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Paramedic

Emergency side activity delivering patients to hospitals in multiple GTA titles including GTA V.

Overview

Paramedic missions begin when players enter ambulances across GTA III, Vice City, San Andreas, GTA IV, and GTA V. The player picks up injured NPCs and delivers them to hospitals within time limits. Classic titles track Paramedic levels toward 100% completion, while GTA V offers shorter freeroam paramedic scenarios without the full level ladder. Mission progress saves at most checkpoints in supported titles, and the pause-map legend continues to display active objectives while players manage wanted levels or switch protagonists when the strand allows.

Walkthrough

1. Enter an ambulance at a hospital or in traffic. 2. Respond to emergency blips marking injured pedestrians. 3. Load patients and drive to the nearest hospital marker. 4. Minimize collision damage to avoid patient death. 5. Continue until level or completion requirements are met. 6. Review the mission summary on the results screen for payout totals, respect changes, or unlock notifications before returning to freeroam.

Fail Conditions

Patient death from crashes or timeout fails individual runs. Destroying the ambulance ends the activity.

Trivia

Paramedic shares hospital waypoint logic with GTA IV’s reworked emergency systems. Rockstar documents these beats in the retail mission text, phone scripts, and pause-menu checklist where applicable.