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the Sunday Project. See you then.

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OSHER GUNSBERG: On Bondi Rescue...
Ah!

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..an unexplained medical condition
lifeguards have never seen...

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Looked like he was breaking
his own thumbs.

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Ambo is on the way.

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Yeah, mate. Quicker the better.

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Oh, he's blowing up.

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..Harries lays down the law...

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Dealing with this bodysurfer
is like a challenge for me now.

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..and...

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..a different kind of rescue.

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You can get it, mate. It's easy.

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The rip will take you
straight there.

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(ALL LAUGH)

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SONG: # Take me back to the

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# Sweet times, the hot nights

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# Everything is gonna be alright

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# In the summertime

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# Baby, in the summertime

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# That is where I'll be. #

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(RELAXED ROCK MUSIC)

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Bondi at its best.

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Golden sand.

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A jewelled sea.

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Far horizons.

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ALL: Bondi!

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(ALL CHEER)

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But Mother Nature...

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(THUNDER RUMBLES)

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..doesn't always come to the party.

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MAN: Oh, no!

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But the biggest challenge
in storm conditions

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is keeping beachgoers safe.

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There's a three-metre swell,
and Bondi's rips are ferocious.

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So for people coming down
to have a swim today,

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there is nowhere safe to swim.

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Effectively right now,
we have no sets of flags

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on the whole of the beach.

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For us to close the whole beach
happens once a year, if that.

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I could count on one hand
the amount of times that happens.

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Lifeguards can't stop swimmers
from entering the water.

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All they can do is warn them
of the danger.

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When there's no flags, they can
go in anywhere along the beach.

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So we have to be really mindful
this afternoon,

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if someone's coming down for a swim,

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we have to watch him like a hawk

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or advise them to come back tomorrow
and not swim here at all today.

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Thank you very much.
(CHEERING, LAUGHTER)

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Howling wind and wild surf
is a magnet for some thrill seekers.

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WHIPPET: Kite surfing.

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I guess it's one of those sports

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where they're looking
for the worst weather.

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They want it to be howling wind.

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They're not allowed to come and use
the ocean when the flags are up.

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That can be very dangerous.

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In terms of a sport,
it's impressive to watch.

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They're doing 40-foot-high jumps
and moving at really fast speeds.

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But safety-wise,
it's an issue for us.

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We can't have them share the ocean
with the surfers and the swimmers.

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As the storm passes, conditions ease.

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The remaining swell has attracted
hundreds of surfers.

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Yeah, guys. Just a couple of
board riders there.

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You've drifted towards
the flags again.

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Just do us a favour
and make your way north.

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We do probably 5,000 to 6,000
PA announcements per year

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just for board riders,
not for swimmers,

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to move those out of
the red and yellow flags.

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Even a bodysurfer with a hand board
can present a hazard to swimmers.

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Surf craft stipulates anything that
propels you across the top of water,

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which is a hand board.

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So he's infringing the area
himself now.

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So he's disobeying a regulatory act.

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He's considered a surf craft.

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So he has to be
with the rest of the surf craft.

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Here he goes.

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Harries has had run-ins
with the same bodysurfer before.

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He likes to have arguments

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and I had to defuse a situation

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where he was going to get
punched out by a board rider.

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Yeah, just to get that guy
on the surfboard.

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Guys, we need to keep
this area clear, please.

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But the bodysurfer won't move.

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He'll just be saying,
"Oh, that's not for me."

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After he has been told
multiple times.

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Where is he now? He's right
in the middle of the flags.

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Oh, he's blowing up.

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He's blowing up.

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Threw his hands in the air.

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Let me just do a PA.

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Yeah, just once again,

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to the fibreglass board riders,
foam board riders,

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hand wavers, uses any surf craft

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that propels you
across the top of water

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is considered a surf craft.

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You must remain on the outside
of the surf craft prohibited sign.

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It's the third time
the bodysurfer has been told

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to move out of the flags.

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Yeah, I'll go down.

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Dealing with this bodysurfer
is like a challenge for me now.

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I have to find the best way
and best possible outcome

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so he walks away happy.

