0:00:02 > 0:00:08If you are seriously ill or critically injured, every second counts
0:00:08 > 0:00:12especially if you're up high or off the beaten track.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15But, thanks to these guys, the people of the UK's biggest county
0:00:15 > 0:00:19are never more than 10 minutes away from a hospital.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23The Yorkshire Air Ambulance can do 150 miles an hour
0:00:23 > 0:00:27and, every day, brings a new life or death emergency.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Five million people depend on these yellow helicopters
0:00:50 > 0:00:53to bring life-saving care from the skies.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56When a multiple pile-up closes Britain's highest motorway,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59or there's an accident on the shop floor,
0:00:59 > 0:01:05the highly-trained pilots and paramedics of the Helimed team are there to rescue the casualties.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Today on Helicopter Heroes...
0:01:07 > 0:01:12a car passenger is catapulted into mid-air at 70 miles an hour.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13Can the team save him?
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Definite head injury. Pupils have blown one after the other.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Helimed 99 is scrambled to racing country
0:01:20 > 0:01:22after a jockey is hurt in a training accident.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Open your eyes for me, sweetheart.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29In the Peaks, a mountain biker is bleeding badly.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32He went absolutely white.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37And the team is called to a motorway shunt, and not all the casualties are human.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51Everyone knows that wearing a seatbelt can save your life
0:01:51 > 0:01:56and being ejected from a moving car is invariably fatal.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04For rap artists, an appearance on DJ Tim Westwood's Radio 1 show
0:02:04 > 0:02:07is a vital step on the stairway to stardom.
0:02:07 > 0:02:14And rapper Warren Suggett, aka DJ Shifty, has made it.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19HE RAPS
0:02:19 > 0:02:22But just a few weeks after this appearance,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Warren is involved in a terrible accident.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28A car has gone off the A1 at Wetherby Services.
0:02:28 > 0:02:34It's gone down the embankment and through the barrier into the services' car park.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37We've got four casualties.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40There's a response car there and an ambulance.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43They've requested us for a head injury.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48The accident has happened at a service area on the A1 near Wetherby.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53The wrecked car has come to rest yards from the main car park.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Grid reference is sierra, echo...
0:02:57 > 0:03:03Paramedic Darren Axe knows people thrown from cars at high speed have little chance of survival.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05On the A1, can't miss it.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08I know where it is.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Warren is fighting for his life.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15His leg is broken and he's sustained a very serious head injury.
0:03:15 > 0:03:21One of them's sustained a head injury and a lowered level of consciousness.
0:03:21 > 0:03:28The more the team hear about the accident, the more serious it sounds.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31'Are you receiving?'
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Helimed 99. Pass your message. Over.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39'Helimed 99. Information with regards your patient.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44'Query cranial bleed. He's got dilated pupil.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- 'Query haemorrhage.'- Roger.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51They're clearing the car park.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58Helimed 99. Roger, thanks, received. We're just about landing on scene.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01It's lunchtime and the service Station is packed.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04It will be a difficult landing.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Pilot Chris has his work cut out.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10I just want to go round, guys, have a look where I can put her.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13The lamp posts are feet from his rotor blades.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Have you got that sign at the side?
0:04:17 > 0:04:19I have, yeah.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24He's relying on Darren and paramedic Ben Anderson to be the eyes in the back of his head.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- Two small trees here.- Got them.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Right over a car right now.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35We're clear of the stanchions to my rear.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Close to this tree.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42I'm more worried about this side.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47But at last, Helimed 99 is down.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Clear at the side, mate.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Cheers, guys.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Ground paramedics have already started working on Warren.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59He was thrown through the rear window of the car.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Over there. Right over the fence.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07One eyewitness estimated it was at 100 mph.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09We're going to help you out of there.
0:05:09 > 0:05:15ETA, no less than, no later than 13:30, Ben.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Yeah, we're ready, yeah.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21His pupils are wide open. Classic symptoms of a serious head injury.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25He's been ejected from the vehicle at high speed. Been found at the bottom
0:05:25 > 0:05:27of the banking. He's got a definite head injury.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Pupils have blown, one after the other, so it's a definite
0:05:30 > 0:05:34head injury. Going to try and get him straight onto the LGI roof pad,
0:05:34 > 0:05:36basically. They've got neuroscientists at Leeds.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Warren flew more than 40 metres through the air.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43The fact he's still alive, is little less than a miracle.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47- RADIO OPERATOR: You OK to talk, Ben? - Yeah, fire away.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49I've given LGI the info
0:05:49 > 0:05:54and they've asked if there's any further injuries.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Yeah, we have a fractured tib and fib as well.
0:05:56 > 0:06:01A life saving flight in helimed 99 is the best chance he has.
0:06:02 > 0:06:08Most patients are flown to the nearest hospital. In this case, that's Harrogate.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10But Warren's injuries are so serious,
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Darren and Ben want to fly him straight to specialists
0:06:13 > 0:06:17at the Regional Trauma Centre, Leeds General Infirmary.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- 99. Go ahead. - There's no time to waste.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24LGI are happy to accept.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER
0:06:28 > 0:06:34Yeah. Roger, Dave. We've got a 20ish-year-old male. Pulse is 58.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Saturation level is 94. 9-4.
