Based on the BBC factual series of the same name, Ambulance Australia follows NSW Ambulance service, from the NSW Ambulance Triple Zero Control Centre to paramedics on the road.
Genre: Documentary
Cast:Lisa Wilkinson
The officers deal with a high volume of pregnancy-related calls in summer; emergency workers respond to a car crash on a remote dirt road.
Ambulance Australia follows people in the business of saving lives, going beyond the flashing lights to the heart and soul of heroes.
With an emergency phone call every ten seconds, it is Australia's biggest night: New Year's Eve. The ambulance service is stretched to its limits and then something terrible occurs at the worst possible time: a cardiac arrest.
It's one of the hottest weeks on record in Sydney, and the call takers and paramedics are inundated with the number of calls. DOM Paul is called out to Maroubra beach, where a 13-year-old girl has hit her back while surfing and has a suspected spinal injury. DOM Mick attends to a cardiac arrest at Sydney Airport, while DOM Jordan attends to a jovial young man who has fallen from a balcony.
Paramedics are called to a bomb threat at Sydney Airport, while good friends Mosh and Karen are called to a 35-week pregnant woman who has not felt her baby move in 10 hours and has severe bleeding.
It is one of the busiest days of the year for paramedics, Australia Day. Faced with an increase in alcohol related calls Sam and Tammy attend to a man passed out in the middle of the road in his car.
Behind the lights and sirens, the paramedics face their toughest and most touching emergency call-outs.