0:00:03 > 0:00:06When you're with someone who's critically ill or injured,
0:00:06 > 0:00:08every minute you wait for medical help feels like an hour.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12Which is why a helicopter like this can be the most beautiful sight in the world.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14It certainly 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 > 0:00:45patients in the UK's biggest county
0:00:45 > 0:00:47are never more than 10 minutes from a hospital,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51thanks to this 150mph life-saver.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53And every day brings a new life-or-death emergency
0:00:53 > 0:00:56for its team of flying paramedics.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Two helicopters, four paramedics, five million patients.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Today, on Helicopter Heroes -
0:01:03 > 0:01:04an injured walker needs help.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06There was this awful crack.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09But the team are struggling to land on a rocky hilltop.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11You've got a big rock on the rear.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16A deadly menace brings tragedy to the picturesque Yorkshire Dales.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20It's high-speed impact, it's head-on, somebody's not moving in a car.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26What happens when bikers take on gravity and lose.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28There you go. Deep breaths. Deep breaths.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35And Helimed 99 flies to the rescue of a teenager injured in the snow.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Sledging down the hill, like an idiot.
0:01:43 > 0:01:48Yorkshire's flying paramedics get a bird's-eye view of some of England's most stunning countryside.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52The Dales and Moors are where the speed of the helicopter comes into its own.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59When the winter sun shines, Appletreewick in the heart
0:01:59 > 0:02:02of the Yorkshire Dales is a favourite lunch stop for ramblers.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07But nearly 1,500 feet up on a peak overlooking the village,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10one walker is going to be going hungry today.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Georgina Marsland has broken her ankle after a nasty fall on a hilltop footpath,
0:02:14 > 0:02:18and her friends have just dialled 999.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21We just come over a ladder stile.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25And Georgina, either on the last or next to last rung, just fell off.
0:02:25 > 0:02:30Presumably her foot was caught in the stile, and there was this awful crack.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34We were heading for lunch at the Craven Arms,
0:02:34 > 0:02:38which I've just rung and cancelled. Unfortunately!
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Georgina and her friends are waiting for help from above.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Helimed 99's on the way.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48We're flying to Appletreewick.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51It's a lovely, beautiful area, popular with walkers.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55It's quite isolated where we're going so we'll hopefully be able
0:02:55 > 0:02:58to air lift her maybe to the ambulance or maybe to the hospital.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03Yorkshire's a big place from the air. There's 6,000 square miles of it.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08And paramedic Sammy Wills' job is to find an injured walker in a red coat.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10It's not easy.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14These are the group of trees going up the gill.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16SHE CHUCKLES
0:03:16 > 0:03:22- So it should be this side... - Yeah, it should be down there. - ..of this ridge.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27The team have only been told Georgina's near an isolated farm in a remote area of rugged Wharfedale.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32This farm that's below us now, Steve, there's someone that's just come out and is looking up at us.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- The one we passed?- Yeah, the farm we overflew.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40The local land ambulance is having trouble finding Georgina, too.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44- It's shot back in to the town hasn't it?- Yeah.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49Helimed 99, we're up at this detail at Appletreewick.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53We're unable to locate the patient. Do you know if the land crew
0:03:53 > 0:03:57have any idea or if they've got the patient on board?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- RADIO:- 'I'll call you back, over.' - Helimed 99, roger.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Dr Jez Pinnell is used to this problem.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08999 callers often don't provide the most accurate information.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11People often panic, particularly if someone's quite poorly.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16So they just give scant information to the telephone operator.
0:04:16 > 0:04:22So we often find that what we get is different to what we expected to get.
0:04:22 > 0:04:27- 'York control... '- Helimed 99 receiving, York control.
0:04:27 > 0:04:33'I'll ring the caller and see if we can get a better location for you.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37- INDISTINCT RADIO:- '...a farm.'
0:04:37 > 0:04:40I'm getting a wave at this farm, the guy in the field.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44'Is a gentleman furiously waving to try and get your attention
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- 'at the farm?'- He's on the track.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48He was waving, yeah.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52- OK, we'll go down and see, shall we? The field next to him, yeah?- Yep.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Helimed 99, we've got visual with the gentleman
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- who's on the phone to you now. - 'Thank you.'
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- He's running down the path, Steven. - Yes.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Do you want to stay here, Sammy, and I'll see where the patient is?
0:05:06 > 0:05:12Helimed 99 doesn't often land to ask for directions, but today they'll make an exception.
0:05:12 > 0:05:19Georgina's friend Geoff Kirk has hiked down from the hilltop where she fell, to guide in her rescuers.
0:05:19 > 0:05:25- Yeah. OK, so it's on the top.? She's on the top there...- There's three people - the patient and two others,
0:05:25 > 0:05:26they ought to be waving to you.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28She's cold and in shock.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31For Georgina, the wait for help has already been an ordeal.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35It's six degrees Celsius in the valleys but on top of the fells,
0:05:35 > 0:05:38a biting wind makes it feel much colder.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43Her husband Keith is trying to keep her chin up, but he's worried.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46We've been sat here a while. I'm absolutely frozen.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52At least pilot Steve now knows where his patient is, but there's a problem.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57Just be aware of rocks that are hidden underneath the heather.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59- Yep.- Not a nice landing place.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04Georgina was walking down from a boulder-strewn peak called Simon's Seat.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08This is not a good place to land a three-tonne helicopter.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09And it's quite boggy.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- Yes, see if we can find somewhere suitable.- Where are you thinking?
