0:00:02 > 0:00:06Rural Britain has some of the most challenging environments in the world.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10In Scotland the mountains, lochs and coastline encourage tourists
0:00:10 > 0:00:13and locals to get out into the wilds.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15But with that comes danger.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Keep your arms by your side!
0:00:22 > 0:00:25The emergency services north of the border have to deal with
0:00:25 > 0:00:28extreme challenges every day.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32Nobody in their right mind should have attempted to drive through this.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35From severe weather and treacherous terrain...
0:00:35 > 0:00:38- Is the pain getting worse, do you think?- Yes.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42..to covering huge distances on rural roads with time against them.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48They work around the clock,
0:00:48 > 0:00:51battling against some of the most difficult situations.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55We'll be right at the heart of the action.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00Side by side with Air Rescue saving lives.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03On the road with paramedics caring for the hurt and injured
0:01:03 > 0:01:05and following the police fighting crime,
0:01:05 > 0:01:09as the emergency services work together to pick up, patch up
0:01:09 > 0:01:13and protect the public in rural communities.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16This is Countryside 999.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Coming up,
0:01:35 > 0:01:40the Royal Navy helicopter crew race to rescue an injured lumberjack.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Are you with the casualty?
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Police investigate a farmhouse ripped apart by metal thieves.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50You see where they've cut the copper pipes from the cupboard there.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54And in A & E, a sheep farmer has had a nasty quad-bike accident.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Up we come.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Despite the UK's ever-growing population
0:02:11 > 0:02:14and our cities bursting at the seams, agriculture,
0:02:14 > 0:02:18forest and woodland still cover 86% of the nation.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Many of our rural hubs are spread over vast distances,
0:02:24 > 0:02:27adding to the challenge faced by the emergency services
0:02:32 > 0:02:38On Scotland's south-west coast, HMS Gannet in Prestwick is home to the Royal Navy Search and Rescue Unit.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42They play a vital role in reaching
0:02:42 > 0:02:44and treating people in far-flung locations.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58It's 11am
0:02:58 > 0:03:01and reports are coming in of an injured forestry worker trapped in remote woodland.
0:03:01 > 0:03:079-5-2, 7-2-4, North, just north of Arran.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12So we've got a 24-year-old male, who has been felling trees just on the mainland there.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15So there's Bute, there's the mainland.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Basically he's got, he's got a tree on his leg,
0:03:17 > 0:03:19he's got a broken leg and ankle.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21With 21 years' service,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Observer Phil Gamble is on today's team.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26ETA at half-past.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Rescue protocol gives the crew just 15 minutes to scramble
0:03:30 > 0:03:35the Sea King mark five helicopter, but well-honed practice ensures that
0:03:35 > 0:03:39pilot Lloydy Shanahan and the team are up in the air in no time at all.
0:03:47 > 0:03:53Brakes are off, all good inside. Power check? Yes, please.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01The team is bound 45 miles north,
0:04:01 > 0:04:05to remote woodland on the Cowal Peninsula in the west Highlands.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10Scottish woodland provides work for over 20,000 people,
0:04:10 > 0:04:13but forestry can be a dangerous business.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21We're heading up the mainland to the north and just,
0:04:21 > 0:04:24just on this map as it changes over to the next one, is a little brook,
0:04:24 > 0:04:28and hopefully a landing site in the woods.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33So you mentioned as I was leaving the building that an ambulance
0:04:33 > 0:04:37was en route, obviously they haven't got ambulance access.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41The injured forestry worker is with his colleague,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43at least a mile away from the nearest road,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46so a helicopter rescue is the only option.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49There's an ambulance on the way but we'll be there,
0:04:49 > 0:04:51well, just about the same time.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Accessibility is going to be directly rough so we're going to go
0:04:55 > 0:05:00and take a look and see if we can get in, either by landing or
0:05:00 > 0:05:04possibly by winching our guy down to secure the casualty.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Phil's been given a mobile number for the casualty's colleague.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Now he can get vital information on their location
0:05:15 > 0:05:17and the severity of the injury.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Hello, hi, this is Philip Gamble on the
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Search and Rescue helicopter coming to you, can you hear me OK?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Are you with the casualty?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Is the tree still on him?
