{"id":305653,"date":"2026-02-19T06:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/305653\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T06:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:57:11","slug":"limerick-paramedic-to-feature-in-behind-the-scenes-tv-show-filmed-on-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/305653\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick paramedic to feature in behind the scenes TV show filmed on the job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A NEW TV series will give behind the scenes coverage of being a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/750\/health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">paramedic<\/a> out on emergency calls.<\/p>\n<p>Through the eyes of newly qualified and student paramedics, people will see call responses, theory reactions and how they felt afterwards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/home\/2016483\/major-limerick-city-development-starts-phase-one-of-works.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Major Limerick city development starts phase one of works<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Annemarie Woodage features in the series. The 38-year-old is originally from London and moved to Bruree with her family and\u00a0 has now settled in Ballingarry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve always looked after people and cared for people,\u201d Ms Woodage said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She originally did a degree in construction management and engineering, but never worked in that area and got a job as a care assistant in St Joseph&#8217;s Foundation in Charleville after she graduated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A good friend that she worked with there had always dreamed of being a paramedic, but sadly he passed away and never got to realise that dream.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI looked into it and the more I looked into it. I realised this is exactly what I was born for, what I could do,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Ms Woodage said that some calls can be tough, but there is great peer support.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is always someone you can talk to and listen to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Being filmed on the job isn&#8217;t something many people are used to, but Ms Woodage said that she got used to it quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI forgot that the cameras were there to be honest,\u201d she said, adding that it was strange for people being attended to, to see the camera crew.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn&#8217;t mind opening up and showing everybody what it&#8217;s like to be a paramedic,\u201d Ms Woodage said, explaining that it can help to break down misconceptions people have.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>First Timers on the Front Line starts on Virgin Media One this Wednesday, February 18\u00a0 at 9pm and Ms Woodage features in episodes two and three.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A NEW TV series will give behind the scenes coverage of being a paramedic out on emergency calls.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[108512,6235,93,61,60,1396,907],"class_list":{"0":"post-305653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-ballingarry","9":"tag-bruree","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-limerick","14":"tag-virgin-media"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}