0:00:02 > 0:00:05When you're with someone who's critically ill or seriously injured,
0:00:05 > 0:00:08every minute you wait for medical aid to arrive can feel like an hour,
0:00:08 > 0:00:12which is why a helicopter can be one of the most beautiful sights in the world.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14It was for me when I was a copper.
0:00:14 > 0:00:20This is the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, and their business is saving lives.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43From the Dales to the big cities of Leeds and Sheffield,
0:00:43 > 0:00:47patients in the UK's biggest county are never more than ten minutes from a hospital,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51thanks to this 150mph life saver.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56And every day brings a new life or death emergency for its team of flying paramedics.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Two helicopters. Four paramedics.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Five million patients.
0:01:01 > 0:01:09Today, two bikers are seriously injured and the team find they're dealing with an amazing coincidence.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Three people in a party and two of them are in crashes.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17A walker's badly hurt after a herd of cows attack him.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19The cows are scared of helicopters, apparently.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26There's a lucky escape as two cars collide and one catches fire.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29People were driving past when the car was on fire.
0:01:30 > 0:01:35And a fall from a rope swing leaves a teenage girl needing a flight to hospital.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42A lot of us know what stress at work is like.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44I know I did when I wore a uniform for a living.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49But when your job involves taking responsibility for someone's life,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51you really find out your limits.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56The market town of Helmsley is the sort of place you buy postcards of.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01A cobbled market square, surrounded by old stone shops.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05But it also has a powerful attraction for Yorkshire's bikers.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08They ride here in their hundreds on weekends.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10And 50 miles away, at Leeds Bradford Airport,
0:02:10 > 0:02:14dispatcher Dave Gardener knows they're on the road.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Two 999 calls have come in within minutes of each other for bikers in trouble.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23Sounds like it could be two separate jobs.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28Sounds like one six miles out of Helmsley, and one actually under the car in Helmsley.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32On the twisting road north from the town to Teeside, there's been a
0:02:32 > 0:02:36head-on collision between a bike and a family on a caravanning holiday.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40They're OK, but biker Geoff Potts is in a bad way.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43I was in the passenger seat. I put my hands over my face,
0:02:43 > 0:02:47and when I looked up he was going off the bonnet.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52The accident was witnessed by one of his mates, who was following on another bike.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Yeah. Come round the bend and there was a...
0:02:55 > 0:02:57looked like a Lexus tourer caravan.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Clipped the Lexus and ended up going into a signpost.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Typical place to put a signpost, you know?
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Paramedics Tony Wilkes and Lee Davison know this road
0:03:07 > 0:03:11and its reputation for fatal bike accidents.
0:03:11 > 0:03:17Six miles away in Helmsley itself, another rider has come off in another nasty accident.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21He has a suspected broken pelvis and he needs an air ambulance,
0:03:21 > 0:03:25so Helimed 98 is scrambled from its base in Sheffield, 70 miles away.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28'Helimed 98, receiving.'
0:03:28 > 0:03:32The second RTA is actually in the town.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35They're thinking the motorcyclist is under the car.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Helimed 99 is going to north of Helmsley.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45It's Bank Holiday Monday. It's obviously the busiest day of the year and already,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Helimed 99 is en route to a job near Helmsley.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53We believe this job, which is only six miles away, to be a different one,
0:03:53 > 0:03:58so we're both out and about, and this is reports of a motorcyclist underneath a car.
0:03:58 > 0:04:04It's unusual to have two such serious incidents within such a small area at the same time.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07It's stretching the local emergency services to the limit.
0:04:07 > 0:04:13This is the Stokesley to Helmsley road and it is quite notorious for accidents,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16especially motorcycle accidents of a nature similar to this.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21We're just landing in two minutes, can you let them know, please...?
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Helimed 99's pilot, Andy Figg, has the easiest job today.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29Landing in a wide open spaces on the North York Moors won't be a problem,
0:04:29 > 0:04:32which is more than can be said for his colleague, Tim Taylor,
0:04:32 > 0:04:36scrambled to a busy town centre, on a Bank Holiday Monday.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41STATIC DISTORTS THEIR SPEECH
0:04:43 > 0:04:47The team have just left a half-eaten lunch behind.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Sugary...
0:04:50 > 0:04:53A sense of humour helps get paramedics
0:04:53 > 0:04:57through their working day, but this case looks deadly serious.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- I think he's caught under the car. - He doesn't look very well.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03A car park's the handiest landing site.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07I think we can go in that bus park down there, then.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Have you got change for the meter?
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- Bring your tail round.- Yeah.
0:05:13 > 0:05:19- Yeah.- How we doing out there?
0:05:21 > 0:05:24STATIC DISTORTS THEIR SPEECH
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- Hi.- We have a gentleman who's been hit by the side of a vehicle.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32There's a crew with me in the corner of the marketplace.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34But if we could keep you coming in case we need you...
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- Not a problem. - Just down there.- Okey-dokey.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41How extensive his injuries are has not been confirmed.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- Is he still trapped underneath? - No. He's outside of the vehicle.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- He's a large fellow, perfectly healthy normally.- Yep.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50His motorcycle collided with a car crossing his path.
0:05:50 > 0:05:56He's been thrown over the bonnet and his sheer weight and rolling across the ground is what's damaged...