0:05:36 > 0:05:37Nah, he's hung up.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42They've lost the mobile phone signal,
0:05:42 > 0:05:46so they still have no idea how deep in the forest the casualty is.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Or how difficult it will be to reach him.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55We've got scant information about the landing site itself, so
0:05:55 > 0:05:59one of the bits of info is there is a clearing that they think that we can fit in.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Now, obviously these guys aren't sure of the size of a Sea King.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05If we can land there straightaway, then great, that will be
0:06:05 > 0:06:08the quickest way to get our boys in the back out to the casualty.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Within 30 minutes, they've reached the forest.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19The team spot a man moving on the edge of the tree line.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29But as they draw closer it's clear landing is not an option.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34Tree stumps and boggy ground make it too risky to land the 10-tonne,
0:06:34 > 0:06:3617-metre long aircraft.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Even if we have to go into a 15-foot hover,
0:06:39 > 0:06:43get the winch down, that's probably the best way to do it.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49Finding a safer place to land would delay rescuing the injured lumberjack.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53They don't know where he is in the forest, so there may be no option
0:06:53 > 0:06:57but to hover and winch someone down to search for him on foot.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12From agricultural accidents to crimes committed in isolated countryside,
0:07:12 > 0:07:17the emergency services have many extra challenges in our rural areas.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24The Landward Police Unit in Dumfries covers countryside communities
0:07:24 > 0:07:26in an area larger than Merseyside.
0:07:35 > 0:07:42Two of the team's nine officers, PCs Ross Dickson and Stewart Rae,
0:07:42 > 0:07:45are heading five miles away to an incident at the heart of rural crime.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50We're currently going to a potential house break-in.
0:07:50 > 0:07:56The house is vacant just now and there's a theft of copper piping.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01Metal theft is the UK's fastest-growing crime.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04It costs the economy £220 million every year.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08And don't think the countryside escapes metal thieves.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11They travel far and wide to get their hands on this valuable commodity.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15We get a lot of people travelling round in the rural parts
0:08:15 > 0:08:21of the area just looking for scrap metal.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25With the value of scrap metal at an all-time high, on top
0:08:25 > 0:08:29of the current financial climate, metal theft is a problem nationwide.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35It's a very common crime in this area,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38we get a lot of scrap metal thefts.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42It's not as common, house break-ins to get into the house,
0:08:42 > 0:08:44and then steal the copper piping from within,
0:08:44 > 0:08:47but it does happen and it's getting more and more regular.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52A woman keeping an eye on an empty farmhouse that's up for sale
0:08:52 > 0:08:55called police after discovering it had been burgled overnight.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00The farmhouse is seriously off the beaten track.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Over 200 metres down a rough road, on a 9-acre plot.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10We are quite far off the main road now,
0:09:10 > 0:09:14no other buildings around, so if this house is vacant,
0:09:14 > 0:09:20nobody's really going to notice or see anyone coming up here.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26Remote, empty buildings are especially vulnerable to thieves.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28It's obviously getting used and stuff.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30But this is no ordinary break-in.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35To get hold of the copper piping, the thieves have literally ripped
0:09:35 > 0:09:37apart this isolated building.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45You can see they've been here for quite some time.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Pulled up floorboards, radiators as well.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56They've even taken the toilet off and everything.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58There's a footprint there in the cistern.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Round here's where they've taken, you can see
0:10:01 > 0:10:04where they've cut the copper pipes from the cupboard there.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08They've stripped out the whole cupboard of the copper pipes, you can see where it's been cut.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Priced at around £5,000 a tonne,
0:10:12 > 0:10:16copper has doubled in value over the last few years
0:10:16 > 0:10:19They've been here for a while. It's obviously taken some time,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22cos you can see they've bent up all the carpet.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28In Dumfries and Galloway, metal theft accounts for at least three call outs a month.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34The officers must now start piecing together the evidence that
0:10:34 > 0:10:39might lead them to the perpetrators of this costly crime.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Potential for fingerprints off the toilet and cistern
0:10:42 > 0:10:43and all that stuff.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47Just getting our scenes of crime officer out to
0:10:47 > 0:10:50come and take photographs of everything that's here.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Footprints, there's a database where we can send off these prints
0:10:53 > 0:10:55and they can come back with the exact make of shoe.
0:10:55 > 0:10:56It gives us something
0:10:56 > 0:11:00to look at if we get somebody in with the same shoes.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01But it's not just finger
0:11:01 > 0:11:04and footprints than can help catch a thief.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Stewart's found more clues.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08We'll obviously get imprints of these marks.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Scenes of crime can match them with screwdrivers or jimmy bars.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18So far there's no sign of how the burglar got in,
0:11:18 > 0:11:20only how they got out.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23They've forced the door although there's no marks,
0:11:23 > 0:11:25jimmy marks or screwdrivers.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32So, we're just trying to see if it's just been brute force.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35This is snapped...
0:11:35 > 0:11:36See that from this side?