0:06:36 > 0:06:42BP is 114 over 67. GCS is three, Dave.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46Paramedics rate the conditions of their patients
0:06:46 > 0:06:50on the Glasgow Coma Scale, or GCS. It goes up to 15.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Warren's score is just three. Barely alive.
0:06:54 > 0:07:00- Right, I've started, guys.- OK, mate. He's a bit brady, Ben.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- Sorry?- He's a bit brady.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Warren's condition is deteriorating.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Bradycardia is the medical term for a slow heartbeat.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12It could be due to internal bleeding or a brain injury.
0:07:12 > 0:07:18- You clear left?- Clear right. Straight up.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20A difficult take-off follows every difficult landing.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25But Chris knows the lie of the land now.
0:07:25 > 0:07:31The accident happened less than 15 miles from Leeds. But it's still too far for Darren.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34His SATs are going down, Ben.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36His body isn't getting enough oxygen.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Unless Darren can perform a complex medical procedure,
0:07:40 > 0:07:41his patient will die.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53Coming up: Darren's fight for his patient's life hits a serious setback.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Just have to get this airway in, mate.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00A retired police officer finds himself co-ordinating a rescue operation for his friend.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05He's cold, he's pretty shocked, so we're going to secure him and hopefully get some fluids in him.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09And the motorist whose lucky escape astonished his rescuers.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28If you ride a horse, you're even more likely than a motorcyclist
0:08:28 > 0:08:32or a rock climber to be carried in the Yorkshire air ambulances.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36And no matter how professional you are, the risk is still there.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41The castle in the market town of Middleham, high in Wensleydale,
0:08:41 > 0:08:44was one home to King Richard III,
0:08:44 > 0:08:46the man who offered his kingdom for a horse.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49But there's no shortage of them now.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52This is racing country.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56And every morning, the local trainers exercise their thoroughbreds on the gallops.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00But today, there's been an accident.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03She's still there on the gallops. I've spoken to someone
0:09:03 > 0:09:05who's with her. They said she's screaming out in pain.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07She's still on the floor. It's a back injury.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Helimed 98's on the case of an injured stable hand.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14And the route takes them over some of the highest hills in the dales.
0:09:14 > 0:09:20- Nearly two vectors above the high ground.- No worries.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24Paramedics Tony Wilkes and James Vine know that jockeys
0:09:24 > 0:09:29can be very badly hurt. Even killed. They can be travelling at 40 mph.
0:09:29 > 0:09:35It could be serious head injuries, chest, pelvis, bones.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41- You've got the group there.- They've got the ambulance, yeah.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46For the pilot, this is a difficult rescue. The last thing he wants
0:09:46 > 0:09:52is the noise of helimed 98 to spook another horse into throwing its rider.
0:09:52 > 0:09:58Amanda was exercising a racehorse when she came off. She's in agony.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04- She hasn't got any... - What's her name?- Amanda.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Hi, Amanda. It's James from the ambulance. How are you doing?
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- Just come down with me, Amanda. Nice and steady.- Argh!
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- All right, sweetheart. Give me your other arm.- No!
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Amanda was wearing a helmet, but she's showing some worrying signs.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21That's it, sweetheart. Good girl.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22SHE WHIMPERS
0:10:22 > 0:10:23Smashing.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27Right, Amanda. OK. Now where's it sore?
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Amanda? Open your eyes for me, sweetheart.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Where's it sore at the moment?
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Just in your chest. Any pain in your neck, here?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39The horse trod on her arm,
0:10:39 > 0:10:42but it's her chest that most worries James and Tony.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46All right, Amanda. We'll just have a quick listen to your chest, sweetheart.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Excuse me, Amanda.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52She won't open her eyes and she seems confused.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Falling six feet from a fully grown horse can cause a head injury regardless of a helmet.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01The assistant trainer at the stables where she works reached Amanda first.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05She was coming up here and, you know the leather of the stirrup, it snapped.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10It's just an unfortunate accident. The horse didn't do anything wrong, she didn't do anything wrong.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Amanda's been working with horses most of her life.
0:11:13 > 0:11:18She and around 60 other stable hands exercise the horses on The Gallops every day,
0:11:18 > 0:11:21but they also have to do all the other jobs
0:11:21 > 0:11:23like mucking out and grooming.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26I'll get this secured to her then I think we'll get her up.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Just freezing now, isn't she?
0:11:28 > 0:11:31She's complaining of quite severe chest pain,
0:11:31 > 0:11:33in the centre of her chest, in the bone area.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37There's a possibility she could have fractured her sternum,
0:11:37 > 0:11:40a possibility she could have fractured a rib.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Obviously there's the lungs lying beneath there,
0:11:43 > 0:11:46so possibility of some kind of lung damage as well.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49A blustery winds is blowing and their patient is getting cold.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53The team knows she must be checked out urgently in hospital
0:11:53 > 0:11:57and for Amanda, the results of those tests will be crucial.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05She's certainly got significant bruising and abrasions to her left arm.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Coming up, has Amanda ridden her last winner?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Hospital tests reveal her injuries.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14100 miles per hour, multiple rollover, ejected from the rear window...