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I'm not sure if it's femur or pelvis.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- How do, sir?- Gareth.- Gareth. Hello. I'm Sammy, one of the paramedics.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03200 megs of tram.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- Just stay still for me. - Can I have some painkillers, please?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Yes, sir. I want you to stay absolutely still for me.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- My head and that's all right.- Your head and that is all right, I know.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Like many modern bike riders, Sammy's patient is in his 40s.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21That means his recovery is likely to be slower than a younger patient.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Can you keep still for me? That's it.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Gareth knows he's seriously injured.
0:06:26 > 0:06:32Ground paramedics have already started his treatment, but Sammy's concerned the impact he's suffered
0:06:32 > 0:06:34may have caused other internal injuries.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- GARETH GROANS - Try and stay still.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Gareth, just let Sam check you over, quickly, just to make sure.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46Six miles up the road, Geoff, too, has a medical team at his side.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- Just hold your head nice and still. - OK.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52The traction splint should be in a blue bag.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56It's in the rear towards the right-hand side of the grey...
0:06:56 > 0:07:01Many bikers have died after accidents like his on the road from Helmsley,
0:07:01 > 0:07:06but Doctor Simon Ward is determined this isn't going to be another one.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08The lives of both bikers are on the line.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13They've both survived being thrown from their machines but they're still a long way from hospital.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24Coming up, the team discover the accidents are linked by more than the location.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Three people in a party, and two of them are in crashes.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30And fears grow for one of the bikers.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36Emergency services are scrambled to a blazing car, but where's the driver?
0:07:36 > 0:07:40I'm just going to try and find the other driver of the Jaguar car.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47And a climber falls in the Peak District, but she's not getting much sympathy.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49She slipped on the grass. That's all. Nothing dramatic.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58If you really want to live dangerously, become a couch potato.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Furring up your arteries is the best way to ruin your health.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05But there are dangers in getting out here and keeping fit, too.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10There's over two and a half million acres of farmland
0:08:10 > 0:08:13spread out across Yorkshire's beautiful countryside.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17And farming's always been big business in this part of the world.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22Enjoying the rolling hills and lush pastures are some half a million cattle,
0:08:22 > 0:08:27but cows can be unpredictable and are not always happy to share their field.
0:08:27 > 0:08:33It's Sunday morning at Helimed HQ, but there's no time to finish breakfast.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37A 999 call's just come in, and it sounds serious.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42It's just above Bolton Abbey so I'm assuming it's going to be in that area there, somewhere.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46The call's come in from the historic Bolton Abbey in the Yorkshire Dales,
0:08:46 > 0:08:49one of Yorkshire's top tourist attractions.
0:08:49 > 0:08:55Just a mile from the Abbey, a man's lying seriously injured in the middle of a field.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00He's been trampled and kicked by a herd of cattle protecting their calves.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Helimed 98 has been scrambled. Paramedic Sammy Wells and Simon Cavanagh
0:09:04 > 0:09:08know a land ambulance won't be able to get close to the injured man,
0:09:08 > 0:09:13and the cows are still in the field. The helicopter could be his only hope.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17We're en route at the moment to reports of two people
0:09:17 > 0:09:20that have been attacked by a bull.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22A bit disconcerting since we're wearing red!
0:09:22 > 0:09:28We've got reports of a chest injury so it's pretty significant. Once again,
0:09:28 > 0:09:32personal safety and the safety of the aircraft is always our priority
0:09:32 > 0:09:36- and then the safety of the patient. - When they work as ground paramedics, Sammy and Simon
0:09:36 > 0:09:42regularly have to treat patients in hazardous situations, but they always have police back-up.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47Today they're facing the prospect of landing in a field miles from the nearest road
0:09:47 > 0:09:50and with a herd of cattle intent on protecting their young.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55We better move the cows out the way. That's what I'm concerned about.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59It's taken just ten minutes to reach Bolton Abbey.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03There are people frantically waving on the ground, but there's no sign of the patient.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Got a big rope by the fence.
0:10:06 > 0:10:11- Yeah.- And there's two people also in the field below me.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16Pilot Tim Taylor decides to land in a nearby field and drop Simon off to find out what's going on.
0:10:18 > 0:10:23The injured man is actually in the next field, but the cows are still attacking him.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27He's just over the ridge in front of us. He's lying down in the field.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29The cows have attacked him a couple of times.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Tim decides there's only one thing he can do.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Wanna do a bit of herding?
0:10:35 > 0:10:38STATIC DISTORTS THEIR SPEECH
0:10:38 > 0:10:40I don't think there's a cow lying down at the side.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45I'd send them off to the far corner but they're going to be coming back again.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- OK.- They may not teach this at pilot training school,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51but Tim skilfully manoeuvres the helicopter over the cows
0:10:51 > 0:10:54and begins to herd them away from the injured man.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57When we get them on this flat bit side, I'll put us down.
0:10:57 > 0:11:03If you have a look at the bloke, I'll keep herding them into the corner, so get ready to run, mate.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Then I'll pick you up again. - Thanks, mate.
0:11:06 > 0:11:12With Tim keeping an eye on the cows, Simon quickly makes his way towards his patient.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Right, sir, let's have a look at you.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16This doesn't look good.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20The man's been lying face down in the mud for over 15 minutes
0:11:20 > 0:11:23and no-one's been able to get close enough to help.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Cows are scared of helicopters, apparently.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31Your hand's moving, fingers moving. Your neck's OK.
