Season 5

Episodes • 2021

Answering the Call

1. Answering the Call

44 min

Emergency medical responders on the New Orleans night shift race to save victims of a drive-by shooting and a serious car accident, all against the backdrop of the continuing pandemic.

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Night Lessons

2. Night Lessons

44 min

EMS responders face an unpredictable night of crises including a violent facial attack, a high school football injury, and a heroin addict's emotional vow to get clean.

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The Great Unknown

3. The Great Unknown

44 min

The unexpected reigns in the city of New Orleans as EMS responders answer calls about a child shooting, a multiple-vehicle car accident, a reported suicide attempt, and a veteran struggling with a drug overdose.

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A Light in the Darkness

4. A Light in the Darkness

44 min

With COVID-19 raging across the city, the New Orleans EMS responders face a series of crises that include a vehicle rollover from a police pursuit, a victim with close-range gunshot wounds, and a race to save a woman in respiratory distress.

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Heartbeat of the City

5. Heartbeat of the City

44 min

EMS first responders keep their cool and maintain their spirits as they face a series of challenges across New Orleans, including a shooting and stabbing victim and a woman whose slot machine experience takes a bizarre turn.

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Circle of Life

6. Circle of Life

44 min

Family matters take center stage as one EMT technician prepares for the birth of his child, two others prepare for an emergency delivery, and a host of challenges include an injured driver and his trapped dog, a domestic violence victim, and a young boy plagued by seizures.

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The Fire Within

7. The Fire Within

44 min

A young man is shot down while walking home and rumors swirl about who could have wanted him dead.

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Heart and Soul

8. Heart and Soul

44 min

An EMS captain juggles the challenges and rewards of being a wife and mother of twins with the never-ending drama of the job; the shift includes a bloody car accident, a major apartment fire and multiple victims struggling to breathe

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Cold Hands, Warm Hearts

9. Cold Hands, Warm Hearts

44 min

New Orleans first responders battle freezing temperatures as they treat a driver trapped after a serious car accident, a man hit by a streetcar, a delirious patient who doesn't want to part with his dog, and a woman with a surprisingly poignant backstory.

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The Big Not-So-Easy

10. The Big Not-So-Easy

44 min

The EMT team must band together to treat multiple major vehicle accidents, patients losing consciousness and facing breathing and heart ailments, and a woman who has been assaulted by her significant other.

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Keep Calm and Carry On

11. Keep Calm and Carry On

44 min

An EMT first responder juggles the joy of family with the pressures of the night shift, which includes a gunshot victim, a motorcyclist hit by a car, a man in custody, and a Vietnam veteran with a grisly finger injury.

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Drama Calls

12. Drama Calls

44 min

The team faces a slew of dramatic nightshift calls including a pregnant woman who has been assaulted, a 4-year-old boy with abdominal pain, a gunshot victim, and a potentially devastating car accident involving the St. Charles trolley.

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