0:00:02 > 0:00:06From the Highlands of Scotland, to the coast of Cornwall,
0:00:06 > 0:00:09the great British countryside is spectacular.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14But we work and play in it at our peril.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19And when things go wrong,
0:00:19 > 0:00:22the emergency services race to the rescue.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26This chap is having a heart attack and we need to get him in quickly.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30There's no police courses for this.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34Going hundreds of miles against the clock,
0:00:34 > 0:00:36battling the elements and braving the weather.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43From fields and forests,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46to cliffs and country roads,
0:00:46 > 0:00:48we'll be right at the heart of the action.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51With police fighting crime...
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Could seize your dogs, I could seize your van,
0:00:53 > 0:00:56but I'm going to summons you all to court.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57..paramedics saving lives...
0:00:57 > 0:00:59BABY CRIES
0:00:59 > 0:01:02..and wardens safeguarding our lakes.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Come out of the way!
0:01:05 > 0:01:09We're there as the emergency services pull together to pick up,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11patch up, and protect the public.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15This is Countryside 999.
0:01:34 > 0:01:35Coming up...
0:01:35 > 0:01:39medics treat an injured rider at horse trials in Herefordshire.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Can you tell me where you are?
0:01:41 > 0:01:42What happened?
0:01:45 > 0:01:49In Cornwall, Air Ambulance race to a young farmer suffering
0:01:49 > 0:01:50an extreme allergic reaction.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57And County Durham cops call time on some unhappy campers.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Someone packing up the tents, then?
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Come on, then, chop chop.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10The great outdoors.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17There's nothing we Brits like more than getting out and about in it.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Whether on two wheels, two legs or four.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Horse riding is a big part of country life,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36with 3.5 million of us taking to the saddle every year.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42But not everyone's after a gentle canter in the country.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Each year, across the UK, thousands of riders take part
0:02:50 > 0:02:54in an adrenaline-fuelled equestrian sport -
0:02:54 > 0:02:55horse trials.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01With dressage, show-jumping
0:03:01 > 0:03:05and cross-country, it's the ultimate horse triathlon,
0:03:05 > 0:03:07so riding hats and body protectors are a must,
0:03:07 > 0:03:11as experienced eventer Alice knows all too well.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13It can be quite dangerous.
0:03:13 > 0:03:19Obviously, he's about a 600kg horse, and we're going about 25-30 mph,
0:03:19 > 0:03:21and we're jumping solid obstacles,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23so when it goes wrong, it can go drastically wrong.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Half a tonne of horse, 25mph - it's basically like a car crash.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32A car crash without seat belts,
0:03:32 > 0:03:36which can be a big challenge for our rural emergency services.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Helping to take the strain are a team of special event medics
0:03:45 > 0:03:49brought in to provide emergency care for fallen riders.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Paramedics like Cameron McVittie.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Today we are at the British Eventing horse trials.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Obviously, horse sports are quite a high risk.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59There's potential for some nasty injuries.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03They might suffer from a head injury, potential spinal injuries,
0:04:03 > 0:04:07so we are looking for a lot of musculoskeletal injuries today.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Today, the team are at the Sapey Horse Trials.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14A two-day event held in rural Herefordshire.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17The nearest A&E is in Worcester, 18 miles away.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Working with Cameron are husband-and-wife team,
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Doctors Laura and David Davies.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26Lovely. OK, brilliant.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Well, from a neurosurgical point of view,
0:04:28 > 0:04:30we see more injuries due to equestrian sports
0:04:30 > 0:04:31than almost any other.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35The nastiest fall that we will have here
0:04:35 > 0:04:36is what's called a rotational fall,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38where the horse and rider come over a fence
0:04:38 > 0:04:41and the horse and rider, as a complex,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43rotate and the horse falls on the rider.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48When they happen, rotational falls are the most likely
0:04:48 > 0:04:49to cause serious injury.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55The show's riskiest event, cross-country, is in full swing.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02A slight miscalculation could cost the rider more than just seconds.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Over the top of the hill towards the trough at ten.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10It's not long before paramedics Cameron and Mark are called
0:05:10 > 0:05:12to their first incident.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Someone's fallen from a horse, we believe.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18We're just going to follow the doctor and see what's going on.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20All we've got so far is it's at fence 11.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28A rider's on the ground.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Both doctors, David and Laura, are at the scene.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33She's hurt herself.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36- Are you OK, my love? - Who are you?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Don't... Just rest down. Rest down, now.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Rest yourself down. I'm going to take your hat off now.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43I need you to just lie like this, OK?
0:05:43 > 0:05:45I'm going to put my hands over your face, OK?
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Let's just take your hat off.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Just relax. You rest. We don't need you to do anything, my love.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Can you tell me where you are?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Can you tell me where you are?
0:05:59 > 0:06:01OK. Have you got some rubber gloves?
0:06:01 > 0:06:02Which horse trials?
