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

The EMT team treats patients suffering from a wide range of traumas, including a motorcycle accident victim, multiple seizure sufferers, a child with a breathing obstruction, and a perpetrator whose condition makes him a danger.

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.

First responders must expect the unexpected as a wild series of calls include a man stabbed in the head, a woman who has stumbled onto a levee and a car accident that has resulted in 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.

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.

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 EMS face challenges including a car accident victim trapped beneath a vehicle, another pedestrian hit by a car, and a man with a prior cardiac history experiencing worrying chest pains.