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| caption              = 
| genre                = [[Drama (film and television)|Drama]]
| creator              = {{Plainlist|
* Jon Felson
* [[Steve Reiss]]
* Patricia Green
}}
| starring             = {{Plainlist|
* [[Shawn Ashmore]]
* [[Reagan Pasternak]]
* Danso Gordon
* [[Christopher Ralph]]
* [[Lauren Collins]]
* Jackie Rosenbaum
}}
| theme_music_composer = [[Blaise Pascal (musician)|Blaise Pascal]]
| opentheme            = "In a Hearbeat"<br />performed by Blaise Pascal
| language             = English
| country              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Canada]]
* [[United States]]
}}
| num_seasons          = 1
| num_episodes         = 20
| executive_producer   = {{Plainlist|
* Keith Pierce
* Richard Pierce
}}
| producer             = Kevin Lafferty
| camera               = [[Film]]; [[Single-camera setup|Single-camera]]
| company              = [[Alliance Atlantis|AAC Kids]]
| network              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Family Channel (Canadian TV network)|Family Channel]]
* [[Disney Channel]]
}}
| first_aired          = {{start date|2000|8|26}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|2001|3|25}}
}}

'''''In a Heartbeat''''' is a [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] television series inspired by real life [[Emergency medical technician|EMT]] squads whose staff consists of high school students in [[Darien, Connecticut]]. The series follows the lives of several teenagers who volunteer as part-time EMTs while going to school and trying to maintain their lives as normal teenagers. In Canada, the series was aired on [[Family Channel (Canadian TV network)|Family Channel]] while in the United States it was aired on the [[Disney Channel]]. The series is fact-based, as there are teenage volunteer EMTs in service all across the United States.<ref name="LA-Times" />

==Synopsis==
The EMT squad is made up of Hank Beecham (Danso Gordon) who manages playing football with the high school team as well as being the EMT-Intermediate of the group; Val Lanier ([[Reagan Pasternak]]) who is noted for being an excellent student and cheerleader; Tyler Connell ([[Shawn Ashmore]]), a football player and Hank's best friend; and Jamie Waite ([[Christopher Ralph]]), the newest member of the squad initially there not by his own choice but as a result of a new program to help troubled teens get their life together by becoming EMTs.

Other characters in the series are Brooke Lanier ([[Lauren Collins]]), Val's twelve-year-old sister who volunteers with the squad after school and whose main job consists of managing the paperwork; and Caitie Roth (Jackie Rosenbaum), Val's best friend, a goth who is known for her dark clothes and purple-streaked hair.

==Cast==
* Danso Gordon as Hank Beecham
* [[Reagan Pasternak]] as Val Lanier
* [[Shawn Ashmore]] as Tyler Connell
* [[Christopher Ralph]] as Jamie Waite
* [[Lauren Collins]] as Brooke Lanier
* Jackie Rosenbaum as Caitie Roth
* Nikki Goodell as Penelope London

==Episodes==
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 |Title           = The Adventures of Super Val
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 |Title           = Changing Times
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 |Title           = Cinderella Syndrome
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 |Title           = Go Team
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 |Title           = And The Winner Is
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 |Title           = A Night to Remember
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 |Title           = New Kid in Town
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 |Title           = You Say It's Your Birthday
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 |Title           = Four EMT's and a Kid
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 |Title           = Friends Don't Let Friends...
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 |Title           = Power to the Pathetic
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{{Episode list
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 |Title           = Race of a Lifetime
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 |Title           = Star Struck
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 |Title           = Hero
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 |Title           = The Boy's No Good
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{{Episode list
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 |Title           = Be True to Your School
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 |Title           = Read My Lips
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 |Title           = Time's Up
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==Reception==
''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''{{'}}s Laura Fries reviewed the show favorably, remarking that "Disney's original high school drama series "In a Heartbeat" has characters every bit as appealing as anything you'd find on the WB, only a heck of a lot smarter."<ref>{{cite web |author=Laura Fries |url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/in-a-heartbeat-1200463695/ |title=In a Heartbeat |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=August 24, 2000 |access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> Lynne Heffley of ''Los Angeles Times'' described the show as "surprisingly watchable".<ref name="LA-Times">{{cite web |author=Lynne Heffley |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-aug-26-ca-10599-story.html |title='In a Heartbeat' Gives Disney a Lifeline to Older Teens |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 26, 2000 |access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0239174}}

{{Former Disney Channel original series}}

[[Category:2000s American teen drama television series]]
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[[Category:Television shows set in Connecticut]]
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