A mother of five is crushed in her car after smashing into a tree just moments from home. A 70-year-old man, with a history of heart failure, is trapped under his kayak at sea and a two-year-old falls off her mini quad-bike at night. The crew has to fly through the pitch-blackness to save her.

A bushwalker in trouble needs the Westpac rescue crew to perform their highest winch ever. One false move will put everyone in danger. An injured jockey is thrown headfirst from his horse but that's just the start of things – the crew has to save as stabbing victim on their way to hospital. And a family's beach holiday is turned upside down after a mother is dumped by a huge wave.