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Just have a look over there, see if it's flat, first.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18You've got a big rock on the rear, Steve.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22That's sloping again. That's a pain.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Steve's having real trouble.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29Every potential landing site is littered with large rocks.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Steve needs clear ground to touch down.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36And if he can't find somewhere safe,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Georgina's rescuers will have to hike up 1,500ft
0:06:40 > 0:06:45from the valley below. Help could be a long time coming.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Coming up on Helicopter Heroes -
0:06:52 > 0:06:53Georgina's in terrible pain,
0:06:53 > 0:06:56but there's another setback for her rescuers.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58That's sinking, that's sinking.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Helimed 99 descends into a blizzard
0:07:02 > 0:07:05as the crew scramble to an emergency in the hills.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11There's a race against weather of a different kind, as a rainstorm
0:07:11 > 0:07:14threatens to ground the chopper and its patient.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Might have to come to the airport and arrange for an ambulance to meet us.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Paramedics reckon that in two years on an air ambulance,
0:07:27 > 0:07:32they'll treat as many serious injuries as some ground-based colleagues see in a whole career.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36But some injuries are especially tragic and avoidable.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45The Yorkshire Dales are a playground for millions every summer,
0:07:45 > 0:07:51but the crags and fells look down on communities that often aren't as idyllic as they seem.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55I work in the rural area of the Dales, up in North Yorkshire,
0:07:55 > 0:07:57and it does have its social problems.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02And the crew of Helimed 99 are about to come face to face
0:08:02 > 0:08:06with the effects of one of the fastest growing problems in the Dales.
0:08:06 > 0:08:12Bye. They're saying one person not moving on it as well, on the job that's come in on this screen.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- What grid have we got, Chris? - Sierra Delta 7...
0:08:15 > 0:08:20At air ambulance HQ, the crew know minutes cost lives.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28A BMW has collided head-on with a van at high speed.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30On a road lined with dry stone walls,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33there was no escape for the van driver.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Paramedic Pete Vallance's job is to navigate the chopper to the scene.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41And today Helimed 99 has to beat the weather, with low clouds
0:08:41 > 0:08:43obscuring the tops of the fells.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48The shunt has blocked the A65, the main road
0:08:48 > 0:08:51from the Lake District to the Dales. Driving to the scene
0:08:51 > 0:08:57would be slow going, but Helimed 99 is doing 150 and they need to get there fast.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59One definite fatal.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02One poss fatal.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06'The road is cleared for you to land. Over.'
0:09:06 > 0:09:10Helimed 99, that's all received. Our reach time approximately 5-6 minutes, over.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14The local emergency services have turned out in force.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Thanks to them, two patients are already on their way to hospital by road.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23The chopper has Dr Anil Hormis on board. He's a hospital anaesthetist
0:09:23 > 0:09:26who volunteers to take his skills to the scene of accidents.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30Today his knowledge will be stretched to the limit.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34The BMW's driver is unconscious in the back of the road ambulance.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43This accident doesn't add up.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48It happened on the brow of a hill, and the BMW had ignored solid white lines.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51The paramedics have their suspicions about the cause.
0:09:51 > 0:09:58When they fail to find a useable vein in their patient's arms, they're confirmed.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03Accidents involving drivers influenced by drugs are a daily occurrence.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07We're flying the gentleman through to Lancaster,
0:10:07 > 0:10:11which is the nearest major hospital that we can attend.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13The driver is fighting for his life.
0:10:13 > 0:10:18His only chance is a rapid flight to intensive care in nearby Lancaster.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22At the moment he's unconscious, multiple injuries,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25he has been intubated at the scene.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28We're having difficulty getting IV access,
0:10:28 > 0:10:32and we'll be setting off hopefully within the next five minutes.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Just watch that arm. It might fall out, cos it's only...
0:10:36 > 0:10:41It's 50 miles away, it'll take us 7-8 minutes to get there
0:10:41 > 0:10:43but we're flying into a headwind so that might be slightly...
0:10:43 > 0:10:47spread out, it might be up to 10 minutes to get there.
0:10:50 > 0:10:55Dr Anil is used to monitoring patients in the quiet of Doncaster Royal Infirmary.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00Today he has to do his job in the noise and vibration of a helicopter, at the same time
0:11:00 > 0:11:05as coping with air turbulence caused by the Pennines, 1,000 feet below.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08At the moment we've still got a heartbeat, we are breathing
0:11:08 > 0:11:12for him, he has been intubated, so we are breathing for the patient.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17That's really about it at the moment, he's got quite serious bone injuries as well -
0:11:17 > 0:11:23fractured leg, possibly fractured pelvis, he's got chest injuries, head injuries, so...
0:11:23 > 0:11:26not looking very good, unfortunately.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30The driver's vital signs are dropping.