0:11:39 > 0:11:44It would suggest they've got in somewhere else and they've came out this way.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49There's two dents underneath the window here,
0:11:49 > 0:11:53so don't know if they've forced the window open and jumped in through
0:11:53 > 0:11:57the window that way, and they've had to break out, through the back door,
0:11:57 > 0:12:00with the damage to the back door, it looks like that.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Collecting evidence is essential, but with no obvious suspects
0:12:06 > 0:12:09what Ross and Stewart really need are witnesses.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13When a local farmer turns up, he might have some clues.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Back in remote woodland in the west of Scotland,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30the Royal Navy Search and Rescue Team are trying to reach
0:12:30 > 0:12:32a lumberjack who's trapped under a tree.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39They've spotted his colleagues, but don't know how far into the forest the casualty is.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44The terrain's too uneven and boggy to land the 10-tonne helicopter,
0:12:44 > 0:12:48so the only choice is to lower winchman Lee Haggerty down to find him.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58- Lower the winch. - Just mind those logs.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Coming down with ten feet to the ground.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Five feet to the ground. On the ground.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Disconnected. Raise the winch, raise the winch.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Once we get into the 10, 15-foot hover,
0:13:12 > 0:13:15you can see that there's nowhere you can land on, just tree stumps, you've
0:13:15 > 0:13:20got fallen logs, it's undulating ground, it's not worth risking
0:13:20 > 0:13:23the aircraft when it takes two minutes extra just to winch down.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34- Right, you, is it?- Aye.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Oh, right, I thought it was someone stuck under a tree.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43When we got there, there was two guys, there was a guy
0:13:43 > 0:13:45out in the open area and a guy in the tree line.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48I thought he was just indicating the casualty was inside the tree line.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51It turns out the casualty was actually that guy.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Which is quite a shock and told him to get down as soon as possible.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Unbelievably, 24-year-old Brent has managed to get
0:13:58 > 0:14:00out from under the tree
0:14:00 > 0:14:03and drag himself 30 feet to the edge of the forest
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Considering a hefty 80-foot tree has crushed his leg,
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Brent's remarkably calm.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Winchman Lee's trained to ambulance technician level
0:14:22 > 0:14:26so will do what he can to treat him, until they get to hospital.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33The first thing he needs to do is cut open Brent's trousers,
0:14:33 > 0:14:37but thinking how much they cost, Brent's not keen.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Just leave them, mate, I'll get a splint on you.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Knee cap's slightly off to the left, you can see.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53- Pain score, what is that? - That's a seven or eight, that.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59He's badly injured, so the transfer to the helicopter could be painful.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- Sure you don't want any pain relief? - No, I'm fine just now.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Going to be moving you, you might be in a bit of pain, just let me know and I've got some of this.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11We offered him analgesia but he said he was fine.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14But yeah, he was a pretty tough guy, big lumberjack,
0:15:14 > 0:15:16to be expected really.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Brent's been a lumberjack all his working life.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Astonishingly, he's showing no signs of pain in what Lee believes
0:15:23 > 0:15:26to be a broken tibia, in his lower leg.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29So the tree sprang out when you was cutting it...
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Sprang against me and trapped me against...
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Cutting this one with a chainsaw, it sprung this way.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Bent him at the ankle, whacked him on the knee and knocked him flat.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42Brent needs hospital treatment. But there's a problem.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45They need to get him clear of the trees so they can winch him
0:15:45 > 0:15:46on to the aircraft.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51First, they must secure his leg.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Just placing a vac splint on him to immobilize his leg so it doesn't move in our transit.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Basically there's loads of little tiny balls in here, and then
0:16:00 > 0:16:06you suck the air out, creates a vacuum obviously, then immobilizes.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14- That OK?- Fine, aye.- Compressing the bottom of your leg as well, can you feel it?
0:16:14 > 0:16:15Yeah, yeah, I can feel it.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Thankfully, Brent's workmates are on hand to help perform
0:16:24 > 0:16:25a lumberjack lift.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29Get that arm over your shoulder, and you cross arms at the bottom.
0:16:29 > 0:16:36But being moved closer to the helicopter without pain relief could be absolute agony.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Right, one, two, three.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40They might need a change of plan.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44- I'm going to slip, going to slip, going to slip.- You'll be all right.
0:16:49 > 0:16:55Later, the Navy Search and Rescue Team attempt to recover the injured lumberjack.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00And continue down 20 feet, slowly.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03And the police are on the hunt for more thieves targeting
0:17:03 > 0:17:05farms for valuable equipment.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09I realise the chances of seeing it again are pretty slim.
0:17:09 > 0:17:14But first, it's over to A & E where a young farmer has had a serious accident.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Something hit me in the face...
