0:00:02 > 0:00:05It takes three adrenaline shots to save Dale's life after a wasp sting.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07He had no idea he was allergic.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10Dale? Take a nice deep breath in for me.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14- And out. OK. Does your tongue feel a bit swollen, does it?- Yeah.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16- Have you had this before?- No.
0:00:16 > 0:00:2175 miles out in the North Sea, a Force 7 gale rips down the mast
0:00:21 > 0:00:24of a tiny Norwegian yacht. The crew are stranded,
0:00:24 > 0:00:29and to rescue them will take the Scottish coastguard more than 25 hours.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57Hello and welcome to Real Rescues. On average, 104,000 emergency calls
0:00:57 > 0:01:01- are made every single day in Britain. - And picked up in places like this,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03South Central ambulance control.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07The duty control manager is busy at the moment,
0:01:07 > 0:01:09so we'll go and see one of regulars, Claire,
0:01:09 > 0:01:12and see if she can tell us what's happening today.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- What's your most recent call? - We had a call from a gentleman
0:01:15 > 0:01:17in office, from a railway station,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21telling me that a toddler had got their hand trapped
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- between two carriages, in the door. - Oh, right.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28So we sent a rapid-response vehicle to them,
0:01:28 > 0:01:32and they were treated at scene, and then they... That was it, really.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- They carried on their journey? - Yeah.- Not a serious injury?
0:01:35 > 0:01:38- No. Just minor injuries. - OK. That's quite clever.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43They send someone to the station. They treat them, hop off, and on they go. Interesting, eh?
0:01:43 > 0:01:45We'll keep you up to date with what's going on today.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Yes. Now a story with a sting in the tail.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Did you know it's possible to develop an allergy to wasp stings
0:01:51 > 0:01:55after just one sting? You could even suddenly become allergic
0:01:55 > 0:01:59after being stung many times over a period of years.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01The reaction can be fatal. This is very rare,
0:02:01 > 0:02:06but not rare enough for Dale, who nearly lost his life after being stung.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Pilot Chris Atchell and medics Kevin Hodgson and Gordon Ingram
0:02:13 > 0:02:18are racing to a man who's collapsed, seriously ill, whilst mountain-biking.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Anaphylactic shock sends the body's immune system haywire.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38It can kill unless urgent treatment is given.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Dalby Forest is a popular tourist spot,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51but it's remote and difficult to get people out of.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55The casualty is already being treated in an ambulance.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58To help the helicopter crew reach him quicker,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01they've parked at the side of a picnic clearing.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Gordon has rushed inside to assess Dale's condition.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Dale? Take a nice deep breath in for me.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13- And out. OK. Does your tongue feel a bit swollen, does it?- Yeah.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- Have you had this before? - No.- OK. Open your eyes for me.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19When we arrived on scene, Dale wasn't fully alert.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Because he had gone through a severe anaphylaxis,
0:03:22 > 0:03:26he was still quite groggy, quite fatigued, quite tired.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Dale was on a ground training exercise
0:03:29 > 0:03:33with fellow members of the RAF. On one of the woodland trails,
0:03:33 > 0:03:35he fell off his bike and landed on a wasp's nest.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39He received several stings, but didn't react immediately.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Dale's throat closed up and his tongue ballooned in size,
0:03:59 > 0:04:02making it difficult for him to breathe.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Dale? Just going to give you...
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- ..another little injection, OK? - OK.- Good.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12It became apparent that Dale was in quite a bad way
0:04:12 > 0:04:16when they first arrived on scene. Severe anaphylaxis can be a killer.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21To save his life, Dale has already needed three shots of adrenaline.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Tongue was slightly swollen, so the decision was made
0:04:24 > 0:04:28to give him some more adrenaline to calm that swelling down
0:04:28 > 0:04:30to fully open up the airways,
0:04:30 > 0:04:34and to make sure that he gets to hospital as safely and quickly as possible.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Because Dale's reaction was so severe,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40they don't want to take any chances of it flaring up again.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Hiya, Dale! Open your eyes for me again.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Good man. Well done. I'm going to stick some monitoring onto you, OK?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52They want him to have a full check-over at the hospital,
0:04:52 > 0:04:55as there may be other hidden injuries caused by his fall.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Right. I'm just going to pop a little needle in your arm here, OK?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02I'll let you know what's going on all the time.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05How you feeling now? You feeling a bit better?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- HE MOANS - A bit...
0:05:07 > 0:05:09A bit drained?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Gordon keeps a constant eye on Dale's response levels
0:05:12 > 0:05:14in case he starts to drift away again.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Your mate's just next to you, if you want to chat to him.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21- How's things, mate? You all right? - What's your mate's name, Dale?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- Bob.- Is that right?
0:05:23 > 0:05:28There's also a possibility the allergic reaction may have had an effect on Dale's memory.
0:05:28 > 0:05:33I'll ring Chloe. Give her a dial. I'll give her a ring at work.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36- What's her extension number at work? - Um...
0:05:36 > 0:05:40At her desk? Three something?
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Er...
