0:00:02 > 0:00:05If you're seriously ill
0:00:05 > 0:00:07or critically injured, every second counts,
0:00:07 > 0:00:11especially if you're up high or off the beaten track.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13But thanks to these guys, the people
0:00:13 > 0:00:16of the UK's biggest county
0:00:16 > 0:00:19are never more than ten 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.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Five million people
0:00:47 > 0:00:50depend on these yellow helicopters
0:00:50 > 0:00:53to bring lifesaving care from the skies.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56When a multiple pileup closes Britain's highest motorway,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59or there's a serious accident on the shop floor,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02the highly trained paramedics and pilots of the Helimed team
0:01:02 > 0:01:05are there to rescue the casualties.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Today, on Helicopter Heroes...
0:01:07 > 0:01:10the team faces a difficult rescue
0:01:10 > 0:01:12as a small boy is impaled on a metal spike.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16He has got another potential for it to go in him again.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18There's a serious accident on a moorland road.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22There's also a casualty in the back of the ambulance with chest injuries.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25A climber's badly hurt in a freak fall.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Just on the off chance that you've broken your neck,
0:01:27 > 0:01:29we'll take nice careful care of you.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33And World Cup fever lands a soccer-loving dad in hospital.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Something's happened to his foot and elbow.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Paramedics are trained to deal with any medical emergency,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51but sometimes a case comes along
0:01:51 > 0:01:54that puts special demands on the entire crew.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Deep in the Yorkshire countryside,
0:01:57 > 0:02:00hundreds of people spend their working lives
0:02:00 > 0:02:03carving out a living from the local rock.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Quarrying is big business.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07But when the diggers are gone
0:02:07 > 0:02:09and the workings are grassed over,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11these are dangerous places.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15And on the slopes
0:02:15 > 0:02:17of these workings near Pontefract today,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19there's been a serious accident.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22'Service, what's your emergency?'
0:02:22 > 0:02:25'It's not an address, it's by a quarry in Upton
0:02:25 > 0:02:28'where a boy's fell down and has got a wire going into him
0:02:28 > 0:02:31'just under his rib cage, and it's trapped under his rib cage.'
0:02:31 > 0:02:33'So he's... So he's fallen.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- 'Has he fallen onto the wire?'- 'We just can't move him. He's in agony.'
0:02:36 > 0:02:40The Sheffield crew have just clocked on.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43I've put in the post code for the quarry.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Pilot Tim Taylor doesn't hang about getting airborne.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Helimed 98. We've now lifted en route to detail at Darlington.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Revised bearing of 026.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55They're flying 20 miles north of Sheffield,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58and it sounds as though they need to get there fast.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02All we know is a three-year-old child's fallen,
0:03:02 > 0:03:03or for whatever reason,
0:03:03 > 0:03:07has got some wire sticking out of his chest.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- The quarry there. - So this is the quarry.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12We just need the whereabouts, where the child actually is.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Helimed 98, yeah, we're overseeing now at Darlington.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18We've got a visual with the land vehicles.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19Tim puts the chopper down
0:03:19 > 0:03:23as close to the edge of the quarry as he can.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25What have we got?
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Their patient is tiny.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Helimed 98, can you just...
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Paramedic Lee Gray needs backup.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34The little boy has gone down a steep slope
0:03:34 > 0:03:36and wire from the post has penetrated his chest.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39So he's no injures other way out, anywhere else?
0:03:39 > 0:03:40Not on long bone...
0:03:40 > 0:03:43The crew worry that three-year-old Ricky
0:03:43 > 0:03:45might have damaged his internal organs.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47The wire has gone in near his heart.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Scoop's on its way.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Ricky's dad was with him when the accident happened.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56After I slipped meself on pebbles, I let him go,
0:03:56 > 0:03:58and he's fell into his side into trees into a post,
0:03:58 > 0:04:00and wire off the post
0:04:00 > 0:04:03has gone into him and got stuck under his ribs.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06He has got another potential for it to go in him again.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- Has that snapped off, or do you see...- No, just as far as we're aware,
0:04:09 > 0:04:13that's the only entry site in him. Is he normally fit and well, Dad?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15- Yeah.- Good boy. Nice breath for me.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Good lad. Like you're blowing a balloon up.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20As Lee examines the wound,
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Ricky starts getting distressed.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23It's a bad sign.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25RICKY CRIES
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Listen, shall we give you some meds and stop that pain, eh?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Shall we?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Yeah? Good lad.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Lee, should I get you a pedi collar?
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Sammy and Lee want to get out quickly
0:04:39 > 0:04:41and on the way to hospital.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43The wire from the post is unstable.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47They're going to have to move him with it still stuck in.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49I mean, either one,
0:04:49 > 0:04:51but I think scoop would just be a bit safer.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54The plan is, because he's down a steep slope,
0:04:54 > 0:04:58we're going to scoop him and bring him up.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00We've only got, literally, a rope.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Ricky needs to get to hospital soon.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05They can cut the wire from the fence,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08but how much of it is still embedded in the little boy?
0:05:08 > 0:05:11He may be tiny, but getting him up the slope
0:05:11 > 0:05:14without causing any more damage is going to be difficult.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Coming up - Ricky's rescue is going to be tricky,
0:05:21 > 0:05:24but Sammy and Lee come up with a rope trick.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25We're going to put you on one of them,
0:05:25 > 0:05:28and we're going to get you up out of the way, eh?
0:05:28 > 0:05:31There's a serious climbing accident in picturesque Wharfedale.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33There could be a serious head injury there,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35bleeding inside his head.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38And how you can be badly hurt in your own back garden.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42He just slid down, and I just saw my mum panicking.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56The Yorkshire Ambulance Service
0:05:56 > 0:05:58employs nearly 4,000 staff,
0:05:58 > 0:06:00and eight out of ten of them
0:06:00 > 0:06:02are in frontline jobs like these.