0:11:31 > 0:11:3775-year-old vicar Peter Hallum is covered in cuts and bruises, and he's struggling to breathe.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42His wife Debbie managed to push the cows away, but is understandably in shock.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44I'm with you, Peter.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47PETER GROANS Yes. Squeeze my arm.
0:11:47 > 0:11:53Simon knows Peter needs to be in hospital, but events are about to take an unexpected turn.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57The cows that attacked the couple are heading back towards them.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04When it's a dangerous animal, we usually get police marksmen out, and that way if they attack again...
0:12:04 > 0:12:11Even a large yellow noisy helicopter isn't enough to keep the cows back.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16Simon is trying to treat Peter, and he's now relying on Tim to keep the cows away from him and his patient.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21Can Tim fend off the cattle and protect Simon and Peter?
0:12:28 > 0:12:32Coming up, the team begin the race to get their patient to hospital,
0:12:32 > 0:12:35but his medical history is against him.
0:12:37 > 0:12:43Doctor Simon's worried about the condition of a biker after he discovers he's a transplant patient.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47And the holiday season arrives in Yorkshire,
0:12:47 > 0:12:52but one tourist's life is in danger from a sudden heart attack.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Can you just let me know what time the pain came on?
0:13:01 > 0:13:05Commuting would be a dream if I had one of these to get home in.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08The Helimed MP Explorer can do 150 mph,
0:13:08 > 0:13:13but as we all know, driving on the roads down there reaching double figures can be a challenge,
0:13:13 > 0:13:15especially after there's been a shunt.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22In North Yorkshire, emergency services have been scrambled to a serious accident.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Two cars have crashed, and one has caught fire.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29The first traffic cop to arrive captures the scene on video.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31SIRENS WAIL
0:13:31 > 0:13:38Three people are hurt. Courageous passers-by have rescued one driver from her blazing hatchback.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43Accidents bring out not only the best, but also the worst, in some motorists.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Quite shocking in the way that people were driving past when the car was on fire.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Helimed 99's on the case.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54Car fires, especially after an accident, are rare,
0:13:54 > 0:13:58and paramedics Lee Davison and Tony Wilkes know the chemicals generated
0:13:58 > 0:14:01by burning plastics can be highly toxic.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04But first, they've got to reach their patients.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11Hiya. I've only just arrived. This one's got an arm injury.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15Nothing else obvious.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19One motorist appears to have only minor injuries.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22There's been this incident here behind us. I'm just going to try
0:14:22 > 0:14:26and find the other driver of the Jaguar car.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34Angela Walker is on oxygen after inhaling fumes from her blazing car.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39Did you have your seatbelt on? Yeah? And you've just got some pain across your chest?
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Oh, oh, yes.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Mark Walker was the passenger in his wife's hatchback.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48He's in severe pain from an arm injury.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53The Walkers were dragged dazed and choking from their burning Peugeot.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58The rescuers had little time to worry about worsening their injuries.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01There was literally, one car was up, smoke was coming out the bonnet.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Flames were coming out from underneath and it was just a case of
0:15:05 > 0:15:08whatever the injury, we need to get them out as quick as we can.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12- Do you have any pain in your chest, at all?- No. - So that doesn't hurt at all?
0:15:12 > 0:15:16- No.- OK. - Paramedic Tony believes Mark has a serious arm injury,
0:15:16 > 0:15:21but his patient's unwilling to let him examine it properly.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- Do you mind if I just cut this jacket to have a look?- I don't want it cut.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26OK. That's fair enough.
0:15:26 > 0:15:31Will it slide up? That's the one thing he's said, "Don't let them cut my jacket"!
0:15:31 > 0:15:36To be honest, to get that off without cutting, it's going to cause more pain than enough.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- OK.- It might have to be a new jacket, mate.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44The occupants of the other car involved fared much better in the impact.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48I've just been in to see the patients who have been in the Jaguar car
0:15:48 > 0:15:55and the driver has got no injuries that we can find out at the moment.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59The passenger, who was his daughter, she's got a slight seatbelt burn
0:15:59 > 0:16:03on the left-hand side of her neck, but no central neck pain.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07No other injuries that we can make out, so at the moment, they're not our priority.
0:16:07 > 0:16:13As if their patients weren't in enough discomfort, the heavens open.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16It's the Harrogate crew that are coming to them.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18They're just at North Wigton, about a mile away.
0:16:21 > 0:16:27Angela's going to hospital first. It's just a precaution, but she's complaining of chest pain.
0:16:27 > 0:16:34It's probably bruising from her seat belt, but accidents have been known to bring on heart attacks.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38The crew are here now from Harrogate so we're just going to hand over to them.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Got the first patient loaded.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Tony decides Mark's arm injury isn't serious enough to qualify
0:16:46 > 0:16:49for a flight to hospital, but he does need painkillers.
0:16:49 > 0:16:56Yeah. Just to let you know, this guy that was laid on the ground, they've exposed his left arm.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01Got quite a nasty skin wound. Tony's going to give him some morphine.
