0:00:02 > 0:00:04They're the Brits who race to the rescue down under.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Multiple patients critical.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Everyday heroes, saving lives.
0:00:09 > 0:00:1112 miles to run.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Battling fires...
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Do not go out now, it's too late.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16It can be extremely dangerous.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17..and fighting crime.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19- Put your arm down. - Police! Open the door!
0:00:19 > 0:00:22From the big city to the outback.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Our policing district is bigger than the whole of the UK.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26From the bush...
0:00:26 > 0:00:30He's been crushed between one of those Dingo diggers and a ute.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32..to Bondi beach.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35The search continues for a British tourist who hasn't been seen
0:00:35 > 0:00:37since he went for a swim.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40You never quite know what you're in for or what's going to happen.
0:00:40 > 0:00:413-3-2, mate, on the head in.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Very high impact. He's really quite critically injured.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Brits on blue lights under blue skies.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Today, down under - a British flying doctor's scrambled
0:00:58 > 0:01:00to save a jockey with a head injury.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Can you tell me what day it is?
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Friday, are you sure? It's actually Thursday.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10An elderly motorist is trapped under the wreckage of his garage.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12As soon as that structure goes, then it could be
0:01:12 > 0:01:14a disaster for those inside it.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19And UK vet Lucy is called to treat a very rare bird.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22And they've got like, razors along their beaks, so they can peck
0:01:22 > 0:01:25and they can bite and it can hurt.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Australia's bush is a place where the horse is still king,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38many of them wild and untamed.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45But they have a special place in the hearts of big city Aussies, too.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47'Melbourne Cup is approaching fast
0:01:47 > 0:01:49'so secure your place for the exciting...'
0:01:49 > 0:01:53'And if your horse finishes second, third or fourth, cashback up to 50.'
0:01:54 > 0:01:58It's the eve of the biggest event in the Australian racing calendar.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Ambulance emergency, what town or suburb, please?
0:02:02 > 0:02:05But on the outskirts of Sydney, one jockey's had a potentially
0:02:05 > 0:02:07fatal fall.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Just stay on the line for a second,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11I'll tell you exactly what to do next, OK?
0:02:11 > 0:02:15British flying doctor Persia Waldock used to treat
0:02:15 > 0:02:18patients from the Grand National when she worked in Liverpool.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Now she's about to rescue the victim of another racing accident.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Yeah, good morning. We're just airborne out of Westmead,
0:02:27 > 0:02:29medevac for an accident in, er...
0:02:29 > 0:02:30INDISTINCT
0:02:30 > 0:02:3430 miles away, jockey Amanda Williams is showing signs
0:02:34 > 0:02:38of confusion, potential symptoms of a serious head injury.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42She was headbutted by her horse, then thrown off.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- Nine miles to run, about five minutes, mate.- Copy.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47OK, so I think we've got this clear area.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Former RAF crewman John Legge is in charge of navigation.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53There's a road that's running right to left.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Power lines just over here on the right, we need to be wary of those.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Right-oh, guys, we got no ambulances and they're 40 minutes out.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Landing site is a helipad with a big H on it down near the river.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Oh, yeah - someone's waving at the H, look.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Three, two, one.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10Clear to low clear down.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Down to ground. And two...
0:03:14 > 0:03:16one,
0:03:16 > 0:03:17six inches.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22They've landed in dense woods near the picturesque Hawkesbury River.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Road paramedics are still half an hour away.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28G'day.
0:03:29 > 0:03:30How we doing?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Hi, guys - you guys are stars.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Did she black out or anything?
0:03:35 > 0:03:39- Ah, she's been like spinning out kind of thing.- Just been spinning out?- Yeah.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43She knows who she is and where she is? OK, cool.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45OK, what time did this happen?
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Um, about 9.30.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- And what's her name? - Amanda.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Amanda. Excellent.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56Amanda's lying on the floor of the stables where she works.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- Hello.- How are you? - This is Amanda, is it?