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Don't worry if you don't know it. I'll let her know.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52Dale's RAF ground training has ended up with him being back in the air
0:05:52 > 0:05:53sooner than expected.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11The flight to Scarborough Hospital takes just six minutes.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15As chance would have it, having just brought in a patient themselves,
0:06:15 > 0:06:20the crew of the local coastguard search-and-rescue helicopter are on hand to help.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- All right?- Easy on the grass, lads.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26In the short time the air-ambulance crew have been with him,
0:06:26 > 0:06:30Dale's condition has shown signs of improvement.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34The team can now make themselves available for further emergencies.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36In the meantime, Dale will be kept under observation
0:06:36 > 0:06:39until he is hopefully back to his normal self.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Well, Dale joins us now, along with Mark Ainsworth-Smith,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50a friend of the programme, to help explain what was going on there.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54We left you there saying you were showing signs of recovery,
0:06:54 > 0:06:58but in fact you took a downward plunge after that, didn't you?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Yes, apparently I did.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Went into a cardiac arrest and they had to resuscitate me.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07And quite an aggressive resuscitation, by all accounts,
0:07:07 > 0:07:09because you had a bust rib afterwards.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Yeah. I woke up with a pain and broken rib,
0:07:12 > 0:07:16and they told me they had to resuscitate me, and that's why.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19And you'd been stung previously in your lifetime?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Yeah, several times as a kid,
0:07:21 > 0:07:25but obviously not while I was mountain-biking up a hill,
0:07:25 > 0:07:27so, er, never had a problem before.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30And yet all of a sudden, years on... Mind you, to be fair,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33you did go head-first into a wasp's nest.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Yeah. I was travelling quite fast. I'd been cycling up a hill,
0:07:36 > 0:07:39got the adrenaline going and took a corner too fast.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- Went over the handlebars.- How many stings do you think you got?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Probably five or more, but I can't be sure, to be honest.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50And you then cycled on up the hill and then collapsed.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Yeah. I cycled about 500 yards, and there was a noise on the bike,
0:07:54 > 0:07:57so I stopped with another two colleagues,
0:07:57 > 0:08:00and just about to repair the bike, and that's all I remember.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- Six weeks off work? - Six weeks off work,
0:08:03 > 0:08:06but that was because I cracked my leg on the handlebars
0:08:06 > 0:08:11- and had a big haematoma.- All right. Obviously a very violent reaction.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13At one stage he went into arrest.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- And you have a scale, don't you? - Yeah.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- For... The coma scale?- We do. We call it the Glasgow coma score.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21It's used to assess how alert Dale is.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24At the scene, it appears that he is conscious. He is alert,
0:08:24 > 0:08:27but he is confused. He's unable to give telephone numbers.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30So we would have scored him as 14 out of 15,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- and you or I are 15 at the moment. - But when he got in
0:08:32 > 0:08:35and went into attack, that's because...
0:08:35 > 0:08:38When he was in cardiac arrest, he would have had a GCS,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40a Glasgow coma score, of just three out of 15,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42which is basically the same as being dead.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47Really? That bad? He was that close? How often do you survive that?
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Obviously, anybody in cardiac arrest, it's a very poor prognosis.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55But he had expert help. He had exactly the right treatment,
0:08:55 > 0:08:58and with that he's made a full and complete survival.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02I don't understand why you can go your whole life being stung
0:09:02 > 0:09:05and have no reaction, and then suddenly have a massive reaction.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- Does this happen a lot? - It's very unusual.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10It is very common to be stung once and not have a reaction
0:09:10 > 0:09:13then have one the second time. It can only be related
0:09:13 > 0:09:16to a couple of things. I think one is, probably,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19the fact that he was exercising,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21and that can bring on allergic reactions.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25He was also producing lots of adrenaline because of the exercise,
0:09:25 > 0:09:28and that is one of the drugs we use when someone has an anaphylaxis,
0:09:28 > 0:09:30so I wonder if it's related to that.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Presumably you now have to carry an EpiPen?
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Yeah. I've got two EpiPens with me at all times.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Right. But does this mean if he gets stung by,
0:09:40 > 0:09:43say, for example, a horsefly, will there be a similar reaction?
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Not necessarily, but people who have allergies are very likely to react
0:09:47 > 0:09:49to other things, so he must be mindful of it.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Certainly around wasps he's got to be incredibly careful.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56So there are all kinds of things that you can get anaphylaxia to.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Watching that, you had an audience during the whole process there!
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Yeah, I did, but I don't remember anything at all.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06We're very pleased all those people were around to help you,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09because if they hadn't taken you by helicopter...
0:10:09 > 0:10:12I think it was just purely luck on the day.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15There was a first responder within a mile.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20My teammates what was there already was virtually trained in first aid.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23So without my teammates, the first responder,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26the ambulance and the air ambulance, I wouldn't be here today.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Learn first aid! We have at various stages talked about first responders.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34If you want to learn how to become one, and save someone like that,
0:10:34 > 0:10:39then, contact your local ambulance- control room. All right? Louise.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42A Norwegian yacht, the Anga, has set sail from Scotland
0:10:42 > 0:10:45straight into a Force 7 gale, 70 miles out
0:10:45 > 0:10:48in the freezing North Sea, and the boat is in tatters.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Its mast is ripped from the deck and its propeller is ruined.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53With no radio, it's up to the coastguard
0:10:53 > 0:10:56to find and rescue them.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02Late morning, and the volunteer crew of the Peterhead lifeboat
0:11:02 > 0:11:06are heading into the rough seas of the North Atlantic.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Coxswain Andy Brown was at his day job
0:11:12 > 0:11:15when he was told a long trip was in store.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19'I got a phone call from the lifeboat operations manager.'
