BOSTON — “Boston EMS,” a new five-part series from ABC, features the 350 men and women who are there, in all seasons and at all hours, to deliver compassionate medical expertise. The premiere episode is Saturday, July 25 at 10 p.m. ET
In episode one, cameras arrive at a scene of a car accident that has left a bicyclist dead and a driver having fled the scene. Paramedics remove a critically injured passenger from the wreckage, who pleads with them to tell him whether the bicyclist on the street survived or not – an answer they know, but can’t reveal.
“Boston EMS is fazed by nothing. We have seen them extricate people from under cars, trains and fallen buildings. We have seen grateful patients and very disagreeable ones,” said executive producer Terence Wrong. “They handle all jobs with courtesy and aplomb.”
Also in this episode: a man pulls himself out of a crashed car before it erupts into flames; a pair of accommodating EMTs surprise a barefoot homeless man with an unexpected gift; a tearful woman confides to an EMT about the devastating loss of her boyfriend whom it turns out he has a connection to; and it’s all hands on deck as first responders scour the pitch-dark train tracks for a possible patient hit by the Acela express.
“Boston EMS” Premieres Saturday, July 25 at 10:00 PM/ET on ABC