0:03:58 > 0:03:59Yeah.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Hi, Amanda. Do you know where you are?
0:04:03 > 0:04:04With the race horses.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06With race horses.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08And um, can you tell me what day it is?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Friday.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Friday, are you sure? It's actually Thursday.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Now, are you sore anywhere?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Your head. OK.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Have you got pain anywhere else?
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Every year, jockeys die in accidents like this
0:04:25 > 0:04:28and Amanda's symptoms are concerning Dr Persia.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33A serious head injury can only be ruled out by a scan in hospital.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35So is this sore over your forehead, there? Yep.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37This side?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Yeah.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41How about over your face? That's sore.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45Dr Persia needs to get her patient to hospital in Sydney.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Time is critical.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49If she DOES have a bleed on the brain,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52CareFlight 4 is her best chance of survival.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06It's the early hours of the morning in the city of Perth.
0:05:06 > 0:05:11Every year there are 35,000 burglaries in Western Australia
0:05:11 > 0:05:13and British police officers Andy Motson
0:05:13 > 0:05:17and Carly Hall get their fair share to investigate.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18INDISTINCT
0:05:20 > 0:05:24An automatic alarm has alerted the key-holder of a suburban store.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Oh, yeah - someone's smashed the window. Ah, somebody's broke in.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Andy once pursued burglars
0:05:32 > 0:05:34as a beat bobby on the streets of Middlesbrough.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Where's the key-holder then? He said he was inside.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Carly took calls from the victims as a 999 operator in the Midlands.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Hello.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Want to open this from inside?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Here you are - do you want to put some gloves on?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Fewer than one in five burglaries around Perth
0:05:50 > 0:05:52results in a conviction.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55It's a hard crime to solve the world over
0:05:55 > 0:05:58and in some British cities, it's fewer than one in ten.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00So you've had a good look around and there's nothing else gone?
0:06:00 > 0:06:04I've had a quick scout around. This is only place I can see that's had any kind of damage.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07We had another one earlier this year in about
0:06:07 > 0:06:08- April or May time.- OK.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Similar things. Through the front doors.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Forensics have to come and um, dust for prints
0:06:13 > 0:06:17and take any further photographs that we have missed.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20But often, the best evidence is on tape.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22What's your cameras like inside?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Uh, yeah, pretty good. I've not looked at the cameras yet.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26- I've only just been here about five minutes myself.- OK.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31So it's probably about four o'clock onwards is it, or...?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- Uh, yeah, I think it probably would be.- Yeah.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Although the burglar has been caught on camera,
0:06:37 > 0:06:39he's difficult to identify.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44He's not got... He hasn't got any gloves on.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Yeah, doesn't look like he's wearing gloves.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Obviously from that, it's really imperative
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- that no-one touches that area. - Yeah.- OK.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53The store opens at 11,
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- think we can get someone in before that?- Yeah, hopefully.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- Yeah.- Forensics will come up.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- Is there any cameras on the actual entrance, or not?- No.- Yeah. - Oh, there is?
0:07:05 > 0:07:06Is that him coming out?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- That is him coming in. - Ah, OK. Yeah.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11A Caucasian.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13The store has millions of dollars worth of stock,
0:07:13 > 0:07:16but the burglar knew what he was looking for.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- He's just grabbed something, it looks like clothing probably.- OK.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Which is bizarre, cos he's in the cabinet where all the GPSs are,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24so if you wanted to make money, then you'd have just taken a GPS.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- So yeah, he took, he took pretty much all the Leathermans and Gerber multi-tools.- OK. So it...
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- It will be hard to track what that is, cos there's just...- Oh, really.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35It seems likely the damage caused by the burglars is going to add up
0:07:35 > 0:07:38to more than the value of the stock they stole, but no-one's quite sure.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40So you don't do stock takes or anything?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43We've literally just done one, but whether it's accurate or
0:07:43 > 0:07:45not in such a big store, it's kind of another thing.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- Thanks, Jack. - Thank you very much.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50The chances are this is yet another theft committed to fund
0:07:50 > 0:07:55a drug habit. Andy and Carly know it will be a difficult crime to solve.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57We'll see you later, mate.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00But in Perth tonight, the police are going to
0:08:00 > 0:08:02be on the lookout for people wearing new coats.
