Paramedics — Season 1, Episode 10: After Dark
Reality • 45 min • 3 seasons, 37 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
Detroit: A 10-year-old girl, whose mother is agoraphobic and has not been out of the house in seven years, has been hit by a car while riding her bike; A gunman who has barricaded himself in a home invasion has been shot in the head; A 14-year-old asthmatic boy has had a reaction to a bee sting; A car has crashed into a street light, and a sawed-off shotgun was found under the seat; A man is unconscious after having fallen in a bathroom; A woman sitting on her porch has been shot in the hand in a drive-by; A man with one leg is beaten up in a carjacking.
About Paramedics
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.