0:17:01 > 0:17:07The use of morphine's strictly controlled, so Tony must travel to the hospital with him.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Just travelling, just in case any complications,
0:17:10 > 0:17:13after morphine's been administered.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18I've been to hundreds of road accidents and I've never seen a fire like this.
0:17:18 > 0:17:23Cars have safety devices that should cut off the fuel supply after an impact.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Considering the heat, the smoke and the damage,
0:17:26 > 0:17:30four people have been very lucky here.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34And without the ordinary motorists who risked their own lives to help,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Mark and Angela might not be here.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40They have been very very lucky.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45I think they've got to thank the people who came to them in that first instance
0:17:45 > 0:17:51and got them clear and have helped them on the road to recovery what could have been very serious.
0:17:51 > 0:17:57And after three operations on Mark's arm, he's now looking at heading back to work.
0:17:57 > 0:18:02And he's beginning to get vague recollections about what happened that day.
0:18:02 > 0:18:07I sort of looked round and just saw a big black mass and then, that were it. I were down.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10It were a deafening sound and then after that,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13I were just totally blank then.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16We were hit, and I just remember
0:18:16 > 0:18:19going forward and backwards quickly
0:18:19 > 0:18:24and the windscreen crashing... it was working...
0:18:24 > 0:18:27and that's all I remember.
0:18:27 > 0:18:28Very lucky. Very lucky.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32Lucky that those lads actually saw it setting on fire, cos apparently,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35from it setting on fire to it blowing up, it weren't too long.
0:18:35 > 0:18:42No. And I'm glad the people in the other car were all right.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44They were lucky they got out.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Coming up, pilot Tim takes to the air again
0:18:51 > 0:18:54to drive off the dairy cows that trampled a walker.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58The big grey one, it was obviously in charge of the gang.
0:19:00 > 0:19:05And the summer holidays bring a big increase in the Helimed team's workload.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Now, let's catch up on that case we brought you earlier.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18And it's proving more complicated than the Helimed team expected.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Two bikers have been seriously injured in separate accidents
0:19:24 > 0:19:27around the town of Helmsley, on the North York Moors.
0:19:27 > 0:19:34One biker has ended up underneath a parked vehicle, after a collision with a car near the town centre.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Six miles away, Geoff Potts was in a collision with a car and a caravan.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41He landed on a car's bonnet and then hit a road sign.
0:19:41 > 0:19:47He has serious injuries, and flying doctor Simon Ward is worried.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51Geoff is still recovering from a major operation to give him a new liver.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55I've just given him some morphine, a strong painkiller.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Often, morphine makes people feel nauseous, so we're going to give him
0:19:58 > 0:20:02another drug, which hopefully will help him stop feeling sick.
0:20:02 > 0:20:08With his leg shattered and several other serious injuries, Geoff urgently needs hospital treatment
0:20:08 > 0:20:13and flying doctor, Simon Ward, wants to fly him back to Leeds General Infirmary,
0:20:13 > 0:20:17the hospital where he had his transplant, in case there are complications.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21He's got a dislocated left elbow.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25He's got a nasty lower leg fracture, which as you can see is quite tight.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27The bone's quite tight to the skin.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31This road has a grim reputation for serious accidents.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35And the local hotelier is used to helping pick up the pieces.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37There's normally flowers on that next corner,
0:20:37 > 0:20:4150 yards down there where there was a chap killed about two years ago.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44She's taken in some of the shocked survivors of the crash.
0:20:44 > 0:20:51One more thing to take in is the extraordinary coincidence they've just been part of.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53The two casualties are friends.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Three people in a party and two of them are in crashes.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02He was saying he was glad his daughter wasn't in the back, and he's just had a liver transplant.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06It turns out Geoff and his fellow patient, Gareth Williams,
0:21:06 > 0:21:09were riding together when the first accident happened.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Geoff didn't realise Gareth had disappeared from the group.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17He's still unaware he's not alone in needing hospital treatment this afternoon.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Back in the town centre...
0:21:20 > 0:21:23GARETH GROANS AND SCREAMS IN PAIN
0:21:24 > 0:21:29..Geoff's friend Gareth is struggling to cope with the pain caused by his injured hip.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Paramedic Sammy Wills needs to move him onto a rigid board,
0:21:32 > 0:21:37but her patient is in too much pain, and she's already given him the maximum dose of morphine.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41He seems to have sustained quite a nasty injury
0:21:41 > 0:21:44to probably his femur, possibly his pelvis.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48We're going to take him to St James' Hospital, which is about 12 minutes away.
0:21:48 > 0:21:54Another of Geoff and Gareth's friends, Wayne Moor, saw Gareth's accident.
0:21:54 > 0:22:01He's struggling to cope with the fact that two of his friends have been seriously injured.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04He just come along, straight in the side of him,
0:22:04 > 0:22:07threw him over here and underneath the van.
0:22:10 > 0:22:16Further up the road, he's come off and smashed his leg up, my friend's just been on the phone to me there.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25The accidents have brought chaos to the narrow lanes of the North York Moors.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Police accident investigators are already on the case.
0:22:28 > 0:22:34For the crew of Helimed 99, it's only a short walk to move Geoff into the waiting helicopter.