0:08:14 > 0:08:1830 miles north of Sydney, jockey Amanda Williams is showing
0:08:18 > 0:08:22the classic signs of a serious head injury after a freak accident
0:08:22 > 0:08:25involving the race horse she was exercising.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28So I'm just having a quick look at your helmet.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32You can tell I don't ride horses. But that looks pretty decent.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35British flying doctor Persia Waldock
0:08:35 > 0:08:37has ruled out a spinal injury,
0:08:37 > 0:08:41but she's concerned Amanda could have a bleed on the brain.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Amanda?
0:08:44 > 0:08:46I'm just going to shine a light in your eyes, OK?
0:08:48 > 0:08:50That's good.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52They need to get Amanda to the chopper
0:08:52 > 0:08:55and crewman John has been improvising.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57We've landed maybe 200, 300 metres away
0:08:57 > 0:08:59and it's not the easiest place
0:08:59 > 0:09:02to transport her, so what we're actually going to do is see if
0:09:02 > 0:09:06we can get hold of a vehicle and um, put her in the back of that to take
0:09:06 > 0:09:10her to the aircraft and then we'll load her in before we take off.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13They're going to fly her direct to hospital in Sydney.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Many years ago, I used to work at Aintree hospital in Liverpool
0:09:17 > 0:09:20near to Aintree racecourse so there were certain times of the year
0:09:20 > 0:09:23where we'd get a fair few jockeys in with anything
0:09:23 > 0:09:27from really minor injuries to quite severe trauma from horse racing.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Coming out here to Sydney,
0:09:29 > 0:09:30there's a surprising number
0:09:30 > 0:09:33of horse stables and race tracks
0:09:33 > 0:09:36and a lot of horse-related work.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Not your normal way to travel, is it?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44It's not the first time that we've had to do this, actually.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47But we can't carry her all the way to the aircraft.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Um, it's a good like 200, 300 metres or whatever.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52There's lots of vehicles and as long as
0:09:52 > 0:09:54the medics stay with her, then it's all good.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00And then once we feed it in, if you guys just peel off.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03When we've come to her, she's been GCS 15.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Um, she has um, some tenderness around her face and scalp,
0:10:06 > 0:10:10um, but otherwise has no other associated injuries.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Our ETA is about 20 minutes.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Amanda's on her way to X-rays and scans.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20We need to make sure that she's not had a significant head injury.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Um, I can't find anything else.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Um, she seems to be quite stable
0:10:24 > 0:10:25and a bit more relaxed now.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30INDISTINCT
0:10:30 > 0:10:35At 160mph, it will take CareFlight 4 just ten minutes
0:10:35 > 0:10:38to fly Amanda from the heart of the Hawkesbury valley
0:10:38 > 0:10:40into the centre of the city.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Westmead already know we're coming.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Yeah, no dramas.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47OK, so I'm going to come round and do a bit of a flyover
0:10:47 > 0:10:49and a late right-hand turn.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51OK, yeah. Sure.
0:10:54 > 0:10:5530 to run, 20 below.
0:10:55 > 0:10:5720 below, 20 to run.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Ten to run. Five...
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Four, three,
0:11:01 > 0:11:03two, one...