0:11:19 > 0:11:21He said, "You're going 17 miles offshore
0:11:21 > 0:11:24for a yacht that's been dismasted."
0:11:24 > 0:11:27"OK, that's fine. 17 miles, that's OK."
0:11:27 > 0:11:31"No, 70 miles," he said. I went, "Oh, my God. 70 miles!"
0:11:31 > 0:11:33I thought, "Right. I need to take my lunch,"
0:11:33 > 0:11:35because I knew it'd be a long shout.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38A brief Mayday call from a satellite phone
0:11:38 > 0:11:41has given them the yacht's last position,
0:11:41 > 0:11:43but they'll take three hours to get there.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45We had a rough idea where they were,
0:11:45 > 0:11:48and we just plotted that
0:11:48 > 0:11:51and used the tides to see where they would eventually be.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57At 1:00 PM, the Norwegian yacht Anga finally comes into view.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01The yacht's mast has fallen in rough seas,
0:12:01 > 0:12:04and the rigging has fouled the propeller.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06With the satellite phone of limited use,
0:12:06 > 0:12:08the couple on board have been rudderless, adrift
0:12:08 > 0:12:10and without radio communication.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13The aerial for their VHF radio is on top of the mast.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17Unfortunately that was probably at the bottom of the sea.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Since the early hours, they've been thrown around
0:12:20 > 0:12:22at the mercy of the ocean.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27Lifeboat crewmember Peter Duncan knows it must have been an anxious wait.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30'The couple that was on the yacht was very relieved to see us.'
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Because their radio was out, there was no contact with the Anga
0:12:33 > 0:12:35until we actually arrived on scene,
0:12:35 > 0:12:38and I don't know if they knew we were coming
0:12:38 > 0:12:40until we popped up over the horizon
0:12:40 > 0:12:42and said, "Hello, we're here to help."
0:12:44 > 0:12:48It had been up to nine hours, I think, that they had been waiting,
0:12:48 > 0:12:50lying dead in the water, getting tossed about,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53and it's probably not very comfortable for them.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56But they'll have to wait a little longer.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59The lifeboat crew need to get a tow rope over to the yacht -
0:12:59 > 0:13:02not a straightforward task in these conditions.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05'It was quite windy. The sea was quite rough.'
0:13:05 > 0:13:09There was a lot of swell. The conditions were...not drastic,
0:13:09 > 0:13:11but a bit fresh, shall we say.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14If you're putting a 40-ton lifeboat
0:13:14 > 0:13:17alongside a smaller yacht,
0:13:17 > 0:13:21you get damage to the yacht. You could possibly sink it.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Um, so you just have to be careful.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29So the best plan, plan B, was to use the little dinghy.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32The team get the Anga's crew to drift out their small inflatable
0:13:32 > 0:13:35towards the lifeboat. Peter has volunteered
0:13:35 > 0:13:38to jump onto the Anga's tiny dinghy
0:13:38 > 0:13:41before getting reeled back to the floundering yacht.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44When you arrive on a scene in a case like that,
0:13:44 > 0:13:46we have no idea if the people on the yacht
0:13:46 > 0:13:50have any sailing experience, if they're injured, if they're capable.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54So we put someone on the yacht in that instance.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59In the wallowing seas, Peter manages to get into the dinghy,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02and is set adrift 70 miles out in the North Atlantic.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06He is slowly pulled towards the relative safety of the Anga,
0:14:06 > 0:14:08but the problems aren't over yet.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12'Yachts are not designed to be towed.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15'The fittings they have on them are very lightweight -
0:14:15 > 0:14:19'excellent for sailing, but not for being towed by a lifeboat.'
0:14:19 > 0:14:23So I got onto the yacht, established that the tow
0:14:23 > 0:14:26would be safe for the lifeboat and for the people on the yacht,
0:14:26 > 0:14:30and that it would be strong enough to withstand the weather conditions,
0:14:30 > 0:14:32and not break and kill someone.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Peter crouches on the bow of the boat, ready to catch the tow rope.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Skipper Andy expertly manoeuvres the lifeboat gently towards them,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48careful to avoid collision.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57The tow rope has been successfully attached,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00but for Peter and the rest of the crew,
0:15:00 > 0:15:02this rescue is far from over.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Once you start to take the yacht into tow back to Peterhead,
0:15:05 > 0:15:09you can't travel at 20 knots. You have to pick a safe speed
0:15:09 > 0:15:13of around six, seven knots in order to come back into Peterhead
0:15:13 > 0:15:16without causing further damage to the yacht.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- 70 slow miles. - HE CHUCKLES
0:15:19 > 0:15:23Running at quarter speed, the return journey will take at least ten hours.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27And to keep the precious tow rope intact in these rough seas,
0:15:27 > 0:15:31they'll need to concentrate the whole way home.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34But on board the Anga, Peter has plenty of time
0:15:34 > 0:15:37to get to know his new companions Ann and Eivind.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Told us where they were going, how they were getting there,
0:15:40 > 0:15:43when they bought the yacht, what they did for jobs.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46It was just conversation. But it was...
0:15:46 > 0:15:51You could tell they were relieved that someone was there to assist them.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Finally, at one in the morning,
0:15:53 > 0:15:5515 hours after they left,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58the Peterhead lighthouse appears on the horizon.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03'The lighthouse is like... that you're almost home.'
