Medivac
- 1996 – 1998
- Ended
- Drama
- ~50m / ep
- 3 seasons
- 9.0/10
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.
Latest: Season 3 · 1998
View all seasonsE1. Duty of Care
Sep 10, 1998 · 50m
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 Frost to the position. A professor of Jewish studies overdoses on his housekeeper's pills trying to induce vomiting after eating pork. His asthmatic housekeeper is then brought in after having run out of her medication. Evie and Sean end their relationship.
E2. Sharing the Blame
Sep 17, 1998 · 50m
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 his own. Gosia springs in to action and Eric soon announces that he is quitting so that he can accept a ""better"" job at another hospital. Marina and Stella's medivac is used to smuggle drugs into the country.
E3. Protection
Sep 24, 1998 · 50m
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 on, she demands Stella inform the police. Stella places her career in jeopardy by refusing to turn in her brother but a good word on her behalf to Julia by Arch keeps her from losing her job. Stella and Marina disagree about the morality of putting a fourteen-year-old patient on the pill. Julia invites Tom to the track to watch her horse, Fine Young Hero, run. Evie is accepted into Pre-med
E4. Pity
Oct 1, 1998 · 50m
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, instigates a frantic search when she cuts off her finger in order to remove her wedding ring. While looking through old patient records for information on Ernie, Sean learns of Tom's illness
E5. Calling the Shots
Oct 8, 1998 · 50m
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 questioned by Evie who asks for another doctor's opinion. A year after having left her order, Marina prepares for a visit by Monsignor Duval who is coming to determine her conviction. Julia has Arch ask Gosia to be ""nicer"" to the doctors. Arch extracts a man from a horse costume.
E6. Denial
Oct 15, 1998 · 50m
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, recognising the hopelessness of her situation, tries to have her accept her imminent death so that she can help her children face what lies ahead. Tom takes out his frustration with the case on Sean who in turn lashes out at Ernie. Dave proposes to Marina, but feeling rushed and uncertain of her future, she says no. Arch stumbles upon Tom and Julia's now intimate relationship
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