0:11:07 > 0:11:08After an assessment,
0:11:08 > 0:11:13Amanda's given a clean bill of health, apart from minor concussion.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17She's sent home and she's soon back in the saddle.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32At Sydney's International Airport, Juanita Ameghino is a flight nurse
0:11:32 > 0:11:35caring for some of Australia's sickest people.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37OK, retrieval kit two.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39One, two, three, four, five.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41One, two. One. One, two, three. One. One.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42- Yep.- Beautiful.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46For up to two hours, patients' lives are solely in her hands
0:11:46 > 0:11:49and she's prepared for anything.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Midazolam 15 in 3.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- COUNTS ITEMS - Perfect.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Every morning we have to make sure that all the morphine, midazolam
0:11:58 > 0:12:02um, fentanyl and all the other drugs of addiction are correct.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04So we count them all every morning
0:12:04 > 0:12:07and then we're good to go for the rest of the day.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11This is the ambulance of the outback, transferring patients
0:12:11 > 0:12:15from minor hospitals to specialist units in the big city.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20Oh, hi - can you put me through to the medical level 2, please?
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Oh, hi, Sue - my name's Juanita. I'm a flight nurse phoning from Sydney.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Just wanting a bit of a handover about Kerry Macintosh
0:12:26 > 0:12:27with a view to flying, please.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32OK, so she last had her aspirin yesterday.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Aspirin ceased since 30th, yeah.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38And just a set of observations, please.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40FLIGHT CREW RECITE CHECKS
0:12:49 > 0:12:51We haven't got a flight plan at all for her at the moment.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53As soon as we get one, we'll let you know.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55But the trouble is, you know like,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58these patients, they get fasted for so long and then, and it makes them
0:12:58 > 0:13:02feel quite nauseated in the plane as well if they're on an empty stomach.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07And today Juanita has a difficult case, a patient with
0:13:07 > 0:13:11a serious heart condition who needs urgent treatment in Sydney.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Oh, what a nice day for flying.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18The patient we're getting from Canberra today
0:13:18 > 0:13:20is a 60-year-old lady.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23She had a aortic valve replacement a year ago at St Vincent's hospital
0:13:23 > 0:13:25and that's closed up again and she's, um,
0:13:25 > 0:13:29got chest pain with that, so we're bringing her back into St Vincent's private
0:13:29 > 0:13:32to get that assessed and possibly she'll have
0:13:32 > 0:13:36to have a re-do of the aortic valve replacement.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41This is a potentially risky case for Juanita.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Flying can affect cardiac patients.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47The thinner air at altitude is a real danger to some.
0:13:47 > 0:13:52PILOT GIVES COORDINATES OVER RADIO
0:14:00 > 0:14:04With the aortic valve replacement, she could become short of breath
0:14:04 > 0:14:05and with the physiology of flying anyway,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08so that's something I'm going to have to observe for.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11And also to make sure that she doesn't get any chest pain
0:14:11 > 0:14:13with that shortness of breath.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15So I would be trying to make her comfortable.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18I'd probably put her on ECG recordings just to make sure
0:14:18 > 0:14:20that her heart is OK and uh,
0:14:20 > 0:14:24I'll certainly, um, put her on saturation monitoring
0:14:24 > 0:14:26to make sure that she doesn't de-saturate too much.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30She may need a little bit of oxygen and just to keep her comfortable.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33But the speed of flying the patient outweighs the risks.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41From Canberra to Sydney by plane will be less than an hour.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43I'm thinking 45 minutes
0:14:43 > 0:14:47and to bring her by road would take three to four hours.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50But because it's Friday afternoon, she could get caught
0:14:50 > 0:14:53in the rush hour, so we could be looking at five hours.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56So coming by plane will be a lot more comfortable for her.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Thousands of people in the Australian countryside
0:15:06 > 0:15:09owe their lives to these planes.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Farmer's wife Kerry Mackintosh needs surgery.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20The oxygen levels in her blood have fallen dangerously low.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22The flight back across the Blue Mountains
0:15:22 > 0:15:24will be a tense one for Juanita.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Vic Larusso here,
0:15:37 > 0:15:40significant traffic delays citybound for the M5.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41River road...
