Emergency Helicopter Medics

*Emergency Helicopter Medics*
Emergency Helicopter Medics
Genre	Documentary
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	53
Production
Running time	47 minutes
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	8 April 2018 –; present

Emergency Helicopter Medics is a British documentary series that follows air ambulance teams responding to life-threatening emergencies.

The series follows teams from Great North, Essex and Herts, Thames Valley, East Anglian, and Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulances. Teams of doctors, critical care paramedics and pilots provide advanced critical care to the most seriously ill and injured people in the UK. All of the air ambulance services featured in the show are entirely charity funded.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Production

The helicopters featured in the show are rigged with GoPro cameras which can be switched on when a call comes in. Directors also follow the action with a small handheld camera, and crew members are equipped with body cameras for filming up close.

Series producer Emma Fentiman said of the editing process:

“We choose the stories based on what will best reflect the variety of incidents and injuries that the air ambulances attend, as well as stories that showcase the warmth and humour that prevails - even in the most traumatic of circumstances. It then takes a two-person team around five to six weeks of editing to cut together one episode.”^[4]

Episodes

Series overview

Series	Episodes	Originally aired
Series	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	10	8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)	10 June 2018 (2018-06-10)
2	9	3 March 2019 (2019-03-03)	4 April 2019 (2019-28-04)
3	11	10 November 2020 (2020-11-10)	19 January 2021 (2021-01-19)
4	10	22 May 2022 (2022-05-22)	24 July 2022 (2022-07-24)
5	TBA	21 May 2024 (2024-05-21)	TBA

References

^ "Emergency Helicopter Medics". East Anglian Air Ambulance. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
^ "Air ambulance crews from Berkshire to star in TV series". Reading Chronicle. 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
^ Volpe, Sam (2022-06-12). "Sunderland doctors star in Emergency Helicopter Medics and help save lives". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
^ "Behind the scenes of Ch4's Emergency Helicopter Medics". East Anglian Air Ambulance. Retrieved 2024-07-12.

[1] "Emergency Helicopter Medics". East Anglian Air Ambulance. Retrieved 2024-07-12.

[2] "Air ambulance crews from Berkshire to star in TV series". Reading Chronicle. 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2024-07-12.

[3] Volpe, Sam (2022-06-12). "Sunderland doctors star in Emergency Helicopter Medics and help save lives". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 2024-07-12.

[4] "Behind the scenes of Ch4's Emergency Helicopter Medics". East Anglian Air Ambulance. Retrieved 2024-07-12.

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