0:06:05 > 0:06:0825-year-old professional eventer Lissa
0:06:08 > 0:06:11fell after trying to clear fence 11.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13The horse fell on top of her.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14You fell off your horse.
0:06:16 > 0:06:1711.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21The dog kennel.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24She's conscious and worried about her horse.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26- Is he all right?- He's good, yes. I watched him walk away.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29I'm going to go and find him in a minute when you've gone.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Laura and David work quickly to assess her injuries.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34We need to check you're safe.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37No, I don't think you should be getting back on, love.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Will you let us put this mask on?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Can you tell me your name?
0:06:44 > 0:06:47I know, you've hurt your face. You've hurt yourself.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51We started to just expose the area, removing her protective clothing
0:06:51 > 0:06:53and we could see that she had a deformity on her chest
0:06:53 > 0:06:57and to her collarbone and that there had clearly been an injury there.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01We were then given a report that the saddle had actually been bent
0:07:01 > 0:07:03at the back, which meant that the full weight of the horse
0:07:03 > 0:07:07had probably been transferred on to her chest.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08It's a rotational fall,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11which means Lissa could have serious internal injuries.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Keeping her still, or immobilising her,
0:07:17 > 0:07:20is now vital to prevent further damage.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22But Lissa is confused.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Just try and relax your arm for a second.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29Whereabouts is it sore?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34- Stop saying sorry.- Don't you worry. Don't you worry.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Let's get a collar.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37If you ride enough horses,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40sooner or later you're going to fall off the odd one. OK?
0:07:41 > 0:07:47She's got blood around her mouth and a very bruised chin.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Just relax for us. We'll give you something for the pain in a minute.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Just something gentle for the pain.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- No, you need to just stay down on the floor, my love.- Stay down.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00We really need you to stay down.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02It's all right, sweetheart. Just lie still.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06No, you don't. You need to lie still.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08You really need to lie still now.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10One of the most difficult things to do in these cases,
0:08:10 > 0:08:15where somebody is in that state of agitated difficulty,
0:08:15 > 0:08:17is to actually keep them in a safe position.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20They are in danger of making the situation worse by getting up
0:08:20 > 0:08:22and trying to mobilise.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25I'm just going to put this leg down, my love.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Let's just roll her over gently.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Just going to roll you slightly in that direction.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35We're just putting you on to a little stretcher, my love.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Just so we can get you off the grass.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39That's all right. You're doing really well.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41There we are. Off you go. Right.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45So we get a set of blocks, we get a board in, we get a line
0:08:45 > 0:08:47and get some analgesia...
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Cameron calls 999 for an ambulance.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54I'm at the British Eventing horse trials.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Can I give you a coordinate?
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Concerned for Lissa's anxiety and pain,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03David opts for intravenous morphine.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Sorry about this, my love, it might be a bit sharp, all right?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13OK. Fair enough.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19I think you've broken your collarbone, my love.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21You might well have done, yeah.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Just strap those blocks on so we can get her in the ambulance.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28I know, I know. I'm giving you some pain relief.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30There's growing concern for Lissa's injuries.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Laura checks her breathing.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37Lissa.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40I want you to take a nice deep breath in and out for me.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45She's got at least two fractured ribs.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46Yeah, lovely.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Pain relief again.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57The team upgrade the call and request the Air Ambulance.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02They now need to get her into a more controlled environment
0:10:02 > 0:10:04until the helicopter arrives.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23North Cornwall.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27Its rugged coastline shaped and sculpted by pounding surf
0:10:27 > 0:10:28and Atlantic winds.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38A perfect playground for the adventurous.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43And home to one very busy rural emergency service.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Cornwall's Air Ambulance flies around 800 missions a year,
0:10:52 > 0:10:53on call every day...