0:15:41 > 0:15:43In the crowded streets of Sydney,
0:15:43 > 0:15:45a life-or-death drama is unfolding.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50We haven't got a huge amount of detail, but we're going to an 87-year-old gentleman
0:15:50 > 0:15:55that's trapped inside a car that's in a garage which has collapsed
0:15:55 > 0:15:57onto the car, so he's trapped in there just now.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00We don't know his injuries right now.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04But um, obviously cos he's trapped and they'd like us to go and get there as soon as possible.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11Scottish doctor Caroline Macari is joining the rescue operation.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16It looks like a Christchurch earthquake garage. This is what all the garages did.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Hello.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21How you doing?
0:16:21 > 0:16:23We got an elderly gentlemen who's um...
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Where he put his accelerator on the, on the pedal,
0:16:26 > 0:16:28he took out the middle pillar.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29Yeah.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Uh, half the garage has collapsed onto his roof.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33- He hasn't been crushed.- Yeah.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36At the moment, we can see he's got an isolated hand injury.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39It's feared the roof could collapse at any moment.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42What they're trying to do is just prop up the passenger side,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45on that side of the garage, so we can access him through there.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51Doctor Caroline would like to see her patient, but it's too risky.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54If those walls go, he's going to get... I'd like to get a monitor
0:16:54 > 0:16:56on him before we move him out of the car.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Obviously there's quite a few rescue crew inside there.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04So if that structure goes, then it could be a disaster
0:17:04 > 0:17:05for those inside it.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08So it's very easy to rush into a scene like that knowing there's
0:17:08 > 0:17:10a patient inside, and getting yourself into a lot of trouble.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Um, but the commander is just telling me to stand back.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17They're happy with him just now and
0:17:17 > 0:17:20I need to just stay out the way because there is
0:17:20 > 0:17:23some potentially very unstable walls still.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30It's an hour before the trapped man is finally released.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32His injuries are minor,
0:17:32 > 0:17:35but it could've been much worse.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39The fire brigade were able to cut the door away and um, able to
0:17:39 > 0:17:42get him out and actually he was able to walk out, which is brilliant.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44So that's an amazing result.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Um, he's been very lucky.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49I think he feels very embarrassed, but it's just one of those things
0:17:49 > 0:17:52and he's just so lucky. And who cares about a garage?
0:18:04 > 0:18:06On the other side of the Blue Mountains
0:18:06 > 0:18:08in the Aussie capital Canberra,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11flight nurse Juanita Ameghino is ready to
0:18:11 > 0:18:15take off with patient Kerry Mackintosh, who's on her way
0:18:15 > 0:18:17to open heart surgery in Sydney.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Pop yourself on here.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22There's just a thing here - just watch yourself on there.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24So I'd get your bum here.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Kerry needs a new valve in her heart.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28That's it, well done.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30- ..Move you this way.- Thank you.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33I noticed when you were talking to me that you're quite short of breath,
0:18:33 > 0:18:35- so that's normal for you, is it? - Well, I'm good now.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Yes, that's good for you.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40OK. So, look - I might need to give you some oxygen during flight.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42- Yeah. I've been on oxygen. - Have you? Yeah.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- Yeah. - I just, what I'll do is...
0:18:45 > 0:18:48I get down to about 91 or something and they put the oxygen on
0:18:48 > 0:18:50- and I come back up. - That sounds right.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53I might do... I might do it before 91, if that's all right?
0:18:53 > 0:18:54THEY LAUGH
0:19:02 > 0:19:07Flight nurse Juanita, originally from Jersey, is concerned
0:19:07 > 0:19:09that as the plane climbs into thinner air to cross
0:19:09 > 0:19:13the Blue Mountains, Kerry's condition may deteriorate.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20She's happier sitting up.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22She gets quite short of breath when she's laying down.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24So she's in the chair.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Her respiratory rate's quite high - it's 30 - but she said
0:19:27 > 0:19:30just to talk to her, she is quite short of breath.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32She looks pale.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Yeah, and she certainly needs to um,
0:19:34 > 0:19:36have a cardiac assessment
0:19:36 > 0:19:39and probably some kind of treatment done sooner rather than later.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49At last, the pilot can descend.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50In less than an hour,
0:19:50 > 0:19:54Kerry has been flown 300 miles from Canberra to Sydney.
