RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service (2021)
Based in Australia’s red heart, the modern-day heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service navigate private lives as turbulent and profound as the heart stopping emergencies they attend. This series captures the beauty and brutality of Australia’s vast centre where the doctors, nurses, pilots and support staff of the RFDS negotiate the unique challenges of emergency retrievals across some of the most inhospitable places in the country.
Seasons & Episode
Staff shortages have the team working at their limits. Amidst the chaos of the White Cliffs rodeo, Pete is forced to act outside his scope of practice when faced with a multi-casualty car accident.
Pete discovers an emergency intervention he performed has had major repercussions, while the team are called to a retrieval where they are challenged with keeping a patient's explosive secret.
When a seven-year-old boy goes missing in the outback, it's a race against time to find him as the RFDS is called to help his injured father.
In the midst of a massive dust storm, the RFDS face a harrowing retrieval when a patient takes a critical turn, mid-air, and the team struggle to keep him alive.
When a remote bush retrieval turns violent, the RFDS are caught in the crosshairs but still have to race the light and get all patients in the air before the plane becomes grounded for the night.
Wayne's personal struggles spill over into his work when he is confronted by a suicidal patient and a frantic medevac to Adelaide.
When a catastrophic explosion at an underground mine creates a mass-casualty incident, the RFDS are called to save the lives of two brothers caught in the blast.
As the RFDS fundraising ball gets underway, Pete is overnight at a remote clinic where a seemingly straightforward case turns into a potentially fatal situation.