0:11:30 > 0:11:35Intensive care at Lancaster's state-of-the-art hospital is now only minutes away.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40Helimed 99's involved in a life-or-death race it could still lose.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Coming up - doctors begin their fight to save the driver,
0:11:48 > 0:11:51but his family think they know why the accident happened.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56His driving is erratic, it's too fast.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01A walker needs help, but will she get it?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03That's sinking, that's sinking.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Sliding!
0:12:06 > 0:12:09And paramedic Paul's on standby
0:12:09 > 0:12:12as daredevil bikers show off their skills.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21Bad weather's the one thing the flying paramedics can't fight -
0:12:21 > 0:12:23some days they can't even get off the ground.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28But it's winter that really tests the skills of the pilots and crew.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32It's below zero at Leeds Bradford Airport and it's business as usual
0:12:32 > 0:12:35for the airlines jetting off to the winter sun.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37But for the crew of Helimed 99,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40snow means their job just got much harder.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41The main drama
0:12:41 > 0:12:46is landing in snow, because when it's all loose and powdery,
0:12:46 > 0:12:48you get quite a lot of recirculating snow, so your plan
0:12:48 > 0:12:54is to go out and practise once it's stopped snowing, and people stop chucking snowballs.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Being on high ground like this, you can get snow showers, and we just want to go off
0:13:01 > 0:13:06and do a bit of training, just to do some snow landings. We've got to keep up to date with that,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09cos it's quite a dangerous operation if we get a call.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16Pilot Tim Taylor wants to practise the most difficult part of winter flying - landing.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20And so he's heading up in to the rugged Peak District.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23What they're about to try is difficult and potentially dangerous.
0:13:23 > 0:13:29The snow cloud engulfs the aircraft so you lose all visual references outside.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Yeah, you'll get a whiteout,
0:13:31 > 0:13:32so you try and let the pilot
0:13:32 > 0:13:36know exactly where the snowstorm is before he gets to it.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39..with you.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Tim's flying blind in a mini-blizzard.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Just before touchdown, he decides to have another go.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51One wrong move and they could crash.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53But this time, there's no mistake.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Helimed 99 is down. Tim's done it.
0:13:56 > 0:14:02We don't get that much snow in the UK, so like today when we have got some, we've come out and practised.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Just so when we do use then in anger, we're thoroughly prepared,
0:14:06 > 0:14:10and know what the experience is gonna be like.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14But now Tim and the team will have to do it all again - for real.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18High on a hillside in the Pennines,
0:14:18 > 0:14:23a land ambulance crew have hiked for miles to reach 17-year-old Joe Haig,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26whose afternoon out with his mates has ended in agony.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Sledging down the hill, like an idiot.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30He's complaining of lower back pain.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35We called the helicopter out because of the remoteness and the fact that where we were we'd be stranded.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Even though the snow's now thawing in the valleys of West Yorkshire,
0:14:38 > 0:14:42there's still plenty left 2,000ft up in the hills.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46That'll be a sledging job.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50People go sledging on the hills, which can be quite inaccessible.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53The helicopter can help out the crews
0:14:53 > 0:14:55by being able to get close to the patient.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Landing up here won't be easy,
0:14:58 > 0:15:03but finding their patient in a bleak white landscape has its problems, too.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Something in the middle of the forest here. Quite a lot of people in the middle of the forest.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11- I can't see anybody injured there, can you?- No, I can't.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15There's somebody definitely waving there. They've been waving forever
0:15:15 > 0:15:19since we've been going over. These three people here.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24Right in the middle of the trees, look, there's somebody there... with a blanket and everything.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- Yes, I can see it.- Aye?- Yeah.
0:15:27 > 0:15:33Finally, Lee spots Joe and the ground crew hidden in the trees that brought the sledge to a halt.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35It's gonna be easier to come down
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- with somebody, rather than going up. - Yeah.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40OK. Move, move, move.
0:15:42 > 0:15:48Tim's training mission has paid off, but he couldn't see a dip in the ground concealed by snow.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Falling down a crater!
0:15:51 > 0:15:54But they're down. And now the paramedics can get to work.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00..Over there? He said it was a bit of a steep incline, but...
0:16:00 > 0:16:06I don't know what he's been doing sledging in the woods when there's all that clear area
0:16:06 > 0:16:08to go through out there.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Where is he?
0:16:10 > 0:16:13The best way down for this guy is going to be on a sledge.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Hello.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Joe's in pain, and very cold.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23You grab that for me. Ta.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27We need to organise to be able to get him just of this incline a bit
0:16:27 > 0:16:31which... The best thing for us to do is just slide him down.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Joe's going to hospital the same way he hurt himself -
0:16:35 > 0:16:38only this time someone's watching out for the trees.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39OK, I'll hold him there.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Let's just wait there a sec.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Joe's mates think he's just bruised himself,
0:16:47 > 0:16:52but the paramedics know an accident like his can cause serious injuries.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56Its levelling off now, that's the worst. It's easing. That's it.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58He's not strapped to a spinal board for nothing.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03People have been paralysed by accidents like this.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06I was sledging down a hill, and I crashed into a tree,
0:17:06 > 0:17:08bum first.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12I tested this one out first and went down, then he followed me
0:17:12 > 0:17:16straight after, and went straight into a tree, and smashed his back.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18I'm in quite a lot of pain.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Ready, steady, lift. There we are.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28They're more than a mile from the nearest road, and darkness is falling.
