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A new reality TV show following Saskatoon paramedics won’t shy away from difficult calls — like the time Corey Schmidt and his partner arrived at a homicide.

“For a situation like that, there’s nothing you can do in the field that’s going to save this person’s life, so rapid transportation to the hospital is critical,” the 14-year veteran said.

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“I think that comes across in the pilot episode, that we do a lot of routine calls, more mundane stuff but then every once in a while there’s that really critical, time sensitive, life-threatening situation and so I think people sitting at home will be interested to see how that works.”

The pilot episode of First Response: Paramedics will air Feb. 14 on City Saskatchewan. Five more episodes are set to be filmed and air in the fall.

Schmidt said he was skeptical about participating at first, but got used to the body cameras and film crew; he said he’s now impressed by the high quality production.