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If you're critically ill or injured in a place like this | 0:00:03 | 0:00:07 | |
there's only one thing that can save you, and that's speed. | 0:00:07 | 0:00:12 | |
Wherever you are, this helicopter with a team of pilots and paramedics | 0:00:12 | 0:00:17 | |
will fly to your rescue at two and a half miles a minute. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:21 | |
These are Yorkshire's helicopter heroes. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:22 | |
'When people in Britain's biggest county dial 999, | 0:00:46 | 0:00:50 | |
'there's a good chance help will come from the skies. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
'The Yorkshire Air Ambulance is ready to scramble 365 days a year, | 0:00:54 | 0:00:59 | |
'and each brings a new life-or-death emergency. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:03 | |
'Today, a man severs his hand in an accident, | 0:01:03 | 0:01:07 | |
'but the Helimed team are determined to save it.' | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
Hopefully, they can stitch it back on. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:14 | |
'A race against the sun as an injured rider is flown to hospital.' | 0:01:14 | 0:01:18 | |
Ten to 15 minutes, maximum. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
'The chopper rescues an ambulance bogged down on a rugby pitch.' | 0:01:21 | 0:01:25 | |
We're going to push the ambulance off the field! | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
'There's a touchdown on the motorway after a pile-up | 0:01:28 | 0:01:32 | |
'brings gridlock to the M6.' | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
Almost everything in the emergency services is tied to the clock. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:44 | |
People need help in minutes. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:46 | |
That's why we have blue lights, sirens and 150mph helicopters. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:51 | |
But sometimes, time is especially critical. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:55 | |
'Emergencies don't come more acute than this one.' | 0:01:55 | 0:02:00 | |
I'm going to ring you back. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
'A carpenter has dialled 999, | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
'claiming to have sawn off his hand.' | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
They're getting suited and booted at the moment. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
'Helimed 99 is heading north at top speed. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:15 | |
'When a limb is amputated cleanly, | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
'there's a good chance microsurgery can stitch it back on. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:22 | |
'But it has to be done quickly.' | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
-Is it a work or home address? -Home address. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:29 | |
'With the patient at his home 25 miles from the nearest hospital, | 0:02:29 | 0:02:34 | |
'the helicopter ride is the only chance of saving his hand.' | 0:02:34 | 0:02:38 | |
It's where it's been cut off, how cleanly it's been cut off. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:43 | |
We don't want to take him somewhere they can't do the surgery. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:47 | |
We'll make that decision when we get on scene. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:51 | |
'The paramedics Paul and Pete know the odds are stacked against him.' | 0:02:51 | 0:02:55 | |
-Try Harrogate. -See what the injuries are first. -Apparently, it's clean off! | 0:02:55 | 0:03:01 | |
'Accidents with power tools are common and potentially lethal. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:06 | |
'The clock is against them. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:08 | |
'Helimed 99's landing site is tight but this case is urgent.' | 0:03:08 | 0:03:14 | |
Yeah, you're fine there, Steve. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:16 | |
'There's a familiar face to meet them. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:21 | |
'Dave Gardner works for the Helimed team, but was first on the scene as a ground medic.' | 0:03:21 | 0:03:27 | |
He's not sure what's fully happened. It's off there completely. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:32 | |
That's in there. He thinks he's just injured his hand. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:36 | |
'Malcolm Pipes is a professional carpenter | 0:03:36 | 0:03:40 | |
'and has been making furniture for over 40 years. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
'He's in deep shock, and so is the neighbour who first found him.' | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
He's a cabinet maker. Came running across saying he cut his hand. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:53 | |
Cut it right off! | 0:03:53 | 0:03:55 | |
'Malcolm was using this saw in his workshop when the accident happened. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:02 | |
'The results were devastating.' | 0:04:02 | 0:04:04 | |
-Malcolm, how do you feel? -All right. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
We're just going to stick a little needle into your arm. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:12 | |
-Are you in any pain? -I've got pins and needles. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:16 | |
In your...? In this arm, yeah? | 0:04:16 | 0:04:19 | |
'Malcolm's left hand is in cold storage.' | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
We've got frozen peas round it. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
Hopefully, that'll preserve the hand. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
He's going to LGI. Hopefully, they can stitch it on. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
'Malcolm's wife and daughter did the right thing when it happened. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:36 | |
'They sat him down and dressed his wrist. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
'They could have saved his life.' | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
What we're going to do, Malcolm, is take you to Leeds General Infirmary. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:47 | |
-That's a long way. -Not for us. It only takes ten minutes. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:51 | |
The reason we're taking you there is, what you've done, | 0:04:51 | 0:04:55 | |
they're the best place to try and sort it out for you. | 0:04:55 | 0:05:00 | |
'Malcolm's so shocked, he can't feel anything. That may not last. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:05 | |