0:17:23 > 0:17:27Like the police in this rural region of Scotland,
0:17:27 > 0:17:30the staff at Dumfries Royal Infirmary look after
0:17:30 > 0:17:32148,000 people
0:17:32 > 0:17:35dotted throughout an area roughly the size of Devon.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42It's just after six in the evening
0:17:42 > 0:17:46and Dr Niall Campbell is working the night shift in A & E.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49He's been a consultant here for over two years
0:17:49 > 0:17:52so has seen his fair share of countryside incidents.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56The trauma that we see is somewhat different to a city centre.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59We see road traffic accidents, mountain biking accidents,
0:17:59 > 0:18:03farming and forestry injuries.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07With the rural road network, we will often get people who have
0:18:07 > 0:18:10been involved in much higher speed collisions than would have
0:18:10 > 0:18:11happened in city congestion.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16Agriculture provides more than half of our food needs and in this
0:18:16 > 0:18:20part of the UK, farming and forestry are the main sources of income.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Agricultural accidents are common
0:18:25 > 0:18:29and today a young sheep farmer's suffered a bad one in the field.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34I've been asked by one of the junior doctors to have a
0:18:34 > 0:18:37look at a gentleman who's been in a quad biking accident on a farm
0:18:37 > 0:18:41where I believe something's been thrown up and hit him in the face.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Like many farmers,
0:18:44 > 0:18:4832-year-old David needs a quad bike to get around his farm.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Whilst checking on his sheep at dusk,
0:18:52 > 0:18:56an object flew out of nowhere, giving him a nasty injury.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59He's since been given morphine to help ease the pain
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Can you tell me what happened today?
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Do you know what it was?
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Did it knock you off the bike?
0:19:19 > 0:19:21No.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24You stopped the bike then and didn't lose control of it.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Did the visor get smashed?
0:19:32 > 0:19:33You don't know.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Despite the blow to his head,
0:19:39 > 0:19:42David managed to drive his quad bike back to the farm.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45If he'd been stuck in the field at night,
0:19:45 > 0:19:47it could have been a very different story.
0:19:47 > 0:19:53- I just wanted to clarify, you were brought here I think by one of your family, is that right?- Yes.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55It then took David's wife almost an hour to drive them 20 miles
0:19:55 > 0:19:57from their farm near Lockerbie in rush hour
0:20:09 > 0:20:12But the bumpy journey back over farmland to get help
0:20:12 > 0:20:15could have made his injuries even worse.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20Can I just ask, where are you feeling sore? Obviously your face.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Is it just the face?
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Generally the whole of the head or any neck or back pain at all?
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Although David's pain is mainly in his head, Dr Campbell needs
0:20:34 > 0:20:37to make sure he doesn't have a more serious injury in his neck.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42How does that feel?
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Good. That's a good sign.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I'm just going to press,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51let me know if there's anywhere that's particularly sore.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Is that OK round here?
0:20:53 > 0:20:56It's not the first time David's been to hospital
0:20:56 > 0:20:57because of his quad bike.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21With a nasty head injury like this,
0:21:21 > 0:21:25concussion, a minor brain injury, is common.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Niall must check for symptoms like nausea,
0:21:27 > 0:21:29dizziness and vision problems
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Open your eyes really wide, really, really wide.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37Keep your head still, and follow my finger, just watch my finger,
0:21:37 > 0:21:39and come all the way across.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Tell me if you see double. You might...
0:21:44 > 0:21:47And up we come. And down.
0:21:48 > 0:21:53We need to have a look at those wounds and get them sorted out.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57I want to see if underneath, that the face has not been injured.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Can I just feel inside the mouth as well?
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Let me know if this is sore.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Don't bite me, just a raise a hand.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04OK on that side?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08David's sent to have X-rays of the bones in his face to
0:22:08 > 0:22:10check for any breaks.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Quad bike accidents are not uncommon,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14certainly I've seen a few since starting here.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17He has been wearing a protective helmet
0:22:17 > 0:22:20and it does seem to be isolated to the face,
0:22:20 > 0:22:25he's not got any neck or back pain, so I think we'll focus in on that.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28The X-rays have come back with no sign of fractures.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32The quad bike's visor protected David from more serious damage.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36He's now been cleaned up and his wounds sutured together.
0:22:39 > 0:22:46So I think you've been stitched up. How are you feeling?
0:22:46 > 0:22:47Still a bit rotten?