0:16:03 > 0:16:05You're within sight of land, and it's almost over.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Get home, get a cup of tea, get to your bed... Brilliant.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12You're just glad that you've got home safely,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14you've got your casualty home safely.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16With the yacht secure in the harbour,
0:16:16 > 0:16:20the crew can leave for some well-earned rest.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Ann and Eivind will have an unexpected stay in Scotland
0:16:23 > 0:16:27while they get their boat repaired, but for now they're back on dry land.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Their ordeal is over.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Gosh, they had a really lucky escape!
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Once Ann and Eivind had recovered from their ordeal,
0:16:36 > 0:16:38they wanted to meet up with their rescuers.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42After having to watch the back of the lifeboat for a good ten hours,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45the couple finally had the chance to get on board,
0:16:45 > 0:16:48when they were given a tour by crewmembers.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Looking back, Ann and Eivind remember just how desperate
0:16:51 > 0:16:54the situation seemed when their mast broke
0:16:54 > 0:16:57in the early hours of the previous night.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Eight hours it took, from the mast breaking
0:17:01 > 0:17:04till we could see the boat. For eight hours we were drifting
0:17:04 > 0:17:07in the North Sea, without really knowing...
0:17:07 > 0:17:09where we were going to end.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12We kind of started counting how much food we had,
0:17:12 > 0:17:16how many days we will be OK drifting.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19It is one thing to have enough food and water,
0:17:19 > 0:17:24but it's a very, very scary feeling
0:17:24 > 0:17:28to be out in the ocean. All you can see is water.
0:17:28 > 0:17:33So...when we can see the lifeboat on the horizon...
0:17:33 > 0:17:38- That was great.- That was very good! We were so happy to see them.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Isn't it strange? You talk about the most dangerous part of your life,
0:17:44 > 0:17:46and you're giggling. In memory it's, like...
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- HE LAUGHS - "We had a terrible time!"
0:17:49 > 0:17:52But luckily they're safe and well now.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Remember when you were a kid and thought you were a superhero?
0:17:55 > 0:17:59You could throw yourself off the bunk onto the floor, not a care of your own safety.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Four-year-old Micah is an indestructible superhero
0:18:02 > 0:18:05in his vivid imagination. He's playing in his bedroom
0:18:05 > 0:18:07when the game comes to a painful end.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Emergency-response medic Andy Rudge to the rescue.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13SIREN WAILS
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Emergency-care practitioner Andy Rudge
0:18:15 > 0:18:18is working in the rapid-response vehicle
0:18:18 > 0:18:20when he's called to a four-year-old boy
0:18:20 > 0:18:22with a suspected fractured arm.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27Broken bones in children can be quite difficult to spot.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30If you imagine, like, a fresh branch.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33You bend it, it doesn't snap directly in half.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37It will snap through the middle. Children's bones are like that
0:18:37 > 0:18:40because their bones are softer than ours.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43When Andy gets there, little Micah is in obvious distress.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46His dad heard a crash come from the bedroom.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50- MICAH WAILS - Hello! You fell off your bunk bed?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Yeah?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Micah, where does it hurt? Which hand? This one?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Yeah, that one!
0:18:57 > 0:19:01I lifted his hand because I could see there was something wrong. There was a click.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03He's got a little knob at the back, as well.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08Andy needs to win Micah's trust in order to examine his arm.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Everything I do, I'm going to tell you.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15You tell me if you don't like it. Can you feel that?
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Can you wiggle your fingers?
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- No.- No. All right.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Does it hurt up here?
0:19:22 > 0:19:24No, there.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Just down...
0:19:26 > 0:19:28- Nothing up here?- No.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30OK. Good boy.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Although he's got pain down here, he's got quite a lump under here,
0:19:34 > 0:19:36so...
0:19:36 > 0:19:42Oh, yeah. I'm going to suspect a fracture till proven otherwise.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Micah fell five feet from the top bunk.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48His arm has taken the brunt of it.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Thankfully his back seems to be OK.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55So, what were you playing?
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- Incredibles.- The Incredibles?
0:19:58 > 0:19:59Yeah?
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Is that your favourite?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Yeah?
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Micah's being very brave, but his arm is causing him a lot of pain.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Andy's got some pain relief for him to swallow,
0:20:11 > 0:20:13but there's a problem.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I don't like it.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Don't you?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Yeah? You just try it first.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21I'll bet you do.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26There you go. Open your mouth, Micah. That's it.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Just give you that little bit first. You like that? Taste nice?
0:20:29 > 0:20:32It's not horrible, is it?
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Yeah? Right. Let's give you some more.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Good boy. Well done.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Brilliant.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43The little lad will need to go to A&E for X-rays.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Can I have ambulance backup to convey into hospital, please?
0:20:48 > 0:20:51I'll come with you, yeah? All right?
0:20:51 > 0:20:53- So, who's this one? - That's little Ruby.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Is this your sister? You can't see, but...
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Despite the distractions, Micah's arm is still bothering him.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03How old's your sister?
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- It hurts!- It hurts?
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Gas and air will help, but Andy doesn't want to frighten him.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Micah, this arm - is it really, really painful?
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Do you want to try some other medicine I've got?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18OK.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22Good boy. If you don't like it, you don't have to take it.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25We'll stop, yeah? Yeah? Might make you feel just a bit...