0:17:28 > 0:17:33If it wasn't for the helicopter, rescuing Joe from the hill would be a difficult operation.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Keep going, keep going, keep sliding, and stop!
0:17:36 > 0:17:39We were parked somewhere over there first and we realised
0:17:39 > 0:17:43it were to far away. So got closer but it's still a bit of a trek.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45It's probably the only place with any snow left
0:17:45 > 0:17:48so it was worth going out this morning and practising.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50INDISTINCT
0:17:50 > 0:17:52The crew are running out of light,
0:17:52 > 0:17:56but the nearest hospital is little more than a minute away.
0:17:56 > 0:18:01Joe will soon be being checked out by doctors in a specialist accident and emergency unit.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Huddersfield, OK?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08And what a difference a few hundred feet makes.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Down in the valley, the snow's turned to slush
0:18:11 > 0:18:15on the football pitch that doubles as the local helipad.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Got goalposts on the left.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22It's something I've always wanted to do, not under these conditions, obviously.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Joe's just fulfilled a lifetime ambition.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27- Watch that slope.- And we're clear.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31And the good news - Joe had just strained his back and he'll be back
0:18:31 > 0:18:35on the slopes of the Pennines the next time the snow falls.
0:18:40 > 0:18:45Coming up - the story behind a rural car crash shocks the Dales.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48He was introduced to drugs probably when he was about 15.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50They took the life of his best friend.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56And there's a life-or-death race to get an injured biker to hospital.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- Blood pressure dropping. - Not far to go now.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10But now, we're back in the hills of Wharfedale where the local landscape
0:19:10 > 0:19:15is getting in the team's way as they try to reach a walker injured on a remote fellside.
0:19:17 > 0:19:191,500ft up in the Yorkshire Dales,
0:19:19 > 0:19:21walker Georgina Marsland
0:19:21 > 0:19:24is in pain after falling on a moorland stile
0:19:24 > 0:19:29and breaking her ankle. She's stuck on a chilly hillside so remote that Helimed 99's crew
0:19:29 > 0:19:31had to land to ask the way.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33OK, so she's on the top there...?
0:19:33 > 0:19:35There's three people, the patient and two others.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37They ought to be waving to you.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40But their problems didn't end there.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45Pilot Steve Cobb's desperately searching for a landing site to put his chopper down,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48but boulders and bogs litter the hilltop.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53- And it's quite boggy.- Yes, just see if I can find somewhere suitable. - Where are you thinking?
0:19:53 > 0:19:56We've got this flat bit over there, see if it's flat first.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01After three minutes hovering over the summit of a peak called Simon's Seat,
0:20:01 > 0:20:04pilot Steve chooses a spot.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10That's sinking! That's sinking!
0:20:10 > 0:20:12And sliding! Sliding.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15INDISTINCT EXCHANGE
0:20:15 > 0:20:20But he quickly has to change his mind as Helimed 99's landing skids sink into a bog.
0:20:20 > 0:20:25This time Steve's taking no chances.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29Before he risks lowering three tonnes of helicopter on to the hillside,
0:20:29 > 0:20:33paramedic Pat Greaken's going to test the landing site for firmness.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Just jump out the side, Pat, and see if you sink.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Is it solid rock or bog?
0:20:39 > 0:20:44It's solid and, at last, the team can get to work.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Hi, Georgina. Give me this hand, my love.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51Just want to try and keep you well covered over.
0:20:52 > 0:20:59It's probably broken her ankle. Can't get her boot off now to have a look but she's in a lot of pain.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02She can't put any weight on it. As you can see,
0:21:02 > 0:21:04we're quite away from civilisation,
0:21:04 > 0:21:08the helicopter's just up there, 100 yards behind us.
0:21:08 > 0:21:09She can't walk there.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13We might be able to carry her up there on a spinal board, which is our Plan A. Plan B
0:21:13 > 0:21:17is mountain rescue but obviously it's going to take them an hour to get up here,
0:21:17 > 0:21:22which isn't a problem, but it's just a bit cold and she's been here half-an-hour already so...
0:21:22 > 0:21:28Pat's given Georgina morphine to dull the pain. Elsewhere this would be a minor injury,
0:21:28 > 0:21:31but on top of the Dales even the most trivial incident
0:21:31 > 0:21:34can turn into something life-threatening.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36The team's patient is getting colder.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39She must be moved.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42We are gonna try and get the lady up to the air ambulance.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44We've given the lady morphine,
0:21:44 > 0:21:46and put the lady on to the spinal board
0:21:46 > 0:21:49and then slowly walk her up.
0:21:49 > 0:21:55Georgina's ankle will need setting in hospital - a splint is the best they can do here.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59- One, two, three...- Push back.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02And at least they can lift her off the wet ground.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04One more, if you can do it again.
0:22:04 > 0:22:05There we go.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Shall we hold her up and just see how...?
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Let's just... I really think it's...
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Just see what it's like between...
