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Medivac — Storyline
Medivac was an Australian television drama series that ran on Network Ten from 1996 to 1998. There were 48 episodes produced. Medivac is an abbreviation of the term medical evacuation. The series was also known as Adrenaline Junkies overseas.
Medivac was set in the emergency department of Brisbane's fictional Bethlehem West Hospital, where a dedicated medical team work in the demanding world of emergency medicine. The team specialises in the evacuation of disaster areas, journeying by helicopter to remote areas inaccessible by ambulance. They also work in the city streets and the suburbs involving themselves with the patients, their families and the police.
Cast & Crew
- Starring: Rena Owen, Melissa Tkautz, Nicholas Eadie, Dieter Brummer, Andrew McKaige, Graeme Blundell, Grant Bowler, Simone Kessell
Medivac — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1996-09-10 |
| Seasons | 3 |
| Episodes | 48 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Network | 10 |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 8.5/10 (2 votes) |
Medivac — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Episode 1 (1) (1996-09-10) — Dr. Harry Edwards is forced by the hospital's board of directors to appoint new arrival Dr. Red Buchanan as his successor for the Head of Bethlehem West's emergency department—de
- E2: Episode 2 (2) (1996-09-17) — An accident at a theme park marks Red's first day as Bethlehem West's new Director of Emergency Services. Julia's decision to remove and injured girl from an ambulance in favour of
- E3: Episode 3 (1996-09-24) — A 58-year-old woman acting as a surrogate mother for her daughter-in-law and deceased son is admitted to the ER with complications. After apparently recovering, she is taken home b
- E4: Episode 4 (1996-10-04) — A mysterious outbreak causes panic in the emergency department. Oopy's complaint against Macy results in Harry formally charging her with ""breech of official duties"" in connectio
- E5: Episode 5 (1996-10-08) — A terminally ill cancer patient, brought in by medivac after crash landing his glider, has his controversial last request granted and is quietly euthanised by one of the nursing st
- E6: Episode 6 (1996-10-15) — Arch tests to become a fellow of the College of Emergency Medicine but winds up running out of his evaluation with his test patient when the man arrests in the middle of the examin
- E7: Episode 7 (1996-10-22) — While Red and Julia deal with a deadly outbreak of cholera that is ravaging a small island community, Wayne is left in charge of emergency room. Wayne seizes upon the opportunity a
- E8: Episode 8 (1996-10-29) — Julia finds herself taking a personal interest in a severely depressed patient after he talks about killing himself and his family. Julia attempts to have the man committed to prot
- E9: Episode 9 (1996-11-05) — Dr. Edwards suffers a heart attack after refusing help from Red who had become concerned when he saw the warning signs. Bree goes on her first date with Arch but must finish it wit
- E10: Episode 10 (1996-11-12) — In the face of budget cutbacks and overcrowding, Red fights to keep the ER open and off of bypass. Red's decision to accept five victims of an MVA push an already busy emergency wa
- E11: Episode 11 (1996-11-19) — A needle prick received while treating a patient places Julia in a difficult position when the woman, a recovering drug addict, refuses to give her consent for a blood test. Told o
- E12: Episode 12 (1996-11-26) — A misdiagnosis by Arch leads to a tuberculosis scare in the department. Gosia lies while testifying at Wayne's hearing resulting in the assault charge against him being thrown out
- E13: Episode 13 (1996-12-03) — Red's wife phones from Jakarta to tell him that she is pregnant—but that he's not the father. Wayne and Julia are forced to operate in the field when an approaching cyclone groun
- E14: Episode 14 (1996-12-10) — Jane Buchanan is rushed to the hospital where an emergency caesarean delivery is performed. Marina loses track of a patient with a broken neck causing some anxious moments as the s
- E15: Episode 15 (1996-12-17) — Marina hands in her resignation after being in a car accident that kills a patient to whom she was giving a ride home. Bree abruptly ends her relationship with Arch after introduci
Season 2
- E1: Episode 16 (1997-07-10) — An old flame from Arch's past provides Harry with legal advice regarding a doctor who knowingly exposed a patient to a fatal virus for the sake of performing a ground breaking tran
- E2: Episode 17 (1997-07-17) — Danny Haywood, a man previously treated by Julia for severe depression (episode 8) is brought into the department under a police escort for treatment after going on a shooting ramp
- E3: Episode 18 (1997-07-24) — Gosia's abusive exhusband from Alice Springs shows up in the hospital looking for her. Repeat medivac flights to a farm lead doctors to suspect that the workers are intentionally e
- E4: Episode 19 (1997-07-31) — Bree and Gosia discover that Oopy is moonlighting at a private cosmetic surgery institute, Olympia's Secret, when a medivac returns with one of the institute's former patients who
- E5: Episode 20 (1997-08-07) — Harry is confronted by an old war buddy and his decision to tell the press about an off-duty killing they were involved in during their time in Vietnam. Instead, to clear their con
- E6: Episode 21 (1997-08-14) — After her rescue from the forest, a young school teacher tells of her abduction and subsequent impregnation by aliens. A skeptical Wayne believes her trauma is somehow related to h
- E7: Episode 22 (1997-08-21) — Dr. Dexter Haben, still alive to the surprise of many in the department, makes an appearance to perform a life saving operation on an infant to garner some good press prior to his
