Masked faces and PPE. Victorian COVID hotspot with hundreds of victims. Ali Cole never dreamed she would be transporting hundreds of confirmed and highly suspected COVID patients to hospital…

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Immense stands of Iron-Bark. Crisp sunny morning. 16 yr old David Donavon is checking for storm damage along the 15km boundaries of a remote property, but has no idea that shortly he will be gasping for oxygen and on a dash to save his own life…

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A stretcher supporting an elderly man. Oxygen tank and caring hands. We all, eventually grow old, and there will be a time when we will have one last wish. Scott Chapman explains the new service.

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Gladstone Maternity ward.  Midwives and doctors ready. When Jemma Manwaring held her newborn Zac for the first time she knew something was terribly wrong…

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Dust, flies and dry heat. Remote community volunteers are cleaning up after a Christmas event when young Leroy Henderson’s life is changed forever…

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Hot and sticky.  Experienced Ranger is fishing in the Cape when a crocodile launches out of the water and mauls him, hundreds of kilometres from a hospital… Katrina Starmer, RFDS Medical Officer recalls the retrieval.

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Rural NSW property. Young mother of two Michelle Dowsett suffered a shocking rare accident that stunned first responders and required fast action to save not just her, but two lives…

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Red dirt and spinifex. Heat and dust. An experienced farming family is mustering cattle on their vast property when the worst imaginable accident occurs that changes Michael Tomlinson’s life for ever.

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Desert sand hills. Red stony downs. A vast remote cattle station in one of the harshest parts of Australia. A horrific accident… a dash to save Peter Nunn’s life…

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White sands. Rich marine diversity. A family holiday, boating off the Pilbara Coast becomes a terrifying race to save 14 year old Hannah Mitchell.

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