0:12:14 > 0:12:18The fight to save an injured rapper begins,
0:12:18 > 0:12:22and the patient who's had an accident, but still found it was his lucky day.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25There's a number of things he could have hit and stopped quite suddenly.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28There's a big tree there, which he's managed to miss.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39OK, is there any serious bleeding?
0:12:41 > 0:12:44When you dial 999, chances are your heart's beating faster,
0:12:44 > 0:12:48your mind's racing and, frankly, you're not making much sense.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50It's up to a calm voice on this end of the phone
0:12:50 > 0:12:54to get the vital information that the emergency services need.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00High in the Derbyshire Peak District, one call for help today was calmer than most.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05The man making it was an ex-copper, but the case is very serious.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Mountain biker Trevor Bland
0:13:07 > 0:13:10has a potentially life-threatening injury.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13The brake lever of his bike has stabbed through his thigh
0:13:13 > 0:13:16and he's miles from the nearest road.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22Helimed 98, Yorkshire. We're airborne for south of Bakewell. Over.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26It's tricky to spot a cyclist in the depths of the Derbyshire countryside,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30but his friend made sure the Helimed team know he's there.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34So it should be just round the side of this ridge.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37The biker says he's going to make himself known to us, so...
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Is that someone in the field?
0:13:39 > 0:13:41- On the left.- It is.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- Is he with a bike?- He's waving.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48There was so much blood pumping out of his leg,
0:13:48 > 0:13:52that cyclist Trevor Bland was convinced he had severed his main artery.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Thanks ever so much for doing the big wave!
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Luckily, his mate Dave Hobson, a retired police superintendent,
0:13:58 > 0:14:00took control of the situation.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03I'm just going to have a feel at your pulse, Trevor.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07We're concerned it was like an artery, a really big one. It pumped, didn't it, Dave?
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- He's an ex-copper. - Was it actually squirting?- Yeah.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14- Pumping.- Excellent. You stay absolutely still. You're doing a good job.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16We knew something was wrong,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19that it was quite a serious injury.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22He'd gone absolutely white,
0:14:22 > 0:14:26so when I saw it, I was really worried,
0:14:26 > 0:14:30so we did the best thing, I think, to dial 999. Yeah.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33I was fortunate that we had service on the phone!
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- HE LAUGHS - But let's hope everything ends well.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40When you came off, did you have a helmet on?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Oh, God, yeah. It's there.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- Did you bang your head at all? - No, no.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45- And he wasn't knocked out at all?- No.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50Trevor and his friend David did exactly the right thing.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53They stopped the blood flowing by applying firm pressure.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55You just put pressure straight on.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Fantastic! You couldn't have done a better job between the two of you.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Brake levers on mountain bikes,
0:15:01 > 0:15:03although they're not sharp, they are pointy.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06When you hit them with some force with a fleshy part of the body,
0:15:06 > 0:15:07they'll often puncture the skin.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10That's what's happened here. But you saw how filthy it was.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13We can't really explore how deep it's gone.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15But potentially it's gone quite deep,
0:15:15 > 0:15:19and his mate says he's seen blood spurting so hard it hit him.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23That's got to be a sign that it's probably an arterial bleed.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26If Trevor had punctured his main artery,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29he could have bled to death in a matter of minutes.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32But it looks like he's been lucky.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36What we need to do is just nice and steady, ease the pressure off.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Yeah.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40OK then.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42You don't have to look if you don't want to.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- I'm not bothered about that. - OK, well done.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46I'm not scared of blood.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49We're going to get this gentleman off the ground. He's had a nasty bleed.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53He's cold, he's pretty shocked, so we're going to secure him
0:15:53 > 0:15:55and hopefully get some fluids in him.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Trevor is soon on his way to hospital,
0:16:00 > 0:16:04leaving his friend Dave stuck in the middle of nowhere with two bikes.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07"Can I just confirm why he needs me to...'
0:16:07 > 0:16:08BEEPING
0:16:12 > 0:16:17'Hello. Not a medical need. However, he is cold.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18'He has two bikes and two bags.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20'How old's your mate?'
0:16:23 > 0:16:24'55.'
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Sadly, queasy flyers often find lying down in the chopper
0:16:27 > 0:16:30brings another unwelcome symptom.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34'You feel sick? No? OK, great.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36'We're landing now.'
0:16:37 > 0:16:39At Sheffield Northern General Hospital,
0:16:39 > 0:16:43doctors discover Trevor was literally a fraction of an inch
0:16:43 > 0:16:45from almost certain death.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49The wound had missed his artery by a hair's breadth.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53But his close shave doesn't keep him out of the saddle for long.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58He tried out his bike again just three weeks after the accident.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03And now four months on, he's racing around like it never happened.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04I'd nicked the main artery,
0:17:04 > 0:17:08so if it had been another three or four millimetres over,
0:17:08 > 0:17:10then it might have been a different story.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12It probably would have been.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15We're not medically trained enough to be able to stop that one,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18but we knew to put the pressure on straightaway.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Thankfully, Trevor hadn't severed his femoral artery.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24But it was a scary few minutes for him and Dave.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26He was saying, "You'll be all right", but his face weren't,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28and he was covered in blood.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32So I think he thought it was really, really serious as well.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35He tried to calm me down, "You'll be OK."