0:06:02 > 0:06:0524/7, 365 days of the year,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08someone is here to take your 999 call,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11and sometimes that call rings a bell
0:06:11 > 0:06:13at Helimed H.Q.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Even in winter,
0:06:16 > 0:06:18the resorts of the Yorkshire Coast
0:06:18 > 0:06:20attract holiday makers.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23But on the moorland road to the seaside town of Whitby,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26one tripper's journey has ended in a serious accident.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30There's been a head-on crash between a car and a Land Rover.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32When you say, he's trapped,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35can you just explain a bit more?
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Right, no problems at all. It's the dashboard
0:06:37 > 0:06:40that's pushed right up onto him.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43So he just can't get out of the car. Right.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Driver Max Moore is trapped behind the wheel of his Fiat.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49He and his wife were on their way
0:06:49 > 0:06:51to their mobile home by the sea.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Now she's on her way to hospital,
0:06:53 > 0:06:56and Max's feet and legs are pinned beneath the dash.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Sounds like the dashboard's come in
0:06:59 > 0:07:02and may be causing some problems to the abdomen,
0:07:02 > 0:07:04and so we've been dispatched.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07It's quite a ways to check up there,
0:07:07 > 0:07:10and so probably about 15, 20 minutes flying time.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14You've got stood traffic out there at about two o'clock.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Looks about right sort of place
0:07:16 > 0:07:20- in relation to that road curving round.- Yep.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23The accident's happened
0:07:23 > 0:07:25a long drive from the nearest trauma unit -
0:07:25 > 0:07:2820 miles away in Middlesbrough.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30But Steve manages to put the chopper down
0:07:30 > 0:07:33a few yards from the crash.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36OK, clear. Tail's clear. Good.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Max has a badly dislocated hip.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41His right arm's broken,
0:07:41 > 0:07:43and he has injuries to his feet.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44He's in severe pain.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46How you doing? Yeah.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49He's trapped by his ankle.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52He's got some pain in his ankle and pain in his shoulder.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- So we've got a fracture there. - Hey, mate, you all right?
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Do you need anything for pain, anything at all? - Left leg's trapped.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Local paramedics have tried to treat Max's pain,
0:08:01 > 0:08:03but gas isn't working.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05He needs morphine.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06Just for a second, lads.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09If you just stand back for five minutes, we'll get around
0:08:09 > 0:08:11and give him some morphine and get him settled.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Is that all right with you, guys?
0:08:13 > 0:08:16What we're going to try to do first is get some IV access,
0:08:16 > 0:08:20get some pain relief into him, so that any sort of movement's
0:08:20 > 0:08:22going to be much more tolerable for him.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Then the fire brigade can get down to their business
0:08:25 > 0:08:28of ripping the roof off, and we can extricate him
0:08:28 > 0:08:31with, hopefully, minimal fuss
0:08:31 > 0:08:34and minimal pain for the patient.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36So how much pain are you in?
0:08:36 > 0:08:40Sort of eight out of ten, or a five out of ten, or...
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- It's like a seven or eight at the time. - A seven or eight.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Max is a school chef.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46He and his wife were on their way
0:08:46 > 0:08:50from their home in County Durham to Whitby
0:08:50 > 0:08:52to buy carpet for their holiday home.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53The accident wasn't his fault.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55It would appear that one of the vehicles,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57travelling towards Guisborough
0:08:57 > 0:08:59has slowed down to turn right into the junction,
0:08:59 > 0:09:01which you can see behind me.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04The Land Rover coming behind that vehicle has
0:09:04 > 0:09:06seeing that vehicle, we believe, at the last minute
0:09:06 > 0:09:08swerved to avoid it, and then, unfortunately, hit the vehicle
0:09:08 > 0:09:10travelling the opposing direction,
0:09:10 > 0:09:12effectively a head-on collision.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Being trapped can have serious consequences for patients.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Crush injuries can lead to a build-up of toxins in the blood,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19and that can be deadly.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Aah!
0:09:23 > 0:09:25OK, good. You're nearly well, mate.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28They need to get Max to hospital,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31but the steel shell of his Fiat is proving harder to cut
0:09:31 > 0:09:34than they expected,
0:09:34 > 0:09:36and Max is having difficulty dealing with the pain
0:09:36 > 0:09:38of his prolonged entrapment.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- Aah! - You're OK.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Coming up - fire-fighters think they've freed Max,
0:09:48 > 0:09:51but his ordeal is not over yet.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53OK, ready, steady, and move.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56The experts arrive to help with little Ricky's rescue.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- Hello, sir. - You all right?- We are.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01As you can see, there's our three-year-old's predicament.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04And the team rescue the victim
0:10:04 > 0:10:06of an unusual sporting accident.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08You can wiggle your feet for me OK, can you?
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Wiggle your fingers. Fabulous.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26It's the spectacular scenery of the Yorkshire Dales
0:10:26 > 0:10:29that makes this landscape so attractive to tourists.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32But these hills can also be deadly.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36The Cow and Calf Rocks above the spa town of Ilkley
0:10:36 > 0:10:38are a popular place for a day out.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42There are stunning views of the Wharfe Valley
0:10:42 > 0:10:44and, for some more adventurous visitors,
0:10:44 > 0:10:47rock faces that can challenge the most experienced climber.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Off to a climber that's fallen at the Cow and Calf Rocks
0:10:51 > 0:10:55at Ilkley, quite a popular climbing spot.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Yeah, I've got somebody on the floor
0:10:57 > 0:10:59in what looks like a space blanket around him
0:10:59 > 0:11:01in the quarry there,
0:11:01 > 0:11:05so in between all those paths.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Pilot Chris Attrill has to make a precision landing.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11You guys want to hop out?
0:11:11 > 0:11:15The footpath is no wider than the chopper's skids.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17- How are you doing? - Yeah, I'm OK.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- What's you name, mate? - Keir.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Keir. OK. Do you know what happened?
