Air Rescue is a factual observational documentary series. It follows the high stakes work and real-life drama of the rescue crews in the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service.
Episode 1Australia's notorious coastline lives up to its reputation as The Westpac Rescue Crew responds to a shark attack victim, while a daring rock fisherman risks his life for the perfect catch. An elderly man is evacuated after his battle with chest pain rapidly deteriorates.
Episode 2
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Episode 2Every parent's worst nightmare: a 9-month-old has scorched himself with boiling water and a runaway ute filled with kids tumbles toward a ravine. It's touch and go for The Westpac Rescue Crew as a storm threatens to disrupt an evacuation.
Episode 3
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Episode 3Rough surf strikes as a girl is dumped by a wave and suffers a suspected spinal injury. A stroll along the cliffs turns deadly for a German tourist as the Westpac Rescue Crew tries to winch her to safety. Dense bush land makes it tough to reach a man flung from his motorbike.
Episode 4
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Episode 4Will an experienced skydiver survive after his parachute fails? An adrenaline seeking ten-year-old is tossed from his motor bike landing awkwardly in the dirt and a man's condition deteriorates as the Westpac Rescue Crew provide relief to a causality of a bar room brawl.
Episode 5
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Episode 5The Westpac Rescue Crew risks their lives to make a rescue at a gas tanker in the middle of the ocean. A teenager motocross champion pushes her limits and the crew rushes to evacuate a horse kick victim who may be hiding serious internal injuries.
Episode 6
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Episode 6A car of teenagers has rolled needing the Westpac Rescue Crew to fly to 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.