0:17:35 > 0:17:37But I thought that was it.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47Coming up, jockeys wait for news of a colleague injured in a nasty fall.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50'We have to presume the worst until proven otherwise at the moment.'
0:17:50 > 0:17:53And imagine walking away from this.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54One lucky driver did.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Now let's return to the battle to save a young rapper
0:18:03 > 0:18:06who was thrown from a crashing car.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Sadly, his chances of survival aren't good.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Helimed 99 is racing towards hospital,
0:18:13 > 0:18:15carrying a critically ill patient.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Rap DJ Warren Suggett was lucky to survive
0:18:18 > 0:18:23when he was hurled from a crashing car on the A1 in West Yorkshire.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27He has a serious head injury and his body is being starved of oxygen.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30'Am I OK to undo my harness for two minutes?
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- 'You're free to move as you wish. Don't worry about that.'- 'Thanks.'
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Paramedic Darren Axe has little choice.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38He must intubate him in the air,
0:18:38 > 0:18:41putting an artificial airway down his windpipe.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44It's a difficult procedure, even on the ground.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Warren's teeth are clamped shut.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Darren must insert a tube down his nose and into his throat.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54All in the chopper's cramped cabin.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56'About three minutes.'
0:18:56 > 0:18:58"OK, mate, just trying to get this airway in."
0:18:58 > 0:19:02At last, they're on final approach to the Leeds General Infirmary.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05'99, are you receiving?'
0:19:05 > 0:19:07'I can see them, mate.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10'Got 'em at the bottom of the ramp.'
0:19:10 > 0:19:12The trauma team is already on standby,
0:19:12 > 0:19:15but this is a fight the helimed team could still lose.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Warren's condition is continuing to deteriorate.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24'I got here a bit faster than we intended, all right?'
0:19:27 > 0:19:31Darren's job is over. The surgeon's has just begun.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35Approximately 100mph multiple rollover,
0:19:35 > 0:19:37he ejected from the rear window,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40travelling approximately 40 metres onto the ground.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44The man who kept Warren alive is in no doubt how lucky he is
0:19:44 > 0:19:45to have reached hospital.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50He'd sustained a closed head injury,
0:19:50 > 0:19:53which was obvious from all the signs and symptoms that he was displaying.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56He'd also sustained quite a nasty shoulder injury,
0:19:56 > 0:19:59which had a lot of contusions to that.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03And he'd got an open fracture of his lower leg.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07The other injuries are secondary to the head injury
0:20:07 > 0:20:09that we were dealing with, because that's the one
0:20:09 > 0:20:13that will cause us all the problems in terms of maintaining an airway,
0:20:13 > 0:20:14maintaining his breathing.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18And maintaining any kind of level of consciousness
0:20:18 > 0:20:20in that situation is virtually impossible.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27Within the hour, Warren will be in an LGI operating theatre.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33His mother has driven 50 miles to his bedside in a police patrol car.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38Doctors have already warned her, his chances of survival are slim.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48Coming up, rapper Warren is transferred to intensive care.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52And why it's important to have luck on your side when things go wrong on the roads.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55There's a big tree which he's managed to miss,
0:20:55 > 0:20:58a wall he's managed to go over, and he's landed in a soft field.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21Horse racing's not just a sport in North Yorkshire.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24It's a serious business, employing thousands.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28And when a jockey's hurt, many more people know it could have been them.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33On the hills above the racing town of Middleham,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36helimed 98 is about to take off on the 30-mile flight
0:21:36 > 0:21:39to the James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42with another casualty of the biggest local industry.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Jockey Amanda Mackin is lucky to be alive after coming off
0:21:48 > 0:21:50a galloping racehorse.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53After hitting the ground at up to 40mph,
0:21:53 > 0:21:54paramedics James and Tony feel
0:21:54 > 0:21:57she may have sustained serious internal injuries.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Let's get in here out of the cold.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03That's a blowy day for riding horses, isn't it?
0:22:03 > 0:22:06It's not good. It's not good if you're falling off.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11- I fell off it, landed on my back, but we were on the hill.- Yeah.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15So I rolled over and the horse came straight over the top of me.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Oh, dear. Let's have a finger here,
0:22:17 > 0:22:19then we'll have another listen to your chest,
0:22:19 > 0:22:22make sure everything's behaving itself.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25And then we'll have a nice gentle plod up to James Cook,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28and get you sorted, eh?
0:22:30 > 0:22:33'This is helimed 98 Just en route for James Cook.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37'Requesting clearance for this stop and onto James Cook.'
0:22:38 > 0:22:42'She's got significant bruising and abrasions to her left arm.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45'Also complaining of an awful lot of pain in her chest.'
0:22:45 > 0:22:49'We tend to presume the worst until proven otherwise at the moment."
