Nightwatch

A strange Mardi Gras sees the cancellation of traditional parades, but not the end of emergencies. Follow the EMT crew as they respond to a vehicle-streetcar collision, a motorcycle accident, a house fire and a potential cardiac arrest.

Strange events are afoot across New Orleans as the first responders must treat a stabbing and a dog bite on Bourbon Street, a pregnant woman in distress and an overturned vehicle that could go from bad to worse.

The New Orleans EMT team treats patients suffering from a wide range of painful traumas, including a motorcycle accident victim in danger of losing a limb, multiple seizure sufferers and a young child with a breathing obstruction.

The music scene of New Orleans provides a backdrop and surprising connections as the EMT first responders treat a series of major car accidents, a Brazilian soccer player with a knee injury and a hallucinating man with chest pains.

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

On a night that leaves the EMT crew holding its breath, the first responders aid patients suffering from a strange assortment of afflictions, from being impaled by wood to getting thrown from a moving vehicle.

New Orleans EMT responders face the darkness of death and the joy of life in one whirlwind episode. Watch as 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.

Saturday night fever grips New Orleans as the EMTs respond to a gruesome stabbing, an assault with a beer bottle, a car accident involving an infant and a combative patient who tries biting the hands that treat him.

During National EMS Week, the New Orleans emergency response technicians face challenges including a car accident victim trapped beneath a vehicle, a pedestrian hit by a car and a man with a prior cardiac history experiencing worrying chest pains.