0:22:59 > 0:23:02I wouldn't be, I'm not surprised, that, you know,
0:23:02 > 0:23:05the most common, the most common simple symptoms after any
0:23:05 > 0:23:10kind of head injury are mild headache and dizziness.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14You're nice and alert, I'm not noticing anything too untoward,
0:23:14 > 0:23:17but the fact you're still feeling a bit rotten,
0:23:17 > 0:23:21still have some headache, I'd prefer that we watched you
0:23:21 > 0:23:24overnight to make sure that settles down.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28And it gives us two advantages, it makes us, if things are not settling down,
0:23:28 > 0:23:33we can think about whether we need to do any extra tests.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37- We can make sure the eye's doing OK in the morning as well.- Yes.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41David will be kept in and monitored overnight.
0:23:43 > 0:23:48But later, we'll see another young lad who's also had to make the 12-mile journey from Lockerbie.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50- Are you able to move your arm at all?- Nah.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07At another farm incident, PCs Ross Dickson and Stewart Rae
0:24:07 > 0:24:11have been investigating a break-in at an empty, isolated farmhouse.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16The property's been ripped apart by thieves,
0:24:16 > 0:24:19who have stolen all its copper piping.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21A common countryside crime.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30We'll go round the neighbouring farms and see
0:24:30 > 0:24:32if they've seen anything suspicious.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Put out a media release
0:24:34 > 0:24:37and we'll go round scrap metal dealers as well, see if
0:24:37 > 0:24:41anyone's been in with copper piping and see what we can do from there.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46Ross knows from his four years on the rural beat that cases like
0:24:46 > 0:24:51these can be incredibly difficult to solve, especially without witnesses.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55The woman who discovered it this morning said that it was all OK yesterday,
0:24:55 > 0:24:59so it suggests that it's obviously happened overnight.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05What we need to do is try and get the timescales narrowed down a wee bit more.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08This is obviously a used farmyard, I would suggest that a farmer
0:25:08 > 0:25:10would have been here mid evening last night,
0:25:10 > 0:25:13so we can try and narrow the timescales down a wee bit more.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Ross is in luck when a local farmer turns up.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23- When was the last time you were here, last night?- Yesterday afternoon.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28- Yesterday afternoon. - One, half one-ish?- Half one, OK. Had anyone coming up lately?
0:25:28 > 0:25:32Well, there was people up here yesterday, but this house...
0:25:32 > 0:25:36- For sale.- Aye. And they were having a look round.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Right, OK. No problem.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45Take it there was an estate agent with them, showing them around and stuff like that?
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Not sure who exactly. There was two cars.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Two men and a woman.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53Stewart wants to check if yesterday's viewing by two men and
0:25:53 > 0:25:59a woman was genuine, but it's Sunday and the estate agents aren't open.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02It could be completely innocent, but either way,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05identifying the threesome could help their investigation.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09The amount of piping of the copper they've taken will be worth
0:26:09 > 0:26:12possibly £1,000 worth of copper, but the actual
0:26:12 > 0:26:16value for redoing the house with the piping is much more than that.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20With limited evidence and no solid leads,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23catching these thieves is going to be very difficult.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27We had scenes of crime out to check for fingerprints,
0:26:27 > 0:26:30but unfortunately, there's no fingerprints anywhere.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34It's in the middle of nowhere, rural area, they're not wearing any,
0:26:34 > 0:26:38they're wearing gloves, they're not leaving anything behind for us
0:26:38 > 0:26:40to go on, it gets very, very difficult.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43However, we still investigate it as thoroughly as we can.
0:26:47 > 0:26:52Crimes like these, in remote, rural locations, can be hard to solve.
0:26:52 > 0:26:57Prevention is often the only cure, especially in the case of another farmer we'll see later,
0:26:57 > 0:27:00who left valuable equipment out in plain view.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03I noticed you're not securing the door.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12A detached farmhouse, 200 metres from a road,
0:27:12 > 0:27:16is nothing compared to the remoteness of isolated woodland.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Lumberjack Brent has been seriously injured at least
0:27:21 > 0:27:22a mile from the nearest track.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Helicopter rescue is his best option.
0:27:25 > 0:27:31Winchman Lee Haggerty from the Navy's Search And Rescue team is preparing to lift him.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- Are you sure you don't want pain relief?- I'm fine just now.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41We're going to be moving you, you might be in a bit of pain but let me know and I've got something.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46Lee's stabilised Brent's leg with a vacuum splint ready to move him.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Now he arranges for the winch kit to be lowered.
0:27:53 > 0:27:59Just getting some equipment sent down from the aircraft so we can get Brent safely recovered
0:28:02 > 0:28:06The downdraft from the helicopter's nine metre rotor blades will
0:28:06 > 0:28:10make the transfer across very rough terrain even more difficult.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Lee needs all the help he can get.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Get that arm over your shoulder and you get the other side,
0:28:17 > 0:28:19and you cross arms at the bottom.