0:22:49 > 0:22:52'She has got equal air entry in her chest at the moment,
0:22:52 > 0:22:53'which is a good sign.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56'We'll get her up to James Cook and let them do further investigations,
0:22:56 > 0:22:58a chest x-ray, make sure there's no ribs broken,
0:22:58 > 0:23:02'no underlying injuries to any of the organs.'
0:23:02 > 0:23:04She's been complaining of pain in her chest.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09Now she's about to undergo a series of x-rays and scans
0:23:09 > 0:23:11to establish how serious her injuries are.
0:23:16 > 0:23:17Back in Middleham,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Amanda's colleagues at trainer Mark Johnson's stables
0:23:20 > 0:23:22can't afford to dwell on today's accident.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25They know this is a dangerous job,
0:23:25 > 0:23:29but as well as serious injuries, there are miraculous escapes.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Fortunately for Amanda, she's just had one.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37After ten days off work, she's back at the stables,
0:23:37 > 0:23:41initially just doing light duties, like mucking out and grooming.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45But less than three weeks after her accident, she's out on the gallops.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48This is Amanda just coming up now
0:23:48 > 0:23:51to the position where the accident happened.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Just about now, her leather snapped and she came off underneath.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57So they had horses behind her, trying to avoid her,
0:23:57 > 0:24:00which could have also caused more injuries to her.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03But fortunately, all the horses missed her
0:24:03 > 0:24:06and she was able to get to the side of the gallop.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08I felt my leg getting a bit longer,
0:24:08 > 0:24:11and before I knew it I was on the floor.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15And I remember being underneath and thinking that the horse was like...
0:24:15 > 0:24:18I'm going, "This is going to hurt" as she came over the top of me.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22I've got quite a high pain threshold, but that really did hurt.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Amanda only weighs 47 kilos,
0:24:25 > 0:24:29so it's amazing that she didn't do more damage than she did.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32It turned out it was all just sort of muscular really.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I'd hit the ground with such force,
0:24:35 > 0:24:37and because I'm not very big as well,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40my bones had just taken the full brunt of it.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45So I was very lucky to escape with just a sore back
0:24:45 > 0:24:48and just be off for the ten days, like I was.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Despite her painful bruises,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Amanda couldn't wait to get back in the saddle.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Although she does admit to a few nerves.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58When I initially got on I was like, "Hm..."
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Sort of a bit dubious, but once I sort of got going,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04I was like, "Oh, I'm all right. Not so bad."
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Yes, but I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10But I was all right, really.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Coming up -
0:25:16 > 0:25:19doctors deliver their verdict on the man seriously injured
0:25:19 > 0:25:22after he was thrown from a speeding car.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29A lot of things in life are all about luck,
0:25:29 > 0:25:31including your chances of having an accident.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36And every day the helimed team meet patients who've lost out in life's lottery,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39only to discover they've got Lady Luck on their side after all.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45The helimed team's Sheffield airbase has great motorway connections.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Both the M1 and M18 are within two minutes' flying time.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Which is a good thing for pilot, Tim Taylor.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- 'This is the M18 now, isn't it? Yes.' - 'Yep.'
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Today, Helimed 98's been scrambled to a shunt three minutes from base.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03A people carrier's crashed and rolled over.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05'Four people in the car.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08'One person trapped. Could have head injuries.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10'I've asked Leanne to ask the police
0:26:10 > 0:26:14'if they can just shut it down both sides of the carriageway for us.'
0:26:19 > 0:26:23'Got this fence on your right hand side.'
0:26:23 > 0:26:25- 'Yeah, and one on the nose.' - 'All good my side.'
0:26:25 > 0:26:28'I'll take this bag here with me.'
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Paramedic Paul Bradbury knows accidents like this
0:26:33 > 0:26:37can lead to very severe injuries.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- 60, 70 mph. Multiple roll-over.- Yes.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Three people need hospital treatment,
0:26:43 > 0:26:47but there's been one miraculous escape.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Saw the Picasso do four or five rolls,
0:26:49 > 0:26:50then land up on the barrier.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Then I noticed a dog that had come out out of the Picasso,
0:26:53 > 0:26:55running down the inside lane.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59When you see a car rolling in front of you, it's not something that you see every day.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02It was a bit of a shock really, to be honest.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Hello, mate. Just keep your head still for the time being
0:27:05 > 0:27:09while I ask you one or two questions. Were you the passenger or driver?
0:27:09 > 0:27:10Passenger, in the back.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12What happened?
0:27:12 > 0:27:17All I remember was we slowed down for some reason and then...
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Bang! And the car just kept tumbling.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24- All I remember was tumbling round and round and round.- OK.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25That was it.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Molly the Labrador didn't have the luxury of a seatbelt
0:27:29 > 0:27:32and she was thrown out of the tumbling car.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Amazingly, she's escaped with a few bruises
0:27:35 > 0:27:37and she looks in better shape than her owner.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41The helimed team has to concentrate on human patients.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Back of your neck, how's that feel? That's all right?
0:27:43 > 0:27:45So there'll be no check-up for Molly
0:27:45 > 0:27:48until her owner can get her to a vet.