- E8: Episode 23 (1997-08-28) — Harry is placed in the media spotlight following a fatal fire in a run down apartment building which he owns. Macy suffers from the ""say goodbye blues"" after treating a homeless
- E9: Episode 24 (1997-09-04) — Medical practices in the ER are publicly condemned by hospital neurosurgeon Dr. David Delamere resulting in Arch being investigated on a charge of manslaughter relating to the deat
- E10: Episode 25 (1997-09-11) — The emergency department staff responds to the accident scene after a truck T-bones a bus full of blind school children. Arch's manslaughter trial begins, but he chooses to attend
- E11: Episode 26 (1997-09-18) — In the back of a police van en route to his trial, Arch comes to the aid of an aboriginal man who has a heart attack, the same man responsible for spearing an art dealer brought in
- E12: Romeo and Juliet (1997-09-25) — After robbing Wayne's bank, a young couple are involved in a car accident in which the boy's head is pierced by a length of rebar. Emerging from surgery severly brain damaged, he i
- E13: Into the Abyss (1) (1997-10-01) — A medivac to a women's prison during a riot results in Wayne, Tom, and Macy being taken hostage by two inmates. Unable to simply fire Oopy, Julia tries to make him quit by assignin
- E14: Gates to the Kingdom (2) (1997-10-08) — The emergency department is quarantined when Nikki is believed to have a fatal rabbit virus. Dave Callen, Marina's medivac pilot, is blinded following an inflight explosion but Mar
- E15: The Promise (3) (1997-10-15) — The emergency department is quarantined when Nikki is believed to have a fatal rabbit virus. Dave Callen, Marina's medivac pilot, is blinded following an inflight explosion but Mar
- E16: The Sleep of Reason (1997-10-22) — Bree and Harry become intimately involved. A patient is attacked in the ER by the girlfriend of a man he killed in a car accident. After learning that he will be permanently blind
- E17: All the Saints and Angels (1997-10-29) — Tom forges the organ donation papers of a deceased patient whose mother is vehemently opposed to it, and then pays off the woman so that she won't sue the hospital. On a medivac to
- E18: Second Chance (1997-11-05) — Wayne's 30th birthday lunch ends in a bout of food poisoning for the entire ER staff. The restaurant owner, a close friend of Julia's, tries to persuade her not to report the incid
- E19: Silence (1997-11-12) — During an unusually quiet graveyard shift, Gosia personally welcomes new intern Sean Michaels to the hospital. In dramatic fashion, Oopy announces he is quitting to become a succes
- E20: The Last Sacrament (1997-11-19) — Suffering from intense headaches, Arch sends Macy home to rest, but after passing out and crashing her car accident, Macy is admitted to hospital. Macy is initially believed to be
Season 3
- E1: Duty of Care (1998-09-10) — Sean's best friend is diagnosed with a progressive nerve disorder and lapses into a coma. Julia passes over Gosia for the new Nurse Manager and instead appoints the unpopular Eric
- E2: Sharing the Blame (1998-09-17) — With growing opposition to Eric Frost as Nurse Manager, Julia reluctantly gives way and suggests to Gosia that the job could be hers if she could find a way to get Eric to leave on
- E3: Protection (1998-09-24) — Stella's brother comes into the ER suffering from a gunshot wound and, with assistance from Gosia and Arch, Stella tries to treat him covertly. When Julia discovers what is going o
- E4: Pity (1998-10-01) — Sean brings in Ernie, a homeless man whose illness is exacerbated by his heavy drinking. A woman, brought to the hospital via medivac after her husband attacked her with a shovel,
- E5: Calling the Shots (1998-10-08) — Ernie is readmitted to hospital with a dislocated shoulder and Sean is able to get him into a detox programme. Stella's treatment of a patient she believes to be a drug addict is q
- E6: Denial (1998-10-15) — Tom and Arch bring in a cancer-ridden patient by medivac. Tom takes a special interest in the woman and wants her to receive whatever palliative care is available while Arch, recog
- E7: Feet of Clay (1998-10-22) — Stella's brother is brought back to the ER with a stab wound and serious internal injuries after having been beaten. Ernie returns with a suspected broken ankle, and after he saves
- E8: Code Purple (1998-10-29) — Tom and Julia's medivac brings in a man who swallowed a fish hook on a drunken dare. Marina, Evie and Stella coax a quick recovery out of a young boy who is faking an illness so as
- E9: Wants and Needs (1998-11-05) — Sean, Evie, and Gosia are called out on a medivac to treat a nine-year-old boy with a broken leg but instead find a group of homeless kids living in an underground sewer complex an
- E10: Boy Scout (1998-11-12) — After being called out on a medivac to an isolated farmhouse, Sean and Evie's pilot is murdered and their helicopter is stolen, leaving them to contend with the injured, and danger
- E11: True Colours (1998-11-19) — Marina is surprised to discover that Mark Best, the strange man who's been pursuing her, has gotten a job as an orderly in the hospital. Responding to Marina's concerns about Mark'
- E12: When People Love You (1998-11-25) — When a gambling addict is brought into the ER following a failed suicide attempt, Evie encourages him to turn his life around, which he does, but only to have his hopes for the fut
- E13: God's Greatest Gift (1998-12-02) — Tom goes into cardiac arrest and is rushed to the hospital where he is revived by the staff. Dr. Michaels must quickly operate to relieve the increasing pressure the growing tumour
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Medivac have? 3 season(s) with 48 episodes.
Where can I watch Medivac? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.