New series Paramedics to give real insight into lives of emergency workers

VICTORIAN paramedics are set to get their own TV show, with a Melbourne-based production-company unveiling their new series that will keep the cameras rolling 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

VICTORIAN paramedics are set to get their own TV show, with Melbourne-based production-company WTFN announcing that pre-production is underway on Paramedics.

The 10-hour series, which will begin filming in March, looks destined to air in prime time on Channel 9.

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The filmmakers will capture all the action of Ambulance Victoria’s emergency team saving lives by using 50 rigged cameras.

The program will follow road ambulances, helicopters, MICAs and motorcycles 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The program will follow paramedics 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Picture: Steve Tyson

Producers promise the program will “take viewers on an incredible ride through the highs, lows, heart and humour of this demanding profession”.

“Paramedics are such highly trusted and respected members of society and the chance to get this close as they go about their jobs of saving lives is a real privilege,” executive producer Steve Oemcke said.

“Using rigged cameras allows us to capture unscripted, unproduced and uncensored drama in a way traditional cameras never could.

“We are very grateful that Ambulance Victoria trusts our production enough to allow this level of unprecedented access.”

Parademics in Melbourne are set to be spotlighted in the new series.

Attacks on Victorian ambulance teams have been in the spotlight in recent times with statistics showing that a paramedic is assaulted every 37 hours.

Attacks on first responders have more than doubled in the past two years due to drug and alcohol-fuelled patients and bystanders.

WTFN used similar camera technology for its ABC series Tattoo Tales. The company also produces Bondi Vet.