0:27:51 > 0:27:531, 2, 3, lift.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56We're bringing in one male, 30 years of age.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01Been involved in an RTC rollover. Approximately 70 miles an hour.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04The human casualties of the crash
0:28:04 > 0:28:06were almost as lucky as their canine companion.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09The team want all of them to have check-ups in hospital
0:28:09 > 0:28:13but none are showing signs of a serious injury.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16The worst pain you've got, he said is just in your head.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20Helimed 9, we're now lifting for Rotherham.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23ETA will be 13.25, over.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28Everyone in the car was released after hospital doctors confirmed
0:28:28 > 0:28:30that there were no serious injuries.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34Luck was certainly playing a part on the M18 today.
0:28:38 > 0:28:43Molly and patient Ryan McCarrick have now been reunited,
0:28:43 > 0:28:47amazed that neither were injured in their rollover smash.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Molly seems none the worse for her accident.
0:28:50 > 0:28:55But she's still a bit worried about getting back into a car.
0:28:55 > 0:29:00When it comes to surviving an accident, luck plays a part.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02But what's more important
0:29:02 > 0:29:06are the split-second decisions made by the air ambulance crew.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Today, the adrenalin's pumping.
0:29:11 > 0:29:12A plane's put out a may day call.
0:29:12 > 0:29:17We've got an ETA of about 20 minutes, over.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20Roger, update from the police has come on.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22It looks like the aircraft has crash-landed.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26A fellow flyer in trouble means an extra sense of urgency
0:29:26 > 0:29:30as these guys live with the same risks as their patient.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31The information we've got is that
0:29:31 > 0:29:33the people have walked away from this.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35That may or may not be true.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38They could have walked away and still potentially have serious injuries.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42It's a first glimpse of the wrecked plane that cheers up the team.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46The crew have indeed walked away after a bumpy landing.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49We've got a visual with it at 11 o'clock.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51In the middle of the field, nose down.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55I've got a responder and coastguard
0:29:55 > 0:29:57by 11 o'clock over the field.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01The light plane had to make the forced landing
0:30:01 > 0:30:03halfway through a pleasure flight.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06The pilot is remarkably calm for a man who's just survived
0:30:06 > 0:30:08every flyer's worst nightmare.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11We set off from Fishburn about 8 o'clock,
0:30:11 > 0:30:14towards Scarborough, just a run down the coast
0:30:14 > 0:30:16and then back again to Fishburn.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19I got as far as Scarborough, that was OK, on the way back,
0:30:19 > 0:30:21the engine started missing.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25I tried to land in this field
0:30:25 > 0:30:28and I just made a bit of a mess of it, I think.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32Modern aircraft engines are very reliable and failures are rare.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36Pilots train for them but passengers don't.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39We were flying down the coastline and we came past Whitby
0:30:39 > 0:30:42and decided to come back on ourselves and head back to Durham.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44As we were coming back over land,
0:30:44 > 0:30:50the engine kind of became weaker and the propeller stopped and started.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54Graham checked the fuel and all seemed to be OK but then
0:30:54 > 0:30:57the engine was cutting out and at that point,
0:30:57 > 0:30:59I think we both knew that we had to crash-land.
0:30:59 > 0:31:05So we chose the biggest field and we came in just over the trees
0:31:05 > 0:31:07and hit the ground quite sharpish.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10The team know this could have been much worse.
0:31:10 > 0:31:15The plane touched down in standing crops at more than 50 mph.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18He brought it down reasonably safely and it's in one piece.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23That's really about all I know. The crew both seem OK.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26The doctors are with them now just checking them over, I believe.
0:31:26 > 0:31:31Doctor Jez is glad his skills won't be needed today.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34It's not clear exactly what's happened but it's clearly not landed
0:31:34 > 0:31:38normally but there's not a massive amount of damage to the aircraft.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41Both occupants are out of there and they're both fine.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44Sammy and team know one mistake and it would have turned over,
0:31:44 > 0:31:47trapping the occupants.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Whenever there's an aviation incident, particularly planes
0:31:50 > 0:31:53that have come down or helicopters, it does make your heart beat
0:31:53 > 0:31:58just that little bit faster because potentially you always imagine, what if?
0:31:58 > 0:32:02But on this occasion, it was somebody else's misfortune.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04As we landed, I expected it to keep going
0:32:04 > 0:32:09but it was just a straight stop as it hit the ground.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12He's obviously massively experienced, he's done well.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14He's done brilliantly...
0:32:14 > 0:32:16The pilot's done a great job.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Not just avoiding hedges and wires,
0:32:19 > 0:32:23the manure heap could have made his day even worse!
0:32:23 > 0:32:24He said that as we were coming down.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27It would have been a really soft landing.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29You'd still have been scrubbing!
0:32:29 > 0:32:31It's an absolute beautiful day today.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35It was a pleasure for us to fly, so when these guys took off this morning,
0:32:35 > 0:32:38I'm sure their whole demeanour changed when they realised
0:32:38 > 0:32:41they were going to have to make an emergency landing.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Fantastic that there doesn't appear to be any injuries.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48Luck is a great thing to have on your side,
0:32:48 > 0:32:51especially when you've just had a serious accident.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54If you lose control of your car on the winding roads
0:32:54 > 0:32:58of the Yorkshire Dales, there's no shortage of hazards to hit.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Today, luck was on the side of the driver of this car.