0:21:27 > 0:21:30You're doing brilliantly.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33As well as relieving his pain, it's making him very sleepy.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41The ambulance crew arrive. Andy hands over.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45He's had ten of Calpol.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48- He's great self-administering the Entonox.- Right.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52It's certainly doing the trick. He seems quite happy with it.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56They need to support his arm in a sling before he's moved.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Can you sit yourself up? Yeah?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01He's a good boy!
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Right!
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Good man!
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Well done, mate. You are so brave!
0:22:12 > 0:22:15We get Daddy to carry you to the ambulance?
0:22:17 > 0:22:22Inside the ambulance, they check out Micah's heart rate and blood pressure.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25And Dad is by his side all the way to hospital.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Make your muscles pop up.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Show the man your muscles.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Once in A&E, Micah's arm will be X-rayed
0:22:36 > 0:22:38to find out the extent of the damage,
0:22:38 > 0:22:43and he will be given a thorough check to make sure he has no more injuries.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45See you later. Goodbye. All the best.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53A nasty greenstick fracture there, but no lasting damage for little Micah.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Still to come on Real Rescues - it's a painful fall for painter Robert.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02He's going to need a trip in the ambulance,
0:23:02 > 0:23:05but his workmate Paul can't resist a quick ribbing.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09THEY LAUGH
0:23:09 > 0:23:13And we put to the test two furry friends of the emergency services -
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Spanner, who hunts for hidden explosives,
0:23:15 > 0:23:20and Freckle, the fire dog who even has his own boots.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26He has those to protect his feet from pieces of glass
0:23:26 > 0:23:29when he goes into buildings. I want to update you on something
0:23:29 > 0:23:33- that's been going on this morning. Jack, are you on a call?- No.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36You had a call from somebody who thought they'd seen somebody
0:23:36 > 0:23:41- who had a problem with electrocution. - Yes. I took a call from a lady
0:23:41 > 0:23:45who was with someone who'd just arrived at work,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48and somehow received an electric shock.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51There was people with him in the background,
0:23:51 > 0:23:55and one of the routine questions I asked him was whether he had fallen from anything.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- What was his reply? - They passed on the questions,
0:23:58 > 0:24:02because they'd just arrived with him. He said he hadn't fallen,
0:24:02 > 0:24:07but he felt like he'd been thrown a good ten, 15 foot away from where he was originally stood.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- Which is a long way. - It was quite a shock he'd received.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13- So somebody is on their way to help? - Yes. We're sending someone
0:24:13 > 0:24:16to check him out, see what we can do for him.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Hopefully we'll be able to update on that later. Thanks, Jack.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24You wouldn't think, when vandals set fire to a bin outside a building,
0:24:24 > 0:24:27that it would be particularly dangerous to deal with,
0:24:27 > 0:24:30but in this case, a fire crew are faced with toxic smoke
0:24:30 > 0:24:34and burning plastic that could eat through clothing and even skin.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45The firefighters of Green Watch are on their way to a sports centre.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47It's some wheelie bins apparently on fire.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Oh, yeah. I see it.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- Down there.- Right side.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59The bins are well alight when they arrive,
0:24:59 > 0:25:02and they can't get the fire engine up close,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05so crew manager Steve Evans gets out to do a recce.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Start getting the reels off. It'll be quicker in the long run
0:25:08 > 0:25:10to take a reel across and extend it.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15I mean, it come through as wheelie bins.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17I don't think, perhaps, that is wheelie bins.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21There's a distinct possibility this could be an abandoned vehicle
0:25:21 > 0:25:23or something like that.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Until we get closer, it's difficult to tell.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29But as they get closer...
0:25:29 > 0:25:33No. It is a bin. Yeah. It was two wheelie bins,
0:25:33 > 0:25:35that have since melted.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Obviously they've been having a little party or something.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45It looks like the revellers have set fire to these bins
0:25:45 > 0:25:49as part of the entertainment, but it's not just a bit of harmless fun.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53Because of the plastic in the wheelie bin, you need a lot more water to put it out.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Er, if it was just the rubbish, we wouldn't need quite so much.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58That's why we've got the hose reel coming.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02But the fire's just out of reach of the regular-length hose reel.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Each hose reel's approximately 60 metres long,
0:26:05 > 0:26:07and the distance from the fire appliance,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09the nearest point we can get to, is more than that,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12so we've had to extend one hose reel with another.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16So we've got one line of 120 metres now,
0:26:16 > 0:26:19so we've got more than enough to get the water to the fire.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Paul O'Donovan is wearing full protective gear,
0:26:24 > 0:26:27but pools of molten plastic could react
0:26:27 > 0:26:31when the water gets onto them. No-one knows what could have been thrown into the bins.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Thankfully no-one has been hurt tonight,
0:27:09 > 0:27:12but all the time spent on this fire is keeping a fire engine and crew
0:27:12 > 0:27:15tied up and unavailable for a real emergency.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Rather than just enjoying themselves and keeping themselves to themselves,
0:27:19 > 0:27:23they decide it might be a really good idea to set light to some bins.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25It's just mindless vandalism.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Now, the car's crashed, but there seems to be very little damage.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33However, the driver knows something is wrong.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35She dials 999 and keeps absolutely still,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38and it was exactly the right thing to do.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Ambulance crew Dan Major and Julie White-French
0:27:46 > 0:27:49are on an emergency call to a road accident.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53A young woman is trapped in her car with suspected neck injuries.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Well, there seems to be one vehicle,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58so we'll find out exactly what's happened.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01A local traffic cop, PC Freeman, fills them in.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05On approach to the junction, just waiting at the junction there,
0:28:05 > 0:28:09the give-way signs, another vehicle, a Rover, has come up behind her
0:28:09 > 0:28:13and not stopped. It's gone into the back of this Rover,
0:28:13 > 0:28:16which has shunted her going forward.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18After the other car went into the back of her,
0:28:18 > 0:28:2124-year-old Gillian discovered she had neck pain.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24A first-responder medic has already spoken to her.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28About two years ago she had an operation on her right shoulder,
0:28:28 > 0:28:32with a tendon in there, again from an accident.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35All her obs are absolutely fine at the moment.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38After her previous accident, Gillian's well aware
0:28:38 > 0:28:41that she should keep her neck as still as possible.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43- Hello.- Hi, there.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47So you weren't knocked out? You were stationary when it happened?