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Student Keir Teasdale
0:11:23 > 0:11:25is being looked after by his climbing buddies.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27- I took a fall... - Right.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29They're doing all the right things -
0:11:29 > 0:11:31keeping him warm, supporting his neck.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- He wasn't wearing a helmet. - Unfortunately not.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36You're going to get one for your birthday.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40I think I might do, yeah.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42He's fallen 20 feet onto his face.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Al's worried.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Nice deep breaths for me.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Keir was leading, this climb up here,
0:11:51 > 0:11:54and he got onto that ledge up there,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56trying to get into that crack.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Sometimes you can break your neck in a fall like this,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01which is, in itself, not a big deal.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04But if you break your neck, and there's some damage
0:12:04 > 0:12:06- to your spinal cord, that is a big deal.- Yeah.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09So just on the off chance that you've broken your neck,
0:12:09 > 0:12:10we'll take nice careful care of you,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12keep you nice and wrapped up,
0:12:12 > 0:12:14and then if you have broken your neck,
0:12:14 > 0:12:17we can deal with it before there's any damage to your cord.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19All right, mate, it's not the most comfortable thing
0:12:19 > 0:12:21- in the world, this, OK? - No.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23OK, there we go. That's a good fit.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- RING TONE - So we're happy with that.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27This patient's dropped, about halfway down
0:12:27 > 0:12:30the cliff face that you've looked at.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33He's landed on his face. He's sustained some injuries.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Any injuries above the collar bone, clavicle,
0:12:36 > 0:12:39we treat those with a high suspicion of a spinal injury
0:12:39 > 0:12:41to go with it, so we completely immobilise him
0:12:41 > 0:12:43and make sure he's stable.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44The Cow and Calf Rocks
0:12:44 > 0:12:47are only a mile out of Ilkley town centre.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50But Cave Rescue have turned out to help
0:12:50 > 0:12:53with the final stage of getting Keir to the helicopter.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Couldn't actually land it as close as we would like to,
0:12:56 > 0:12:58so, unfortunately,
0:12:58 > 0:13:00we had to land a little bit down below them.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Normally, I like to drop the crew above
0:13:02 > 0:13:04so they've got to walk down.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06There could be a serious head injury there,
0:13:06 > 0:13:08bleeding inside his head.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11He could have other internal injuries from his fall.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13So although he seems OK,
0:13:13 > 0:13:15we're not going to be hanging around.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18We're gonna be getting him off to Leeds General Infirmary
0:13:18 > 0:13:20pretty sharpish just in case.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Rock climbing accidents
0:13:22 > 0:13:24are surprisingly not that common.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28It's a very safety-conscious sport.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31But statistics show that when they do happen,
0:13:31 > 0:13:35it's almost always to inexperienced climbers.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- Clear to land, mate? - Yeah. No worries.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Within minutes of leaving the rock face,
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Keir is landing at the Leeds General Infirmary.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Falling 20 feet onto your face is going to hurt,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49but his broken nose and cracked teeth
0:13:49 > 0:13:51will be repaired.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Amazingly, his spine wasn't damaged.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- Keir was very lucky. - One, two, three.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59He wants to get back to the rock face soon,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02and he's going to buy a helmet.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Coming up - the battle to free a trapped motorist
0:14:09 > 0:14:11hits another setback.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13We're not going anywhere, guys.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Something's wedged, I would suggest there.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17And a sporting dad has to sit out the World Cup
0:14:17 > 0:14:20after an embarrassing injury.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22This gentleman's fallen off this roof here
0:14:22 > 0:14:24where he got a nasty displaced fracture.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Now let's return to the quarry in West Yorkshire
0:14:44 > 0:14:47where the team is struggling to rescue an injured boy
0:14:47 > 0:14:49badly hurt in a bizarre accident.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Three-year-old Ricky is in agony.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54A piece of wire from an old fence post
0:14:54 > 0:14:56is imbedded in his chest.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Ricky tumbled down the steep sides of the quarry
0:14:58 > 0:15:01when he was out with his dad.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Can I just pop a little, a little scratch in your arm
0:15:03 > 0:15:06so we can get your some medicine and stop that tummy hurting?
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Yeah? Can I do all that for you?
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Your daddy's here. You going to be brave for us?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- Yeah, he is. - Good lad.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14All I'm going to do is, Dad, is just pop
0:15:14 > 0:15:17like a drip, and then we can give him some fluid,
0:15:17 > 0:15:20or some morphine or whatever just to help his pain.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Open your eyes for me, Ricky.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24- Hello. - Look at him.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Are you going to have a little ride with your daddy
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- in this helicopter with us? - Yeah.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Yeah? Take you with your dad, eh?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32His arms are tiny, but they need to give Ricky
0:15:32 > 0:15:35pain-relieving morphine before they move him.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- Hold onto Daddy's hand. - Squeeze it.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Little sharp scratch now.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43And good boy. Nice and still for me.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Good boy. Well done, Ricky. Well done. Are you all right?
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Lee is worried the wire could have damaged internal organs.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51It's gone right into his chest.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Well done, Ricky. What's hurting you, Ricky?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- Tell me.- Tell us where it's hurting.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Tell me what's hurting you.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59This down there.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Normally, to get a patient up a steep bank,
0:16:01 > 0:16:03the paramedics would wait for backup.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05But because Ricky is so tiny,
0:16:05 > 0:16:07they think they can lift him themselves.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Sammy's making a makeshift hoist.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Ricky, Ricky, we're all finished now.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- No more sharp scratches. - That's it now.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16But what I'm going to do is give you some medicine
0:16:16 > 0:16:18to make that pain go away a bit, eh?
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- Is that all right? - Yes.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Good lad. And then we'll slide you up this bank here.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- So 1.4 to... - 1.4 to 2.9.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29The morphine dose is critical in small children,
0:16:29 > 0:16:33and Dad is with him for support.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35The ropes aiding Ricky's escape from the slope
0:16:35 > 0:16:37are normally used
0:16:37 > 0:16:40to hold down the Helimed's rotor blades in high winds.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Paramedics in the field often have to improvise.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Ricky, you're going on like a little sled.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49- Have you been on a sled in snow before?- Yeah.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Yeah? We'll put you on one of them
0:16:51 > 0:16:53and we'll get you up out of the way, eh?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55You're going in my helicopter with your dad.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59- Yeah.- Yeah, you'll be able to tell all your mates, will you?