0:22:12 > 0:22:17Meanwhile, Sammy and Doctor Jez are trying to find a route back to Helimed 99
0:22:17 > 0:22:20up a steep, slippery hillside.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25- 'Roger that. I'll get a blanket then.'- Make yourself comfortable.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28At the top of the hill, at least someone's warm.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32Steve's just making himself comfortable in the aircraft with a blanket,
0:22:32 > 0:22:36keeping out of the wind, keeping himself warm!
0:22:36 > 0:22:38You're gonna like this, Georgina.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41But Jez and Sammy come back with bad news.
0:22:41 > 0:22:47It's just really slippery underfoot, there's a lot of rocks - it's not too steep, and it's not too far,
0:22:47 > 0:22:51but our stretcher is not really designed for carrying people
0:22:51 > 0:22:54up the sides of mountains - it's an extrication device.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58The state of play is, we're going to wait for a mountain rescue
0:22:58 > 0:23:03or fire rescue to help carry you. It's a bit too steep and slippy.
0:23:03 > 0:23:09Georgina needs the specialist equipment that only the local Fell Rescue Team will have.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12And they could be an hour or more.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16I've asked Geoff, who was the gent that met us at the bottom, if he wouldn't mind going back down again
0:23:16 > 0:23:21to meet Fell Rescue and tell them exactly where we are, cos we don't want Fell Rescue delayed
0:23:21 > 0:23:26getting up here, because I'm quite conscious of how cold it is up here, how windy it is.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30If it gets a bit colder, and in the wind... She's out of the wind, behind a wall,
0:23:30 > 0:23:36but people can become hypothermic, she isn't at the moment but it's something we have to bear in mind.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Luckily Sammy has some specialist equipment of her own in the rucksack.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43The "bothy" is a sort of two-person tent.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45It's cosy and could be a lifesaver.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49It's a big factor, and I've learnt a lot from mountain rescue,
0:23:49 > 0:23:53that cold does make a patient more uncomfortable.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56So we've padded, put things underneath her,
0:23:56 > 0:24:00and just getting rid of the wind makes a big difference.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03As you said, isn't it, it's made a huge difference getting inside?
0:24:03 > 0:24:05I was saying I feel really bad,
0:24:05 > 0:24:09I'm sure there must be somebody else who needs it more.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11And it just seems so silly.
0:24:11 > 0:24:17But usually we are prepared when we go walking, we make sure we've got the correct clothing and footwear.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21But, erm, even though they are strong ankle boots, it's...
0:24:21 > 0:24:23- Accidents happen.- Yeah.
0:24:23 > 0:24:29It looks like Georgina could at last be in sight of the hospital treatment she needs.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32But when Dr Jez speaks to Fell Rescue, there's another problem.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36They've had a bit of difficulty getting people out, because obviously
0:24:36 > 0:24:39they're volunteers, and people are on holiday as well.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43The other difficulty they have had is getting hold of a stretcher.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47They are saying that the nearest one might be Grassington or somewhere.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49I'm not from round here but I think that's quite a way away!
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Keep your feet warm!
0:24:51 > 0:24:56The experts and equipment Georgina needs are still out of reach.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59And it's getting colder.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Coming up on Helicopter Heroes - help arrives for the injured walker,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10but there's another problem.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15We'll have to take her up on a spinal board but with as many people as possible.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18And a biker takes on a rock face - and comes off worst.
0:25:18 > 0:25:23He's fallen away from his bike and hit his leg on a bit of a rock.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Behind every accident I can tell you there's a story.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34And even in the picturesque Ribblesdale,
0:25:34 > 0:25:40the same social problems that bring misery to our large cities are a factor in many tragedies.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45The busy road linking the Yorkshire Dales and The Lakes has been blocked.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48A BMW has crossed the double white lines
0:25:48 > 0:25:50and collided head-on with a van.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54The car is on the wrong side of the road.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56The passenger has died.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01The driver has massive injuries, but he's alive.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Helimed 99 has Doctor Anil on board today - he's an anaesthetist
0:26:05 > 0:26:09and takes over the patient's breathing as they rush him to Lancaster Hospital.
0:26:09 > 0:26:14From the Dales to the trauma team takes just 12 minutes.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19The patient's family are all informed about the crash
0:26:19 > 0:26:21and are rushed to the hospital to be with him.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Before they get there, 37-year-old Andrew Edmunson
0:26:24 > 0:26:26from the market town of Settle in North Yorkshire
0:26:26 > 0:26:28has a heart attack.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31He couldn't have had more help.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Had he any chance of survival, the air ambulance gave him it.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37But, unfortunately,
0:26:37 > 0:26:41his injuries were too significant to live.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45It wasn't enough, but they tried.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50At the scene of the crash, Doctor Anil and the crew couldn't find a vein
0:26:50 > 0:26:54in Andrew to get the anaesthetics they needed into his body.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57They suspected he was a drug user who had been injecting himself.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Just coming up there...
0:26:59 > 0:27:03Most patients we are able to get access to their veins quite easily
0:27:03 > 0:27:07but this was a very unusual circumstance and, sadly,
0:27:07 > 0:27:10it was the drugs that played the biggest part in that.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16In the end Peter and Paul really struggled to get any access anywhere.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20The only place that I could go was at the top of his neck,
0:27:20 > 0:27:22and put a cannula,
0:27:22 > 0:27:25an intravenous cannula in to the neck so I could give my drugs.