0:10:56 > 0:11:00..buying time for the ill and injured from Land's End to Liskeard.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08On shift today are paramedics Mick McLachlan and Paul Symonds.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11We're just getting the aircraft out of the hangar.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13The weather's bad today.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14We've got a windy day today.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15For the safety of the aircraft,
0:11:15 > 0:11:17we've kept it indoors until we get a call.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21And an emergency call has just come in.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Hello, caller. Mick speaking.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27A man has been pulled from the sea
0:11:27 > 0:11:29just minutes from the helicopter base.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32We're located just on the edge of Watergate Bay here.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34It's quite a well-known surfing spot.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37We get a lot of big surf around here. And beautiful.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40But, potentially, there are some serious incidents out there.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45OK, somebody's been pulled from the water.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Not sure how long they've been in the water.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Initially unconscious. Now they're conscious and alert
0:11:49 > 0:11:51and we've been called down to the beach.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00From the base in Newquay, Watergate Bay is just four miles away.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04There's lots of kite surfers. Going to be a bit of a problem.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Yeah, lots of kite surfers.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Nice, big beach, but lots of kite surfers around the water line.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14But, obviously, their kites extend over a fair distance.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20Kite-surf lines can stretch up to 40 metres in the air -
0:12:20 > 0:12:22a big hazard for the helicopter.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25There's three or four kites loose on the ground.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Getting tangled in the disc is a big worry.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31We're not entirely sure where the incident is on the beach.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44700 receiving.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Yeah, hello, there. We're overhead orbiting.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Can't see obviously where the patient is on the beach.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53We're slightly struggling with the wind surfers.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56There's a lot of kites down near the water line.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57So, at the moment, the main beach
0:12:57 > 0:12:59isn't a particularly safe place for us to land.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11If we have a still, we'll stand down. Over.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Yeah, the crew have got to the chap.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17They've found him. He's conscious and orientated.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19He has ingested a little bit of water,
0:13:19 > 0:13:21so he will need to go to hospital.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24But they're quite happy to go by road.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27So, yeah, they've stood us down,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30so we're clear to go back and be available for further jobs.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35But it's never long between call-outs.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39News comes through on the radio of another emergency.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Someone having an allergic reaction.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Anaphylactic reaction it's given as.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54She thinks it's as a result of an insect bite.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Unfortunately, we've got to get some fuel before we can go.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01So, we'll just do a little refuel and then head off.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09The team refuel in just three minutes and they're off.
0:14:13 > 0:14:14And not a moment too soon.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16There's an update on the casualty.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33Anaphylaxis is really deemed as a severe allergic reaction,
0:14:33 > 0:14:36a life-threatening allergic reaction.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38In this situation, we're talking about airways swelling,
0:14:38 > 0:14:40we're talking about the tongue swelling,
0:14:40 > 0:14:42we're talking about the chest becoming tight
0:14:42 > 0:14:44and then actually unable to breathe.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Those are all symptoms that are, potentially, life-threatening.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54The helicopter is now heading 20 miles east to an isolated farm
0:14:54 > 0:14:55near the village of Fowey.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59There's a car on the way. It's over 25 minutes away.
0:14:59 > 0:15:04It's quite a remote part of the county where the patient is.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07So, we should be overhead in about three-and-a-half minutes.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12- At the top here, the farm is marked. - There you go. That's where it is.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Extreme allergic reactions can be controlled by an EpiPen
0:15:18 > 0:15:21that injects adrenaline into the body.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23This should reduce swelling and help with breathing.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31But, in this case, the EpiPen hasn't worked.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Hello, Fiona. I'm Mick.
0:15:37 > 0:15:3919-year-old farmer Fiona was bitten by an insect
0:15:39 > 0:15:41while out on her tractor.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47Shortly after, her arm and tongue began to swell up.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51And I gather this has been happening several times lately.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53And is it sort of freshly diagnosed?
0:15:53 > 0:15:57Is it a newly-diagnosed thing all this or has it been a long-term...?
0:15:57 > 0:16:01She had her first reaction three years ago...
0:16:01 > 0:16:02Right.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04..to kiwi fruit.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09I'm just going to have a listen to your chest
0:16:09 > 0:16:10and I'll take your blood pressure.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Did you feel wheezy or tight-chested at all
0:16:12 > 0:16:14or just your tongue was so big and...?
0:16:18 > 0:16:22She was out working in the field on the tractor
0:16:22 > 0:16:25and just came in saying, "It's happening again."
0:16:25 > 0:16:28After she'd used the first EpiPen, I called 999
0:16:28 > 0:16:31and, thankfully, the paramedics are on their way.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35We're half an hour from the nearest town.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Even with a blue light,
0:16:37 > 0:16:40they're going to struggle to get here within 20 minutes.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42So, the air ambulance is an absolute godsend.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Thankfully, the second shot of adrenaline is kicking in,
0:16:47 > 0:16:51preventing Fiona's body from going into full anaphylactic shock.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53How does Fiona appear to you now?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- An awful lot better!- A lot better?
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Good. Good.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Fiona's breathing has improved.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01But Mick's still keen to get her to hospital.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Right, we'll do a bit of monitoring in the aircraft on the way.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06I'll take your blood pressure and heart rate.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10If I could pop an ECG on you, just to have a look at the heart rate.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12We needed to get the patient checked over.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15She required two doses of adrenaline to address the symptoms,
0:17:15 > 0:17:16which is quite a hefty dose of adrenaline.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18It's quite a potent drug.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20But, also, on this occasion,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22it wasn't clear what's caused the allergic reaction,
0:17:22 > 0:17:25so that needed a bit of further investigation.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Just come round the far side there, Fiona.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34They're taking her to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36It's only going to be a fairly short ride in.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38It's a lot quicker this way than by road.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Right, that sits down on your right side of your tummy.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53And that down on the left side as well, all right?
0:18:00 > 0:18:04- What we'll do, we'll sit you up again in two seconds, all right?- OK.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06You just look out the window, OK?