0:16:59 > 0:17:00At last,
0:17:00 > 0:17:02the fire brigade arrive to help in the rescue.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- Hello, sir? - You all right?- We are.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08As you can see, there's our three-year-old's predicament.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Ricky's journey to hospital is about to begin.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Paramedic Lee knows he's likely to need surgery.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Good boy, Ricky.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Brilliant job.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Even though he's only three,
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Ricky's mad keen on motocross.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26He slipped and fell down the quarry side
0:17:26 > 0:17:29when he and his dad were on their way to go biking.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30There we go, little man.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32We'll give you some more of this.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36- Some more air. - You might feel it tickle your nose, OK?
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Dad's going to fly with the crew to the trauma unit.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41His son's going to need an operation
0:17:41 > 0:17:43to get the wire out.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Walking down the slope, that's when I slipped
0:17:45 > 0:17:47and, obviously, I let go of him,
0:17:47 > 0:17:49because I didn't want to bring him down with me.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51He's gone into the side and come off worse than me.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Can I have your little thumb
0:17:53 > 0:17:55to put this peg in like that? Yeah?
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Despite paramedic Lee's adventure stories,
0:17:56 > 0:17:59everyone's concerned about their tiny patient.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Coming up - surgeons operate to remove the spike
0:18:06 > 0:18:08from little Ricky's chest.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11And the off-duty medics go on a busman's holiday
0:18:11 > 0:18:13to an air display.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24It's amazing how safe you feel in your car.
0:18:24 > 0:18:29But this metal cocoon can turn into a prison in a split second,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32and a road accident can change your life.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37On a moorland road near Whitby,
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Max Moore is trapped in the wreckage of his Fiat
0:18:39 > 0:18:42after a head-on crash with a Land Rover.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45His wife's already on her way to hospital
0:18:45 > 0:18:47with chest injuries, but her husband's in pain
0:18:47 > 0:18:48and pinned by his legs.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51- How do you feel? OK.- Aah!
0:18:51 > 0:18:54When you look at the wreckage of the car,
0:18:54 > 0:18:57his injuries at the moment are relatively minor.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00As you can see, the Land Rover, you know,
0:19:00 > 0:19:04there's only going to be one winner if you hit one head-on.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Extensive damage to his car, and it's took the bumper
0:19:06 > 0:19:08off the Land Rover, so for the moment, you know,
0:19:08 > 0:19:10he's in a great deal of pain still
0:19:10 > 0:19:13with a fracture to his arm.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15But, hopefully, we can get him out soon
0:19:15 > 0:19:17and get him on the way to hospital
0:19:17 > 0:19:19and just relieve that pain a little bit more.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21All right, Max, you just relax.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Don't try and help, because we'll do it all for you.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26You just tell us if it hurts anywhere, OK?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Paramedic Tony's examined his patient thoroughly.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32His pain suggests he's dislocated his hip,
0:19:32 > 0:19:36- but he won't be able to confirm this until Max is freed...- Aah!
0:19:36 > 0:19:38..and that's proving harder than anyone thought.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40The bodywork of the Fiat
0:19:40 > 0:19:42is continuing to frustrate his rescuers.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45I'll go ahead. So we'll go on move then, all right?
0:19:45 > 0:19:46Everybody got a bit?
0:19:46 > 0:19:49OK, ready, steady, and move.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51We're not going anywhere, guys.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Something's wedged, I would suggest there.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Finally, they reach his feet,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58but now there's another problem.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Max, deep breaths. Slow it down and deeper.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Max? Open your eyes for me, Max. Max?
0:20:04 > 0:20:05That's better.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Hold on, Max. Hold on.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Those short breaths, Max, you're not getting
0:20:11 > 0:20:13it into your lungs, so you're not going to benefit.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Deep, slow breaths.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18That's great stuff, Max.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- Aah! - Everybody got a bit then? We're going up about six inch.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- Ready, steady, move. - Aah!
0:20:24 > 0:20:25Great stuff.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27At last,
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Max is removed from his car.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32The team know dislocations can cause internal bleeding,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35and they need to be careful.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37OK, I'm ready whenever you guys are ready.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Ready, steady, and move then. Nice and steady.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Yeah, yeah. It's on the top end.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Max is in pain,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49but he can't stop thinking about his wife.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Is my wife all right?
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Yeah, she's already gone.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55She'll be well on her way to hospital now.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Doctors at the James Cook Hospital
0:20:57 > 0:21:00at Middlesbrough have already been alerted to Max's arrival.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03They'll know he'll probably need surgery.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07Max has got some obvious lacerations,
0:21:07 > 0:21:10but we're more concerned about any possible internal injuries.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12He has been complaining of pain throughout his pelvic area,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15so if he has got a fractured pelvis,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18that can bleed quite significantly, internally.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21He's also been complaining of pain down his right leg,
0:21:21 > 0:21:23so, again, the big bone in his leg is his femur.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26If that was fractured and to bleed internally,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28then he could have a lot of blood loss.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30His blood pressure's fine at the moment,
0:21:30 > 0:21:32so we're not going to give him any fluids,
0:21:32 > 0:21:34but we've got it set up just in case.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36If he suddenly drops his blood pressure
0:21:36 > 0:21:38significantly, then we can give him fluids.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40It's all ready to go.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42As usual, we treat for the worst-case scenario
0:21:42 > 0:21:45and hope for the best.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Max will soon be in an operating theatre,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50the first of three
0:21:50 > 0:21:52surgical procedures he'll need.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53Your good lady
0:21:53 > 0:21:56will be in here, I'm sure.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58He's been lucky to survive, and a week later,
0:21:58 > 0:22:01he's recovering in a normal ward
0:22:01 > 0:22:03with clear memories of his ordeal.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05You think, you know,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08I've been on that road hundreds of times before
0:22:08 > 0:22:10in the past taking our children on holidays
0:22:10 > 0:22:13to Whitby and to Scarborough,
0:22:13 > 0:22:17and you always think that it's OK.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21On this occasion, it wasn't.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24But thank goodness, at the end of it,
0:22:24 > 0:22:27I'm still alive and here to tell the story.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30But it's through these wonderful people,
0:22:30 > 0:22:34that they are the ones that have kept me alive.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38Max is confined to bed for almost three months.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40It means there's an important person missing
0:22:40 > 0:22:42from Red House School.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45He's the chef, and the kids are missing the man
0:22:45 > 0:22:47behind their favourite menu.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50But today they have a visitor.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Hey!
