TV ShowEnded

Medivac

1996
3 seasons
48 episodes
Drama

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.

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Cast

Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Episode 1 (1)

    10-09-199650m

    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...

  • Ep 2

    2.Episode 2 (2)

    17-09-199650m

    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...

  • Ep 3

    3.Episode 3

    24-09-199650m

    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...

  • Ep 4

    4.Episode 4

    04-10-199650m

    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...

  • Ep 5

    5.Episode 5

    08-10-199650m

    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...

  • Ep 6

    6.Episode 6

    15-10-199650m

    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...

  • Ep 7

    7.Episode 7

    22-10-199650m

    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...

  • Ep 8

    8.Episode 8

    29-10-199650m

    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...

  • Ep 9

    9.Episode 9

    05-11-199650m

    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...

  • Ep 10

    10.Episode 10

    12-11-199650m

    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...

  • Ep 11

    11.Episode 11

    19-11-199650m

    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...

  • Ep 12

    12.Episode 12

    26-11-199650m

    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...

  • Ep 13

    13.Episode 13

    03-12-199650m

    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...

  • Ep 14

    14.Episode 14

    10-12-199650m

    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...

  • Ep 15

    15.Episode 15

    17-12-199650m

    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...

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