0:28:47 > 0:28:50- Yeah, I was. - And the other car was slowing...
0:28:50 > 0:28:52For the junction, yeah.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56There are no dents to the car, but Dan knows that low-impact collisions
0:28:56 > 0:28:59can still be harmful, and Gillian's neck pain
0:28:59 > 0:29:02is in a different place from her old injury.
0:29:02 > 0:29:07- Could you ask if there's ECP available to do a C-spine?- Yeah.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Dan is calling in a special type of paramedic,
0:29:10 > 0:29:13an ECP or emergency-care practitioner,
0:29:13 > 0:29:17who's qualified to check for spinal injuries at the roadside.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20This has been a fairly slow-speed impact,
0:29:20 > 0:29:25and they should hopefully be able to clear it here and then. We'll still take you in.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28If the ECP can give Gillian the all-clear,
0:29:28 > 0:29:33she'll be saved an uncomfortable move out of the car on a spinal board.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Probably pop a collar on you to start with,
0:29:36 > 0:29:38just so it keeps you in the same place,
0:29:38 > 0:29:42then we'll wait and see what they come back with.
0:29:42 > 0:29:43We'll slide this round there.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Gillian is worried about the fuss she's causing.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51I felt really guilty calling you, but you don't...
0:29:51 > 0:29:55With something like that, you can't...leave it, can you?
0:29:55 > 0:29:58You shouldn't feel guilty about calling us at all.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01It's just embarrassing, cos the car's a tip.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05We'll not take any notice of that at the moment.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09Within minutes, Di Humphreys, emergency-care practitioner, arrives.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12With the same technique that doctors use in hospital,
0:30:12 > 0:30:15she's going to examine Gillian's neck for injuries.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18I'm just going to feel down your neck. Don't move.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21- Just tell me if it hurts, will you? - Yes.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Well, it's tender.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26If I touch you here and here, does it feel the same both sides?
0:30:26 > 0:30:28- No.- No?
0:30:31 > 0:30:35If I say the right side feels normal, and the left side...
0:30:35 > 0:30:37- This side?- Yeah.- Feels different?
0:30:37 > 0:30:42There's a very real possibility that Gillian has suffered a spinal injury.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44This means the team will have to take great care,
0:30:44 > 0:30:48and get her out of the car the hard way after all.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52Dan prepares the KED, or Kendrick extrication device,
0:30:52 > 0:30:55which will keep her head, neck and back in a straight line
0:30:55 > 0:30:58ready for the move.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03What we're doing now is, we're going to slowly spin you round.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Keep yourself as square as you can.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11There you go. What we're going to do,
0:31:11 > 0:31:16we're going to bring this board in underneath your legs and slowly slide you out.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- I'm so glad I've got trousers on! - Aren't you ever!
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Inch by inch, Gillian is lifted out as gently as possible.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27- All right. Got your head. - One, two, three.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32- Where's it hurting now? - Just all the same places.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35When you're in a situation where you get strapped in,
0:31:35 > 0:31:40all the muscles that were hurting slightly tense up a bit, as well.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50They waste no time getting underway.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Steady. Roll.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00At the emergency department, Dan hands over to Dr Ryan Thomas.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02- Is it more painful...- Yeah.
0:32:02 > 0:32:07Well, when you were higher up on the neck, it was tender,
0:32:07 > 0:32:10I suppose, but...
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- Yeah, there.- There. OK.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Dr Ryan can't rule out the possibility of a spinal injury,
0:32:17 > 0:32:19so Gillian will need to have X-rays
0:32:19 > 0:32:22to see exactly what's happened to her neck.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25By taking all the right precautions, Dan and the team
0:32:25 > 0:32:28have minimised the risk of further injury,
0:32:28 > 0:32:31giving the grateful Gillian the best chance of a full recovery.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35- I'll finish my paperwork and give you to these chaps.- Thank you!
0:32:35 > 0:32:38- I didn't catch your name. - Dan.- Thank you, Dan!
