Series synopsis
Emergency is an Australian documentary reality drama television series that premiered on Channel 4 on July 8, 2020. It was created by Harold Jack Bloom, Robert A. Cinader, Jack Webb. It stars Susan Godfrey.
An extraordinary team of real-life medical heroes fight to save desperate patients suffering life-threatening injuries, in one of Australia's biggest and busiest emergency hospitals, The Royal Melbourne.
Premise
An extraordinary team of real-life medical heroes fight to save desperate patients suffering life-threatening injuries, in one of Australia's biggest and busiest emergency hospitals, The Royal Melbourne.
Premise: Squad 51, this is Rampart. Continue to monitor patient and transport immediately.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Susan Godfrey as Self - Narrator (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 8 seasons with 69 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 2 | January 15, 1972 | April 10, 1972 |
| Season 1 | 10 | July 8, 2020 | September 9, 2020 |
| Season 2 | 10 | May 24, 2021 | November 17, 2021 |
| Season 3 | 10 | July 18, 2022 | September 22, 2022 |
| Season 4 | 10 | October 19, 2023 | February 22, 2024 |
| Season 5 | 10 | November 7, 2024 | October 16, 2025 |
| Season 6 | 11 | March 29, 2026 | June 7, 2026 |
| Season 7 | 6 | January 7, 1978 | July 3, 1979 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Wedworth-Townsend Act Seeing a dire need in the community for on-the spot medical assistance, Roy and John attempt to convince their staunchest opponent, Dr. Brackett, to support paramedic legislation that means getting help to where it's needed most. Martin Miller and Kent McCord of Adam-12 guest star in this thrilling 2-hour pilot movie |
January 15, 1972 |
| 2 |
Lost and Found - Crossover episode with Adam-12 Reed and Malloy rush 8-year old Jimmy to Rampart Emergency Hospital with an as yet undiagnosed illness. Upon arrival, the immediate conclusion, and diagnosis are the same: Diabetes. Scared of the hospital, Jimmy runs off, and it's up to Reed and Malloy to find him before he goes into a diabetic coma. They follow the only lead they have, to the one happy place he was before the attack began, at the pet store, to buy a puppy. Elsewhere, Malloy's new girlfriend, Cathy, mans a hospital telephone hotline, which is about to go under due to lack of funds. One call has her worried, that from Sherry, a 15-year old junkie threatening suicide to escape her troubled life. Sherry won't discloes where she is while she takes some "reds," supplied by her similary junike mother. Malloy and Reed need to find her fast, before she OD's. |
April 10, 1972 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Physician Dr. Emma West is tasked with assessing an aggressive man who has been stabbed. Meanwhile, Physician Dr Michelle Thornhill is confronted with 30 year old expectant mother Fraya, who has a dislocated shoulder, and Dr. Jonathan Papson and Emergency Physician Dr. Mya Cubitt have to attend to 23 year old Jack, whose car slammed into a pole. |
July 8, 2020 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 A gunshot victim arrives under police guard and Dr Sarah fears the patient could die from his injuries. Dr Jonathan treats a critical footy player after an on-field collision. Nurse Lucy worries a pregnant patient can't feel her baby move. |
July 15, 2020 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Dr Fiona has to stop a young man's heart beating, in order to save him. A patient with a gruesome head wound has Dr Sarah on full alert. Nurse Julie helps a smitten young couple who spend most of their first date in emergency. |
July 22, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Royal Melbourne Emergency's Dr Mya and Nurse Ebony brace themselves as paramedics bring in a man who's been on a two-day drug bender. Dr Emma calls in back-up to save a mum who's clinging to life after a high-speed crash. |
May 24, 2021 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 In Royal Melbourne Emergency, a teen jockey has been crushed under a horse, fracturing her pelvis. This potentially career-ending injury isn't Dr Mya Cubitt's biggest worry. Dr Scott Taylor uses a clever hack for removing rings from swollen fingers. |
May 31, 2021 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 At Royal Melbourne emergency, an abattoir worker has cut her fingers off. Can Dr Bjorn Makein and nurse Sarah Thomas save her hand? Dr Thomas Razga puts a young mum with an earring mishap on laughing gas, with hilarious results. |
