Paramedico is an observational documentary following emergency ambulance
workers in four diverse locations Mexico, Pakistan, Venice and Hawaii.
The camp, military style of Pakistans rescue teams, with their marching and theatrical
disaster exercises are a world away from the relaxed beachside work of the Hawaiians
who stop for ice-cream at every turn. On the other side of the globe, above the romantic
canals of Venice, ambulance doctors and nurses watch a generation of old Venetians
quietly die as tourists pass below. Meanwhile, Mexican paramedics put their mind off the
terror of the countrys drug war with their on-station games and madcap antics.