'He's given morphine to tide him over | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
'until hospital doctors anaesthetise him for surgery.' | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
We're going to put a sling on your arm. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
-Can you put your hand up there? Is that all right? -Yeah. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:19 | |
Slide that underneath. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
'Malcolm could have bled to death, but he's safe now.' | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
Can you ease forward a touch? That's it. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
Give me your hand so I can help you up. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
-There you go, Malcolm. -Take a seat, sir. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:36 | |
'25 miles away in Leeds, | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
'surgeons are preparing to graft Malcolm's hand back on.' | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
Keep your arms in. We're going to wrap you in a blanket. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:46 | |
'It's going to be a complicated procedure, | 0:05:46 | 0:05:50 | |
'and one that surgeons in Leeds have never attempted before. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:55 | |
'Coming up, the race to get Malcolm and his hand to surgery begins.' | 0:05:59 | 0:06:04 | |
It needs to be back on as quick as possible. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:08 | |
'Paramedic Lee gets his partner out of a sticky situation.' | 0:06:08 | 0:06:12 | |
I'm going to be at home on me own, Valentine's night. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:15 | |
He taught me how to drive. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:17 | |
'And a man is knocked down on the trans-Pennine motorway.' | 0:06:17 | 0:06:22 | |
If you fly one of these, you have a thorough medical every six months. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:32 | |
Fail, and you're grounded. But rules don't stop with your health. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:36 | |
There are strict regulations as to when pilots must stop work, which can be a problem. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:42 | |
'It's a sunny Saturday afternoon. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:46 | |
'Helimed 98 is leaving the urban sprawl of Leeds | 0:06:46 | 0:06:50 | |
'and heading for the west Yorkshire countryside.' | 0:06:50 | 0:06:54 | |
We've been tasked to a male who's been thrown off a horse. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:58 | |
He's complaining of pain to one of his thighs. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:02 | |
He may have broken his femur. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
'The sun is already low in the sky. This is the last job of the day.' | 0:07:04 | 0:07:09 | |
He's down a dirt track away from the equestrian centre we're tasked to. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:15 | |
It's a matter of finding him before we start to treat him. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:19 | |
There's the mast, which is some sort of water carrier. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:24 | |
'As they fly over, it's all eyes out for the injured rider.' | 0:07:24 | 0:07:28 | |
-Did they describe it as in a ditch? -No. On a track. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:32 | |
That white thing down there. Is that a horse? | 0:07:32 | 0:07:36 | |
Helimed 98 to Leeds air desk, we've now found the scene. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:40 | |
Hold his head for me. This is Phillip. He's fallen... | 0:07:40 | 0:07:44 | |
'Six foot four Phil Thomason came off his 16-hand horse. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:48 | |
'That's a long drop.' | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
Phillip, we're going to give you something for that pain, OK...? | 0:07:51 | 0:07:55 | |
'The biggest bone in his body is broken and he's miles from anywhere. | 0:07:55 | 0:08:02 | |
'He was out riding with Shelley Catch.' | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
There was a twig and the horse jumped sideways. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:09 | |
He sort came off to the side but the horse is so big. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:14 | |
Then he's gone up in the air and he's come down on his side, | 0:08:14 | 0:08:19 | |
hip first, then his shoulder and onto his front. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
'The traction splint looks menacing but it's the best tool for the job.' | 0:08:23 | 0:08:28 | |
It makes it feel much more comfortable | 0:08:29 | 0:08:32 | |
and stops swelling within the thigh | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
because it's in a nice straight line | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
and stops the bones from overlapping one another. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:41 | |
'Pilot Tim has other things on his mind. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:45 | |
'The light he needs to fly is disappearing fast.' | 0:08:45 | 0:08:50 | |
We've got an hour to play with. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:52 | |
It's going to be five, ten minutes to Pinderfields. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:57 | |
A ten-minute flight to Sheffield. That's 20 minutes of our hour gone. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:03 | |
'The paramedics need to get moving.' | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
We're going to have to put a traction splint onto your right leg. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:10 | |
'Phil gets measured up.' | 0:09:10 | 0:09:12 | |
MOANS | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
It's not coming off. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:16 | |
'First, he must say goodbye to his made-to-measure £200 riding boots.' | 0:09:16 | 0:09:21 | |
MOANS | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
They're brand new. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
You're just going to feel it coming off your heel. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:29 | |
'He's already in agony, | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
'and then Pat tightens the splint to realign the broken bones. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:36 | |
'Tim is worried about the time. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:41 | |
'The rules about flying helicopters at night are strict.' | 0:09:41 | 0:09:46 | |