June 7, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Dr Caitlin and Dr Michael fear a motorbike rider might lose his foot after a shocking crash. Dr Laura and Dr Mark bend over backwards to help a woman with a dislocated hip. Dr Emma examines a young man who is comfortably numb. |
July 18, 2022 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 A surfer has a heart attack out in the water, and a teen comes in with a machete wound to his arm. |
July 25, 2022 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Dr Mya's stabbing victim is hanging onto life as he bleeds heavily. Dr David's patient has potential spinal injuries after landing on his head during a mountain bike race crash. Milo is a hit with Dr Emma during bring your dog to work day. |
August 1, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The Royal Melbourne's doctors Scott Taylor and Jonathan Papson attend a pregnant woman, badly injured in a high-speed traffic crash. |
October 19, 2023 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Doctor Glenn Harrison fears a tradie, crushed under 300 kilos of cement, has brain injuries. Drs Mya Cubitt and Jana Alexander diagnose a 'healthy' man with a ticking time bomb. |
October 26, 2023 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Dr Mark Putland and the Royal Melbourne Hospital trauma team have minutes to save a truck driver's severed leg. Nurse Chelsea Jones fears a horse rider might be paralysed. |
November 2, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 At The Royal Melbourne Hospital, time is critical as Dr Scott Taylor's patient deteriorates with a brain bleed. Dr Tristan Harding must straighten a young man's dislocated ankle before the blood supply cuts off. |
November 7, 2024 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Dr Mark Putland examines a quarry worker's mangled arm. Dr Jonathan Papson carefully removes a screw from a patient's thumb after a home DIY mishap. |
November 14, 2024 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Drs Michael Dunne and Jonathan Papson need answers for one of the sickest patients they've seen. Dr Michelle Thornhill examines a teenager in agony after he fell while riding a dirt bike. |
November 21, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Doctors fear surfer Andre will never walk again after he crashed into a sandbank. |
March 29, 2026 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 At the Royal Melbourne Hospital, a motorcyclist can't feel his legs after a crash. And a student evacuated out of the Middle East has devastating shrapnel wounds. |
April 5, 2026 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 At the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Dr Scott fears a semi-conscious pregnant woman could lose her baby and her life. And a student has been attacked with a machete. |
April 12, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Steel Inferno A careless worker sparks an explosive fire in a high-rise building. Station 110 leads a full alarm response, assisted by Squad 51. A triage team from Rampart Hospital, led by Dr. Brackett, sets up in a nearby garage. Several workmen and two women - including the fiancée of a paramedic - remain trapped on the 16th floor. A Coast Guard helicopter assists in rooftop evacuation; Dixie and Dr. Early take charge of the many patients at Rampart. A paramedic is injured attempting a rescue, while Gage and DeSoto extricate themselves from a broken elevator. An explosion on the 21st floor injures a fire captain, necessitating a dangerous rescue down an elevator shaft. |
January 7, 1978 |
| 2 |
Survival on Charter #220 Squad 51 C-shift paramedics rescue a stuntman from a tower. Gage and Desoto respond to treat the injured child of a fireman's widow. A small plane and a chartered jetliner collide in midair, landing in a residential neighborhood, trapping Johnny and Roy. Station 18 leads a massive response from Battalion 14 and the Compton city fire department. Dr. Morton heads up a triage team from Rampart. Multiple rescues include passengers from both planes and people in the subdivision. Dr. Early performs brain surgery on the injured child. An elderly man's dog leads Chief McConnike to its owner. |
March 25, 1978 |
| 3 |
The Most Deadly Passage Roy and Johnny are sent to Seattle to study the techniques used there. A skydiver jumps off the Space Needle, a worker is trapped at the top of the Kingdome, and a fuel pumper loads a ferry with gasoline instead of diesel fuel, which sets the ferry on fire in the middle of the Elliot Bay. |
April 4, 1978 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Channel 4 |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 8, 2020 |
| Last aired | October 16, 2025 |
| Runtime | 46 minutes |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Thursday at 20:30:00 |