0:22:34 > 0:22:41Back in the centre of Helmsley, getting Gareth into Helimed 98 is proving more difficult.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45We're just bringing our patient into the vehicle, we are just in the car park.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49It's only a couple of hundred metres away. It's clearly a fractured pelvis.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52And...he's quite a large gentleman,
0:22:52 > 0:22:55so we're trying to assess the swelling and deformity.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58He's in a lot of pain!
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Finally, Geoff and Gareth are ready for their vital flights to hospital.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Is it still the arm that's sore, or is it the leg?
0:23:09 > 0:23:12But before Helimed 98 can leave the centre of Helmsley,
0:23:12 > 0:23:17pilot Tim has to deal with a large crowd of onlookers watching the dramatic event.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20It's not an ideal landing site.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23It's full of tourists that are obviously quite keen
0:23:23 > 0:23:28to see what's happening, and are unresponsive to being asked to move.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33The group of bikers had planned to be enjoying themselves at the seaside by now.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37We were just on our way to Whitby, up the Helmsley road,
0:23:37 > 0:23:40stop at Helmsley. Chat to other bikers and head off
0:23:40 > 0:23:42into Whitby for the day, you know?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Fish and chips by the sea, as it were.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Instead, Geoff and Gareth will soon be on their way to hospital.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52One will fly south to Leeds in Helimed 99,
0:23:52 > 0:23:57and the other north to Middlesbrough in Helimed 98.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01They have both sustained serious and potentially life-changing injuries.
0:24:01 > 0:24:06And they still don't know that the other has been injured.
0:24:06 > 0:24:11But will they ever be able to go out biking together again?
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Coming up, Geoff's body has barely recovered from his transplant,
0:24:20 > 0:24:24but can doctors treat his injuries as well as saving his new liver?
0:24:26 > 0:24:30And a few minutes ago, he was enjoying a holiday.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Now he's fighting for his life.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34A tourist has a heart attack.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45Getting around in a landscape like this can be tiring, especially if you're on foot.
0:24:45 > 0:24:51But walking in the Dales has other dangers, as one rambler has found out in the hills near Bolton Abbey.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55Paramedic Simon Cavanagh is helping retired vicar, the Reverend Peter Hallam,
0:24:55 > 0:24:59who's been seriously injured after being attacked by a herd of cattle.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Pilot Tim Taylor has managed to coral the cows into the corner of a field,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06but even the helicopter hasn't deterred them,
0:25:06 > 0:25:09and they're heading back towards Simon and his patient.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15Tim once more lifts off to scare the cows back into the corner of the field.
0:25:22 > 0:25:28It's a tense few moments, but to everyone's relief, Tim's plan works and the cows finally head off.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36Paramedic Sammy Wills is now free to help Simon move Peter away from danger.
0:25:36 > 0:25:43As far as we can tell, he's got a wound to the head which I haven't had time to look at yet. Abdominal pain.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46All limbs seem to be OK. Neck and back's clear.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51Many cows weigh over half a ton, and Peter's taken some heavy blows.
0:25:51 > 0:25:56Simon's worried he could be bleeding internally, and that can be fatal.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58I want you to put this arm down.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Down by your side. That's it, Pete. Well done.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03OK, lad.
0:26:04 > 0:26:09Back in the helicopter, pilot Tim is keeping a close eye on the cattle.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Sammy and Simon move Peter onto a rigid spinal board
0:26:12 > 0:26:17and start to find out just how serious his internal injuries are.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Just try and slow your breathing down a little.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Sorry, Tim. They're on the move.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27The cattle are still moving ominously towards Sammy and Simon.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32They're working as fast as they can, but it's becoming clear
0:26:32 > 0:26:35that the cows have caused some serious damage to Peter's body.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41I want you to keep your head nice and still for me.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Finally, a ranger arrives. He's just in time.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47Sammy and Simon are ready to load Peter on to the helicopter,
0:26:47 > 0:26:50and they don't want to carry him back towards the cows.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- Sammy to Tim. Over.- Go ahead, Sammy.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56This chap is potentially time critical.
0:26:56 > 0:27:02What we'd like to do is also bring his partner as a walking wounded. Is that OK? Over.
0:27:02 > 0:27:08Over, I've kept an eye on the cows and they seem to have quietened down so I'll reposition next to you.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15Pilot Tim's happy the cows have calmed down enough to fly closer to Sammy and Simon.
0:27:15 > 0:27:22The team can now quickly load Peter and his wife Debbie, who's also been injured, on to the helicopter.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26We're just using the helicopter to herd the cows into the corner of the field.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29But one of them, the big grey one,
0:27:29 > 0:27:33is obviously in charge of the gang, but he wasn't particularly impressed
0:27:33 > 0:27:36with me or the helicopter, but we slowly managed to persuade him to move
0:27:36 > 0:27:40with the rest of the flock into the corner of the field. So I've just been sat
0:27:40 > 0:27:43in between the patient and the cows
0:27:43 > 0:27:47for the last five, ten minutes, with the engines running,
0:27:47 > 0:27:50and as the cows have been coming towards the patient,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52we've just pushed them back into the corner again.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54It seems to have worked quite well.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59PETER GROANS Can't breathe...!
0:27:59 > 0:28:01- You feel like you can't breathe? - Can't breathe!- OK.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05We're going to see how effectively you're breathing. All right?
