RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service (2021)
RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
2021 / TV-14Based 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.
Dr Harrod's first day back on the job produces some awkward moments and Wayne finds something of Mira's that causes concern. The condition of a child with a suspected head injury becomes life threatening when a snake bite is discovered on his foot and the RFDS is asked to transport a prisoner.
Eliza is tasked with leading the review into the White Cliffs incident as the team are faced with a skydiving accident, a missing patient and an old friend who's suffered a dangerous fall.
Tensions flare between Eliza and Pete while transporting a contagious patient in stifling PPE, as Wayne's world is thrown upside down when a callout to a seizing patient takes a harrowing turn.
Wayne's grief surrounding a sudden death results in dire consequences for his own health and a race against the clock for the team to get to him, especially for a terrified Mira.
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.