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He's not angry, he's not emotional,
he doesn't want to attack me.

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Any kind of surf craft can present
a danger to swimmers.

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None are permitted between the flags.

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A bodysurfer with a hand board
has been asked to move away

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from the flags three times.

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Fibreglass boards, foam boards,
hand boards.

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Anything that propels you across the
top of water and is not motorised,

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you must be on the outside
of the surf craft sign.

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Disobey the regulatory act,
penalties may apply.

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He's quite focused on
removing everyone else

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with the same category.

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(LAUGHS)

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He's got a board rider
nearly ran him over.

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We have had a conversation
with this gentleman

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on many occasions down here.

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Some people believe that
they have a right to their area

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and he wants his own buffer zone.

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Yes.

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How are you?

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So...so...
I was trying to keep as close as...

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I know. So what happens, right.

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So you're considered
a surf craft user.

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Alright? So...

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Yeah. So you're the same
as a board rider.

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OK, so.

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Let's just make this the end,
alright? Please. OK.

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He was non-confrontational.

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He wanted to know
what the rules were.

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That sign.

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So please, mate, just...

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He said, "Oh, yeah, someone
has actually told me this before."

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So it was a real positive outcome.

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And two parties can work
together better now.

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Alright. Take care, matey.

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Alright. See you.

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This is going to be the last
incident we're going to have

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with this gentleman.

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And pretty much when he goes out,

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he's just going to be a fish
in the ocean enjoying his time.

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As Chappo patrols Bondi's rips...

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Yes...

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..a medical incident
is reported on the promenade.

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(MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

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OK. So whereabouts, mate?

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I've gotcha. Yeah, yeah.
I'll come up, mate.

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I'll let you know.

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Hello. OK.

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Yeah.

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Jack brings the defibrillator

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in case the patient is suffering
a heart attack.

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A bystander gives Chappo
the heads-up.

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Hello, mate.

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Yeah. OK.

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OK. We'll get an ambulance.

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Hey, mate, how are you?
What's your name?

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Yes, Kane. And have you
got any chest pain?

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Yeah, I can see that.

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No chest pain?

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OK.

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Has this happened before?

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What you want me to do?

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Can I massage your arms?

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Like that?

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He was complaining of
pain in his hands,

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and I looked down and he was
gripping them really hard.

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Where are you hurting?

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His fingers were white

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and almost looked like
he was breaking his own thumbs.

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He was gripping it that tight.

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Ah! Ah!

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His grip was insane.

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I don't know if
he's normally that strong,

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whether he was full of adrenaline.

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It felt like he was breaking
my fingers with that grip

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and I was trying to help him out.

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You right, Kane?

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Ah.

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Let's give him some oxygen.

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His pulse was just
all over the shop.

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At one stage he was as low as 44,

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and then it was rocketing up to 110.

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And that's when the hands
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go into the death grip.

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We haven't got any shade, do we?
Nuh.

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Alright. Come on, mate.

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Let's get you up on the grass.

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Up, up, up, up, up.

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If the pulse is going
from 44 to 110,

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alarm bells are ringing
straightaway.

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Your heart shouldn't be jumping

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in between those two numbers
so quickly.

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So something's going on.

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And do you have
any medical conditions?

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Yes? No?

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Yeah, mate, look,
this guy's not well. So...

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Yeah, the quicker, the better.

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Clenched hands could be a symptom
of a panic attack.

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Lifeguards are concerned it could
also indicate a heart condition.

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Hey, Jack.

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The defibrillator is a precaution in
case Kane goes into cardiac arrest.

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Just get it ready.

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The clenched hands is a bad one.

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How are you feeling, Kane?

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Bit better? OK.

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Yeah. We got your hands, mate.
They're getting better.

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Yeah, he's not well.

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Yeah, it's definitely...

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Don't be surprised if it's cardiac.

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His breathing's getting...
Hey, Kane.

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Kane. Kane.
And then...

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Then he sort of just stops talking.

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When he was just lying there,
his pulse was rocketing up to 110,

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and he's almost like he's, you know,

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done a couple of hundred-metre
sprints back to back.