0:28:19 > 0:28:24- One, two, three. Good. You happy? - Aye.
0:28:24 > 0:28:25Watch your feet, guys.
0:28:26 > 0:28:31Despite now describing his pain level as an agonizing eight out of ten,
0:28:31 > 0:28:34tough guy Brent has refused pain relief.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36But he may soon regret that choice.
0:28:36 > 0:28:37Are you happy, you two?
0:28:37 > 0:28:41- I'm going to slip, going to slip. - You're all right.
0:28:41 > 0:28:46- I can feel you slipping.- Do like the old...underneath together.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Ready, go!
0:28:51 > 0:28:53I'm sinking.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59The environment's horrendous, when you're on the ground,
0:28:59 > 0:29:02it's undulating, you've got tree stumps everywhere, there's
0:29:02 > 0:29:04a small stream which we had to extract him across,
0:29:04 > 0:29:08and being only three guys there, he was a pretty big lad as well, it was pretty difficult.
0:29:08 > 0:29:12The guys on the ground are struggling to carry
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Brent between them, without causing him even more pain.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20Observer Phil must guide the helicopter in as close to the trees as he dare.
0:29:21 > 0:29:27Right only, 25 yards and continue down 20 feet slowly.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31Every member of the crew uses focused effort to pull off this dangerous manoeuvre.
0:29:31 > 0:29:36They must steer clear of the tree tops, flying just a 130 feet above the ground.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42Seven yards, five yards, forward right, now back two. Four yards.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Just over the trees.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49- Easy, easy, steady there, good position.- Forward and left,
0:29:49 > 0:29:51have to risk where we are now, OK.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Just got one tree on the nose at about 20 yards.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02It was a horrendous position to winch, not only getting the winch in but extracting the casualty,
0:30:02 > 0:30:04we'd gone through the tree line,
0:30:04 > 0:30:09and it's too dangerous really, when we had another option of the highline, which basically allows
0:30:09 > 0:30:13the aircraft to be away on an angle and then we can slowly take him out
0:30:13 > 0:30:16to a safer area, before bringing him back up to the aircraft.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Brent is put in a cradle attached to a weighted line, or highline
0:30:22 > 0:30:25so he's as stable as possible, whilst the aircraft
0:30:25 > 0:30:29is in a tilted position to keep them clear of the trees.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37Highline's not failed. 40 foot to the aircraft.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41Easy and steady there. Continue left only ten yards slowly.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49OK, raise the winch, just level with the door, OK,
0:30:49 > 0:30:51and standby, you take winch control.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55Right, lower the winch, lower the winch, stop the winch.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Now Brent's safe, the crew head for Glasgow.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Kinloss 1-7-7,
0:31:10 > 0:31:13A-firm, are happy with Glasgow Southern General, over.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Lee hooks Brent up to monitor his heart rate.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21A bit of weather on the moor and Southern General,
0:31:21 > 0:31:25we're going to come straight along the Clyde anyway.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28It's taken the Royal Navy Search and Rescue Team just 25 minutes,
0:31:28 > 0:31:32rather than two hours by road, to safely deliver Brent
0:31:32 > 0:31:35to the waiting medical team at Glasgow's Southern General.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Brilliant example of how we train hard, fight easy and
0:31:42 > 0:31:45we brought all the skills together there and so it was excellent.
0:31:48 > 0:31:49Brave Brent will now be examined
0:31:49 > 0:31:52and X-rayed to find out the extent of his injuries.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08From a common countryside accident, to a common countryside crime.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Just watch yourselves.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14Investigations continue on the isolated farmhouse
0:32:14 > 0:32:15raided for its copper piping.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23Now, PC Ross Dickson's been called to another farm ten miles away.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27This time he's joined by PC of 15 years, Matt Tate.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32Just off to another farm where there's been
0:32:32 > 0:32:36a theft of a pressure washer valued at about £2,000.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40Agricultural theft is a common rural crime,
0:32:40 > 0:32:44costing the UK over £50 million a year.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48Power tools and machinery are some of the most popular items stolen
0:32:48 > 0:32:52from farms, as one farmer, Allan, has just discovered to his cost.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55How you getting on? Pressure washer?
0:32:57 > 0:33:00I was at the market when my son phoned to say it was missing
0:33:00 > 0:33:03and so I mentioned to one or two when I was there actually.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Was it chained up, secured?
0:33:06 > 0:33:07No, no. Just sitting there, aye.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10No-one round just looking for scrap?