0:28:05 > 0:28:12I think it was curled and went on my back, more than anything, I don't know.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17- But it's my back, it's just...there. - I'll go and get my steth.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20Now Simon's got Peter safely on to the helicopter,
0:28:20 > 0:28:23he can start to assess his injuries more closely.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25It's quite a bad grazing.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28He's sustained an impact to the side of his chest.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31So we can't hear his breath as clear as we should be able to
0:28:31 > 0:28:35at the bottom of his chest. Top of his chest sounds OK, cos the air's going in that way.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37We're concerned about his breathing.
0:28:37 > 0:28:43The main problems with this scene, obviously, was the danger, so we had to move quite quickly.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45We've got him on oxygen.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48His observations all seem to be OK at the minute.
0:28:48 > 0:28:53We've got a line in, so if anything happens we can deal with it.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58Without Helimed 98, Peter would still be lying face down in the field surrounded by cattle.
0:28:58 > 0:29:03Now he'll be in hospital in less than ten minutes with his wife by his side.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10Simon must carefully monitor Peter's condition, but he's worried.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13STATIC DISTORTS THEIR SPEECH
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Peter's blood pressure is dangerously low,
0:29:16 > 0:29:19and he already has a weak heart after a previous bypass operation.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23The stress and shock of being attacked by a herd of cattle
0:29:23 > 0:29:26could prove too much for his body to handle.
0:29:26 > 0:29:33We're just about to land and we'll be popping your husband onto another trolley and walking to resus.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36There'll be somebody waiting to receive us.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39All right? They know you're coming as well. Do you feel OK?
0:29:39 > 0:29:41SHE MOUTHS
0:29:41 > 0:29:45- Got visual at one o'clock? - Yeah, got visual.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48A team of doctors are waiting at Harrogate Hospital.
0:29:48 > 0:29:53Only a scan will reveal just how serious Peter's condition is.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56He started going downhill in the helicopter.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00He's in, sort of, the initial stages of shock, really.
0:30:00 > 0:30:05His pulse is starting to go up, his breathing was getting a bit more shallow and a bit quicker,
0:30:05 > 0:30:09so we upped the fluid a bit until I could feel a radial pulse.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13The next few hours, maybe the next few days, will be critical, I think.
0:30:13 > 0:30:18They're going to scan him now and obviously do chest and pelvis x-rays.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22They'll be able to figure out of something has been injured internally.
0:30:22 > 0:30:28Simon could have just saved Peter's life, but this job will be memorable for another reason.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32CATTLE LOW I've never come across
0:30:32 > 0:30:36a gang of cows who'll knock you down and beat you up, then come back for more,
0:30:36 > 0:30:41so I don't know what spooked them. It's not their usual behaviour.
0:30:41 > 0:30:46- It's a very hard situation. - It's touch and go for Peter.
0:30:46 > 0:30:51He suffers a heart attack in hospital and he's rushed straight to intensive care,
0:30:51 > 0:30:55but ten days later, I'm delighted to say, he's making a good recovery.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58It was pretty frightening, yeah.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01There came a point when you thought, "I'm not going to get out of this."
0:31:01 > 0:31:06You know? "Whatever happens, I won't survive it."
0:31:06 > 0:31:10There's a lovely walk from the top of the moor down to Bolton Abbey.
0:31:10 > 0:31:15Unfortunately, what we didn't realise was that there was a whole herd of cattle
0:31:15 > 0:31:18in the lower portions of this walk,
0:31:18 > 0:31:24towards Bolton Abbey, erm, and that's where we met up.
0:31:24 > 0:31:29Peter tried to fight back with a stick, but the cows were just too strong.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32The more you hit them, the more they pushed you from behind,
0:31:32 > 0:31:39and eventually I hit the ground, and all you can do is aim at them with the stick.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43I managed to get up, I think twice, and get a bit more ground,
0:31:43 > 0:31:46but by that time there were too many of them all around.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Peter and his wife Debbie love walking their dogs,
0:31:49 > 0:31:53but they'll think twice before taking them through a field of cattle again.
0:31:53 > 0:31:59I think, in future... It's expanded our experience, and if we come to a situation like that again,
0:31:59 > 0:32:04and there's evidently, a lot of young beasts and their parents all in the one field,
0:32:04 > 0:32:11and you've got a lively dog and a rather docile dog, you don't go through.
0:32:15 > 0:32:22Coming up, a transplant patient is back in hospital and this time, no donor can help him recover.
0:32:28 > 0:32:33It's easy to be seen when you're flying through the sky in something this colour,
0:32:33 > 0:32:37but sometimes, finding someone in trouble down there can be a problem.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41It's summer, and tourism's big business in Yorkshire.
0:32:41 > 0:32:4412 million people visit the county every year,
0:32:44 > 0:32:48from sightseers in historic York to walkers in the Dales,
0:32:48 > 0:32:51to families looking for a week at the seaside.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57But for an unlucky few, summer ends with an accident,
0:32:57 > 0:33:01and a holiday flight nobody expected.
0:33:01 > 0:33:06Today, Helimed 99 has been scrambled to woods in West Yorkshire.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11- Hi, guys. Is this the best access we've got? - Sorry?- I love it...!
0:33:11 > 0:33:16Paramedics Pat Greakin and Sammy Wills are looking for an injured child.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Hello!
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Open your eyes for me.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Hello! Hiya...
