Really? Did we watch the same show?
I used to watch with Mom and Dad (both EMTs, Mom was an EMT instructor). They thought that it was hilarious, was more fun to point out what was going wrong.
I remember one episode where they were doing CPR on a backboard in a swimming pool. Painfully funny.
If you want "realism", watch "Mother, Juggs, and Speed" ... an old Bill Cosby comedy. Movie wasn't much to talk about, but the setups for it were right on. Someone got the right technical advisor for that one....for instance, there's a scene where they fall through the stairs while carrying a patient. Mom thought it was hilarious, as it had *just happened* to her, the same week she went to see the flick.