A shortage in ambulances. Long wait times for patients heading to Liverpool Hospital. A horrific motor vehicle accident. Brain injury. A house fire. Suspected domestic violence. All this in the day-in-the-life of a paramedic.

A call taker tries to revive a hanging patient over the phone when the family's given up. A heart attack turns into a race against the clock. A gruesome double stabbing pushes the limits of the team.

It is not an ordinary Sunday for NSW Ambulance, as eighty thousand people hit the streets in Sydney's annual City2Surf. Paramedics drive through the crowds to locate someone in trouble. A deadly drug overdose and a drunk and enraged ice addict - all this in a day in the life of a paramedic.

In this episode we see the highest possible medical intervention, while a legally blind patient with PTSD vents his frustration for the lack of hours for home care aid, while a spike in GHB and cocaine overdose cases sends late-night crew into action during a blood moon Friday night.

Crews are called to a motorcycle accident in peak hour traffic, and paramedics must solve the cause of an elderly woman's excruciating pain. Call taker Laura celebrates her last shift in the control centre before leaving to become a paramedic, while a devastating car crash on the far outskirts of Sydney throws crews into overdrive as they face the tyranny of distance.

Former call-taker Laura goes out on her very first shift on the road as a paramedic. Her first call-out sees her attend a man suffering chest pains at Sydney's busy airport, while veteran paramedic Carolyn faces a life or death situation when a 90 year old woman suffers a heart attack. On a construction site, Duty Operations Manager Brian needs to rescue a worker who's fallen from a height. But getting him out of the building site into the ambulance proves to be extremely tricky.

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.

Paramedics Ali and Josh respond to an urgent stabbing and get stuck in the middle of a terrifying street brawl, and the worst hail storm tears through the city.

The crews attend the scene of an explosion at a worksite, which has left three men with burns and smoke inhalation, a motor vehicle accident involving two cars, a young girl who has fallen from a horse, and a man with a sore finger. Sisters Sam and Tammie receive a surprise when a suspected deceased patient is found alive and well.

This episode focuses on the Duty Operations Managers (DOMS). Mick attends a suspected terrorist incident at a consulate, newly promoted Joe goes to the scene of a factory explosion that has left one man with 40 per cent burns to his body. Brian recalls the Victoria fires as he treats firefighters at a north western Sydney bushfire.

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...

Ambulance Australia follows people in the business of saving lives, going beyond the flashing lights to the heart and soul of heroes.

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. 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.

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.

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 & 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.