First Responders

Tonight, St John Critical Care Paramedics from the Northern Emergency Services Trust find a motocross rider near death in remote forest. And a fishing-boat miles out at sea is no place for an agonizing medical condition

A mans at risk of losing his leg after a horrific accident involving a boat propellor. Another needs to be airlifted to hospital after a mysterious accident involving his tractor and a womans on a ketamine high after a painful ankle dislocation.

The Auckland Rescue Helicopter crew are dispatched to a critical situation when a drag racer smashes into a concrete wall at 225kph. A man needs to be winched to safety are he's stranded on logs in the fast-flowing Rangitata River and the Coastguard are called in when a dinghy is caught drifting out to sea.

A multi-agency operation swings into action when a boat sinks, leaving four people fighting to keep their heads above water. A family holiday hike in the mountains goes wrong and a rescue pilot needs all his skills to pull off a beach landing.

A young mother's world comes crashing down when her toddler is pulled unconscious from a swimming pool. The Northland Emergency Rescue Trust chopper is summoned after a head-on collision and a woman takes a terrible fall on a South Island tramp.

An Auckland surfer suffers from a frightening cardiac event in the water off Mangawhai and needs to be transported to hospital by a chopper from the Northland Emergency Services Trust, a woman falls from her motorbike but the rescue mission could be compromised and a family trip to the beach goes horribly wrong.

A young mountain biker gets a chopper ride off the side of a mountain when he breaks his leg in the Mt Richmond Ranges, a cardiac patient takes a terrifying turn and the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust attend a farm accident in the Coromandel.

Intensive Care Paramedics from the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust prepare for the worst after a farm accident, a motocross rider with a badly broken leg endures the ride from hell and a Nelson child suffers a potentially life threatening allergic reaction.

A mayday call from stricken yacht 'Essence' triggers a Category 2 search and rescue operation involving multiple agencies including the Air Force and The Auckland Rescue Helicopter team. Every seconds counts when four people are in the water without a life raft near Cape Brett in the Bay Of Islands.

A huge team of Land Search and Rescue volunteers from across the South Island gather on the West Coast to try and find a Swedish national who went hunting in the Karangarua Valley area but never returned.