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Update your Facebook profile picture or something like that.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Do you want a hand there at all? - No, I'm fine. There we go.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Awesome. OK.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22With the swelling going down, Fiona is finding it much easier to speak.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Since her first serious allergic reaction
0:18:47 > 0:18:49to kiwi fruit three years ago,
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Fiona regularly has extreme reactions
0:18:51 > 0:18:53to an increasing range of triggers.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Until two weeks ago, she's managed to control them with an EpiPen.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19With four reactions in ten days,
0:19:19 > 0:19:21it's a worrying development for a young farmer
0:19:21 > 0:19:23living and working in a remote location.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Finding the cause of Fiona's seemingly random,
0:19:46 > 0:19:48but very severe reactions,
0:19:48 > 0:19:49is now down to the specialists.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56OK.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06- All right?- Yeah.- You OK there?
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Awesome.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11HELICOPTER ALTIMETER: 100 feet.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15A smooth and speedy transfer
0:20:15 > 0:20:19has helped take the sting out of a scary experience for Fiona.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23I think it is quite terrifying, these allergic reactions.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Your tongue starts swelling up, your airways constrict,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28you become wheezy, you're fighting for breath.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29It's a terrifying thing, yeah.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49180 miles north of Truro,
0:20:49 > 0:20:53there's another medical emergency in need of air ambulance support.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58At the horse trials in Herefordshire,
0:20:58 > 0:21:00the cross-country event has been suspended
0:21:00 > 0:21:03while the medical team treat fallen rider Lissa.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Lovely. Onto the trolley. And down.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08Beautiful, beautiful.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12They're concerned she may have serious injuries
0:21:12 > 0:21:13and have called for a helimed.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Essentially, the horse has fallen onto her chest.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20She sustained quite significant chest injuries.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23She's broken at least a couple of ribs, her right collarbone.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27In these situations, you never know when the chest could deteriorate.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30So, it's very important that we move as quickly as possible
0:21:30 > 0:21:32and get her to a major trauma centre as soon as we can.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36How's your pain, my love?
0:21:36 > 0:21:37LISSA GROANS
0:21:37 > 0:21:38Support her shoulder.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44As the Midlands Air Ambulance arrives,
0:21:44 > 0:21:47David speaks to Lissa's concerned mum on the phone.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49She's holding her own. She's alert.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51She's having a joke with us. She's got some oxygen on her.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53She's broken her collarbone.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56And also probably a couple of ribs.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Although, that's speculative at the moment.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59But she's perfectly stable.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Just as a precaution, we've got the air ambulance in.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03Just because of our remote location.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07Don't you worry, my love.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09We're probably completely overcooking it,
0:22:09 > 0:22:11but we've only got your best interests at heart.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Lissa's good friend Frankie is on hand for support,
0:22:17 > 0:22:19in her mum's absence.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42I'm just going to put you on loudspeaker.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43We want this tightened a little bit.
0:22:43 > 0:22:44OK, speak to your mummy.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49I know! I'm so sorry...
0:22:56 > 0:22:58I don't know. I don't remember.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02Events such as this...
0:23:02 > 0:23:04When the young girl spoke to her mother on the phone,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06the mother's first instinct was to laugh.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I hear that she was quite an experienced rider herself.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12It's very interesting to see people's reactions.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Thank you very much. Cheers.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18It's job done for the medics.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21But Lissa's journey is far from over.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25She's desperate to get back in the saddle.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28But, until she's examined at the hospital,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30she won't know the extent of her injuries.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47For kids, the countryside is a place of escape and adventure.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51When summer holidays descend...
0:23:52 > 0:23:55..getting away from the grown-ups can be fun for some...
0:23:56 > 0:23:58..but a headache for others.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00It's thoughtless. Absolutely mindless.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03I think they probably just picked up a recycling box
0:24:03 > 0:24:05and just started the fire in the box.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Bringing our rural bobbies some tricky policing challenges.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16In County Durham, on the edge of the northern Pennines,
0:24:16 > 0:24:18is the small town of Consett.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21It's the local patch
0:24:21 > 0:24:24of neighbourhood beat officer PC Kevin Hall.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26KNOCKS ON DOOR
0:24:26 > 0:24:29An ex-engineer, who gave it all up to be a cop.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32I was looking for something with a bit more excitement,
0:24:32 > 0:24:33a bit more challenging.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Being able to get out and about, meet different people
0:24:35 > 0:24:37and help people out, really.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42After a stint in the Metropolitan Police,
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Kevin swapped the city streets for a rural beat in Consett.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49If you took a day of policing in London
0:24:49 > 0:24:51to a day of policing in Consett,
0:24:51 > 0:24:56I think anyone would see that there's major differences here.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58To me, they're both as challenging.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02The challenges for the rural side come about
0:25:02 > 0:25:04just because of the distance that you have to travel.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08So, you've got to be that little bit switched on, thinking ahead,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10so you can get the best out of the situation.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11And if you are by yourself,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14you've got to be that little bit switched on more so.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Today, Kevin is on his own.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Can you just put me in India 0-3 Victor, please?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25And responding to a call of some youths messing about on common land
0:25:25 > 0:25:26on the edge of town.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31A female's witnessed some youths putting up a tent in a field
0:25:31 > 0:25:33and chasing the cattle around
0:25:33 > 0:25:35and shouting and swearing at passers-by in the street.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38It's more than likely that they shouldn't be in the field
0:25:38 > 0:25:40and they haven't got permission to be there
0:25:40 > 0:25:42and to be setting up the tent.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45So, I'll probably end up telling them to move on
0:25:45 > 0:25:46and dismantle the tent
0:25:46 > 0:25:49and spoil their fun for the night, unfortunately.