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Kane?

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Alarm bells are going off.

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So all we really want is
that ambulance to get there

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and get there fast.

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Nothing.

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Yeah, something's not right.

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Kane.

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Kane?

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Jack and Chappo treat a patient

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with a disturbing
unexplained medical condition.

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Ambo is on the way.

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Yeah, mate.
Look, this guy's not well.

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The man has excruciating pain
in his hands

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and a wildly erratic pulse.

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OK. Thank you.

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Lifeguards are concerned about
reported chest pains.

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Oxygen treatment helps
revive the man.

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That's it, buddy. You're OK.

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Hey, Kane. How are you, mate?

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Are you feeling a bit better, Kane?

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OK, mate. We've got the ambulance
down here to come and check you out.

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We're not letting you leave here
until we see the ambulance.

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OK, mate?

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Yeah, I know.
You check with the doctor?

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He mentioned some
mental health issues,

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which leans me towards maybe
a panic attack or an anxiety attack.

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Maybe heart. Maybe heart.

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Yeah. OK. Have you got any pains
in your chest?

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(SIRENS WAIL)

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Here they come now.

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MAN: Relax your hands. Relax.

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The doctors are here now, mate.

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You might not have to go
to hospital.

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Hello. How are you?
I'm good. How are you?

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This is Kane.
Hey, Kane.

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My name's Anna and I've got
my partner Dan here with me.

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Are you on any medications?

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Yeah, tell me. Go on.

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Do you remember what it was for?

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Yeah?

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You know, we're just worried about

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him having a heart attack,
basically.

258
00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:36,080
That's... That's what we're
kind of set up for.

259
00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,720
For a minute there, it was kind of
going that way, I think, but...

260
00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:41,760
..he looks better already.

261
00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:43,240
MAN: It happened last week.

262
00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:45,480
It happened... The same thing
happened last week?

263
00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:46,840
Yeah.
And is...

264
00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:48,760
Is that why you went
to the hospital?

265
00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:50,040
Yeah.
Yeah.

266
00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,360
OK.

267
00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,720
Might be a good idea to come up
to hospital just for a check-up.

268
00:14:57,720 --> 00:14:59,760
I'm a little bit concerned, and...

269
00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:01,240
No, no.

270
00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:04,720
Yeah.

271
00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,960
With so much uncertainty
around the condition,

272
00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,800
lifeguards and first responders
are anxious

273
00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,480
the man gets a more thorough
examination.

274
00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:21,760
What about if we just check out
your heart in the ambulance?

275
00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:23,920
Come on, mate.

276
00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,480
Just one more check-up
and then that's it, OK?

277
00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,760
We can take you home if you like.

278
00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,080
Come on, mate.
Let's do that, hey?

279
00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:38,160
Yeah, I think so.

280
00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,080
Come on, let's walk to the ambo.

281
00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:46,120
OK.

282
00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:50,480
JACK: We like to learn
from each of our patients

283
00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,600
whether we could have done
something better.

284
00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:55,640
So when it's unresolved, we don't
really get that learning experience.

285
00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:58,880
But, you know, he left
conscious and alive,

286
00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:00,520
so we're always happy
with that result.

287
00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:13,840
Even in shallow water, poor
swimmers can drown in seconds.

288
00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:21,880
Singlets spots
two swimmers in trouble

289
00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,160
just metres from the shoreline.

290
00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:29,200
Noah.

291
00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:42,600
SINGLETS: They're not far
from the beach,

292
00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,000
but really having
a lot of difficulty.

293
00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:49,320
One looks like
he's almost going under

294
00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:51,040
but climbing the ladder.

295
00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:55,720
One swimmer struggles
to keep his head above water.

296
00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,720
The other manages to signal for help.

297
00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:03,040
It looks like a kid.

298
00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:08,920
He's going to have to go quick here.

299
00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:18,640
He's going to have to go quick here.

300
00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,440
Two swimmers are in trouble
just metres from shore.

301
00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,560
One man is close to drowning.

302
00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:33,840
Right. You gotta climb on.

303
00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:35,160
He's just got to him.

