic's immediate care and social skills in dealing with a variety of people.