0:33:00 > 0:33:05Normally for someone to be ejected from a car,
0:33:05 > 0:33:09it either means that the vehicle's sustained such damage that the actual
0:33:09 > 0:33:13mountings for the seatbelt have been pulled away.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17Or more likely that a casualty hasn't had a seatbelt on
0:33:17 > 0:33:19or not been restrained securely.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Particularly with this weather, it's very unlikely that that person
0:33:22 > 0:33:27would have had a window down or a door opened.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29So the chances are that they've gone
0:33:29 > 0:33:32through a windscreen or one of the door windows, as well.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35It's winter in North Yorkshire
0:33:35 > 0:33:38and the roads about the village of Giggleswick are slippery.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41It's not too good in the air either.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44The weather is quite blustery today.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47We're getting bounced about a little bit up here.
0:33:47 > 0:33:48We're heading out to the west,
0:33:48 > 0:33:52towards the west coast and that's where the worst of the weather is.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55It may be a case that Ben and Chris in the front there
0:33:55 > 0:33:58have to do a bit of navigating
0:33:58 > 0:34:01to follow the valleys up to ensure we can get up to this location.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05Driver James Mitton was at the wheel of his Subaru Impreza
0:34:05 > 0:34:08when it left the road, cleared a dry-stone wall,
0:34:08 > 0:34:12clipped a tree and then rolled several times.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16How he came to be lying in the field is a mystery the team is too busy to
0:34:16 > 0:34:19worry about right now.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21Joe was the first on the scene.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23We just found him in the field.
0:34:23 > 0:34:24So he came through the wall,
0:34:24 > 0:34:27fully-conscious when we got on the scene.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32We felt he'd have a few more serious injuries. But it seems as though
0:34:32 > 0:34:35the car hasn't rolled over him or caused him any injuries.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38He seems to have flown out of one of the windows somewhere.
0:34:38 > 0:34:39James's car is a write-off.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42He's lucky he's not beyond repair.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45It's largely thanks to the mud in which he landed.
0:34:45 > 0:34:46Are you all right, mate?
0:34:46 > 0:34:47Yeah.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49What's your name?
0:34:49 > 0:34:50James Mitton.
0:34:50 > 0:34:51Where's it hurting?
0:34:51 > 0:34:53In my lower back.
0:34:53 > 0:34:58Dr Jez Purnell has seen too many lucky escapes to know that this one
0:34:58 > 0:35:01may be too good to be true.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03One, two, three, lift.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07He was not in the car, whether he's crawled out himself afterwards
0:35:07 > 0:35:12and doesn't remember it or whether he was ejected, I don't know. I suspect he was ejected.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15He looks remarkably well, considering what's happened to him.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Have you any idea what speed you were doing?
0:35:17 > 0:35:20I know it might seem a daft question.
0:35:20 > 0:35:21I don't know.
0:35:21 > 0:35:22Do you drive progressively?
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Yeah, I do. Yeah.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29You've just come into the field a fair way, that's all.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32James is chatting with his rescuers
0:35:32 > 0:35:34but he's hit the ground at high speed.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37His vital signs are good but that might not last.
0:35:37 > 0:35:42He wants to fly his patient to the trauma unit at the Leeds General Infirmary.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Hi, Darren, it's Jez.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47I wonder if you'd accept a chap for us?
0:35:47 > 0:35:51We're up near Skipton on the A65.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55It's a guy who's come off the road into a field, he's come probably
0:35:55 > 0:35:59about 100 yards from where he's left the road, he rolled it a few times.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03James has driven his wrecked car for the last time.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06But he seems remarkably unfazed by his escape.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Cold.
0:36:08 > 0:36:09Cold?
0:36:09 > 0:36:10Freezing.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12It's going to get noisy now, James.
0:36:14 > 0:36:19Not many passengers on Helimed 99 try to take an in-flight call,
0:36:19 > 0:36:22even if it's from their other half.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24I assume it's his wife that's phoning him up
0:36:24 > 0:36:27to find out where he is. We can't really speak to her in here,
0:36:27 > 0:36:30because she's not going to hear anything we're saying.
0:36:30 > 0:36:35If we say he's on his way to LGI in a helicopter, she's obviously going to get quite concerned.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38So we'll wait and let him speak to her himself.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40I think she probably won't be so freaked out then.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44James's car can top 150.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47It will give Helimed 99 a run for its money.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52But nothing else could deliver him to the LGI in less than 20 minutes
0:36:52 > 0:36:57from the middle of the dales. It's finally time to phone home.
0:36:57 > 0:36:58Ash?
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Yeah, I'm at Leeds hospital, here.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04I smashed me car up.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07They're just taking me to check me over.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11It's knackered, is car.
0:37:11 > 0:37:17All right, I'll speak to you later, yes? All right.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21Doctors here are used to seeing the effects of bad luck as well as good.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25They won't be satisfied James is the luckiest driver on the roads
0:37:25 > 0:37:29until they've completed a full set of tests.
