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.
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.
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.
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.
In tonight's episode 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In tonight's season premiere, we follow Shane and Shelly, who must help a patient in need of urgent care after an incident involving a car. It's classified as a code 1A, the most serious emergency.
Tonight, a man claims to have jumped off Brisbane's Story Bridge and we see the effects this has on the professionals who are racing to piece together a puzzle to try and save a life.
The low blood sugar levels of 23-year-old type one diabetic have led to a dangerous seizure. Another code 1A comes in for two-year-old Levi, suffering serious respiratory issues.
When a head-on collision leaves one driver trapped in their car, Tash, a specialist Critical Care Paramedic, is faced with a difficult decision to try and save the woman's life.
Paramedics Jeff and Tamara are called to help 92-year-old Ray, who is pinned under his mobility scooter after it tipped over, and then attend to a baby who is turning blue and struggling to breathe.
A crash on a busy intersection sees a severely broken leg front and centre, but paramedics fear the patient may also have spinal cord injuries. Plus, a patient suffers from potentially deadly sepsis.
In Brisbane, a bystander calls in a crash in the heart of Brisbane CBD involving a motorcyclist and taxi. Paramedics arrive to find patient Hector facedown on the road, not moving.
It's all systems go, with paramedics racing to the scene of a nasty motorbike and sidecar crash; a call comes in for a woman who has fallen off her balcony while trying to retrieve her friend's cat.