Medical And Rescue

On 15 December 2014 eighteen people were taken hostage in Sydney’s Lindt café. Eyewitnesses and first responders explain what happened minute by minute in the months and weeks leading up to the horror.

After fifty years on the job, a carpenter's just made his first big mistake. A stoush in the playground has put a ten year-old boy in hospital, and a young woman has driven into the back of a truck.

A huge storm rolls into Surfers Paradise and the swell causes major problems for lifesavers. Then, a swimmer is dumped near the shoreline and cracks his neck.

A Melbourne tourist has surgery to repair his ankle, while a young mother suffering from 'needle phobia' needs a tetanus injection. Then, a backpacker has a bad reaction to smoking marijuana and a personal trainer arrives with suspected appendicitis.

Surgeons discover something unexpected when they investigate a personal trainer's suspected appendicitis. Elsewhere, a man's arm is trapped by a post hole digger and doctors have trouble finding a suitable place to insert a drip. Then, an independent 94-year-old arrives with a serious injury to his knee which could result in the loss of his mobility.

A mother's worst nightmare comes true when her two young children are swept off a sandbank. Then, time is running out for a jet skier who has disappeared in the ocean. And a snapper taking saucy shots on the beach lands in hot water.