0:25:51 > 0:25:52It might be common land,
0:25:52 > 0:25:55but the kids still need council permission to camp.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58They may be just looking for something to do
0:25:58 > 0:26:00in their school holidays.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03But fun for some can be a real nuisance for others.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Sometimes, we get the younger youths chasing round horses in the fields
0:26:07 > 0:26:09for a bit of sport.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11And chasing cattle, which can be very serious.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17We do sometimes get the hay bales and the straw bales
0:26:17 > 0:26:18being set on fire, as well.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23Especially the round ones, where the kids find it highly enjoyable
0:26:23 > 0:26:26to set fire to them and roll them down a hill.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31On the way, Kevin speaks to the woman who spotted the youths.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33I stopped the car, coming through the trading estate,
0:26:33 > 0:26:36walked through close enough so I could see.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38- But they couldn't see me. - Right. Yeah.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40- And I don't know how many's there. - Right.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42I could see four. But I think there's more.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48He calls in a Police Community Support Officer for backup.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Until he arrives, Kevin's on his own.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56If they start running, depending on who they are,
0:26:56 > 0:26:58if I can recognise any of them,
0:26:58 > 0:27:02then I'm not so concerned, because I can go back at a later date
0:27:02 > 0:27:05and just knock on their home addresses.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07I'm not anticipating running after them
0:27:07 > 0:27:10because, sometimes, that just adds fuel to the fire
0:27:10 > 0:27:13and they'll just play cat and mouse all day long
0:27:13 > 0:27:15for what we're looking at.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16So...
0:27:17 > 0:27:20I don't know if you can just see through the woods there.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22I can see one tent
0:27:22 > 0:27:23and I've just seen a lad
0:27:23 > 0:27:26in a black and white and blue stripy top.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29And I think they've spotted us, so I'm just going to head up.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34What yous doing here?
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Camping out? So, who's done all the damage to the trees?
0:27:39 > 0:27:40Whose land is this?
0:27:40 > 0:27:41What?
0:27:41 > 0:27:42Whose land is this?
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Have yous got permission to be here?
0:27:46 > 0:27:47It's public.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48It's public land.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51- When we came here, the tree was down.- Right.
0:27:51 > 0:27:52Okey-doke. So...
0:27:54 > 0:27:56You haven't got permission to be here and camp out here.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58- Oh, so, I have to move?- Yep.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00But, first, I want all your details.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05PCSO Mark arrives to lend a hand.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08I'm going to guess, unless something is seriously wrong,
0:28:08 > 0:28:10this isn't your handbag.
0:28:10 > 0:28:11It is!
0:28:11 > 0:28:12No. That's not ours.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14So, whose is it?
0:28:14 > 0:28:15Your sister's?
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Right...
0:28:18 > 0:28:21With some of the kids having disappeared into the nearby woods,
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Mark and Kevin do a quick search.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27And stumble across a totally unexpected find.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Mark's just, obviously, found,
0:28:32 > 0:28:35well, quite a healthy-looking cannabis plant
0:28:35 > 0:28:37that's been planted in the soil down here.
0:28:38 > 0:28:39I'm surprised it's grown.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44But it's definitely a cannabis plant, which is quite unusual.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48I've never seen anybody plant one out in the open before.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50I can just tell by the style of the leaves
0:28:50 > 0:28:52and just the plant itself.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Yeah, it absolutely stinks.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56I've never seen that in my 15-year career.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00It's a bit of a bizarre turn of events
0:29:00 > 0:29:03which was, normally, a run-of-the-mill incident.
0:29:03 > 0:29:04Good find.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07I thought it was going to be something horrendous.
0:29:07 > 0:29:08"I've found a body!"
0:29:09 > 0:29:12I came round the corner and it was there, in the ground.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14I recognised it straight away.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16It's not the kind of thing that you see out here in the wilds.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19So, it's definitely been put there intentionally.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Kevin is now concerned for the kids.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24What is this?
0:29:27 > 0:29:28I know you know who...what it is.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30No, we actually don't know who that is!