304
00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:36,400
You good?

305
00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:40,560
Get your breath back a little bit,
then we're going to climb on.

306
00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:44,320
The man was swimming outside the
safety of the red and yellow flags.

307
00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,800
Yeah. That one is
not far from the shore,

308
00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,600
but it's certainly a struggle
for them.

309
00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,920
Alright. Belly on the board.
Face that way.

310
00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:00,200
Yep. Perfect.

311
00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:08,160
Had that have been in the flags,
no problems at all.

312
00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:11,080
It's a beautiful sandbank down there
where people can stand up and swim.

313
00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:15,240
But these weak swimmers continue
to swim in the wrong areas

314
00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:16,600
and this is what happens.

315
00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,840
I could already hear him
yelling "Help" on the sand.

316
00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:24,920
We got there. He was pretty panicky.

317
00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:26,880
Grabbed him, brought him back in.

318
00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:28,200
Yeah. Didn't get the hair wet.

319
00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:33,680
Don't swim here.
It's very dangerous.

320
00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:38,640
The four friends are from Korea.

321
00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,880
It's just their third time at Bondi.

322
00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,120
If we spot someone
with rubber rings,

323
00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:47,280
arm floaties, and goggles,

324
00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:49,480
while they're just going
for a quick dip,

325
00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:51,520
it doesn't really fill us
with much confidence

326
00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:52,960
of their swimming ability.

327
00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:54,520
There are a couple of big red flags

328
00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,680
and they proved to turn out
to be true.

329
00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,000
A fun trip to the beach...
a near tragedy.

330
00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,560
Blow-up toys come in
all shapes and sizes.

331
00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:38,800
(LAUGHS)

332
00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:43,840
Middle Flags to Central.

333
00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,000
Go ahead.

334
00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,000
There's a runaway unicorn
heading south.

335
00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,440
It's moving fast.

336
00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:57,600
Lifeguards have rescued
tens of thousands of swimmers,

337
00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:02,040
but never an inflatable
one-horned mythical creature.

338
00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:03,280
JAKE: There's a unicorn out there.

339
00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:07,000
It seems to be blowing with
quite a strong nor-easter,

340
00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,640
destined to be onto the rocks
in the boot quite soon.

341
00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:14,280
For Jake, this is not
an urgent lifeguard matter.

342
00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,640
This is Jetski.
Couple of clubbies out there.

343
00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,480
We'll give that one to them.

344
00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:27,800
(LAUGHS)

345
00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,680
There's his owner. White bucket hat.

346
00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,760
Returned to its owner,
it's a job well done.

347
00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:41,320
Oh, no way.

348
00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:42,880
He's just let it go.

349
00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:43,880
Again.

350
00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,400
One job all day.
Just get the unicorn.

351
00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:50,800
Get him on the beach.

352
00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,160
Get him to safety.

353
00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,160
The unicorn has bolted.

354
00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:58,840
He's given up.

355
00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:00,520
Mate, he ain't getting that thing.

356
00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:04,080
Look at this guy. He's devo.

357
00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,000
Mate, should have worn
your unicorn leash.

358
00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,560
(BOTH LAUGH)

359
00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:09,560
Gone.

360
00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:11,920
What happened?

361
00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,000
(LAUGHS)

362
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,040
Quentin is from France.

363
00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:22,160
He's been living in Bondi with
his inflatable friend for two years.

364
00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:45,480
It's Quentin's relationship
with Licorne that's on the rocks.

365
00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:48,720
(ALL LAUGH)

366
00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:53,600
QUENTIN: Yeah.

367
00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,480
Yeah, nah. He's had a good day.

368
00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,720
The unicorn's going to bed.
See you, brother. (LAUGHS)

369
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,440
Next time...

370
00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:15,520
..when seconds can make the
difference between life and death.

371
00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,120
Thought I had a bit more time.
He was in a bad way.

372
00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,920
And Hoppo celebrates a milestone.
(ALL CHEER)

373
00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,560
Thanks, guys.
See how many more years I can go.

374
00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,000
(ALL CHEER)

375
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,000
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