Yeah, it's taken us right up to our last light limit today. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:51 | |
How's the pain, Phil? | 0:09:51 | 0:09:54 | |
'Time for some more pilot maths.' | 0:09:54 | 0:09:57 | |
Ten to 15 minutes maximum to load and hand over. | 0:09:57 | 0:10:01 | |
It's going to have to be Pinderfields. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:05 | |
'Phil has to be taken to his nearest hospital, Pinderfields in Wakefield, | 0:10:05 | 0:10:10 | |
'in the opposite direction to Sheffield, | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
'where the helicopter needs to end up.' | 0:10:13 | 0:10:16 | |
Helimed 98, can we confirm that there is a land crew at Wakefield? | 0:10:18 | 0:10:23 | |
Due to lack of daylight hours, | 0:10:23 | 0:10:26 | |
it's imperative, otherwise we'll take the patient to Sheffield. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:30 | |
'With the light failing fast, the crew have difficult decisions to make. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:36 | |
'Coming up, the crew fear a night in A&E, as an ambulance goes missing.' | 0:10:40 | 0:10:45 | |
We've reached 1635 and there's no sign of a land crew. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:50 | |
'A man who severed his hand reaches hospital. Can surgeons save it? | 0:10:50 | 0:10:56 | |
'And Helimed 99 prepares for take-off from the M62.' | 0:10:56 | 0:11:01 | |
When you're a paramedic, it's not all hard work. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:10 | |
Occasionally, love blossoms among the stretchers and sirens. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:14 | |
Husband and wife teams aren't unusual, | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
and sometimes partners bump into each other in unexpected places. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:23 | |
'It's Valentine's Day and love is in the air over north Yorkshire. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:28 | |
'So is Helimed 99. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:30 | |
'Its crew, Lee Davison and Tony Wilkes, have been on four emergency jobs today. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:36 | |
'They think they're about to go home to their loved ones. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:40 | |
'The air desk dispatcher is about to play gooseberry.' | 0:11:40 | 0:11:44 | |
-ON RADIO: -'The land crew might have got their vehicle stuck. Over.' | 0:11:44 | 0:11:49 | |
Roger. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:51 | |
'The ambulance is stuck in the middle of a rugby field, miles from the road. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:57 | |
'Inside, 18-year-old rugby player Patrick Frith with a broken leg | 0:11:57 | 0:12:02 | |
'and some very unsympathetic teammates.' | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
I'm not touching that! Who's got the verruca then? | 0:12:05 | 0:12:10 | |
< His boot stuck in the mud. His body went one way. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:14 | |
Leg went the other way. That was it. Big crack, big time. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:19 | |
'The crew's flying in to help their colleagues. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
'Lee Davison hasn't realised that the ambulance is being driven by his partner Paula. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:29 | |
'Looking at him, you wouldn't think he was the romantic sort, | 0:12:29 | 0:12:34 | |
'but Lee has been planning a Valentine's dinner for Paula. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:38 | |
'Thanks to this, his plans have all gone wrong.' | 0:12:38 | 0:12:43 | |
My girlfriend on Valentine's Day, who I'll have to cook for. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:48 | |
She's in a field and I'll be at home eating my Valentine's tea on me own. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:54 | |
-What time will you be home for tea, Paula? -Maybe never! | 0:12:54 | 0:12:58 | |
But it'd better be ready when I get in! | 0:12:58 | 0:13:01 | |
'Paula and her colleague Chris in the ambulance | 0:13:01 | 0:13:05 | |
'did the work on Patrick before Helimed 99 arrived. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:09 | |
'His leg is splinted. He's got pain relief. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:12 | |
'It's time for his teammates to help him to hospital.' | 0:13:12 | 0:13:16 | |
First it was his knee dislocated. I couldn't touch it. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:21 | |
It was hurting so much. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:23 | |
< Looks like he's fractured his femur, the long bone in his leg. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:28 | |
< It's quite painful | 0:13:28 | 0:13:30 | |
with potential for quite a bit of blood loss into surrounding tissue. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:35 | |
We'll give him oxygen then get him to hospital. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
'There's just enough time | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
'for Lee and Paula to sort out their love life.' | 0:13:41 | 0:13:44 | |
This is her who got it stuck. Eh? | 0:13:44 | 0:13:48 | |
I'm going to be having me tea on me own, Valentine's night. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:52 | |
-He taught me how to drive. -LAUGHTER | 0:13:52 | 0:13:56 | |
'As the helicopter lifts, the scrum put their not inconsiderable weight to use...' | 0:13:56 | 0:14:02 | |
Going to push the ambulance off the field! Scrum practice! | 0:14:02 | 0:14:07 | |
'..freeing Paula's ambulance from its mud trap. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
'Just a few weeks later, | 0:14:12 | 0:14:14 | |
'the Harrogate Pythons are back in the thick of the action. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:18 | |
'A cold Wednesday evening workout keeps them on their toes. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:23 | |
'Well, nearly all of them. Patrick's season has come to an end. | 0:14:23 | 0:14:27 | |
'His leg was put back together with Meccano-like plates and rods. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:31 | |
'He'll have to get used to watching his teammates for a few months.' | 0:14:31 | 0:14:36 | |
I remember getting the ball, | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
did a sidestep and heard a massive crunch. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:43 | |
It's the first injury I've had | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
where I've had to be taken off. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:48 | |
It was just a freak accident. Well, I hope it was! | 0:14:48 | 0:14:52 | |
'Patrick's best mate has an unusual nickname.' | 0:14:52 | 0:14:56 | |