0:29:30 > 0:29:32- So, what do you think it is? - Cannabis plant.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34So, even worse,
0:29:34 > 0:29:36the fact that somebody's planting cannabis plants here,
0:29:36 > 0:29:39so they're coming backwards and forwards, probably on a daily basis,
0:29:39 > 0:29:40to check on it...
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Convinced the plant isn't connected to the kids,
0:29:44 > 0:29:46he's worried for their safety.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48You lot are camping out...
0:29:48 > 0:29:50What are they going to think if it's missing, dead or gone?
0:29:50 > 0:29:52And what are they going to do to you?
0:29:53 > 0:29:55They'll probably give you a good hiding.
0:29:55 > 0:29:56And who's going to see them?
0:29:56 > 0:30:00I know you probably think you're hard enough and can handle yourselves,
0:30:00 > 0:30:01but, you know,
0:30:01 > 0:30:04if an adult comes along and finds that it's missing or damaged
0:30:04 > 0:30:06and you're sleeping in your tents...
0:30:09 > 0:30:11After decamping into the woods earlier,
0:30:11 > 0:30:14the other kids have come back.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15What you doing in here, then?
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Like, we were going to camp out.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Right. And where have you just come from?
0:30:19 > 0:30:21Just up there.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Kevin's now keen to get everyone out of the woods for their own welfare.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28- Someone packing up the tents then? - We haven't packed nowt.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29Come on, then, chop-chop!
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Sometimes, it can be difficult dealing with the youths.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34But you've go to sort of take them for what they are.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38You know, the hormonal youth of that age,
0:30:38 > 0:30:40some of them will play up to you,
0:30:40 > 0:30:43some are a bit more shy and reserved when the police are around.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47I'm not very happy that we're getting blamed
0:30:47 > 0:30:49for this destruction of the woods.
0:30:49 > 0:30:50It's public land.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52So, it's public land.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55But, fair enough, that we get blamed for it, but we didn't do it.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57We got our GCSE results as well and...
0:30:58 > 0:31:00..we were just having fun camping.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03By the time we're here and settled down, everyone will be in bed
0:31:03 > 0:31:05and we're not going to be making no distractions
0:31:05 > 0:31:09and we'll not be in no houses. That's why we come to this place.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11Right. Are you about ready?
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Come on, then...
0:31:13 > 0:31:18With their exam result party plan scuppered, the youngsters head home.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Yeah, you can see it from their point of view.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23They just want to spend a night out camping with their friends.
0:31:23 > 0:31:28But they've got to be responsible when they do that and ask permission.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31A party isn't the only thing going up in smoke tonight.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34The cannabis plant will be taken to the station
0:31:34 > 0:31:35and incinerated.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39I've never came across a cannabis plant
0:31:39 > 0:31:43grown or been planted in the wild like that.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46I don't think it was the kids. They were quite shocked by it.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Some of them didn't even know what it was.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53Yeah, very unusual, hidden around the back of some trees.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Yeah. Bit of a mystery, really.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12From country cops to country copters.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15On a previous shift,
0:32:15 > 0:32:19Cornwall Air paramedics Paul Symonds and Mick McLachlan
0:32:19 > 0:32:21came to the rescue of allergy-sufferer Fiona.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26They're back on standby,
0:32:26 > 0:32:29but the crew of one of Britain's busiest air ambulances
0:32:29 > 0:32:31can't put their feet up.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35They need to be ready to scramble at a minute's notice...
0:32:36 > 0:32:39..and be in the air in under three.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41And a call's just come in.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46It's a crew request down to a gentleman
0:32:46 > 0:32:49who's got an internal defib that keeps firing off.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53An internal defib is a heart device implanted inside the body.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56It delivers an electric shock
0:32:56 > 0:32:59whenever it thinks the heart isn't beating properly.
0:33:00 > 0:33:01The patient at this time
0:33:01 > 0:33:03had reported his defib firing four or five times
0:33:03 > 0:33:05while he'd been sat down at home.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07That could be concerning for anybody.
0:33:09 > 0:33:14With the risk of cardiac arrest, it's a time-critical emergency.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23It's, obviously, this morning, he's detected some abnormal rhythm
0:33:23 > 0:33:25and it's started firing off.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27So, it's delivered a few shocks.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31So, there's obviously an unstable cardiac rhythm going on there.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37The helimed is heading 25 miles south-west
0:33:37 > 0:33:39to Mullion on the Lizard peninsula,
0:33:39 > 0:33:42where a land ambulance crew are waiting with the patient.
0:33:45 > 0:33:46Mullion to Treliske...
0:33:46 > 0:33:50I imagine you're looking in the region of about an hour or so,
0:33:50 > 0:33:53because it's down on the Lizard, so it's the most southerly point.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55By air, I imagine we'll be about ten minutes.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Peter, I'm Paul, obviously, one of the colleagues here.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06How are you feeling at the mo?
0:34:06 > 0:34:07Not bad.