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Good to see you all!
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Hey! And you've all grown!
0:22:58 > 0:23:02It's not for nothing Max is popular here.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06Max always makes us laugh,
0:23:06 > 0:23:10and he knows every single person
0:23:10 > 0:23:13in the school's name.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16And every year, we have a favourites day,
0:23:16 > 0:23:20and each year group chooses their favourite meal,
0:23:20 > 0:23:23and Max will then cook it.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25A dislocated hip,
0:23:25 > 0:23:28a broken right arm, and other injuries
0:23:28 > 0:23:31mean Max is still in pain, despite the brave face,
0:23:31 > 0:23:34and he still can't drive.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36I'm not done and dusted yet.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38I intend to get back to work.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41And I would hope that it will be this year,
0:23:41 > 0:23:46but, obviously, I'm in the hands of the hospital consultants.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Coming up -
0:23:52 > 0:23:55little Ricky's mum and dad wait for news from the doctors.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Everyone loves some time off,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07but it's amazing how often a weekend's relaxation
0:24:07 > 0:24:09can end in a trip to A&E.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12This is the Helimed team's idea of a good weekend.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15He's got his AA sunglasses on.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Today, they're on a busman's holiday
0:24:17 > 0:24:19to an air show.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire
0:24:21 > 0:24:25stages one of the UK's biggest displays.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29Plane-spotting doesn't strike me as the most hazardous hobby,
0:24:29 > 0:24:31but you'd be surprised how an innocent pastime
0:24:31 > 0:24:33can leave you in pain.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40The most popular hobby in the UK is gardening.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43We spend hours pruning, weeding,
0:24:43 > 0:24:46mowing, and planting.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49It's also the hobby that lands 87,000 people a year
0:24:49 > 0:24:52in hospital A&E departments.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Help is requested by an ambulance to be on the scene
0:24:56 > 0:24:59with a gentleman, we think he's fallen,
0:24:59 > 0:25:01and snapped his upper leg, his femur.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Just had control on.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Apparently there is a field behind the ambulance,
0:25:07 > 0:25:09and they've secured any livestock. Over.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Helimed 99 is looking for somewhere to land
0:25:12 > 0:25:15in the picturesque village of Sawdon, near Scarborough.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18There's been a gardening accident.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19It's a big garden -
0:25:19 > 0:25:23big enough to land a helicopter in.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27- You all right? - Ralph Fieldhouse has fallen while mowing the lawn.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30He's really tensing up and he's screaming out
0:25:30 > 0:25:32when we try and move him, aren't you, Ralph?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34You're not happy with what we've given you so far?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36He's landed awkwardly and has broken his leg.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39So pain-wise, so we know how much pain you're in,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42if you had to score it, nought being no pain at all,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44ten worse you could imagine, what are you saying it is
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- at the minute? - Uh, probably 9/10,
0:25:47 > 0:25:49- and an experience. - So I would say
0:25:49 > 0:25:52that you're still hurting a bit then.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55The air ambulance carries the most powerful painkiller
0:25:55 > 0:25:57a paramedic can deliver.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Lee prepares the morphine.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01What we do, how we go on with morphine is w give you
0:26:01 > 0:26:04a bit at a time until we get on top of your pain, all right?
0:26:04 > 0:26:06So we'll give you a bit, see how we go
0:26:06 > 0:26:08after a few minutes, a bit more if you need it,
0:26:08 > 0:26:10rather than giving it all at once,
0:26:10 > 0:26:12cos it sometimes makes you feel a bit sick.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Ralph has got himself wedged in an awkward place,
0:26:15 > 0:26:18between his apple tree and beech hedge.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Moving him is going to be tricky and painful.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Just going to give him a bit more pain relief.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28I mean, people vary on how they take pain relief.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31It sometimes takes a little. It sometimes takes quite a bit.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34So, this guy's had his first dose,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37which has helped him, but it's not got him totally pain free,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40so we're just going to give him a bit more.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42- Yeah?- Put your hands together, mate,
0:26:42 > 0:26:44and make sure you keep them in, because if you put them out,
0:26:44 > 0:26:46it sort of unbalances a bit.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49It's not surprising Ralph is in such pain.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51He has a history of leg and hip injuries.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54He has five breaks below the knee,
0:26:54 > 0:26:56and he's got a...
0:26:56 > 0:26:58replacement knee and a replacement hip.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01He had just gone round the corner and slipped.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Oh, my!
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- He was wearing those stupid clogs. - Oh.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09So do you feel like your knee gave way,
0:27:09 > 0:27:10or did you just trip?
