Name: Air Rescue
Released: 2013-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: John Batchelor, Martin Sacks

Air Rescue

TV Show · Documentary · Reality

The Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service is the oldest civilian search and rescue helicopter service in Australia. Air Rescue offers the real-life narrative of what happens when humanity collides with the beautiful, but harsh Australian landscape.

2013 · 30m

Starring John Batchelor, Martin Sacks

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Australia's notorious coastline lives up to its reputation as the crew responds to a shark attack victim. Meanwhile, a daring rock fisherman risks everything for the perfect catch and an elderly man is treated for severe chest pains– can they save him?

21m
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

It's every parent's worst nightmare, a 9-month-old toddler has pulled a bucket of boiling water onto himself. The crew responds to an urgent SOS and its touch and go as a violent storm threatens a fly-in-fly-out evacuation on a remote rural property.

20m
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

The rough Aussie surf strikes again as a teenage girl is dumped by a huge wave – spinal injury is their greatest fear. Meanwhile, an adventurous stroll along a cliff turns deadly for a German tourist. Dense bushland puts a road rescue in jeopardy.

19m
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

A skydiver's parachute fails to open – will he survive? An adrenaline seeking ten year--old is tossed from his motorbike and lands awkwardly in the dirt. And as the flood waters rise an ugly bar room brawl claims a victim.

21m
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

The Westpac rescue crew risks it all to board a troubled gas tanker at sea. A teenage motocross champion pushes her limits and the crew is called to a country property where a farmer has been kicked by a horse and may be hiding serious internal injuries.

19m
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

A car of teenagers has rolled in a remote paddock. A fisherman mistakes chest pain for seasickness and a Romanian tourist is crushed when a branch weighing more than a ton crashes down on him.

21m