0:27:27 > 0:27:33The air ambulance paramedics increasingly come across incidents like this involving illegal drugs.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36But this is the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.
0:27:36 > 0:27:42On the outside, you've got the beauty, the quietness, the charm of the Yorkshire Dales.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45But deep down, there's always occasions where,
0:27:45 > 0:27:47unfortunately, drugs are going to play a part.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51And on this occasion, you know, drugs have raised their ugly head
0:27:51 > 0:27:53and two people have died because of them.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Andrew Edmunson's family got in touch with Helicopter Heroes
0:27:57 > 0:28:00and asked us to tell the story behind his accident.
0:28:00 > 0:28:05His sister Sharon Holt wanted to say thank you to the people who tried to save her brother,
0:28:05 > 0:28:10and sorry to those whose lives have been devastated by the crash.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15She also wanted people to know that drugs can kill, even in the heart of a national park.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20He took the life of his best friend,
0:28:20 > 0:28:23and traumatised countless other people.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27His driving was erratic...
0:28:27 > 0:28:30It was too fast.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34He overtook on double white lines, on the brow of a hill -
0:28:34 > 0:28:37that's not the actions of somebody that's thinking.
0:28:37 > 0:28:42He was introduced to drugs probably when he was about 15
0:28:42 > 0:28:46and was still addicted to heroin when he died.
0:28:48 > 0:28:53They were going to take his life in one way or another, whether it was this way or something else.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59Helimed 99's paramedics know from experience that no matter how quaint the setting,
0:28:59 > 0:29:02drugs are around, and they can impact
0:29:02 > 0:29:04on the daily life of a rural community
0:29:04 > 0:29:07in the same way as an inner city.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10The fact is,
0:29:10 > 0:29:14in rural North Yorkshire, the use of class A drugs
0:29:14 > 0:29:19goes up year by year, and those who work on the front line have to deal with the consequences.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Crack cocaine taken intravenously
0:29:22 > 0:29:26and then trying to drive is an absolute disaster area.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30The effects on the whole system, especially your ability to make decisions,
0:29:30 > 0:29:34your speed of movement, your judgment calls, are totally impaired.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40You associate drug abuse of that nature with inner cities
0:29:40 > 0:29:45and I think this just shows that drug abuse is so widespread that we can be anywhere in the country
0:29:45 > 0:29:48and have to deal with drug abuse and drug problems.
0:29:48 > 0:29:53And it's just raising the awareness to people that it happens.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Everybody tried hard for Andrew.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59Everybody tried hard.
0:29:59 > 0:30:04Unfortunately, he has left behind...a mess.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09You don't like the way he lives and you don't like what he does.
0:30:11 > 0:30:16But when they tell you that you'll brother's died, all of that don't matter any more, really.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19He's still your brother.
0:30:25 > 0:30:31Coming up on Helicopter Heroes - rescue is on its way to an injured hiker.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34- So where is your helicopter? - It's back up there.- That far away?
0:30:40 > 0:30:45250cc and enough horsepower to climb a rock face.
0:30:45 > 0:30:50But there's one fact about off-road biking they don't tell you in the manual. When you come off it hurts.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53And there's an awful lot of people that can tell you just how much.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59Motocross and Trials bike riding is one of the fast growing sports in the UK.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03Thousands of people take part in organised events like this one.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05But even if you're an expert like these guys,
0:31:05 > 0:31:09doing this is never going to be risk free.
0:31:09 > 0:31:14Air ambulance paramedic Paul Bradbury is on hand just in case.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17I think I want to put a deposit down on one tomorrow.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22One of the reasons he's here is that he and all the Helimed crews
0:31:22 > 0:31:25have had plenty of experience of picking up the pieces
0:31:25 > 0:31:28when biking for fun goes wrong.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34At a motocross event in a wood near Ripon, a young biker has come off.
0:31:34 > 0:31:41It's just his knee. He's just come through here and just got in a rut and just overbalanced, basically.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43BIKER MOANS
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Paul and Helimed 98 are on the way.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48The problem with trial biking
0:31:48 > 0:31:51is the location where we actually find the rider.
0:31:51 > 0:31:52The nature of trial riding,
0:31:52 > 0:31:55they don't ride on the concrete road.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00It's normally in the middle of the wood or up a hillside so that's where the air ambulance comes into its own.
0:32:00 > 0:32:0414-year-old biker Stephen Brown is in great pain.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Can you put your good leg on top of your bad one?
0:32:07 > 0:32:09He is miles from anywhere and the weather is closing in.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13The cloud base is quite low down and it's quite breezy.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17The young rider has been taking part in an organised, well-marshalled competition.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21His knee is the problem. After the fall,
0:32:21 > 0:32:25it isn't where it should be. The paramedics give him Entonox, gas and air,
0:32:25 > 0:32:27for the pain.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30- Good lad.- Good lad.- Deep breaths. - BOY MOANS
0:32:30 > 0:32:34As some of the other riders prepare the way to give Stephen
0:32:34 > 0:32:38a clear path out to the helicopter, pilot Tim gets anxious.
