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Title Chopper Rescue: Series 2 - Ep 3 of 6 / Director: Cattoni, Jan
Published Australia : ABC, 2011
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Series Chopper Rescue ; Series 2, Episode 3
Summary From the ocean to the outback, helicopter rescue crews save lives and face near death challenges every day. Chopper Rescue follows the work of the doctors, paramedics, rescue officers and aircrews who are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They cover huge distances across Queensland, from the remote outback and tropics to the outermost limits of The Great Barrier Reef.Working in difficult remote locations and in cramped conditions in mid air, the doctors and paramedics safely deliver patients to hospital and along the way deliver hospital standard care.Chopper Rescue is genuine life and death human drama.This week the Chopper Rescue team attend two emergencies.On Hinchenbrook Island a family's yachting holiday of a lifetime takes a dangerous turn. Meanwhile a drama unfolds mid-air as a motorcyclist with catastrophic injuries has trouble breathing while being flown to Brisbane.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Beyond Screen Productions Pty Ltd
Notes Closed captioning in English
Event Broadcast 2011-02-04 at 20:00:00
Notes Classification: PG
Subject Emergency medical services.
Helicopter ambulances.
Helicopters in search and rescue operations.
Motorcycling accidents.
Queensland -- Fraser Island.
Form Streaming video
Author Briggs, Stephen, cast
Cattoni, Jan, director
Costello, Mark, contributor
Kempton, Mark, contributor
Martin, Patrick, contributor
McLennan, Aiden, contributor
O'Rourke, Lawrence, contributor
Ting, Joseph, contributor