Throughout filming the documentary, Series Producer / Director Rob King trained as a pre-hospital emergency first responder in order to appreciate the work frontline paramedic crews face while saving a life. He now volunteers as a first responder for the broadcaster and within his local community.
Each "Paramedics" series involved capturing thousands of hours of footage and audio across 7 cameras, per shoot, for hundreds of shoots.
This resulted in the largest amount of footage content ever captured and edited in TV3's 20+ year history.
This resulted in the largest amount of footage content ever captured and edited in TV3's 20+ year history.
Every episode of the series was named like a chapter of a book.
Each episode title reflected the stories and types of calls that featured in that specific episode. Such as "Child's Play" (Series 1) which featured 999 calls for children and sports related injuries, or the (Series 2) episode "Listen" that dealt with mental health.
Although the producers had mapped out a trilogy, the "Paramedics" series was initially commissioned by TV3 as a stand alone single series.
However following the success and positive reaction from the public and critics alike, the production was re-commissioned for a further two series.
However following the success and positive reaction from the public and critics alike, the production was re-commissioned for a further two series.
In Ireland, TV3 originally named the series as just "Paramedics", but for the 2019 re-run showings on Sky Witness (UK & Ireland), the series title was slightly revised in the EPG listings to "Ireland's Paramedics". In part, as Sky Witness shows documentaries and drama series focusing on various emergency services and government agencies from around the world, and presumably for TV3 Ireland to avoid confusion with other series sharing the "Paramedics" name in other international markets.