0:32:38 > 0:32:40That's all right.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44Further investigation showed that Gilliam only had whiplash
0:32:44 > 0:32:47and severe bruising, but it is worth making the point again
0:32:47 > 0:32:50that you can restrict the damage that happens to you
0:32:50 > 0:32:54even in a low-speed accident if you have your head restraint up
0:32:54 > 0:32:58in the right place in your car. Worth looking at next time you get in.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02Now we're going to pop outside, where Louise has something special for us.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Yes, I do. Man's best friend can play a vital role
0:33:05 > 0:33:08in emergency services. Dogs' incredible sense of smell
0:33:08 > 0:33:13is used to find hidden explosives, and even detect whether fire has been started by arsonists.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16I don't know if you spotted this guest, Nick - Freckle.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19Lovely Freckle! And Dave as well. Hello, Dave.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22You've worked with Freckle for two years. What is he trained to do?
0:33:22 > 0:33:25To identify ignitable liquids at a fire scene,
0:33:25 > 0:33:28so once the fire's been put out and the crews have damped it down,
0:33:28 > 0:33:31his job is to identify how that fire was started.
0:33:31 > 0:33:36So he can find if there's petrol, and it's actually been started by arson.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40Yes. If we can find petrol at the scene when it started,
0:33:40 > 0:33:43then we've got evidence of a deliberate ignition.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46We've set up an experiment to see if he can work this out.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49A bit earlier, you burned these five pieces of carpet.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53We used a blowtorch to burn them, and we've contaminated one of them
0:33:53 > 0:33:55with a tiny drop of petrol.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58- So his job is to find which one it is?- Hopefully, yes.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01I like the way you say "hopefully"! Shall we let him do it?
0:34:01 > 0:34:05At home... Don't give him a secret sign!
0:34:05 > 0:34:08It's the one in the middle, OK? Let's see if he can find it.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Ready, steady...
0:34:11 > 0:34:12Ready, steady.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Go find Mum.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21- So that's him indicating now. - And almost immediately,
0:34:21 > 0:34:25- he stopped. He's looking at you. - He's telling me now
0:34:25 > 0:34:28that that square of carpet is where the accelerant is.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31That is the seat of the fire, and the petrol you put on is there.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35- Yeah.- And he could do this in a house? How many days later?
0:34:35 > 0:34:39The best result we've ever had is four and a half weeks post-fire.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41So he has an incredible sense of smell,
0:34:41 > 0:34:44- and you couldn't have done that otherwise.- No.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47- What do we need to do now? - I'll clip him back on the lead
0:34:47 > 0:34:50and give him his reward, this tennis ball.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53I thought he'd get a biscuit or something!
0:34:53 > 0:34:55No, no. Freckle! Good boy!
0:34:55 > 0:35:00And he's been really successful this year. Tell me what he's done.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05So far this year we have had about 130 years of convictions
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- and sentences based on - - The work that he's done.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11So he found it there, and then you would take him
0:35:11 > 0:35:15to a suspected arsonist's house, and he would look for the petrol
0:35:15 > 0:35:18- or whatever it was. - Yeah. This is only half the job now.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21We've identified accelerant. We now need a suspect.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25If the police can identify a suspect, what we can do
0:35:25 > 0:35:28- is search the suspect's clothing - - Or their house.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32- Or their house, or their car. - So, we've got a line-up
0:35:32 > 0:35:35that I prepared earlier, everybody from the office.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38A line-up of suspects, and you've put a tiny piece of petrol
0:35:38 > 0:35:42on one of your shoes, haven't you? Thanks, everybody!
0:35:42 > 0:35:44- Tell me what you've done. - Just to give you an idea,
0:35:44 > 0:35:46this is a one-millimetre pipette,
0:35:46 > 0:35:49so we've taken a little drop of the petrol
0:35:49 > 0:35:53- and put a little trace on. - That's all it is?
0:35:53 > 0:35:56It's not even the contents of the pipette, just the trace evidence.
0:35:56 > 0:36:01Come on, let's do it. And, at home, it's Kit. He's the one in the red!
0:36:01 > 0:36:04- OK? Don't listen, Freckle. - Ready, steady.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07Freckie! Freckie! Go find Mum.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Come here!
0:36:10 > 0:36:13So again now he's gone passive. He's gone still.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16He's identifying accelerant actually on the shoe,
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- and he's waiting for his reward. - Brilliant work!
0:36:19 > 0:36:22Thank you very much for that. Thank you, Freckle, and... Ooh!
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Are you going to let him go and have a run around?
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Well done, Freckle. Thank you very much.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Brilliant work!
0:36:30 > 0:36:33Isn't that lovely? Isn't that brilliant, as well?
0:36:33 > 0:36:35I love the way she whispers when she was telling you,
0:36:35 > 0:36:40in case the dog heard which one. Right! A real DIY SOS now.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Robert's helping his mate Paul out with some painting and decorating
0:36:43 > 0:36:45when he trips and crashes down the stairs.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48Right now, laughter might not be the best medicine.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Mind you, it doesn't stop his mate from cracking a few jokes.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57SIREN WAILS
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Ambulance crew Ian Moss-Bowpitt and Dan Major
0:37:02 > 0:37:05are heading to a house where a man is in pain after a fall.
0:37:05 > 0:37:10We're going to a 44-year-old male who's fallen downstairs
0:37:10 > 0:37:14and twisted his ankle. Basically we're going to assess the injury,
0:37:14 > 0:37:18bearing in mind the distance he may have fallen down the stairs.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26When they arrive, the injured man's friend Paul is waiting for them.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29He's slumped on the stairs right by the front door.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Paul tells Ian exactly what happened.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36- He's come off the step there... - Yeah.- As he's come off the step,
0:37:36 > 0:37:39his full weight on there, he's twisted his ankle...