0:32:38 > 0:32:43I should imagine within the next four or five minutes there will be a dense bank of cloud, a bit of sleet
0:32:43 > 0:32:48moving into the area, which will cause problems for us flying out.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50We need to get the patient loaded as quick as we can.
0:32:50 > 0:32:55As Stephen is taken to the helicopter a bank of cloud sweeps in.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58They need to take off now.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02Pilot Tim rings ahead to the control desk to tell them his plan.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06Once we've taken off, we'll assess whether we can get to Harrogate
0:33:06 > 0:33:10or go back to the airport and then arrange for an ambulance to meet us at the airport.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14See you later, mate. You'll be all right. Don't you worry.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Once they are in the air, the decision is made.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21We are taking you to Leeds-Bradford airport. What we will do is get
0:33:21 > 0:33:24an ambulance to take you from there down to the hospital.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27- Yeah.- Don't worry. I know it's a bit bumpy but don't worry.
0:33:27 > 0:33:34With its state-of-the-art air traffic control, landing at the airport is the only safe option.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Be like walking round with a pot on your leg - get some sympathy.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43- Will I get crutches?- I would think so, yeah, if you ask nicely.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46And as they land, the ambulance pulls in to take a grateful,
0:33:46 > 0:33:50and now pain-free young biker on his way to hospital.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57Stephen's injuries were minimised by the fact that he was wearing protective equipment.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04And if you do this sort of thing for fun, you're going to need it.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08I have a motorbike of my own which I wouldn't part with for anybody's money.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10My bike comes out the garage
0:34:10 > 0:34:14and it's boots, leathers, protective jacket,
0:34:14 > 0:34:18helmet, good quality gloves and a back protector.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20But not everyone is like Daz.
0:34:20 > 0:34:26Up and down the country, legions of young bikers, on common ground, are a frequent sight -
0:34:26 > 0:34:30riding illegally, no supervision, without the right kit.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32The ambulance service, OK?
0:34:32 > 0:34:37And incidents like this in South Yorkshire are becoming all too common.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Yeah, this guy's got a nasty head injury.
0:34:40 > 0:34:45We need to get some things under control. First of all, his airway
0:34:45 > 0:34:47and then we'll take it from there.
0:34:47 > 0:34:52- Yeah, very serious. - You're doing well. That's grand, absolutely grand.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55We are going to fly him to Northern General in Sheffield.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59It's only about three or four minutes away so it shouldn't take us too long.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03If they want to go out and have a good time then I would be the last person in the world
0:35:03 > 0:35:08to stop them wanting to enjoy themselves on a motorbike. I've done it myself.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12But the piece of kit that they don't wear is invariably where they will get injured.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14If they don't wear boots - expect broken legs.
0:35:14 > 0:35:19If they don't wear a helmet, they'll wind up with a fractured skull or worse.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Blood pressure dropping.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24- Varied, isn't it?- Not far to go now.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Pupils, are they reacting?
0:35:27 > 0:35:33- Was he on the back of the other lad that was there?- Yeah. That's why there was only one bike.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Fell off without a helmet.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40Within a few minutes of leaving the scene of the bike smash,
0:35:40 > 0:35:43the crew touch down at the accident and emergency unit
0:35:43 > 0:35:45at Sheffield's Northern General Hospital.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47They have done everything they can.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51I have fallen off a bike many, many times.
0:35:51 > 0:35:57So far, I've managed to get up and walk away but I would definitely say that's down to some decent gear.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01Daz and Helimed 99 are on their way on their way to a wooded area
0:36:01 > 0:36:05near a railway line somewhere near Rotherham.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09Sometimes when they set off, the location details are all a bit sketchy.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13It's the second... Well, anyway, here you are...
0:36:13 > 0:36:18The air ambulances' unit manager, Mick Lindley, is back on the shop floor today as a paramedic.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22Head towards the cart track. You can't miss it.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24- You said that yesterday. - What's the job we're going to?
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Motorcyclists.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29On the track. Off a cliff. Whee!
0:36:29 > 0:36:3345-year-old Glen Leese has been trials riding for years
0:36:33 > 0:36:35but no matter how good you are, if you fall down a cliff
0:36:35 > 0:36:37it's going to hurt.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42We were just going up those rocks there and all his weight went on that leg. And basically that was it.
0:36:42 > 0:36:47The motocross event that's Glen has been riding is a downhill and uphill test of skill
0:36:47 > 0:36:52and he's right at the bottom of the downhill bit with a badly broken leg.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Can I just get there where you are to have a little squint at him?
0:36:55 > 0:36:59He fell away from his bike and hit his leg on a bit of a rock.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Glen's wearing all the right protective gear,
0:37:02 > 0:37:05and before Daz can give him morphine for the pain
0:37:05 > 0:37:06they need to get some of it off.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Now, two choices with this.
0:37:08 > 0:37:13- Do you want me to cut it or lift it over your head?- No, take it off. It's no problem.- Let me help you.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15And that's going to hurt too.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17BIKER GROANS IN PAIN All right.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Listen, this might make you feel funny.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22After Daz has delivered the morphine shot,
0:37:22 > 0:37:25the carrying crew can begin the climb up, and it's tricky
0:37:25 > 0:37:28when you're lugging a big biker with a broken leg.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31We are going up that way up there, surely?