0:33:10 > 0:33:14No, I can't think, nobody, nobody springs to mind.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Do you want to show us where it was?
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Aye.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21And it seems Allan was lucky nothing else was stolen.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25I noticed you're not, securing the door.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Well, there is, there is a lock for it,
0:33:28 > 0:33:33You've got that driving lawn mower in there, it's an attractive bit of equipment.
0:33:33 > 0:33:38Like the empty farmhouse, this farm is away from the main road,
0:33:38 > 0:33:41with valuable gear in plain view, when nobody's home,
0:33:41 > 0:33:42it becomes an easy target.
0:33:44 > 0:33:45It just sits here, actually.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49How big is it, it's about what? About three foot wide by...?
0:33:49 > 0:33:53Aye, by five feet. Would take two people to lift it.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56I realise the chances of seeing it again are slim.
0:33:56 > 0:33:57That's it there, look.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59They've dragged it down.
0:33:59 > 0:34:00Yeah.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05Costing two grand and weighing around a hundred kilograms,
0:34:05 > 0:34:08a pressure washer is no easy piece of kit to steal.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11It would have taken two people and a van to get it away.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Nah, it's a heavy, it is a heavy thing.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18I'll get a statement off you, get some details off you and then...
0:34:19 > 0:34:22He has stated that they were broken into a few years ago,
0:34:22 > 0:34:25and they've made an effort to try and keep the place secure.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29It's challenging to try and deal with this.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33And, you know, farmers and stuff are keeping valuable equipment out
0:34:33 > 0:34:36in plain view that people can come in and just see it and just take it.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41It's always best to hide or secure expensive kit to prevent
0:34:41 > 0:34:43yourself becoming a victim.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Back at the station, Matt's next step is spreading the word.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51I will contact local businesses, any outlets that I think
0:34:51 > 0:34:54that could be possibly trying to sell the pressure washer, and
0:34:54 > 0:34:58then, we'll put the serial number onto the police national computer.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02The police have set up an alert system, Farm Watch,
0:35:02 > 0:35:05to help prevent crimes like this.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09So on a follow-up visit, Matt takes Farm Watch Officer PC Derek Hughes.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15There are around 7,500 farms in Dumfriesshire,
0:35:15 > 0:35:19but only 450 are signed up to the Farm Watch Scheme.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23Once you sign up to Farm Watch, we take your mobile number and
0:35:23 > 0:35:26if we get a suspicious incident, whereby your pressure washer was
0:35:26 > 0:35:30stolen, or somebody had seen a van, van going about, we could put
0:35:30 > 0:35:34a message out via text message, to every farmer in the area saying,
0:35:34 > 0:35:37"we're looking for a white van, registration number, such and such."
0:35:37 > 0:35:41Anything that keeps criminals away is worth having a go at.
0:35:41 > 0:35:46Finding stolen farm equipment in a region that's 70% agricultural
0:35:46 > 0:35:49can be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Now Allan has joined Farm Watch,
0:35:51 > 0:35:55it should help stop an incident like this from happening to him again.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08Protecting rural populations is a challenge for all
0:36:08 > 0:36:11the emergency services, where huge distances and scattered
0:36:11 > 0:36:16communities mean staff are stretched across a huge range of incidents.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20In Dumfries, A&E medics deal with a hundred patients a day
0:36:23 > 0:36:30Earlier, we saw Dr Niall Campbell treat accident-prone farmer David after a quad bike accident.
0:36:31 > 0:36:37Now 21-year-old Andrew has travelled 12 miles from Lockerbie with a nasty shoulder injury
0:36:37 > 0:36:39caused in a rather unusual way.
0:36:41 > 0:36:42Doctor Ged Garbutt,
0:36:42 > 0:36:45who's lived in Dumfries for six months, is taking the case.
0:36:45 > 0:36:50Hello, Andrew, I've just come to have a quick look at your shoulder.
0:36:50 > 0:36:56- I've heard from my colleagues that you've dislocated it, and it's something you've done before.- Yeah.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00Could you tell me what's, actually happened today?
0:37:07 > 0:37:09- So you were just reaching for something?- Aye.
0:37:09 > 0:37:14It's the second time in six months that Andrew has dislocated his shoulder.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16How did you dislocate it originally?
0:37:21 > 0:37:22- And you fell that time?- Aye.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Are you able to move your arm at all?
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Yeah, well, I'm not going to examine you, I think what we'll do,
0:37:29 > 0:37:33first of all is to, get you X-rayed and that'll tell us
0:37:33 > 0:37:37whereabouts the shoulder is lying relative to the joint. OK.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40We'll get that organised then we'll come back and see you.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Down there, hang a right then hang a left.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48It's quite interesting that the mechanism of injury isn't
0:37:48 > 0:37:51a fall or anything particularly traumatic.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55I mean what he's telling me, he's actually just reached for something and thrown the shoulder out,
0:37:55 > 0:37:59and what that implies is that there's a degree of laxity, looseness in the joint.