0:34:07 > 0:34:1077-year-old Peter was at home resting
0:34:10 > 0:34:14when his internal defib suddenly went off.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Take me back through the last couple of weeks' events.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19I understand this isn't the first time.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22About three weeks ago, I was just relaxing in a chair and it went...
0:34:22 > 0:34:24OK. All right.
0:34:24 > 0:34:25..five times.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30In this situation, with an internal defibrillator actually firing,
0:34:30 > 0:34:34it's a really pretty good indication that one of two things has happened.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36The heart's not beating as it should do
0:34:36 > 0:34:39and it's not going to be effective in what it wants to do.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42The flip side is there could be a malfunction in the defibrillator.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47Paul checks the ambulance ECG that's recorded Peter's heart rhythms.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52So, Peter, you've had no pain with any of this at all, my friend?
0:34:52 > 0:34:55No. I got up to go to the toilet and it just went bang.
0:34:57 > 0:34:58The defib is supposed to trigger
0:34:58 > 0:35:00when Peter is in danger of a heart attack,
0:35:00 > 0:35:04shocking the heart back into a stable rhythm.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06The electric shock only lasts a second or so,
0:35:06 > 0:35:08but can be painful.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10How strange, eh? How bizarre.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13I felt just a bit weak-legged, but...
0:35:13 > 0:35:15OK. Well, I'm going to ask the silliest question of all.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18The original reason you had the defib fitted,
0:35:18 > 0:35:20was that because you actually had a cardiac arrest?
0:35:20 > 0:35:22I had a heart attack in 1998.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25- OK. - Watching Queens Park Rangers...
0:35:25 > 0:35:26PAUL CHUCKLES
0:35:26 > 0:35:29I was going to say, that would do it, eh?
0:35:29 > 0:35:30When we arrived with the patient,
0:35:30 > 0:35:33the patient was actually, generally quite stable.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36Whether his defibrillator had worked appropriately,
0:35:36 > 0:35:38whether things had actually settled down...
0:35:38 > 0:35:41He was very comfortable. He was very chilled out. He was chatty.
0:35:41 > 0:35:42But things can change.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45Just as rapidly as they had changed to make him stable,
0:35:45 > 0:35:47they can change to make him unstable as well.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49And that's a concern for us.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Peter, I think we'll just take you over to the aircraft, OK?
0:35:51 > 0:35:53- We'll get you sorted.- Right. OK.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56OK? If there's anything we can do to make you more comfortable,
0:35:56 > 0:35:57don't hesitate, give us a shout.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00I'll have a quick word with Truro, let them know we're on our way in.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03And we'll be there in about ten minutes or so, all right? Right.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09Peter's lack of pain today adds to the mystery of his triggering defib.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12He felt chest pains central.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14This was two weeks ago, was it?
0:36:14 > 0:36:15When we went to him first time.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Yeah. Three weeks ago. OK, yeah.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20And the last 24 hours or so, you've been feeling yourself?
0:36:20 > 0:36:21Not unwell?
0:36:21 > 0:36:22I got very tired yesterday.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24OK.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26- But no chest pain or anything like that?- No.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Nothing you'd associate with it? OK. Excellent.
0:36:28 > 0:36:29Bear with me two secs, then.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35- I gather you had a helicopter ride two weeks ago?- Yeah.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37- A Sea Queen. - Yeah, this one's a bit smooth.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39- Yes, so they tell me.- Yeah.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42That's more of a Transit van. This is more of a Ferrari.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47Paul rings ahead to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Eight o'clock this morning, his internal defib fired.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52It's fired numerous times this morning, bless him.
0:36:52 > 0:36:53Now, three weeks ago,
0:36:53 > 0:36:56he was admitted to you guys for exactly the same episode.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58That was following chest pain.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02This morning's episode hasn't had any chest pain involved at all.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04And he has got an abnormal ECG.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07ETA to you is going to be 09.50.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Can you hear me OK there, Peter? Are you still comfortable?
0:37:18 > 0:37:20- Yeah. Thank you.- Good, good.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36The team keep a close eye on Peter throughout the short flight.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Within nine minutes, they arrive at the hospital.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42So, when we arrived, they were fantastic.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44They had all the ED ready for us, the emergency department ready,
0:37:44 > 0:37:48and specific doctors there, ready to read the defibrillator and the ECG
0:37:48 > 0:37:51and decide what they were going to do with the patient.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05It was the helimeds' job to get Peter here quickly and safely.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08It's now down to the doctors
0:38:08 > 0:38:10to solve the riddle of his firing defib.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Ready, set, down.
0:38:12 > 0:38:13There we go.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Back in Herefordshire, the horse trials have restarted
0:38:24 > 0:38:26after injured rider Lissa was air lifted
0:38:26 > 0:38:29to Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
0:38:30 > 0:38:31That's actually quite sore now.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33- Collar on.- Whereabouts is it sore?
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Let's put the collar on.