Fortress. That's me. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:59 | |
I'm a prop. I do all the heavy work. | 0:14:59 | 0:15:02 | |
'He knew what happened straightaway.' | 0:15:02 | 0:15:06 | |
He was running and I heard a pop, like feet banging together. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:10 | |
Next we know, he's on the floor in pain. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:14 | |
-Manly, though. -Manly pain. Sorry, manly pain. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:18 | |
'Paula was the first to Patrick's aid, | 0:15:18 | 0:15:22 | |
'but she was having a day to forget.' | 0:15:22 | 0:15:25 | |
They first went to the wrong rugby club. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:28 | |
When they tried to get on the pitch, they had to get pushed by some of the players onto the field. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:35 | |
I was pleased when they finally arrived, | 0:15:35 | 0:15:38 | |
'but it was quite worrying when they couldn't get onto the pitch. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:43 | |
'40 minutes I was on the ground, and you do begin to panic. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:49 | |
'As soon as they turn up, you feel pretty safe.' | 0:15:49 | 0:15:53 | |
They came to see me in hospital, and that's really nice. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:57 | |
They definitely care, you know what I mean? It's more than a job. | 0:15:57 | 0:16:01 | |
'Coming up, there's a late finish for pilot Tim | 0:16:06 | 0:16:10 | |
'and a fatal accident on the M6. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:13 | |
'The team's called to save the driver who caused it.' | 0:16:13 | 0:16:17 | |
Let's catch up on the case of the craftsman who cut off his hand | 0:16:21 | 0:16:26 | |
in a terrible accident with an electric saw. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:29 | |
'Helimed 99 are in a sleepy village in North Yorkshire, | 0:16:29 | 0:16:33 | |
'where a carpenter's latest project has gone badly wrong.' | 0:16:33 | 0:16:37 | |
It's off completely from there. He thinks he just injured his hand. | 0:16:37 | 0:16:43 | |
'Malcolm Pipe's sawn his hand off with a bench saw. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:46 | |
'It's a life-threatening injury, but thanks to his family, he will survive. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:52 | |
'It's up to paramedics Pete Vallance and Paul Bradbury | 0:16:52 | 0:16:56 | |
'to get him to the plastic surgeons at the Leeds General Infirmary | 0:16:56 | 0:17:00 | |
'to sew the severed limb back on.' | 0:17:00 | 0:17:02 | |
Malcolm, we're going to lift you. One, two, three. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:07 | |
There we go. Easy as that. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:09 | |
And down again. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:11 | |
'Malcolm doesn't understand the gravity of what's happened. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:17 | |
'His way of coping with the ordeal is to keep talking. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:21 | |
'Lucky paramedics Pete and Paul | 0:17:21 | 0:17:23 | |
'enjoy a bit of friendly banter.' | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
You're quicker than he were...! | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
'Malcolm's discovered he's got a lot in common with Leeds Utd fan Pete.' | 0:17:28 | 0:17:34 | |
MUFFLED CHATTING | 0:17:34 | 0:17:38 | |
'Malcolm's hand has been kept cool with frozen peas and carrots.' | 0:17:42 | 0:17:48 | |
It needs to be back on as quick as possible, | 0:17:48 | 0:17:52 | |
if it's saveable - hopefully, it will be. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
-MALCOLM: Do you want me to drive? -You could! | 0:17:55 | 0:17:59 | |
'With their unusually jovial patient safely secured in the back, | 0:17:59 | 0:18:04 | |
'pilot Steve wastes no time setting off to the Leeds General Infirmary.' | 0:18:04 | 0:18:09 | |
Helimed 99 Alpha. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:12 | |
Coming from Thursk, en route to the LGI shortly. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:17 | |
We'll supply information as we get to the LGI. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:22 | |
'It's not the closest hospital, but with a team of top plastic surgeons, | 0:18:22 | 0:18:27 | |
'it gives Malcolm the best chance of having his hand reattached.' | 0:18:27 | 0:18:32 | |
'He was talking to Paul in the back, knew what was going on around him. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:37 | |
'With the exception of his injury, | 0:18:37 | 0:18:40 | |
'which might be his way of coping - | 0:18:40 | 0:18:43 | |
'to be talkative and take his mind off it.' | 0:18:43 | 0:18:46 | |
That's something we normally do. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:49 | |
Malcolm didn't need any help with that at all today. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:53 | |
I'll tell you before he comes in he's unaware that his hand is off. | 0:18:53 | 0:18:58 | |
-He thinks he's damaged his fingers. -All right. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:01 | |
'Resus is the first stop for any patient brought in by the team. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:07 | |
'While doctors assess Malcolm's condition in one cubicle, | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
'next door, the plastic surgeons get a glimpse of his severed hand.' | 0:19:10 | 0:19:16 | |
We had a look at the hand straight out of the packaging. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:20 | |
He took it off from that angle. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:23 | |
It is quite a clean cut. | 0:19:23 | 0:19:25 | |
The doctors are optimistic they will be able to reattach it. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:29 | |
Just looking at the body part to see if it's feasible to reattach it. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:34 | |
It's looking quite promising. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:37 | |
'This is a highly unusual case. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:39 | |
'None of these doctors have seen anything like this before. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:45 | |
'It's not just the injuries concerning them. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:48 | |
'Malcolm still doesn't realise his whole hand has been amputated. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:53 | |
'The team must find a way to tell him | 0:19:53 | 0:19:57 | |
'without causing too much distress.' | 0:19:57 | 0:20:00 | |
They're doing an X-ray to see what bone injuries he's got, | 0:20:00 | 0:20:04 | |