0:37:29 > 0:37:30Where's it hurting, mate?
0:37:30 > 0:37:32- In me back.- In your back?
0:37:32 > 0:37:36And sure enough this escape isn't quite as painless
0:37:36 > 0:37:37as it first appeared.
0:37:37 > 0:37:42James has several invisible but serious injuries.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44His lung is punctured.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48And he's torn his oesophagus, the tube that leads into the stomach.
0:37:48 > 0:37:49Both could have been fatal.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55But within a few weeks, James is back on his feet
0:37:55 > 0:37:58and visiting the Helimed team's headquarters.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00I can remember coming out of Settle,
0:38:00 > 0:38:05to the roundabout, through round the corners.
0:38:05 > 0:38:11Then going through the last corners it's just a blank till I ended up
0:38:11 > 0:38:15back in the field and somebody going, you'll be OK.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22From... Well, just heard the air ambulance come
0:38:22 > 0:38:25and then I can sort of really remember from there,
0:38:25 > 0:38:27until I got to LGI.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29The crash hasn't put him off fast cars though,
0:38:29 > 0:38:33he's planning to buy another high-performance vehicle soon.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36It was me pride and joy, yeah.
0:38:36 > 0:38:41I'd worked for...24 years to get it.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44I treated myself on my 40th birthday.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47Then I went and did this to it,
0:38:47 > 0:38:50which is unbelievable, really.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56The patients who beat the odds thanks to the Helimed team.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Now, Warren Suggett was lucky to survive after a freak accident
0:38:59 > 0:39:01on the A1 in North Yorkshire.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05The Helimed team wasn't optimistic he'd live to leave hospital.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Let's find out what happened.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11Thrown out of a fast-moving car, he landed on a grass verge.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15But the impact left him with severe head injuries.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Motorists in the service area
0:39:18 > 0:39:21where the accident happened won't forget what they saw.
0:39:21 > 0:39:26Wheels started going everywhere, the bumpers came off, there were bits
0:39:26 > 0:39:28and pieces of the car flying everywhere.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31If flung it up in the air and it came down to land on the driver's back
0:39:31 > 0:39:36quarter, which is when I saw Warren get actually thrown out of the car.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40It was a horrific smash. The only thing I can equate it to
0:39:40 > 0:39:45is something like a scene off the Matrix where there's big car smashes
0:39:45 > 0:39:46or some Hollywood blockbuster.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49It was just, you were stunned, really, for the first second.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Surgeons at Leeds General Infirmary
0:39:52 > 0:39:56took four hours to relieve the pressure on Warren's brain.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00Part of his skull was temporarily removed in a complex procedure.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03His mother was rushed to his bedside.
0:40:03 > 0:40:09People came to tell us about his injuries, prepare us for the worst,
0:40:09 > 0:40:12really, before he went in, saying Warren might not make it.
0:40:12 > 0:40:17Warren's family was warned he may be in a coma for the rest of his life.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21But after just two weeks, he slowly regained consciousness.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25The extent of his recovery has astonished doctors.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29Alls I remember, I don't really remember it, just vaguely,
0:40:29 > 0:40:31like coming off the edge of the bridge
0:40:31 > 0:40:33and then I woke up in hospital,
0:40:33 > 0:40:38a couple of weeks later, thinking to myself, where am I? Where am I?
0:40:38 > 0:40:41And then I clocked the life support machine and everything
0:40:41 > 0:40:44so then I knew. I was baffled because the bang on my head
0:40:44 > 0:40:46and I was bleeding from my brain.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50I had to get told off my mum and my brother and everyone what happened,
0:40:50 > 0:40:53bit by bit, so I didn't have a nice reaction, do you know what I mean?
0:40:53 > 0:40:57It didn't feel real though because I didn't wake up in any pain, either.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00So I felt like I was in a dream. But then I was thinking to myself,
0:41:00 > 0:41:03if I was in a dream why would I be thinking I was in a dream?
0:41:03 > 0:41:05And I just started sending myself under.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09But I'm alive and well now. Not well, but I'm alive.
0:41:09 > 0:41:14Warren now has a long road to full recovery.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19Warren isn't the Warren that we had before but it's early days.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21It's only been six months since the crash.
0:41:21 > 0:41:26And it can take anything up to two years.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29So, there is a lot of time for progress.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32HE RAPS
0:41:36 > 0:41:40And part of Warren's recovery will be a return to rap.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42He's already written a new song about his crash
0:41:42 > 0:41:44and his remarkable escape.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49When Helicopter Heroes comes back,
0:41:49 > 0:41:52a disabled driver crashes his supercar.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56And now the fire brigade must cut it apart.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59He's basically gone from 70 to nothing straight into a tree.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02The team fight to save a biker's badly injured leg.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06He's done some quite severe damage to his foot and his pelvis.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09On the road to the Dales, there's a serious accident.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Lady's gone over the handlebars and hit her head on the floor.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15And a young visitor to a stately home needs help.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18He was trying to get off the train and fell off backwards.