Live Rescue

I've been an EMT, IEMT, Paramedic, Firefighter/Medic and Fire Officer for over 35 years and while this show has potential, without actor's (which I don't want), they're quite hamstrung in what they can legally show. Unlike a Police interaction where there's zero expectation of privacy, this show walks a fine line on real live (or recorded) drama and the HIPAA law's of 1996. HIPAA is what keeps patients medical history private and any violation is swiftly dealt with by fines and lawsuits.

What you don't see first is the "first in" crew asking the patient if they are willing to be on camera and allow them into their home. Accident's are different because the crew wasn't called for an established, outstanding medical condition so trauma would be better to focus on. But that's not what real First Responder's do only. It is a lot of non-life threatening, boring call's just like Law Enforcement has to deal with but are seldom shown on the sister show "LivePD". And I agree that they are jumping from call to call, Department to Department way to fast.

What A&E is trying to make is a cross between the 70's TV show EMERGENCY!, the older series "Paramedics" and A&E's other show "Nightwatch". They really need to focus on the "good" call's like fires, car crashes, shootings, overdoses and ignore the lift assists, difficulty breathing and routine medical call's. What's next, filming inter-facility calls from a hospital back to the nursing home?

And, hate to be blunt but Ashley Banfield is not the best host for this series. Her getting "teary eyed" or breathless over a puppy rescue definitely sends the wrong message. A&E needs to get a better host who should actually go run some call's with various departments to take in the sights, "smells" and emotions of running call's. If need be, get the real footage and blur the victims identity, however, the risk there is family seeing a loved one on TV pronounced dead before the Police can make death notification in person not to mention the family or lawyers using the footage for law suits.

This series has great potential but they need to fine tune a lot to keep people interested.

I come from a family of Police and Fire/Rescue and I loved LivePD ... I am very disappointed in Live Rescue and tonight was the last time I will watch it ... the hostess is boring and overly dramatic ... sadly, she has no clue to what she is talking about ... also, I do NOT like the fact that Rescue of the Week always goes towards the Police ... they belong on LivePD and give Rescue of the Week to a Fire/Medic ... I respect both but start giving Fire/Rescue credit for what they do.

I agree BANFIELD is terrible..Tom would be great along with Titus and Dan...those 3 would be awesome

Ms. Banfield ruins any chance of this being a good show. She has no chemistry with her cohosts, and appears to not pay attention to what they say, or what is going on at the live shots. Her questions to her cohosts are uninspired, and for lack of a better word, stupid. That is when she asks them a question, more often an open ended statement such as "I bet it's scary to go into a smokey house with fire". No kidding. She ruins Live Pd when she fills in, and will ruin this show.

I was so excited for this show after watching previews for months. But I can't even stay awake long enough to watch it. It is so slow and boring it puts me to sleep.