if it's feasible to reattach the hand. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:07 | |
'Malcolm's a well-known furniture maker. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
'His life revolves around using his hands. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:13 | |
'If surgery's not successful, he may have to live with only one hand.' | 0:20:13 | 0:20:19 | |
'Malcolm looks to be the sort of guy who likes to be doing things.' | 0:20:19 | 0:20:23 | |
As we were going out, | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
he was organising the guys doing his extension, so they got on with the work. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:31 | |
'So he's got, perhaps, the right sort of personality | 0:20:31 | 0:20:36 | |
'and determination to recover from something like this.' | 0:20:36 | 0:20:41 | |
'Coming up, the surgeon who thinks he can give Malcolm his hand back.' | 0:20:45 | 0:20:49 | |
It's not a procedure that a lot of plastic surgeons will have done. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:55 | |
'And a man's hit by a lorry on the hard shoulder - and lives.' | 0:20:55 | 0:21:00 | |
It's a fact that riding a horse is one of the best ways of getting a flight in an air ambulance. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:12 | |
Falls are common and injuries often serious. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:16 | |
GROANS | 0:21:16 | 0:21:18 | |
'Late in the day, Phil Thomason has come off his horse | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
'and has a badly broken leg.' | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
Well done! | 0:21:24 | 0:21:25 | |
'He's now flying in circles 1,000 feet over the hospital, | 0:21:25 | 0:21:29 | |
'where doctors are waiting to treat him - but there's a problem.' | 0:21:29 | 0:21:34 | |
If we land, wait five minutes and an ambulance doesn't come, | 0:21:34 | 0:21:38 | |
we have to go to Sheffield. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:40 | |
'There's no sign of the ambulance to take Phil from the helipad at Pinderfields hospital into A&E.' | 0:21:40 | 0:21:48 | |
-We'll stay airborne until that five minutes is up. -All right. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:53 | |
'By law, Tim and his helicopter must be on the ground in half an hour. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:59 | |
'The sun has already set.' | 0:21:59 | 0:22:01 | |
There's no sign of any vehicle. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:03 | |
Every orbit we do, there's more street lights coming on. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:07 | |
'Before they give up, Sammy makes a final call to find out what's happened.' | 0:22:07 | 0:22:13 | |
We've reached 1635. There is no sign of a land crew. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:19 | |
We're going to have to go to Northern General with this patient. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:23 | |
-ON RADIO: 'The ambulance is one minute away.' -Is that it? | 0:22:23 | 0:22:28 | |
'They'll only be a minute. Over.' | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
Vehicle pulling into the ground now. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:33 | |
'In the nick of time, the ambulance arrives. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:36 | |
'Tim has built in a five-minute safety window, | 0:22:36 | 0:22:40 | |
'but it's looking like he'll have to leave without Pat. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:45 | |
'He needs to speak to the hospital medical team.' | 0:22:45 | 0:22:49 | |
It's a 20-minute transit time to Sheffield. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:52 | |
We've got five minutes to hand the patient over | 0:22:52 | 0:22:55 | |
or Pat will have to travel in with the patient. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:59 | |
'Phil is in the right place. Pat isn't. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:02 | |
'Helimed 98 has to leave him behind with no transport. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:06 | |
'The "sympathetic" helicopter air desk are on the case.' | 0:23:06 | 0:23:11 | |
'I'm trying to arrange a lift for Pat. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:14 | |
'I'll give him directions to the train station.' | 0:23:14 | 0:23:19 | |
That looks nice lit up at night. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
'As daylight disappears, the crew has one more trick up their sleeve.' | 0:23:25 | 0:23:31 | |
Could you contact South Yorkshire Police and request the frequency | 0:23:31 | 0:23:35 | |
for the lights to be illuminated at Sheffield airport? | 0:23:35 | 0:23:40 | |
Whoever designed that is really clever. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:44 | |
'With the runway in sight, | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
'Tim activates the lights.' | 0:23:47 | 0:23:49 | |
-Oh, we got the patient to hospital. -Yeah. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:58 | |
'It's been a long day. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:00 | |
'A couple of weeks later, | 0:24:06 | 0:24:09 | |
'Phil and his instructor Shelley are back with the horses. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:13 | |
'Phil's not going riding any time soon. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:17 | |
'His leg is held together by bits of metal.' | 0:24:17 | 0:24:20 | |
As soon as you hear the sirens, | 0:24:20 | 0:24:23 | |
it's such a relief to know that help's on its way. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:27 | |
Then, when the helicopter arrived, | 0:24:27 | 0:24:30 | |
the paramedics, seven or eight of them, | 0:24:30 | 0:24:34 | |
and the time spent getting me comfortable. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:37 | |
It was fantastic, the care that you receive. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:41 | |
'Phil's tutor Shelley | 0:24:41 | 0:24:43 | |
'is not only an experienced rider, she's an Air Ambulance veteran. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:47 | |
'She was picked up by the Helimed crew after a fall last year.' | 0:24:47 | 0:24:52 | |
-You've no pain in your neck or back? Just your face? -And my ribs. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:57 | |
'I managed to go down head-first. | 0:24:57 | 0:25:00 | |
I did my jaw there and my nose but I managed to get out the same night. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:06 | |
Same night? LAUGHS | 0:25:06 | 0:25:09 | |
-Unlike Phillip. -Yeah. 12 days I was in Pinderfields for. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:14 | |
'Shelley's Air Ambulance experience helped her look after Phil.' | 0:25:14 | 0:25:20 | |
'She said, "I think you've broken your leg." She was so cool. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:25 | |
