Ambulance Australia
Season 3
2020 • 8 Episodes
With honesty and transparency, the gripping fly-on-the-wall series will take an extraordinary look at the Queensland Ambulance frontline. Taking viewers on a journey from the high pressure Ambulance Triple Zero Operations Centre, to the heart and soul of the paramedics on the road who are forced to make split second decisions that can mean the difference between life and death. With a staggering 1,235,793 responses to incidents, the most of any state, Queensland is the perfect location to capture the raw reality of life as a paramedic.
Episodes
1. Episode 1
February 6, 2020
A sudden car crash in front of their ambulance forces Pete and Phil to perform one of the most extraordinary resuscitations from a deadly heart attack ever captured on film. Also, call taker Jaimi talks a family through a labour while waiting for paramedics to arrive. Paramedics rush to a number of MDMA overdoses after the RiverFire Festival and Listen Out Brisbane Music Festival.
2. Episode 2
February 13, 2020
In the midst of the graveyard shift, the Operations Centre springs into action when a five-patient stabbing from a home invasion is reported in Brisbane’s North.
3. Episode 3
February 20, 2020
The team face the realities of life between birth and death. A newborn baby birthed in a car, an infant needing CPR and a two-year-old boy struggling to breathe.
4. Episode 4
February 27, 2020
When a motorbike rider falls traveling at high speed, his injuries are so severe that highly trained paramedic, Aaron, must turn the side of the road into an operating theatre to save his life.
5. Episode 5
March 5, 2020
A woman stranded on a remote walking track, unable to make her way out, must rely on the help of Emergency Services and a devastating house fire causes a severe case of smoke inhalation.
6. Episode 6
March 12, 2020
A frantic call from a witness to a serious motor vehicle accident, requires concise and reassuring advice from the Emergency Medical Dispatcher in the Operations Centre as the caller steps in to help.
7. Episode 7
March 19, 2020
The importance of first aid is shown while paramedics battle the logistics of extricating a man at a train station. Things turn bizarre as paramedics help a man struck in the groin by a javelin.
8. Episode 8
March 26, 2020
A fast-acting neighbour responds to panicked calls for help as, Emergency Medical Dispatcher Sarah's, clear and calm advice attempts to avoid a potentially lethal incident from escalating.