0:33:22 > 0:33:2612-year-old Ellen Ledyard was trying out a rope swing
0:33:26 > 0:33:31when she lost her grip and fell ten feet to the ground.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35She's hurt her back badly and ground paramedics fear she could have injured her spine.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- Get your head together. - Can I have a blanket?
0:33:38 > 0:33:40We've got the blanket. It's right behind you.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43Sammy needs to know exactly how Ellen fell.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46One of her friends saw what happened.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50Can you show me how high up on that tree she fell?
0:33:50 > 0:33:53She came from here, and she went like that.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56- And she fell off.- Right, OK.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00She swung forward but she didn't manage to get on properly,
0:34:00 > 0:34:03so her hands were grabbing onto it, then she dropped.
0:34:03 > 0:34:08She let go and she slapped her head and her hands on the floor first and then her body did.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11And she was unconscious for a bit.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15Ellen's mum Tracy is flying to hospital with her.
0:34:15 > 0:34:20The flight to Huddersfield will barely last five minutes,
0:34:20 > 0:34:24but with an injury like this, paramedics don't take any chances.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28I used to go on rope swings, but the inertia, unfortunately,
0:34:28 > 0:34:30makes your arms weaker and you tend to fall off.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34That was a big rope swing. When that girl swung it out to show me
0:34:34 > 0:34:36how far she could have fallen, I was surprised.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39It's not very good for the start of the holidays,
0:34:39 > 0:34:43for Mum especially. You know, wondering where your daughter is.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47Now she knows she may be spending a couple of days in hospital, I think.
0:34:47 > 0:34:52So it's not a nice start to the school holidays for Mum and for the child, I suppose.
0:34:52 > 0:34:57Ellen was x-rayed on her arrival and her injuries were not found to be serious.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00She'll be more careful around rope swings next time.
0:35:05 > 0:35:12It's the rugged rocks of the Pennines that bring adventurous holidaymakers to the north.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15And no-one likes them better than the UK's climbers.
0:35:15 > 0:35:20The Derbyshire Peak District has more than 10,000 recorded climbing routes,
0:35:20 > 0:35:23but today, one climber hasn't even made it to the rock face.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28How are we actually going on there? Are we going to the side?
0:35:28 > 0:35:33- It feels like it's a bit fat... the ankle. But it did make a loud noise! - Did it?
0:35:33 > 0:35:38Jude Jelly was about to tackle a crag with her mates from Colchester Climbing Club
0:35:38 > 0:35:41when she slipped and hurt her ankle. It could be broken.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45Judith slipped on the grass, cos she was wearing climbing shoes
0:35:45 > 0:35:48which were quite slippy. You know, no grip.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52If you're climbing this sort of rock, soft rubber is very slippy on the grass.
0:35:52 > 0:35:57I've done the same myself. The main problem's going to be how to get away from here,
0:35:57 > 0:36:00because it's quite a distance from the road.
0:36:00 > 0:36:05Three weeks ago, Jude was hailed a hero herself when she called in mountain rescue
0:36:05 > 0:36:08after coming across a walker with an injured leg in the Lake District.
0:36:08 > 0:36:14- Now, SHE needs help.- So I can't climb today?- Possibly not. Unless you go one-legged.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18Doctor Ben Wyatt and paramedic Paul Bradbury need to take off
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Jude's climbing shoe, and that's going to hurt.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24- Got it.- Is it all right, Jude? - It's painful.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Tell us if it's too painful.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29- That's fine.- You got clean feet? SHE LAUGHS
0:36:29 > 0:36:33Doctor Ben's pretty sure it's not broken, just sprained.
0:36:33 > 0:36:38Anywhere else, this would be an unremarkable injury, but nothing's simple in the Peaks.
0:36:38 > 0:36:43Jude's in the middle of a boulder field, and she can't walk.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Even getting her to the chopper will be a challenge.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51Sam, just confirm Mountain Rescue are coming. They are.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55Climbers are a tough bunch, and Jude's not getting a lot of sympathy.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58She slips over on the grass. That's all. Nothing dramatic.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00And she ought to know better!
0:37:00 > 0:37:04But if laughs can cure pain, she's getting plenty of treatment.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06RSPCA are coming as well...(!)
0:37:06 > 0:37:09This is getting worse by the minute!
0:37:09 > 0:37:15Finally, Mountain Rescue arrives, and they reckon they can get her off the crag themselves.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19Helimed 99 can return to base to wait for a more urgent patient.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28Taking on the great outdoors has its risks.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32Activity holidays are big business up here in the hills of the Yorkshire Dales.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36But every year, some less adventurous holidaymakers
0:37:36 > 0:37:39find themselves needing the Air Ambulance.
0:37:39 > 0:37:45And when the nearest hospital's 20 miles away, that can be a matter of life or death.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50Today, paramedics Lee Davison and Tony Wilkes have been called to a visitor centre
0:37:50 > 0:37:56where tourist David Lee is having a heart attack.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00David's in pain. Local paramedics have diagnosed an MI -
0:38:00 > 0:38:03medical jargon for a heart attack.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Can you just let me know what time the pain came on?