'Just phoned the ambulance.' | 0:25:25 | 0:25:28 | |
In ten minutes, there was a response car. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:31 | |
'Not only that, she knew the crew.' | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
They said, "I know you." I said, "You air-lifted me from Byron Park." | 0:25:34 | 0:25:39 | |
The other guy walked over and went, "Hello, Shelley!" | 0:25:39 | 0:25:43 | |
I was like, "First name, not good!" | 0:25:43 | 0:25:46 | |
'Coming up, a man is reunited with a hand he lost in an accident.' | 0:25:50 | 0:25:55 | |
When you join the police, you're taught to respect motorways. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:06 | |
The Helimed team are often the first to witness | 0:26:06 | 0:26:09 | |
how dangerous our motorways can be. | 0:26:09 | 0:26:12 | |
'The Helimed team know a 999 call from one of Yorkshire's motorways | 0:26:12 | 0:26:17 | |
'is often serious. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:19 | |
'On the M180, | 0:26:19 | 0:26:21 | |
'a pile-up involving lorries, vans and cars has multiple casualties.' | 0:26:21 | 0:26:26 | |
Helimed 99, would you receive four casualties, one fatal? | 0:26:26 | 0:26:31 | |
ETA's about six minutes. Over. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:33 | |
There is one report of a patient in cardiac arrest. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:38 | |
We're just waiting for an update from the crews. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:42 | |
They'll give us an update of what's going on. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:46 | |
'The driver of a van has been killed | 0:26:46 | 0:26:49 | |
'and emergency services are struggling to free injured motorists | 0:26:49 | 0:26:53 | |
'from their vehicles.' | 0:26:53 | 0:26:55 | |
Sounds quite bad. For fatalities on RTAs, it's quite high impact, | 0:26:55 | 0:27:01 | |
the way cars are built to withstand this sort of impact. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:05 | |
It looks like they've closed the carriageway. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
We need confirmation before we can land. | 0:27:08 | 0:27:11 | |
'Tim likes landing on motorways, despite the barriers and stanchions. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:16 | |
'The flat tarmac makes a perfect makeshift helipad. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:20 | |
'Thanks to the police, | 0:27:20 | 0:27:22 | |
'both carriageways are closed, so Tim can make a swift landing.' | 0:27:22 | 0:27:28 | |
On the carriageway now. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:31 | |
'Helimed 99 has just arrived in time.' | 0:27:32 | 0:27:36 | |
We'll bring our spinal board. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
'Crews have released the lorry driver. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:43 | |
'But, with nearly 100 tons of metal colliding at motorway speeds, | 0:27:43 | 0:27:48 | |
'everyone's worried.' | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
He's got facial injuries | 0:27:51 | 0:27:53 | |
where the van's gone through the windscreen of the HGV. | 0:27:53 | 0:27:57 | |
He's complaining of pain in his chest but it's just his face that is the concern. | 0:27:57 | 0:28:03 | |
'Unsurprisingly, | 0:28:03 | 0:28:06 | |
'people who clock up thousands of miles a year driving for a living | 0:28:06 | 0:28:10 | |
'are more likely to be involved in accidents. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:14 | |
'Last year, over 7,000 professional drivers | 0:28:14 | 0:28:17 | |
'were killed or seriously injured. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:19 | |
'If you've ever been stuck in a jam like this, | 0:28:19 | 0:28:23 | |
'you'll know how these unfortunate motorists feel. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:27 | |
'It could be hours before this stretch reopens. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:30 | |
'They're unwittingly hampering the Helimed team.' | 0:28:30 | 0:28:34 | |
I'm trying to phone the air desk on the mobile | 0:28:34 | 0:28:38 | |
to arrange Northern General so they're standing by, | 0:28:38 | 0:28:42 | |
but we've got "network busy". | 0:28:42 | 0:28:44 | |
Which is a couple of thousand cars either side of us phoning work | 0:28:44 | 0:28:50 | |
to say they're going to be late. | 0:28:50 | 0:28:52 | |
'The impact in a smash like this is immense. | 0:28:52 | 0:28:56 | |
'Amazingly, the driver of this car had only minor injuries.' | 0:28:56 | 0:29:01 | |
Take off. | 0:29:01 | 0:29:03 | |
'The driver faces plastic surgery in Sheffield. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:06 | |
'These injuries may have been preventable. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:10 | |
'Few lorries have air bags and some drivers don't wear seatbelts. | 0:29:10 | 0:29:15 | |
'Weeks, if not months, of treatment lie ahead. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:18 | |
'It's probably the last thing on the driver's mind, | 0:29:18 | 0:29:22 | |
'but he's likely to face a police investigation into the crash.' | 0:29:22 | 0:29:26 | |
One, two, three, lift. | 0:29:26 | 0:29:28 | |
'His collision with the van suggests that, | 0:29:28 | 0:29:32 | |
'like nine out of ten motorway accidents, this tragedy was caused by driver error.' | 0:29:32 | 0:29:39 | |
The steering wheel was resting on his chest. | 0:29:39 | 0:29:42 | |
The engine bay had come into the cab as well. | 0:29:42 | 0:29:46 | |
Luckily, it wasn't pinning his legs. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:48 | |
At any greater speed, | 0:29:48 | 0:29:51 | |
you're looking at a lot more serious injuries. | 0:29:51 | 0:29:54 | |
He's got a lot of hard work from plastic surgeons. | 0:29:54 | 0:29:58 | |
Looking at the injuries, he's going to have a long time in hospital. | 0:29:58 | 0:30:03 | |
Speed is the biggest killer on our roads. | 0:30:03 | 0:30:07 | |
On a motorway, you don't even have to be moving to be in danger. | 0:30:07 | 0:30:12 | |
'Around 1,500 people a year are killed or seriously injured | 0:30:12 | 0:30:17 | |
'while on the hard shoulder. | 0:30:17 | 0:30:19 | |
'Helimed 99 is hovering above one of the busiest stretches in Europe, | 0:30:21 | 0:30:26 | |
'where the A1 meets the M62. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:29 | |
'An accident here causes havoc, and this is a bad one. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:33 | |
'A man changing a tyre on the hard shoulder has been hit by a HGV.' | 0:30:33 | 0:30:38 | |
He's been on the inside, changing a tyre. | 0:30:38 | 0:30:42 | |
'This urban motorway is crisscrossed by powerlines, | 0:30:42 | 0:30:46 | |
'where Yorkshire's power stations feed into the national grid. | 0:30:46 | 0:30:50 | |