0:19:54 > 0:19:5650, 40, 30,
0:19:56 > 0:20:0020, 10.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Juanita is pleased with Kerry's condition.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12She's now just a few miles from the Sydney hospital where she's
0:20:12 > 0:20:14scheduled for surgery.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16This is her oxygen, just in case needs it.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Hold on to that handle there.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22I'll give you this. Thank you. You got it.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24I'm not bringing you back for a third time, OK,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26so make sure this time works!
0:20:26 > 0:20:30I bloody will! I said I'd never, ever go back for the second time.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Kerry's gone to St Vincent's private
0:20:35 > 0:20:37and she'll be assessed this afternoon.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41She's going for an urgent angiogram and they'll probably
0:20:41 > 0:20:44re-do her cardiac surgery tomorrow morning.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49Juanita moved down under in the 1990s,
0:20:49 > 0:20:53but many of her patients can still tell where she came from.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55She said, "What part of England are you from, then?"
0:20:55 > 0:21:00A lot of the country people pick up on my English accent straight away.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02They say you never lose it. I don't know.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04I'm neutral to it now.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Do I still sound English?
0:21:19 > 0:21:23Perth is often called the world's most isolated city.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Sydney is more than 2,000 miles away.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29That's around the same distance as London to Jerusalem.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34But British policemen Rob and Colin enjoy technology that's world-class.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44Rob's spotted a biker whose speed has put him on the team's radar.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Within a few seconds, Colin knows who he is,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51thanks to the onboard computer.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Has he got a bike licence?
0:21:53 > 0:21:57I think he's got a provisional and a learner's.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00In that case, he's driving out of class.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02They're going to pull him over.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- So who owns the bike?- Uh, me.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07- It's registered in your name?- Yeah.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09OK. What type of licence do you hold?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12RE and C.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14What uh, licence or learner's?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16- Licence.- Yeah?- Yeah.- OK.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Rob finds that Australian lawbreakers are rather more
0:22:19 > 0:22:22straightforward than those in London.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24'The culture there is very much,'
0:22:24 > 0:22:26fail to stop your car and then
0:22:26 > 0:22:29if you have to stop, you try and run away.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Then if you get caught, you lie about who you are and then
0:22:31 > 0:22:33when you get into custody and you get your prints taken
0:22:33 > 0:22:36and you're cornered you might, you MIGHT put your hands up.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Whereas here, it's kind of as a general rule, probably the opposite.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Most people you stop and you ask them a straight question,
0:22:42 > 0:22:44they give you a straight answer.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47But this time it's the technology that's found guilty
0:22:47 > 0:22:49of providing misleading information.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51When did you get your bike licence?
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Uh, last year around Christmas time, I think.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57OK. Just, on ours, it comes up that you got, er,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00C class and then RE learner's on our system, but...
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Oh, you're joking.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04You got it on there, so, I'm satisfied. No dramas, mate.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08The biker's free to go, but their night shift is not over yet.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Many British officers feel they don't work as hard in Australia and
0:23:15 > 0:23:18have time to attend minor incidents
0:23:18 > 0:23:20like a man seen lying in the park.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24So we're just going up, there's another car on scene though, we're
0:23:24 > 0:23:27just going to go up and have a look and see what the score is.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31It was just reported there was a male lying in the park.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34When I first turned up here, I worked at a police station called
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Mirrabooka which is probably the biggest
0:23:37 > 0:23:41or busiest police station in the northern suburbs of Perth.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43I was kind of ready to jump into it
0:23:43 > 0:23:46and I quickly realised that the busy station was actually pretty quiet.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48The workload here is definitely a lot less.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56INDISTINCT RADIO TRANSMISSION
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Is he breathing?
0:24:04 > 0:24:08Another unit has beaten Rob and Colin and discovered that the body
0:24:08 > 0:24:12in the park is actually a homeless man sleeping off the day before.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Uh, November, Bravo, 104,
0:24:14 > 0:24:17do we need ambos there to uh, look him over, or are we all good?