0:37:31 > 0:37:35The biking community sticks together when one of their number are hurt.
0:37:36 > 0:37:42It's been an uphill struggle and Glen's stretcher-bearers are relieved to see the top of the hill.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46Keep going, keep going, keep going and down. Yes, lovely.
0:37:46 > 0:37:52And another of Helimed 99's biker patients is on his way to get fixed.
0:37:56 > 0:38:03Now when you're flying in the air at 150mph, distance doesn't mean quite so much as it does down there.
0:38:03 > 0:38:09But up in the hills, one of Helimed 99's patients is still a long way from hospital.
0:38:11 > 0:38:16Walker Georgina Marsland is sheltering halfway up a fell in the Yorkshire Dales with a broken ankle.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20Helimed 99 had trouble landing on the rocky peak.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23You've got a big rock at the end here, Steve.
0:38:23 > 0:38:28And reaching the chopper with their patient will mean a difficult climb up a slippery slope.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31But at last help is on its way.
0:38:31 > 0:38:37Volunteers from the local Fell Rescue team have hiked 1,500 feet to help Georgina.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40The trouble is they haven't brought the rescue stretcher
0:38:40 > 0:38:42needed to carry her to the helicopter.
0:38:42 > 0:38:48We've come to the decision that we'll have her up on the spinal board but with as many people as possible.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52I think with eight people I think that's safe enough. Plenty of hands.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55We should manage fine. She looks nice and slim
0:38:55 > 0:38:57so I'm sure we'll be fine.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00- Where is the helicopter? - Back up there.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Can I have a lift back down again?
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Oooh, snug as a bug.
0:39:08 > 0:39:13There wasn't enough people to safely do it but I think now we've got you three,
0:39:13 > 0:39:15I think there's enough people to safely do it.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20What the team are about to try is a calculated risk.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22But they have little alternative but to take it.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26It's well over any hour since Georgina's fall.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28She's cold and in pain.
0:39:28 > 0:39:33But the only stretcher they have is difficult to carry uphill.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37The climb is steep and there's only a dry stone wall to stop anyone who falls.
0:39:37 > 0:39:43But they've done it and Georgina's finally reached Helimed 99.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Thanks.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50Welcome to Yorkshire air ambulance.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54- How does that feel?- Fine.- Yeah? Cool.
0:39:54 > 0:40:00Georgina's going home from her day out in the Dales rather more quickly than she expected.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Hopefully we can land behind the hospital
0:40:03 > 0:40:06and they'll meet us with a trolley so we don't need
0:40:06 > 0:40:10a secondary transfer. And this lady is from Harrogate as well so it's ideal, really.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14I'm not a walker, myself.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18I'd rather stay home in front of a nice, warm fire watching television.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20- Oh, Pat.- Action man(!)
0:40:20 > 0:40:25I openly admit I'm a couch potato when I'm not at work.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29INDISTINCT RADIO EXCHANGE
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Pat's patient will be in hospital within ten minutes
0:40:32 > 0:40:38of leaving the hillside and she's very grateful, despite the time she spent waiting for her rescue.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41It's been excellent.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43It couldn't have been any better.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47People are so kind and considerate and careful.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49I really do appreciate it.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54And after the flight, just the final careful lift into the hospital.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Two weeks on, and Georgina's back home in Harrogate.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05She's a keen walker and runner and this isn't going to stop her.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08It's a clean break so hopefully it will heal quickly.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12And, um, hopefully, I'll have the pot off in four weeks
0:41:12 > 0:41:15and then be able to go walking again.
0:41:15 > 0:41:20And Georgina's so impressed with Sammy's miniature tent, she's planning to get one herself.
0:41:21 > 0:41:27It just looked like, almost like a play tent for children. Very sort of small.
0:41:27 > 0:41:32And as soon as she put it up, you could really tell the difference. It kept the heat in.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34And it kept the wind off.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36It's a really... We said we'd get one
0:41:36 > 0:41:38for when we go out walking.
0:41:38 > 0:41:39It's really good.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43And Georgina plans to return to Simon's Seat
0:41:43 > 0:41:46but this time she'll be more careful on the stile.
0:41:46 > 0:41:47They seemed to run up the hill.
0:41:47 > 0:41:53They were really, really, really quick off the mark.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56They must have been very fit. And straight into the helicopter.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00And that was done really professionally. I was very impressed.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03When Helicopter Heroes comes back -
0:42:03 > 0:42:07two walkers are in trouble when they are trapped after a freak road accident.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10One of them is complaining he can't feel his legs at the minute.
0:42:12 > 0:42:18In a wet and windy North Yorkshire village, their patient is freezing cold and in terrible pain.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22We need to get him somewhere warm and dry.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25There's a race against time to get an injured biker to hospital.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Can you feel me touching you?
0:42:30 > 0:42:35And paramedic Sammy finds out what it's like to be on the receiving end of an emergency rescue.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39We are not trashing your car. We are just trying to get you out of this vehicle safely.
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