拥有直升机紧急救援的大学附属医院迎来了一批实习医生。他们分别是蓝泽耕作(山下智久 饰)、白石惠(新垣结衣 饰)、绯山美帆子(户田绘里香 饰)和滕川一男(浅利阳介 饰)。直升机每天平均运送7到8个急救患者,能协助医生坐上直升飞机是对其应变能力和医术的证明,大家都跃跃欲试。 四人的性格各不相同。蓝泽最有能力但过于冷静;白石理论知识很强但缺乏魄力;绯山表现欲强但易冲动;滕川则相对平庸做事马虎。最初开始的紧急救援让大家手忙脚乱,看似拉风的直升机需要与之相应的能力与魄力。在一系列救援的过程中,他们直面死亡与无奈,也鉴证奇迹,体味人情。互为竞争对手的他们,谁能最终留下来?还是携手共进?If it can be treated one second earlier, the heart might start beating again. If there is one extra helicopter, another life in danger may be saved. If one more life can be saved, the Japanese medical community may regain trust. There are more lives in this country that can be saved. The "Doctor Helicopter" system was legalized in Japan in June 2007. A medical team is dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. One day, four young physicians are assigned to this latest medical system. The doctors experience traumatic medical situations, deal with personal ambitions, witness the fragility of life, and they grow personally and professionally.