EMT first responders must expect the unexpected as a wild series of calls include a man stabbed in the head, a screaming woman who has stumbled onto a New Orleans levee, and a car accident that has resulted in an overturned vehicle with a victim trapped inside.

New Orleans EMT responders face the darkness of death and the joy of life in one whirlwind episode. They go from treating gunshot victims and car accident patients to delivering a baby - with one of the technicians expecting a baby of her own.