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Looks all good from here, mate, but I'll check.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21I'll get back to you if we do.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26He's one of 10,000 homeless people who hoped to find a better life
0:24:26 > 0:24:28in Western Australia, but didn't.
0:24:47 > 0:24:524,000 feet up in Australia's spectacular Blue Mountains,
0:24:52 > 0:24:57British emergency vet Lucy King is settling into a new life down under.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Lay down. Good boy. Go!
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Get your ball, come on - quick!
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Lucy used to practise in Bristol -
0:25:07 > 0:25:10now, the mountain town of Katoomba is home.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14I came over here with my husband Ben.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17We got married a couple of weeks before we moved over.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21And we brought the dog with us cos he's like our little fur child,
0:25:21 > 0:25:24so we couldn't leave him behind.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26So, yeah, it's living up to our expectations.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29We're going to make a few tweaks and changes but
0:25:29 > 0:25:32it's going really well so far.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35It's the different animals that I was wanting to see,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38and it was part of the reason we moved over, so it's good
0:25:38 > 0:25:42to see all of the strange creatures that Australia has to offer.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49And today, her first patient is a very rare species
0:25:49 > 0:25:52rescued by two local farmers.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55This fella was found in a narrow creek in the back
0:25:55 > 0:25:58of a property about 200ks from the ocean, so...
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Yeah, I don't know. We'll see what we can do with him.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06- Hey, buddy. - Just here?
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Back of Kendall's place.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13The cows were all looking at one spot, which they never do unless there's something going on.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16- Yeah.- And I went down and there was the pelican, caught in scrub.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21The pelican's a sea bird and he was well and truly off course.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23How flappy was he when you got to him?
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Um, reasonably.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Flappy!
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Oh, no - he has cut the webbing on his foot a little bit.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Yeah, he sort of climbed in through a fence.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Are you guys good to help hold him while I pull his wings out to look?
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Cos I think he's probably quite strong.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Yeah, no worries, I'll grab both legs while you grab that end.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- You grab that end. Yeah. - Yeah?
0:26:45 > 0:26:47His medical problem is a bit of a mystery.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50He was sort of flapping, but I don't think...
0:26:50 > 0:26:51I couldn't see anything broken.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Hmm, this side's sore.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Been flapping around in the scrub for a while,
0:26:57 > 0:26:59- so probably did a fair bit of damage.- Yeah. All right, bird.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Handling a pelican can be risky.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06They've got like, razors along their beak so they can peck
0:27:06 > 0:27:09and they can bite and it can hurt and it can be quite scary.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11I don't think he could cause any major damage to any people,
0:27:11 > 0:27:13but he could still cause injuries.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Cor! It goes a long way.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20- Can you see me watch? - LAUGHTER
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Good. I mean, other than being sore in his arms,
0:27:23 > 0:27:26I can't find anything obvious.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29He's a little bit skinny, but not too bad.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33So, I'll see... See if we're happy to keep him here overnight
0:27:33 > 0:27:35and maybe do some X-rays tomorrow.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Hi, buddy.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- Cool, I'll go and pop him in a kennel.- All right.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44- Thanks very much.- No worries, take care.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46And give us a call if you want to know what happens with him.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- We'd love to, actually. - Yeah, we'd love to know about him.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- No worries, thank you very much. - Thanks, guys.- See you later.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56Newly christened Mr Percival after the star of an Aussie kids' film,
0:27:56 > 0:27:59the pelican is being kept under observation.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01He'll spend tonight in the surgery.
0:28:04 > 0:28:0824 hours later, Mr Percival is off the danger list
0:28:08 > 0:28:11and anxious to check out of the mountain vets'.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13PELICAN CROAKS
0:28:15 > 0:28:18I didn't know they made that noise! He sounded like a cow.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23He's being driven to a safe takeoff area nearer the coast.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Duck your head, buddy.
0:28:28 > 0:28:33And is soon back in the skies with the rest of Australia's sea birds.