0:27:10 > 0:27:13- I-I slipped and then... - You slipped.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- ..and then my ankle went underneath. - Right.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19I see, it's only five minutes down to Scarborough.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21The most common gardening accident
0:27:21 > 0:27:23has nothing to do with a mower,
0:27:23 > 0:27:25not even a hedge trimmer.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28More than 115,000 gardeners
0:27:28 > 0:27:30take a tumble every year.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32But very few are lucky enough
0:27:32 > 0:27:34to get the full Helimed treatment to the door
0:27:34 > 0:27:39at their local Accident and Emergency department.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Back at the air show, the medics can relax,
0:27:42 > 0:27:45but they know that the chances are
0:27:45 > 0:27:48someone somewhere will need their air ambulance today,
0:27:48 > 0:27:51and the two colleagues missing out on the display.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Unfortunately, we see the aftermath of, you know,
0:27:53 > 0:27:55when good times go bad, really,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58but you don't have to be going at 200 miles an hour
0:27:58 > 0:28:01and flying upside down to have an accident.
0:28:01 > 0:28:0332 nations,
0:28:03 > 0:28:05736 players,
0:28:05 > 0:28:07four years of anticipation.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10The 2010 World Cup is in full swing,
0:28:10 > 0:28:13and for many, it's a chance to leave work early.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17Fans are gathering in city squares across the country
0:28:17 > 0:28:19to see the action on big screens
0:28:19 > 0:28:22and shops have done a roaring trade on memorabilia.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25It's also inspired many amateur Wayne Rooneys
0:28:25 > 0:28:28to have a kick around in the back garden.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Today's football victim
0:28:30 > 0:28:33isn't on a pitch.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36He's in his back garden, and a helicopter
0:28:36 > 0:28:38is hovering above looking for somewhere to land.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41The accident has happened on an estate in Yeadon,
0:28:41 > 0:28:44a mile away from the helicopter pad.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47He fell off the roof, fell off the shed roof up here
0:28:47 > 0:28:50trying to get the football for a little boy.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Getting married in two and a half weeks.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Putting a twin jet-engined air ambulance down
0:28:55 > 0:28:57in the middle of a housing estate
0:28:57 > 0:29:00isn't an everyday occurrence, but pilot Chris Attrill
0:29:00 > 0:29:04has spotted a handy helicopter-sized patch of grass.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08- If I put you into that green field in at 4 o'clock...- Yep.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10You should be able to get through the back gate.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14Richard Harrison has fallen off the roof of his garden shed
0:29:14 > 0:29:16while retrieving a football.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18God, that's the fastest I've run in years!
0:29:18 > 0:29:22- Oh! - We're getting married in two weeks.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25As well as the cushion to support Richard's head,
0:29:25 > 0:29:30step-daughter Evie has all the details.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32What happened was, um, they were...
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Oscar and my step-dad were playing football,
0:29:34 > 0:29:36and it went over there,
0:29:36 > 0:29:40so then Richard climbed up and onto the shed,
0:29:40 > 0:29:43because he thought it was up there.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Then I was just in the kitchen, and he just...
0:29:46 > 0:29:50slid down and I just saw my mum panicking,
0:29:50 > 0:29:52so I went over to her and she said,
0:29:52 > 0:29:55"Just get me the phone," so I went and got the phone,
0:29:55 > 0:29:57and now you've all come, and he's broken...
0:29:57 > 0:30:02Well, something's happened to his foot and elbow.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06It seems like a simple accident, but it's not.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09The ground paramedics who arrived first
0:30:09 > 0:30:12noticed that Richard's toes were going white.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14The break in his leg had cut off
0:30:14 > 0:30:18the blood supply to his foot.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21If paramedic Pete Vallance doesn't straighten it right now
0:30:21 > 0:30:24and get the blood flowing again, he could lose it.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29That's it, bud, hold on.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Keep going. Go on, nice deep breaths. Go on.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Richard's on the gas and air, but it's still going to hurt
0:30:35 > 0:30:39when two of the air ambulance's beefiest paramedics
0:30:39 > 0:30:42combine muscle power and skill to try and get
0:30:42 > 0:30:45this misshapen foot back into the right line.
0:30:45 > 0:30:46See, look. He's fine.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55Everyone is feeling the pain,
0:30:55 > 0:30:58but no one quite as much as Richard.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Despite a lot of effort,
0:31:01 > 0:31:03there's still no pulse in the foot.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Pete's decided it's worth another go.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08- Just have one last pull. - Go on, go on.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Five good ones, Go on, mate.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17After some strenuous manipulation,
0:31:17 > 0:31:19it's worked.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Getting a little bit of colour back in your foot now.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25When the bone's misplaced, it can cut off the circulation,
0:31:25 > 0:31:29which is not good for the long-term effects on the foot.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32So we've managed to do that. He's got nice pink toes now.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36So we're happy and get him loaded on, and we'll fly him to LGI.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Richard's in enough trouble with his foot,
0:31:38 > 0:31:39but there's more grief to come.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42As he's loaded into the helicopter
0:31:42 > 0:31:44for his journey on to hospital,
0:31:44 > 0:31:47his partner reminds him that he has a date
0:31:47 > 0:31:50at the registry office in a couple of weeks time.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Well, if we get there.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Will Richard make his big day,
0:31:55 > 0:31:57or will his foot fall
0:31:57 > 0:32:00stop the wedding plans in their tracks?
