First Timers on the Frontline

CREDITS

Directed by: Des Henderson

Series Producer: Kate McGlade

Executive Producers: Des Henderson, Ed Stobart

Head of Production: Judy Wilson

Business Affairs: Will Skidmore

Shooting Directors: Brian Martin, Sam Jones

Editors: Ciaran O’Hagan, Reuben McNutt

DESCRIPTION

First Timers on the Frontline is a gripping four-part docuseries following Ireland’s student paramedics as they face real emergencies for the very first time. Embedded within Ireland’s National Ambulance Service, the series captures one of the most pressurised transitions in medicine, when training ends and responsibility begins.

With extraordinary access from the classroom to the cab, the series follows a new generation of paramedics learning on real emergency calls, where there is no rehearsal, no reset, and no room to hesitate. From medical collapses and traumatic injuries to end-of-life care, every shift becomes a crash course in courage, resilience and critical decision-making.

Raw, immersive and emotionally charged, First Timers on the Frontline reveals what it truly takes to step up on the frontline, where the exams are real, the stakes are life and death, and every call leaves its mark.