EMS TV shows

[mycrofft]

I suppose there is....

 

[Milla3P]

"Broken Vessels" is a great movie. Todd Field does a great job as a burnt out LA medic. It's a little dated, released in 98, but it is the best perspective of the field, IMO. It's pretty dark, don't watch it on a bad day. You'll probably jump off a bridge.

Disk on netflix, doesn't stream.

 

[TransportJockey]

"Broken Vessels" is a great movie. Todd Field does a great job as a burnt out LA medic. It's a little dated, released in 98, but it is the best perspective of the field, IMO. It's pretty dark, don't watch it on a bad day. You'll probably jump off a bridge.

Disk on netflix, doesn't stream.

I've been trying to find it for download for months. Guess i might look to buy it in Amazon

 

[Achilles]

EMS TV/Movies SHOWS
1.) EMERGENCY
2.) RESCUE 77
3.) SAVED
4.) TRAUMA
5.) THIRD WATCH
6.) RESCUE 911 (Reality)
7.) PARAMEDIC’S (Reality)
8.) BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (Movie)
9.) MOTHER, JUGS & SPEED (Movie)

Hope this helps ya!

What about untold stories of the ER?

 

[DesertMedic66]

What about untold stories of the ER?

That's ER based not EMS based

 

[Christopher]

Is there any ems shows that can be downloaded or found on TV. I know of the usuals like rescue 911 and such, im looking for more recent ones

If you want to see how Australia does it (and get jealous at how much better paid/educated they are) I suggest watching Recruits: Paramedics. Every episode is up on Youtube.

And HELP, a 6 part documentary on EMS in Australia, is also pretty neat.

 

[errey]

there is an Australian tv show called Recruits - Paramedics where they follow new recruits on the job. pretty good.

 

[the_negro_puppy]

this Channel has all the Recruits: Paramedics episodes, a good watch about EMS downunder

http://www.youtube.com/user/austvseries

 

[Nothodad]

the immortal

mother, jugs, and speed.

Still the most accurate portrayal to date.

couldnt have been said any better.

Also
I don't know if they are still playing them, but discovery health was showing reruns of a show called paramedics that ran in 2000. It shows camera crews shadowing paramedic units across the US major cities. Excellent show.

 

[74restore]

I'm actually surprised nobody mentioned this one: "In a Heartbeat" was a show about teenagers balancing school and the stresses of being EMT's for their town ambulance. It was a drama on none other than the Disney Channel. Cheesy? yes... Fun to watch? you betcha. All the episodes are on Youtube too.

 

[TransportJockey]

couldnt have been said any better.

Also
I don't know if they are still playing them, but discovery health was showing reruns of a show called paramedics that ran in 2000. It shows camera crews shadowing paramedic units across the US major cities. Excellent show.

I haven't ever seen that show it was filmed in conjunction with trauma life in the er, so each episode of paramedics has a corresponding episode of that

 

[Paramajestic]

Is there any ems shows that can be downloaded or found on TV. I know of the usuals like rescue 911 and such, im looking for more recent ones

EMS Television shows/Movie list- 1.Emergency (TV, 1972) 2.Rescue 77 (TV,1999) 3. Saved (TV, 2005) 4. Third Watch (TV) 5. Rescue 911 (TV, Reality) 6. Paramedic's (TV, 1999, Reality) 7. Trauma (TV, 2010) 8. Bringing out the dead (Movie, 2000) 9. Momma, Jugs & Speed (Movie, 70's) 10. Daylight (Movie, 90's)

 

[Paramajestic]

Is there any ems shows that can be downloaded or found on TV. I know of the usuals like rescue 911 and such, im looking for more recent ones

EMS Television shows/Movie list-1.Emergency (TV, 1972) 2.Rescue 77 (TV,1999) 3. Saved (TV, 2005) 4. Third Watch (TV) 5. Rescue 911 (TV, Reality) 6. Paramedic's (TV, 1999, Reality) 7. Trauma (TV, 2010) 8. Bringing out the dead (Movie, 2000) 9. Momma, Jugs & Speed (Movie, 70's) 10. Daylight (Movie)

 

[rescue1]

I can't remember where I saw it, but there was a Canadian medical school survey done and something around 80% of the respondants admitted to "learning" medicine and medical procedures from tv.

Given the sense of humor of most med students I know, I very much doubted the accuracy of this questionaire, which is probably why I don't have a copy or reference to it, (I think it might have been in New Physician) but if it was true even 1 time, doesn't it seem like there is a failure somewhere?

I can't imagine the amount of those in EMS who may think "House" qualifies as medical education. (My wife watches it religiously and I always get questioned on what is real or not and what it is really like.)

I think the problem everyone has with trauma might be that they were expecting basically a modern emergency (and all the good that show did for EMS) and the result was not that.

If you really made a show portraying what real Fire and EMS is like, it wouldn't even get past the pilot. It would be that boring.

I dated a girl in high school whose Dad was a doctor in Philly. He told me that he had banned his residents from watching House, because some of them had made clinical or diagnostic decisions based on information they got from the TV show.

 

[Nothodad]

I haven't ever seen that show it was filmed in conjunction with trauma life in the er, so each episode of paramedics has a corresponding episode of that

It is sort of hard to track down, but you can get a taste of it on you tube . Just type in paramedics heart attack. I have them all recorded but have been trying to figure out how to get them off a dvr.

Another good one is toughest place to be a paramedic. Is follows a European paramedic working in Violent Guatemala city, pretty interesting to see how the volunteers work there. The whole thing is on you tube.

 

[benasack2000]

YOU MUST watch an episode of Emergency!
its essential

 

[Achilles]

YOU MUST watch an episode of Emergency!
its essential

It's not on anymore, used to be on RTV.

 

[AtlasFlyer]

Emergency! is available for streaming on Netflix. It's a good show!

 

[NomadicMedic]

 

[Jon]

YOU MUST watch an episode of Emergency!
its essential

I was working with a 2nd Generation EMT the other day. I made an "Emergency" reference. She had never seen the show. I told her to go home and ask her dad about it.