Medivac (TV series)
Medivac, an Australian television drama series, 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.
Synopsis
Medivac was set in the emergency department of Brisbane's fictional Bethlehem West Hospital, where a dedicated medical team works 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.Cast
Main / regular
- Nicholas Eadie as Dr. Red Buchanan
- Geneviève Picot as Dr. Julia McAlpine
- Graeme Blundell as Dr. Harry Edwards
- Grant Bowler as Dr. Arch Craven
- Rena Owen as Macy Fields, RN
- Caroline Kennison as Gosia Maléski, RN
- Eugene Gilfedder as Dr. Wayne Doubé
- Danielle Carter as Bree Dalrymple, RN
- Mark Constable as Dr. 'Oopy' Hiltonwood
- Lisa Forrest as Dr. Marina Zamoyski
- Stephen Lovatt as Dr. Tom Shawcross
- Dieter Brummer as Dr. Sean Michaels
- Simone Kessell as Dr. Stella O'Shaughnessy
- Melissa Tkautz as Evie Morrison RN
- Paul Mercurio as Roy Fields
- Andrew McKaige as Dave Callen
- John Gregg as Peter Michaels
Guests
- Aaron Blabey as Danny Haywood
- Damien Garvey as Slugger
- Diane Craig as Mrs Flynn
- Garry McDonald as Ernie Sharp
- Grant Dodwell as Paul
- Jeremy Sims as Mark Best
- John Orcsik as Dr Cliff Houghton
- Jonathan Hardy as Rosenthal
- Josh Lawson as Rob
- Judi Farr as Arch's mother
- Kris McQuade as Carmel
- Lenka Kripac as Nikki Kershaw
- Matt Doran as James 'Armalite' Dwyer
- Nique Needles as Leo VestI / Johnny Ryan
- Ray Barrett as Frank Wheeler
- Robert Coleby as Bruce
- Russell Dykstra as Fitzpatrick
- Sarah Lambert as Francine Lord
- Sean Scully as Jack Duval
- Stephen Curry as Damian 'Rhino' Ryan
- Steve Jacobs as Parker
- Tiriel Mora as Dr Dexter Haben
- Wayne Pygram as John
Filming locations
The former Australian Taxation Office building at 320 Adelaide Street, on the corner of Wharf Street in the Brisbane CBD, was used as the location of the hospital.The old Brisbane Domestic Airport terminal area where the car auctions are held, was used for a scene set in western Queensland. The tarmac was covered in dirt for filming.