Paramedics — Season 1, Episode 5: Rush Hour
Reality • 45 min • 3 seasons, 37 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
A motorcyclist is hit by a car; A man calls 911 when his Porsche stalls on the freeway; A woman injures her neck in a car accident; A driver has been shot in a drive-by; A man has been beaten up; A woman hits her son-in-law over the head with a beer bottle after he assaults his wife, her, and his father-in-law; A man who is in an argument with another man repeated slams his head against a car; A young child is having a bad asthma attack; A man suffers a seizure, then becomes combative.
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.