0:38:06 > 0:38:08DAVID MUMBLES
0:38:08 > 0:38:12About two hours ago? Yeah, Tony, it was about two hours ago.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16The electrodes fastened to his chest monitoring his condition
0:38:16 > 0:38:19as his damaged heart muscles struggle to keep going.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22As far as the heart attack's concerned,
0:38:22 > 0:38:26the common saying is that time is heart muscle,
0:38:26 > 0:38:31and the longer it's left unchecked, the more heart muscle's affected in terms of a patient outcome.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34So the quicker we can treat him and get him up to James Cook,
0:38:34 > 0:38:37then the better outcome there's going to be for the patient.
0:38:37 > 0:38:42David's in luck. He's going to be flown direct to the specialist unit
0:38:42 > 0:38:44at James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough,
0:38:44 > 0:38:48where doctors can literally clean out his blocked arteries.
0:38:48 > 0:38:54He's pale and interesting, but he's had some morphine, so that will help his pain.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58I think he's pleased that he's going to go to the right place to get the right treatment.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01This is David's second heart attack.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04This isn't how he expected his trip to the Dales to end,
0:39:04 > 0:39:07but thanks to a treatment known as primary angioplasty,
0:39:07 > 0:39:12he was soon well enough to go home and plan his next summer holiday.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23Now, let's catch up on the case of the two mates
0:39:23 > 0:39:26injured in separate accidents on the North York Moors.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31A Bank Holiday ride to the North Yorkshire market town of Helmsley
0:39:31 > 0:39:34has come to a dramatic halt for a group of bikers.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37In an extraordinary coincidence,
0:39:37 > 0:39:41two members of the group have come off their bikes in separate incidents
0:39:41 > 0:39:44and they both need an Air Ambulance.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48Helimed's 98 crew have been treating Gareth Williams in the centre of Helmsley.
0:39:48 > 0:39:54Meanwhile, six miles down the road, Helimed 99 have been helping his friend Geoff Potts.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58How's the pain at the moment?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Is it as bad as what it was before the doctor gave you some pain relief?
0:40:01 > 0:40:04They have both sustained some serious injuries,
0:40:04 > 0:40:08and Geoff is still recovering from a liver transplant operation.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12The surgeons who performed his transplant are waiting at the Leeds General Infirmary,
0:40:12 > 0:40:17and thanks to Helimed 99, he'll be there in just 15 minutes.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23Meanwhile, Gareth is on his way to the James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough.
0:40:23 > 0:40:28Despite falling off his bike at low speed, he's broken the largest bone in the body -
0:40:28 > 0:40:32his thigh bone - and that's worrying paramedics Sammy Wills.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34He's got a lot of pain
0:40:34 > 0:40:36beneath the upper leg.
0:40:36 > 0:40:42It's hard to say whether it's his pelvis or his thigh bone.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Either way, it can be really quite serious.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46You could lose a lot of blood into that.
0:40:46 > 0:40:52As Helimed 98 flies north, Helimed 99 lands at the Leeds General Infirmary.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56Geoff's body is already weak after his liver transplant,
0:40:56 > 0:41:01but it now has to cope with a number of broken bones and a possible spinal injury.
0:41:01 > 0:41:06It's going to be an anxious wait for Geoff's friends and family to find out if he'll get better.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Transplant patients often suffer numerous complications,
0:41:11 > 0:41:16but a week and another operation later, Geoff is on the way to making a full recovery.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18I did hear the impact,
0:41:18 > 0:41:22and I did feel in a lot of pain, but I made it, you know,
0:41:22 > 0:41:24and I come through it. I hadn't just...
0:41:24 > 0:41:26That was it, I didn't stop.
0:41:26 > 0:41:32He may have survived the crash, but Geoff suffered some very painful and worrying injuries.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36Leg's fractured completely, like,
0:41:36 > 0:41:40it was sticking through, the back bones were sticking through.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43The arm's dislocated, fractured.
0:41:43 > 0:41:48Pelvis was broken, and a slight break on the neck.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Geoff thought he'd never see his daughter again...
0:41:53 > 0:41:55..and now he's facing a long stay in hospital.
0:41:55 > 0:42:00But despite everything that happened, he's still got his sense of humour.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03That was a big car. I do remember it being big!
0:42:03 > 0:42:06I do remember it being a big one, yeah!
0:42:06 > 0:42:08- It was hard, as well. - HE LAUGHS
0:42:08 > 0:42:13It all happened that quick, I just didn't have time to think,
0:42:13 > 0:42:16"How am I gonna get through this?".
0:42:16 > 0:42:20It will be a long time before Geoff sees his fellow biker Gareth.
0:42:20 > 0:42:25Friends are unsure how he'd take the news that Gareth had also been airlifted to hospital,
0:42:25 > 0:42:29and Geoff still can't believe he was involved in such a painful coincidence.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32It was later on that day that I was actually told that...
0:42:32 > 0:42:36Gareth was involved in one as well.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38There was four of us going out on the bike.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42Two of us had an accident within five miles of each other, at the same time.
0:42:42 > 0:42:48You know, it just doesn't happen.... But, it does now.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51We've changed that to, "It does now"!
0:42:51 > 0:42:53And what about Gareth?
0:42:53 > 0:42:58He broke his leg and pelvis. And he too faces a long stay in hospital...
0:42:58 > 0:43:00in traction.
0:43:00 > 0:43:05And that's all from this series of the real life Helicopter Heroes of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07See you next time.
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