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IRELAND’S SEARCH AND RESCUE

Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh Ireland's Search and Rescue Image Name: Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh Ireland's Search and Rescue
Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh Search and Rescue 2 Image Name: Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh Search and Rescue 2 Description: Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh with the Helicopter Search and Rescue crew
Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh Search and Rescue4 Image Name: Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh Search and Rescue4 Description: Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh with the ambulance crew
Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh Search and Rescue 2 Image Name: Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh Search and Rescue 2 Description: Presenter Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh on the speed boat
Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh Search and Rescue Image Name: Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh Search and Rescue Description: Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh presents Search and Rescue

This week Blathnaid is with the Kerry Mountain rescue team as they come to the aid of a teenager who has fallen in the Kerry mountains and has sustained a serious concussion.

For the past year, State Emergency Services and volunteer groups have been filming with RTÉ to capture rescues and tragedies as they unfold. With no second chances, this small and efficient band of professionals and volunteers often put themselves in danger for the lives of others.  Capturing real rescues as they happen, this series was filmed using hundreds of small portable cameras.

Exclusive to RTÉ, and for the first time ever, the series follows the Rapid Response Doctors who bring emergency medicine to the roadside. The result is a unique insight into an intimate and high octane world, where training, the human spirit and bravery triumph over adversity.