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Two weeks later,
0:32:02 > 0:32:05one day after his wedding day,
0:32:05 > 0:32:08and Richard's still in hospital.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12Me toes, me foot and me ankle were all smashed.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15But again, hopefully, they've put the pins
0:32:15 > 0:32:17and the plate in.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20That should stay in forever, and I won't have
0:32:20 > 0:32:21to come back and have them take it out,
0:32:21 > 0:32:23so it's been quite lucky in that respect,
0:32:23 > 0:32:26that I won't have to come back and have another operation.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30Apart from a touch of the sun and some temporary deafness,
0:32:30 > 0:32:32there's not much danger at the air show today,
0:32:32 > 0:32:34and pilot Tim Taylor
0:32:34 > 0:32:36likes to keep things in perspective.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39It's important to have a holiday.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42You're just as likely to have an accident at home,
0:32:42 > 0:32:44you know, watching telly and doing nothing,
0:32:44 > 0:32:47so it's important you don't let accidents
0:32:47 > 0:32:49affect your frame of mind
0:32:49 > 0:32:52and you just crack on with what you enjoy.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55But if you're young, even the most ordinary day out
0:32:55 > 0:32:59could land you in A&E.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Brimham Rocks near Harrogate
0:33:01 > 0:33:04must be one of the UK's weirdest tourist attractions.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06An extraordinary collection of boulders
0:33:06 > 0:33:09weathered into bizarre shapes
0:33:09 > 0:33:12by thousands of years of wind and rain.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15It's a great place for a day out, but today,
0:33:15 > 0:33:16there's been a nasty accident,
0:33:16 > 0:33:19and Helimed 99 is being scrambled.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23Reports of a nine-year-old that's fallen 50 feet.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25The land crew are with him.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27I don't know about his condition yet,
0:33:27 > 0:33:30but obviously very concerned about falling 50 feet.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34Ground paramedics are looking after nine-year-old Ryan Morgan,
0:33:34 > 0:33:36a key member of the Boys Brigade.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38- Hello. - Back of the ambulance.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Is he in the back now? Great, thank you very much.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Are you a relative?
0:33:42 > 0:33:44- He's with you? - Yeah.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46OK, then. Thank you.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48He was on the rocks with his mates from Rochdale
0:33:48 > 0:33:50when the accident happened.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52No worry for a weekend at glass houses
0:33:52 > 0:33:53on our annual camp.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55They were climbing,
0:33:55 > 0:33:57because that's what we've come to do,
0:33:57 > 0:33:59with the two adults up there with them,
0:33:59 > 0:34:01and Ryan had been told not to jump,
0:34:01 > 0:34:04and he foolishly decided that he could manage the gap,
0:34:04 > 0:34:06which he failed to do.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Yeah, it's a weekend away for the lads to enjoy.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11We were canoeing this morning and stuff like that.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13We were climbing rocks, and then...
0:34:13 > 0:34:17Ryan was leaping from one boulder to another
0:34:17 > 0:34:20when he fell, hitting several rocks on the way down.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23His head hurts, but it looks like he's been very lucky.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26- Can you give me a pain scale?- Nine.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29- Nine out of ten for his head. - You need to stay awake, don't you, darling?
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Shall we give him some Calpol?
0:34:31 > 0:34:33- Do you want to come for a ride in my helicopter?- Yeah.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36- All right, then that's what we'll do.- Can I come?
0:34:36 > 0:34:38- Are you eight or nine, Ryan? - He's nine.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Oh, definitely nine. Great boy.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Holiday-maker Brian Harris,
0:34:42 > 0:34:45a fire-fighter out for the day with his son Jake,
0:34:45 > 0:34:47helped care for Ryan.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Well, I heard somebody shout, "Oh, there's a lad fell
0:34:50 > 0:34:53"from the top and fell in the ravine."
0:34:53 > 0:34:54The two rocks join together,
0:34:54 > 0:34:56so he tried to step from one to the other,
0:34:56 > 0:34:58and fell down the crack, the crevice in between.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01Right, you're going down, Neil.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04Brimham Rocks are only a few miles from Harrogate
0:35:04 > 0:35:07and its A&E unit.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- That's where Ryan is heading now. - Open your mouth.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Last little bit, lad.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14The rocks are owned by The National Trust,
0:35:14 > 0:35:17and every year, an unlucky few visitors
0:35:17 > 0:35:20end up with an unexpected aerial view of the attraction.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Paramedic Sammy was right to be cautious
0:35:26 > 0:35:28about Ryan's case.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30A few weeks later,
0:35:30 > 0:35:32he's back home in Rochdale,
0:35:32 > 0:35:35but he's been very lucky considering his injury.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39I feel really lucky,
0:35:39 > 0:35:42because some people could have died when they fell.
0:35:42 > 0:35:48I fractured my skull
0:35:48 > 0:35:51and cut all my back.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55All my friends were on the rock next to me,
0:35:55 > 0:35:57and I tried to jump across
0:35:57 > 0:36:00to the one where all my friends were,
0:36:00 > 0:36:03and I buckled on the other side and fell back.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06And, when I hit one of the rocks,
0:36:06 > 0:36:08I slid down halfway.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11I feel happy that I survived
0:36:11 > 0:36:17and just glad that I got out of...
0:36:17 > 0:36:19got out of hospital quickly.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23Now here's a sport
0:36:23 > 0:36:25that you don't see that much of - lacrosse.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29It may have a gentile image, but read the rules,
0:36:29 > 0:36:32and you'll see that body-and-stick contact
0:36:32 > 0:36:34is permitted.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37That's why they need protective gear.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Yeah, all right!
0:36:40 > 0:36:43How are you doing? This is George.
0:36:43 > 0:36:44- 18-year-old. - OK.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46He's been involved in a crunching tackle
0:36:46 > 0:36:48whereby he felt his forehead has gone
0:36:48 > 0:36:50- right down to his chest. - Right.
0:36:50 > 0:36:5218-year-old George Ievers
0:36:52 > 0:36:55plays for Sheffield Steelers lacrosse team.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59- He says he thinks he remembers what happened. - His dad is the team's coach.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Final of the Yorkshire Shield Lacrosse Tournament.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05George here got hit
0:37:05 > 0:37:07by two of the Leeds players.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Crunch, and a bit of whiplash back.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12- He got knocked out. - George has come round.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14He sounds groggy, but manages to explain
0:37:14 > 0:37:16to air ambulance doctor Alison Walker
0:37:16 > 0:37:18where the injury is.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20- Hi. How you doing? What is your name? - George.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23George. How are you feeling, George?
0:37:23 > 0:37:25- Sore in the back of the neck. - Sore in the back of your neck?
0:37:25 > 0:37:28Is it the bottom of your neck and the top of your back?
0:37:28 > 0:37:32- Is that where it's sore? - She's worried that he may have damaged his spine.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34- Yeah, OK, any numbness or tingling anywhere?- No.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37You can wriggle your feet for me OK, can you?
