Ambulance Australia
Director(s)Michelle Gauntlett
Production year2024
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes46m
CastLisa Wilkinson
Ambulance Australia
moderate threat, injury detail, drug references, upsetting scenes, language
Classified Date:
11/03/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
AMBULANCE AUSTRALIA is a medical documentary series; in this episode, the paramedics race to the scene of a car accident in which two young women have been injured.
threat and horror
There are frequent sequences of intense real threat as paramedics and police attend accident sites, medical emergencies and crime scenes in which people have been critically injured.
language
Bleeped strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'piss', 'crap' and 'God'.
drugs
A man is discovered by police with a bag of crystal methamphetamine. There are also references to drug overdoses.
injury detail
Sight of blood is seen in the aftermath of a serious accident involving a man and a glass table. References are made to the severe injuries people have sustained.
theme
A terminally ill man is taken to hospital and a woman talks emotionally about her family experiences of cancer. A young woman becomes very distressed on an emergency call.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Grainy footage of violent incidents occurs and references are made to serious acts of violence.
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
11/03/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
AMBULANCE AUSTRALIA is a medical documentary series; in this episode, the team attend emergencies at an 18-year-old's birthday party and a supermarket.
injury detail
There is sight of a blood and a partially obscured bloody wound in the aftermath of a stabbing. Other scenes also include real injury detail.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Bleeped strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'crap' and 'piss'. There are sequences of real threat as paramedics and police attend accident sites and medical emergencies in which people have been critically injured. A scene of violence occurs between teenagers and references are made to violence. References are made to drug misuse, a teenage girl vomiting due to alcohol and a man's alcoholism.
moderate real injury detail, threat, brief suicide references
Classified Date:
11/03/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
AMBULANCE AUSTRALIA is an Australian documentary series; in this episode, paramedics attend the aftermath of a worksite explosion, a car collision, a suspected cardiac arrest, and a horse-riding accident.
threat and horror
There are scenes of moderate threat in which paramedics assist patients who are at risk of permanent injury or death. However, these scenes are ultimately resolved in a reassuring manner.
injury detail
Patients shout in pain as paramedics treat peeling burn wounds on their arms following an off-screen explosion.
suicide and self-harm
A patient suffering a mental health crisis reports that he is experiencing suicidal ideation.
additional issues
Bad language includes ‘bullshitting’, ‘crap’, ‘God’ and ‘hell’. There are occasional references to mental health issues. Mild rude humour occurs as emergency services assist patients who have received minor injuries to their genitals; these injuries are not shown on screen, however.
Classified date11/03/2025
LanguageEnglish
threat and horror
There are scenes of moderate threat in which paramedics assist patients who are at risk of permanent injury or death. However, these scenes are ultimately resolved in a reassuring manner.
injury detail
Patients shout in pain as paramedics treat peeling burn wounds on their arms following an off-screen explosion.
suicide and self-harm
A patient suffering a mental health crisis reports that he is experiencing suicidal ideation.
additional issues
Bad language includes ‘bullshitting’, ‘crap’, ‘God’ and ‘hell’. There are occasional references to mental health issues. Mild rude humour occurs as emergency services assist patients who have received minor injuries to their genitals; these injuries are not shown on screen, however.
moderate threat, injury detail, drug references, upsetting scenes, language
Classified Date:
11/03/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
AMBULANCE AUSTRALIA is a medical documentary series; in this episode, the paramedics race to the scene of a car accident in which two young women have been injured.
threat and horror
There are frequent sequences of intense real threat as paramedics and police attend accident sites, medical emergencies and crime scenes in which people have been critically injured.
language
Bleeped strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'piss', 'crap' and 'God'.
drugs
A man is discovered by police with a bag of crystal methamphetamine. There are also references to drug overdoses.
injury detail
Sight of blood is seen in the aftermath of a serious accident involving a man and a glass table. References are made to the severe injuries people have sustained.
theme
A terminally ill man is taken to hospital and a woman talks emotionally about her family experiences of cancer. A young woman becomes very distressed on an emergency call.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Grainy footage of violent incidents occurs and references are made to serious acts of violence.
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
11/03/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
AMBULANCE AUSTRALIA is a medical documentary series; in this episode, the team attend emergencies at an 18-year-old's birthday party and a supermarket.
injury detail
There is sight of a blood and a partially obscured bloody wound in the aftermath of a stabbing. Other scenes also include real injury detail.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Bleeped strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'crap' and 'piss'. There are sequences of real threat as paramedics and police attend accident sites and medical emergencies in which people have been critically injured. A scene of violence occurs between teenagers and references are made to violence. References are made to drug misuse, a teenage girl vomiting due to alcohol and a man's alcoholism.
moderate real injury detail, threat, brief suicide references
Classified Date:
11/03/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
AMBULANCE AUSTRALIA is an Australian documentary series; in this episode, paramedics attend the aftermath of a worksite explosion, a car collision, a suspected cardiac arrest, and a horse-riding accident.
threat and horror
There are scenes of moderate threat in which paramedics assist patients who are at risk of permanent injury or death. However, these scenes are ultimately resolved in a reassuring manner.
injury detail
Patients shout in pain as paramedics treat peeling burn wounds on their arms following an off-screen explosion.
suicide and self-harm
A patient suffering a mental health crisis reports that he is experiencing suicidal ideation.
additional issues
Bad language includes ‘bullshitting’, ‘crap’, ‘God’ and ‘hell’. There are occasional references to mental health issues. Mild rude humour occurs as emergency services assist patients who have received minor injuries to their genitals; these injuries are not shown on screen, however.
Director(s)Michelle Gauntlett
Production year2024
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes46m
CastLisa Wilkinson
Classified date11/03/2025
LanguageEnglish