0:37:59 > 0:38:04Shoulder dislocations need immediate medical attention.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Andrew has just two A&E departments in rural Dumfries and Galloway
0:38:07 > 0:38:12he can go to, whilst patients in greater London, have 34.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Head on through there.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19Stand with your back against that board for me.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22That's lovely. Nice and still there.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33This is an X-ray of Andrew,
0:38:33 > 0:38:38and you can see that the, head of the humerus here isn't
0:38:38 > 0:38:41actually sitting in the joint, it should actually be sat on,
0:38:41 > 0:38:45on this cup here, but it's actually jumped forward and jumped out.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Our concern now is to, get him analgised,
0:38:48 > 0:38:52make sure that he doesn't have any pain, try and make sure that
0:38:52 > 0:38:56he's relaxed and then we'll try and pop this bone back into its socket.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00Having a dislocated joint can be agony so getting
0:39:00 > 0:39:05Andrew as relaxed as possible is key, and that means medication.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08A lot of time people think that its brute force that does it,
0:39:08 > 0:39:13and it's exactly the opposite. What you want is to get the patient comfortable.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16So, we take our time, you need to be patient,
0:39:16 > 0:39:20and if the patient is relaxed, it's a much easier procedure
0:39:20 > 0:39:22So are you in much pain at the moment?
0:39:22 > 0:39:23- A wee bit.- A wee bit.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25All right, well we need to get on top of that and try
0:39:25 > 0:39:27and get you very relaxed.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29The more relaxed you are, the easier it is to get in.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33So I'm going to give you some painkillers to start with, OK.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40You're going to probably start feeling a bit woozy.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Just going to give you a little bit more of this.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48It's an extremely painful procedure so Ged isn't taking any chances.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Andrew's given gas and air, the sedative Midazolam
0:39:51 > 0:39:54and the powerful painkiller Morphine.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56They will help block out the pain
0:39:56 > 0:39:59and make Andrew feel as relaxed as possible.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Give you some more morphine, OK? Nice big breaths
0:40:11 > 0:40:13It looks like the medication's working.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15How are you feeling?
0:40:15 > 0:40:18Better. Better than before.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Very good, that's what we like.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23What I'm going to do is to lie you back, yeah,
0:40:23 > 0:40:25keep sucking on that, yeah.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Ged carefully manipulates Andrew's arm,
0:40:37 > 0:40:41rotating it until he can feel the joint click back into place
0:40:50 > 0:40:55- How you doing?- OK.- Yeah? We can stop this now.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59I felt it clink in so I'm quite, you know, I'm pretty optimistic that
0:40:59 > 0:41:03it'll be in the right place, but we need to get it X-rayed again, OK?
0:41:03 > 0:41:06Hi, Andrew we're back again.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10There's one final X-ray to check everything's in place,
0:41:10 > 0:41:14then Andrew will need monitoring as the drugs wear off.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Post reduction, we can actually see that the humerus is now,
0:41:17 > 0:41:21back up, sitting in the appropriate joint on the scapula.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27Hi there. You feeling better?
0:41:27 > 0:41:31Well your shoulders look the same from here which is good.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Yeah, so it's not down here anymore.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36We've had a look at the X-ray and it looks fine, it looks as
0:41:36 > 0:41:39though we've got the shoulder back into its joint, but what we'll
0:41:39 > 0:41:43have to do now I think is to get you to see the orthopaedic doctors.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48It'll be here, at the out-patients clinic.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52All right, see you later.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56With two dislocations in six months,
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Andrew's weak shoulder may need surgery.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Every year in the UK, over ten thousand ops are carried out
0:42:02 > 0:42:06to repair damaged shoulders, but for now he's fixed up
0:42:06 > 0:42:10and ready to face the 12 mile bus journey back home.
0:42:10 > 0:42:11See yous later!
0:42:23 > 0:42:27It's been all go for the emergency services in Scotland's rural areas.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34Sheep farmer David was kept in hospital for two nights for observation.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37His wound is now healed and he's back out on his quad bike again.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Dumfries police are still investigating the
0:42:42 > 0:42:45copper piping theft, visiting scrap dealers for any leads.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50And lumberjack Brent, spent five days in hospital.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53The break had gone down through his knee into his tibia.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57He now has bolts holding the weakened bones together.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59And you thought it was quiet in the countryside!
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