0:37:37 > 0:37:38Wiggle your fingers? Fabulous.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41This is the news Dr Alison was looking for.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44We've examined him, and he's got
0:37:44 > 0:37:46normal feeling in his hands. He's got normal power
0:37:46 > 0:37:48in his limbs, which is a very good sign.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Hopefully there isn't any significant injury.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53The important thing now is to keep his neck
0:37:53 > 0:37:55in the neutral position, and to safely move him somewhere
0:37:55 > 0:37:58that they can do some further investigation, such as X-rays,
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- to exclude any kind of injury. - George is in great pain.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Paramedic Sammy Wills has the answer.
0:38:05 > 0:38:06This is morphine.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08All I'm doing is diluting it to make it easier to give,
0:38:08 > 0:38:11and that'll give George a bit more pain relief.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15He's not very comfortable as he is at the moment.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17The medics are not taking any chances.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19George is going to hospital to have his neck
0:38:19 > 0:38:21thoroughly checked out.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23He may be leaving the field of play injured
0:38:23 > 0:38:26and on a stretcher, but he's still awarded
0:38:26 > 0:38:28the Yorkshire Shield Player of the Tournament trophy.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36And I'm pleased to say all our victims of weekend mishaps
0:38:36 > 0:38:38are on the road to recovery.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42But that's not the case with all the teams' patients.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Three-year-old Ricky fell down the side of a quarry
0:38:45 > 0:38:48and impaled himself on a fence post.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52A wire sticking out from it has got imbedded in his chest.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54He's fell into his side into trees,
0:38:54 > 0:38:57onto a post and wire off the post
0:38:57 > 0:39:00gone into him and got stuck under his ribs.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03As the crew leave the quarry for hospital,
0:39:03 > 0:39:05it all goes very quiet.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Dad is understandably worried.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10He's gone quite quiet, but he's had
0:39:10 > 0:39:12that morphine from me, so that's just to get rid
0:39:12 > 0:39:14of that pain, so we could get him in up here and back.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16- All right? - Yeah.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Helimed 98...
0:39:18 > 0:39:22As they land on the rooftop helipad,
0:39:22 > 0:39:25the trauma team below prepare to X-ray Ricky
0:39:25 > 0:39:28to find out the wire's path through his body
0:39:28 > 0:39:30and assess any damage.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32It was difficult for the land crews
0:39:32 > 0:39:34and ourselves, and Ricky was in so much pain
0:39:34 > 0:39:37when we arrived down there, because, obviously, he'd got
0:39:37 > 0:39:39this wire that penetrated via his ribcage as well,
0:39:39 > 0:39:41so we had to get him settled off with some pain relief
0:39:41 > 0:39:44before we could think of trying to get ourselves out of there
0:39:44 > 0:39:46and stay on his own feet at the same time, really.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49He did look a little bit Heath Robinson,
0:39:49 > 0:39:51but what you've got to remember is that in a child
0:39:51 > 0:39:53of three years old, it's extremely dangerous
0:39:53 > 0:39:55for anything to be piercing into their abdomen,
0:39:55 > 0:39:57or the chest area, so we wanted to get Ricky out of there
0:39:57 > 0:40:00as soon as we possibly could to have a really good look at him
0:40:00 > 0:40:02and get him through to LGI here.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04After his X-rays,
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Ricky was prepared for the operating theatre.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10The surgeons worked on him that night,
0:40:10 > 0:40:12and the next day, he was home.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15Let's go on then. Come on. Let's go.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17- OK. - Ricky is still pursuing
0:40:17 > 0:40:21a life of fun and adventure with his dad.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24The quarry is currently out of bounds.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28The front room is a safer playground.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30It went in there just under his ribcage,
0:40:30 > 0:40:33but it had, like, a knock on it, so it went
0:40:33 > 0:40:35like that and a piece of wire about that long,
0:40:35 > 0:40:37so it must have gone in, and then it was stuck up here.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40But the piece of wood were up here. They cut it about here.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43We were in the hospital and waited for ten hours.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Just strapped his back there.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48But you can't take the biker out of this boy.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52Mum and Dad are amazed.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Woke up about 7 o'clock in the morning.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59- Just normal, really, as though nothing's happened. - Nothing had happened, yeah.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02Within an hour of being home, he was out playing on his bike.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04He's been normal ever since.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Ooh!
0:41:06 > 0:41:09When I first saw it, I just thought
0:41:09 > 0:41:11his internal organs...
0:41:11 > 0:41:13- That's what I thought. - His lungs are around that area.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17Just anything. I don't know how far it had gone across or anything.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19- The hole there was like that. - Mm-hmm.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21I could more or less see into him,
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- which wasn't a very good sight. - Can I have your little thumb
0:41:24 > 0:41:26- to put this peg in like that? - The day of Ricky's big adventure
0:41:26 > 0:41:28is not one that mum and dad will ever forget.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30And the family have nothing but praise
0:41:30 > 0:41:33for all the emergency services
0:41:33 > 0:41:36- that turned out to help. - They kept me calm, and they kept our Ricky...
0:41:36 > 0:41:38Well, they were calm anyway, they kept calm.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41They kept talking with him. They did a brilliant job.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Air ambulance, paramedics, and fire crew.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Even the operator I phoned up,
0:41:46 > 0:41:49she was good, and the man who phoned me back,
0:41:49 > 0:41:51he were an operator - they were all excellent.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Mum quite likes the idea of Ricky being restricted
0:41:54 > 0:41:56to playground slides.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00But both he and dad still have plans
0:42:00 > 0:42:02for bigger thrills.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04It's in my blood sort of thing. Me dad had motorbikes.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06I've always had motorbikes.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09My 13-year-old son's always had motorbikes,
0:42:09 > 0:42:11and it's natural to me.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13He's been around them all the time,
0:42:13 > 0:42:15the noise and everything, he's just been round them,
0:42:15 > 0:42:18and he obviously wanted to copy his big brother.