0:38:37 > 0:38:38It may have seemed to some people
0:38:38 > 0:38:40that it was a little bit overkill for what we did.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43But, again, we haven't got X-ray eyes.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45We haven't got X-ray scanners
0:38:45 > 0:38:47or CT scanners or anything like that.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50So, we have to make sure that we take every precaution necessary
0:38:50 > 0:38:52to make sure that she gets that high level of care,
0:38:52 > 0:38:54just in case she does have that underlying injury.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56It hurts...
0:38:57 > 0:39:00It was lucky for Lissa the team did adopt the cautious approach.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08She spent six days in hospital.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13Two months later, Lissa's still recovering at home.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17So, I broke my lower jaw on the right at the front by the chin.
0:39:17 > 0:39:18And that was split into two.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22And then I had lots of little fractures on my upper jaw,
0:39:22 > 0:39:24right at the back on the left.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26And that's been fixed with a plate.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30And then I broke my clavicle, too,
0:39:30 > 0:39:32which has been manipulated back together.
0:39:32 > 0:39:33And then, I also did four ribs
0:39:33 > 0:39:36which, actually, healed fast and quickest, luckily,
0:39:36 > 0:39:38so I could sort of laugh and talk to everyone.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42On the day of the accident,
0:39:42 > 0:39:45everything had been going smoothly for professional eventer Lissa,
0:39:45 > 0:39:47trying out her new horse.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50He's called Malin Head Clover to compete under,
0:39:50 > 0:39:52but we call him Ali G.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57It was my first competition on the horse.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59He was giving me a really nice ride.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02A long time since I've ridden a horse so forward and eager
0:40:02 > 0:40:04and really, really wanting to do his job.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08I mean, it was just meant to be another normal competition,
0:40:08 > 0:40:10another weekend at another show,
0:40:10 > 0:40:12galloping around a field, like we do.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17And it was the last thing I expected, for it all to go wrong.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21We came up to fence 11 which is, ironically,
0:40:21 > 0:40:22the smallest fence on the course.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25And the sun was gleaming off the white bones
0:40:25 > 0:40:26on the front of the kennel.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30And there was absolutely no question in my mind that anything was wrong.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32I remember hearing the sound of him hitting the fence
0:40:32 > 0:40:34and I remember kind of looking down and going,
0:40:34 > 0:40:36"Oh, God, we're falling. Are we going to make it?
0:40:36 > 0:40:40"No, we're not. Oh, this is so embarrassing." And then, black.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43Can you tell me where you are?
0:40:44 > 0:40:45Can you tell me where you are?
0:40:46 > 0:40:47Which horse trials?
0:40:49 > 0:40:52And I remember coming round and seeing everyone there
0:40:52 > 0:40:53and I wasn't quite sure where I was.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55And then I remember thinking,
0:40:55 > 0:40:57I've go to get back on my horse, I've got to ride again.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03- No, no, stay on the floor. - No, please, stay down.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06We need you to stay down.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12And as the pain filters in, your brain starts thinking...
0:41:12 > 0:41:14"Oh, God, well, maybe they have got a point.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16"Maybe I should be lying here for a reason."
0:41:19 > 0:41:21I could not breathe.
0:41:21 > 0:41:26And all at the top of my ribs and kind of below my neck
0:41:26 > 0:41:28just felt really compressed.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30And I think that's what made them call the air ambulance in the end,
0:41:30 > 0:41:33because I was really struggling.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41Lissa's received hundreds of well wishes from the eventing community.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46They know only too well the risks involved in their sport.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50It's not about IF you fall off, it's WHEN you next fall off.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52It's always going to happen. You know it's going to happen.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55And especially in our sport, we do have a high fatality list.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59And so it makes you really, really grateful and...
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Yeah, I am very, very lucky. My injury is actually quite superficial,
0:42:02 > 0:42:04in the long scheme of things.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Once they've all healed correctly,
0:42:06 > 0:42:08then I should be absolutely fine to crack on.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13And Lissa's already back in the saddle
0:42:13 > 0:42:14and back with Ali G.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17I can't imagine doing anything else.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21For me, it's instinctive to want to get straight back in the saddle
0:42:21 > 0:42:22and continue what I was doing.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24It's like breathing for everyone else.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26It's what I do. It's what I love.
0:42:35 > 0:42:41It's been all go for the emergency services in Britain's rural areas.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Young farmer Fiona has had more allergic reactions
0:42:44 > 0:42:46since being airlifted to hospital.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50Doctors think it could be spontaneous anaphylactic shocks.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55And it turns out Peter's defib was not misfiring
0:42:55 > 0:42:57but, instead, saved his life.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01He was transferred from Truro to hospital in Bristol,
0:43:01 > 0:43:04where he underwent heart surgery and kidney dialysis.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08He was very ill but, thankfully, he's now on the mend.
0:43:09 > 0:43:13And you thought it was quiet in the countryside.