'Pilot John Slater has thousands of hours of flying time, | 0:30:50 | 0:30:54 | |
'but landing here is not for the fainthearted.' | 0:30:54 | 0:31:00 | |
Got wires down the righthand side. | 0:31:00 | 0:31:03 | |
-All looks good. -You are good to go. | 0:31:03 | 0:31:07 | |
He's been struck from behind by an HGV, changing a wheel. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:11 | |
The van's gone sideways onto him and pushed him over with some force. | 0:31:11 | 0:31:17 | |
'This is a "swoop and go". | 0:31:17 | 0:31:19 | |
'The best place for Joel is a trauma centre. | 0:31:19 | 0:31:23 | |
'The crew stabilise him, get him onto a spinal board | 0:31:23 | 0:31:27 | |
'and on his way to the helicopter parked up on the hard shoulder.' | 0:31:27 | 0:31:32 | |
Beautiful! | 0:31:34 | 0:31:36 | |
The main concern is his abdomen. | 0:31:36 | 0:31:39 | |
He's got a probable puncture to his abdomen and he's quite sore. | 0:31:39 | 0:31:43 | |
We think it's internal bleeding, maybe. | 0:31:43 | 0:31:46 | |
So, get him on the vehicle, get some lines up, | 0:31:46 | 0:31:51 | |
give him fluids if he needs them and give him a proper assessment. | 0:31:51 | 0:31:56 | |
Toes are clear. | 0:31:56 | 0:31:58 | |
Perfect. | 0:31:59 | 0:32:01 | |
'It's evening and the sun is low, dazzling the crew. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:05 | |
'It could have been a factor but the investigation team decides that.' | 0:32:05 | 0:32:10 | |
I'm going to stop this carriageway and the other. | 0:32:10 | 0:32:13 | |
That allows the Air Ambulance to take off. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:17 | |
'The accident happened down the road from the hospital. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:21 | |
'As gridlock builds on the M62, by road, it could be the next county!' | 0:32:21 | 0:32:26 | |
It would be bad enough being inside the vehicle. | 0:32:26 | 0:32:29 | |
But to be hit by a vehicle at speed stood at the side of the road... | 0:32:29 | 0:32:34 | |
He's a lucky chap. I can't believe he's here, to be honest. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:39 | |
'Lucky Joel was home after just a few days in hospital.' | 0:32:39 | 0:32:44 | |
Here's some advice. | 0:32:44 | 0:32:46 | |
If you break down on the motorway, pull onto the hard shoulder, | 0:32:46 | 0:32:51 | |
put your hazard warning lights on, leave the vehicle | 0:32:51 | 0:32:55 | |
but, most importantly, keep away from the carriageway. | 0:32:55 | 0:32:59 | |
'Today, Helimed 99 has just dealt with an injured off-road biker | 0:32:59 | 0:33:04 | |
'when a more serious case comes in.' | 0:33:04 | 0:33:07 | |
One fatal, two trapped. | 0:33:07 | 0:33:09 | |
'Emergency services are dealing with a motorway pile-up in Cheshire.' | 0:33:09 | 0:33:16 | |
The Manchester Air Ambulance is out. We can't fall back on them. | 0:33:16 | 0:33:21 | |
It's one of those situations! | 0:33:21 | 0:33:23 | |
'This journey takes them through the congested approach path | 0:33:23 | 0:33:28 | |
'into one of the UK's biggest airports.' | 0:33:28 | 0:33:31 | |
Helimed 99 Alpha. | 0:33:31 | 0:33:33 | |
Request to transit controlled airspace. | 0:33:33 | 0:33:36 | |
'For pilot Tim, this is hard work. | 0:33:36 | 0:33:39 | |
'Simon's navigation must be precise. | 0:33:39 | 0:33:42 | |
'There's risk of a mid-air collision in these crowded skies.' | 0:33:42 | 0:33:47 | |
A busy area of airspace with Manchester International Airport. | 0:33:47 | 0:33:52 | |
They're usually dead good to us and give us priority clearances. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:57 | |
'On the M6 in Cheshire, there's been a multiple pile-up. | 0:33:57 | 0:34:01 | |
'A mobile home's crossed the central barrier and hit oncoming traffic.' | 0:34:01 | 0:34:07 | |
It collided with a taxi and caused two vehicles to collide, four in total. | 0:34:07 | 0:34:13 | |
Helimed 99, go ahead. | 0:34:13 | 0:34:15 | |
ON RADIO: 'Update. This is on the main carriageway. | 0:34:15 | 0:34:21 | |
'They're looking for you to set down on the M6 southbound, south of 21A. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:27 | |
'It has been closed off, as far as I'm aware, at the moment.' | 0:34:27 | 0:34:32 | |
'With motorway speeds, this can result in an impact of 140mph or more. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:38 | |
'Sadly, the driver of a taxi has been killed.' | 0:34:38 | 0:34:42 | |
See the ambulance on our nose? | 0:34:42 | 0:34:44 | |
The police have to shut both sides of the motorway off. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:49 | |
Failing that, we'll land as near as we can. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:52 | |
'The woman driving the mobile home has survived, | 0:34:52 | 0:34:57 | |
'trapped in the shattered wreckage.' | 0:34:57 | 0:34:59 | |
Let's have a good look at this. | 0:34:59 | 0:35:02 | |
-Got wires on this side. -Nothing crossing the carriageway. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:06 | |
We'll come in over those light stanchions and put it here, | 0:35:06 | 0:35:11 | |
on the carriageway where the accident's happened. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:14 | |
'The police have closed the motorway allowing Tim to touch down. | 0:35:14 | 0:35:18 | |
'Speed caused the driver's injuries. Now, it might save her life.' | 0:35:18 | 0:35:24 | |
-OK on my left? -Clear on the left. | 0:35:24 | 0:35:27 | |
'Mobile homes are little more than vans with a lightweight shell. | 0:35:27 | 0:35:32 | |
'The impact has shattered the living area. | 0:35:32 | 0:35:36 | |
'Debris makes it harder for firefighters to free the driver.' | 0:35:36 | 0:35:40 | |
-Hello, mate. -All right? | 0:35:40 | 0:35:43 | |
This lady trapped at the minute. Her legs are bent back beneath her. | 0:35:43 | 0:35:48 | |
We can't gauge exactly what the problem is with the legs. | 0:35:48 | 0:35:53 | |
There seems to be bleeding from this right one. | 0:35:53 | 0:35:57 | |
You don't know whether... | 0:35:57 | 0:35:59 | |
'This accident has paralysed the northwest's motorway network, | 0:35:59 | 0:36:04 | |
'but emergency services can't afford to worry about that. | 0:36:04 | 0:36:08 | |
'The driver is seriously injured. Local doctors are treating her. | 0:36:08 | 0:36:13 | |
'Until her legs are freed, there's a limit to what can be done.' | 0:36:13 | 0:36:18 | |
One person dead. | 0:36:18 | 0:36:20 | |
Someone trapped in the wreckage. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:22 | |
There's a medical team here from a local hospital. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:27 | |
They're getting her pain relief sorted out. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:30 | |
I'll get our spinal board and we'll take her to the nearest hospital. | 0:36:30 | 0:36:34 | |
