About this season
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.
Episodes (8)
1. Episode 1
Aired 4 November 2013 • 30 min
Australia'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.
2. Episode 2
Aired 11 November 2013 • 30 min
Every 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.
3. Episode 3
Aired 18 November 2013 • 30 min
Rough 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.
4. Episode 4
Aired 24 November 2013 • 30 min
Will 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.
5. Episode 5
Aired 2 December 2013 • 30 min
The 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.
6. Episode 6
Aired 9 December 2013 • 30 min
A 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.
7. Episode 7
Aired 16 December 2013 • 30 min
8. Episode 8
Aired 23 December 2013 • 30 min