First Responders

St John Critical Care Paramedics from the Northern Emergency Services Trust find a motocross rider near death in a remote forest.

A man is at risk of losing his leg after a horrific accident involving a boat propeller. Another needs to be airlifted to hospital after a mysterious accident involving a tractor and a woman is 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.

Four people are left fighting to keep their heads above water when their boat sinks in the Firth of Thames.

A young mother's world comes crashing down when her toddler is pulled unconscious from a swimming pool.

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 young mountain biker gets a chopper ride off the side of a mountain when he breaks his leg, and a cardiac patient takes a terrifying turn.

Intensive care paramedics from the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust prepare for the worst after a farm accident, and a Nelson child suffers a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction.

A mayday call from a yacht triggers a category 2 search and rescue operation involving multiple agencies including the Air Force and the Auckland Rescue Helicopter team.

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.