'The fire crews are equipped with the latest hydraulic cutting gear, | 0:36:34 | 0:36:40 | |
'but the steel shell is tougher than they expected. | 0:36:40 | 0:36:44 | |
'At last, the woman is freed.' | 0:36:44 | 0:36:47 | |
It looks all right. That's a good sign. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:51 | |
As you can see from the van, she did have a massive impact. | 0:36:51 | 0:36:56 | |
'The patient took months to recover from the accident. | 0:36:56 | 0:37:00 | |
'She was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving and given a suspended prison sentence.' | 0:37:00 | 0:37:07 | |
The van had taken quite an impact | 0:37:07 | 0:37:09 | |
at the front and the side. | 0:37:09 | 0:37:12 | |
I'm not sure how much was the fire brigade and how much was the impact! | 0:37:12 | 0:37:16 | |
It doesn't get much worse than that. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:19 | |
Life and death on the motorway. | 0:37:19 | 0:37:22 | |
But, as these guys will tell you, | 0:37:22 | 0:37:24 | |
you're more likely to be killed or seriously injured on an A-road. | 0:37:24 | 0:37:29 | |
Let's find out how Malcolm Pipes is doing, | 0:37:29 | 0:37:32 | |
the man whose hand was severed | 0:37:32 | 0:37:35 | |
in an accident involving an electric saw at his workshop. | 0:37:35 | 0:37:39 | |
'At the Leeds General Infirmary, the team of doctors and plastic surgeons | 0:37:39 | 0:37:44 | |
'are examining an injury they've never seen before. | 0:37:44 | 0:37:47 | |
'Furniture maker Malcolm Pipes has cut his left hand clean off | 0:37:47 | 0:37:52 | |
'with this saw in his workshop near Thirsk. | 0:37:52 | 0:37:55 | |
'Malcolm and his hand are immediately prepared for surgery. | 0:37:55 | 0:38:00 | |
'Consultant Mr Howard Peach attempts a procedure he's never done before, | 0:38:00 | 0:38:05 | |
'reattaching a severed hand.' | 0:38:05 | 0:38:09 | |
It's probably not a procedure a lot of plastic surgeons will have done. | 0:38:09 | 0:38:14 | |
'The X-ray of Malcolm's forearm and hand highlights the challenge.' | 0:38:14 | 0:38:20 | |
The principles are one of stabilising the hand, | 0:38:20 | 0:38:24 | |
fixing the hand back onto the arm, so the bony skeleton is stable. | 0:38:24 | 0:38:30 | |
Then you have a background on which to repair the tendons, nerves, | 0:38:30 | 0:38:35 | |
blood vessels and the skin over the top. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:38 | |
'It's painstakingly intricate surgery | 0:38:38 | 0:38:42 | |
'but six hours later, it's over. | 0:38:42 | 0:38:44 | |
'Two weeks later, Malcolm's back for his first checkup. | 0:38:44 | 0:38:50 | |
'Against all the odds, | 0:38:50 | 0:38:52 | |
'and thanks to Mr Peach and his team, | 0:38:52 | 0:38:55 | |
'Malcolm's hand has been successfully sewn on.' | 0:38:55 | 0:38:59 | |
It's nice and clean. There's no evidence of infection. | 0:38:59 | 0:39:03 | |
The physiotherapist will try and increase the passive movement. | 0:39:03 | 0:39:08 | |
-They're the...? -Physioterrorists. | 0:39:08 | 0:39:10 | |
'No-one knows how much movement Malcolm will regain. | 0:39:10 | 0:39:15 | |
'It's been difficult, as Malcolm struggled to come to terms with what happened.' | 0:39:15 | 0:39:20 | |
You could have bled to death. | 0:39:20 | 0:39:23 | |
When you see all these people, | 0:39:23 | 0:39:26 | |
makes you realise how lucky I've been, really. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:31 | |
I mean, me hand's on. It's so marvellous. I can't take it all in. | 0:39:31 | 0:39:37 | |
'In a picturesque Yorkshire village, Malcolm's workshop is quiet. | 0:39:37 | 0:39:43 | |
'When you look around, this is the work of no ordinary carpenter. | 0:39:43 | 0:39:48 | |
'For 35 years, Malcolm handcrafted furniture | 0:39:48 | 0:39:53 | |
'for the world famous cabinetmaker the Mouseman of Kilburn, | 0:39:53 | 0:39:57 | |
'before setting out on his own.' | 0:39:57 | 0:40:01 | |
I carved that out of a ha'penny mould. | 0:40:01 | 0:40:04 | |
Down each leg of the mirror, | 0:40:04 | 0:40:07 | |
there's oak leaves and acorns going down. | 0:40:07 | 0:40:11 | |
'Despite what happened here, Malcolm can't keep away.' | 0:40:11 | 0:40:15 | |
That sits on top of there. | 0:40:15 | 0:40:19 | |
Then the mirror goes on top of here up here. | 0:40:19 | 0:40:23 | |
'This is what he does. The pride he takes in it is still there.' | 0:40:23 | 0:40:29 | |
This is something I do and always wanted to do. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:33 | |
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Somebody has to do it, haven't they? | 0:40:37 | 0:40:39 | |
Don't think I'll do it again but it hasn't... | 0:40:39 | 0:40:43 | |
I've still got a love for it. | 0:40:43 | 0:40:46 | |
And I will have till the day I die. I can't help it. | 0:40:46 | 0:40:49 | |
'Malcolm gets on with things.' | 0:40:49 | 0:40:52 | |
'That even means dealing with the power saw that took his hand off.' | 0:40:52 | 0:40:57 | |
It's a marvellous thing. It's also dangerous. | 0:40:57 | 0:41:01 | |
Unfortunately, I found out. | 0:41:01 | 0:41:03 | |
I don't know what happened. Something attracted me. | 0:41:03 | 0:41:07 | |
I can't remember. I don't want to go into it. | 0:41:07 | 0:41:10 | |
I've laid in bed thinking about it. | 0:41:10 | 0:41:13 | |
I'm sorry, I can't. | 0:41:13 | 0:41:15 | |
I can't. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:17 | |
'The question Malcolm wants answered is will he be able to work again?' | 0:41:17 | 0:41:24 | |
I knew what I'd done. I'll never forget it. | 0:41:25 | 0:41:30 | |
You don't realise the consequences it's caused, do you? | 0:41:30 | 0:41:35 | |
I don't know. Just happened so quick. | 0:41:35 | 0:41:39 | |
'It's too early to tell. | 0:41:39 | 0:41:41 | |
'Surgeons say it's rare to regain full dexterity in a reattached hand. | 0:41:41 | 0:41:46 | |
'But Malcolm hasn't given up hope.' | 0:41:46 | 0:41:49 | |
It's no good bawling my eyes out cos I had a lovely life. | 0:41:49 | 0:41:53 | |
I've done all I wanted to do. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:56 | |
Maybe not got everything finished I wanted to finish but... | 0:41:56 | 0:42:00 | |
I can't complain. | 0:42:00 | 0:42:03 | |
'When Helicopter Heroes comes back - holiday rescue. | 0:42:03 | 0:42:07 | |
'Sammy recruits an army of day trippers to save her patient.' | 0:42:07 | 0:42:11 | |
If at any time you are not happy, shout, "Stop!" | 0:42:11 | 0:42:15 | |
'There's a major emergency, as a car crashes into a crowded pub.' | 0:42:17 | 0:42:22 | |
Dust and brickwork going everywhere. | 0:42:22 | 0:42:25 | |
'Helimed 99 takes a trip to the seaside after a man collapses.' | 0:42:25 | 0:42:31 | |
Time is the most important thing. | 0:42:31 | 0:42:34 | |
'And a cyclist run over by a tractor fights for his life.' | 0:42:35 | 0:42:39 | |
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd | 0:42:52 | 0:42:55 |