0:37:39 > 0:37:41- OK.- ..and gone down. - Right. What's your name?
0:37:41 > 0:37:45- Robert. - Robert, I'm Ian. My colleague's Dan.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Robert's ankle is already starting to swell rapidly,
0:37:48 > 0:37:50and it's hurting.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53- What's the pain like? - Pretty bad, is it?
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Can we have some Entonox, please, Dan?
0:37:55 > 0:37:58Before Ian dares to ease off the shoe,
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Robert needs to get dosed up with the analgesic gas.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05- Have you had gas and air before? - Yeah.- OK. We'll try that,
0:38:05 > 0:38:08then put a splint on you and get you down the hospital.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Robert's looking very fed up.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Paul's doing his best to take his mind off the pain.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24He certainly owes him! Paul had popped round to Robert's before work
0:38:24 > 0:38:28to help him out with some decorating when he took a tumble.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32See if it works. You need to pull on that with your breathing.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40It takes about three minutes or so to actually work.
0:38:40 > 0:38:45When you stop using it, the pain-killing effect will actually disappear.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Most people think it's better than beer.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59It turns out that this was not the first injury of the day.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Ten minutes ago I hit my shin with a hammer,
0:39:01 > 0:39:04and the bruise is just starting to come out now!
0:39:04 > 0:39:06He was laughing at that!
0:39:06 > 0:39:10Very carefully, Ian removes Rob's trainer.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20- You're going to lose your laces. - Don't mind about that.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28The combination of the gas and Paul's quips
0:39:28 > 0:39:30is certainly putting a smile back on Rob's face.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34OK, let's get this shoe off.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Ian carefully feels Robert's foot
0:39:36 > 0:39:39to check if the circulation is still working OK.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42So you can feel everything in your foot, can you?
0:39:42 > 0:39:47- I can feel it, but it seems like pins and needles.- OK.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- How's that? Is that all right? - Yeah.- That's good.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Although it's going to be painful, they need to get a splint
0:39:53 > 0:39:57around Robert's ankle to keep it immobile for the journey to hospital.
0:39:57 > 0:40:03It looks like a fracture, so we're going to the minor-injuries unit, which can deal with this.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05It's just a few short hops to the stretcher.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Don't put that down.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33HE CHUCKLES
0:40:33 > 0:40:35At last Rob seems more comfortable.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39His mate Paul can't resist a few more jokes.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44I know how many brushes I've got, an' all.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47And I know how much I've got in my car, so leave it alone.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Cheers for that, Paul.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55I will reply later!
0:40:55 > 0:40:58Judging by the amount of painkiller Rob is using,
0:40:58 > 0:41:01he's not going to be much help with decorating for a while.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06This is good stuff. I might get some of this for at home.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11Rob did suffer a nasty break and was off work for several weeks.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Louise has got some more for us outside.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Yes. I've got another friend. He may look like Freckle,
0:41:16 > 0:41:19but he's Spanner, and he's got a different job, hasn't he?
0:41:19 > 0:41:21He's an explosive-detection dog.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24We've got some pictures of him working. What does he do,
0:41:24 > 0:41:28- and where was he searching? - He's trained to search
0:41:28 > 0:41:31to find military / commercial home-made type explosives,
0:41:31 > 0:41:34and the venue we went to recently was the Royal Marines Museum
0:41:34 > 0:41:38in Portsmouth. The Royal Marine band did a concert for the public.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41We attended prior to their arrival to make sure the venue was safe
0:41:41 > 0:41:45- to carry out this concert. - OK. We've hidden something here.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48- That's correct. - Tell us what we've hidden.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52- You've hidden it.- We train regularly with the real stuff,
0:41:52 > 0:41:55but obviously we can't carry explosives with us
0:41:55 > 0:41:58when we go to do a live search.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01I've got a wrapper from a Semtex block.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04It's four years old and used as a training aid.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08It's over there, by that water butt. Shall we see if he can find it?
0:42:08 > 0:42:10You take him into an area, let him off
0:42:10 > 0:42:13- and give him an area to search. - That's right.- Let him go.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15- What's he found?- Good dog!
0:42:17 > 0:42:22He's straight over there, because you told him to go in that general direction.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Just working round. He'll work off his own head
0:42:25 > 0:42:27and do what he's got to do, and if I've got to,
0:42:27 > 0:42:30I'll guide him in a bit. There we go.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33He's stopped and he's looking back at you, telling you where it is.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37He's saying, "Dad, that's where the device has been hidden."
0:42:37 > 0:42:40That's where it is. Brilliant work. Thank you.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43It's fantastic watching them work. He gets his reward, doesn't he?
0:42:43 > 0:42:47If you look over here, they get the same reward. It's a tennis ball,
0:42:47 > 0:42:49and Freckle has got tennis-ball envy!
0:42:49 > 0:42:52Ahh! Thank you very much.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Fantastic stuff. Just to let you know
0:42:55 > 0:42:58that the chap who had the electric shock is fine.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02Now we've finished the programme, I'm off to get my tennis ball.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Louise and I, or, as we're now known by the crew,
0:43:04 > 0:43:08Freckle and Spanner, will bring you more Real Rescues very soon.
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