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If you're seriously ill or critically injured, every second counts. | 0:00:02 | 0:00:08 | |
Especially if you're up high or off the beaten track. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:12 | |
Thanks to these guys, the people of the UK's biggest county are never more than 10 minutes from hospital. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:19 | |
The Yorkshire Air Ambulance can do 150 miles an hour | 0:00:19 | 0:00:23 | |
and every day brings a new life or death emergency. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:27 | |
Five million people depend on these yellow helicopters to bring life-saving care from the skies. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:53 | |
When a multiple pile-up closes Britain's highest motorway, or there's a shop-floor accident, | 0:00:53 | 0:00:59 | |
the paramedics and pilots of the helimed team are there to rescue the casualties. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:05 | |
Today on Helicopter Heroes: | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
-a 12-year-old boy fights for his life after his mum's car hits a bus. -He's been unconscious all the time. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:14 | |
-A farmer's badly injured after an explosion in a barn. -300-metre blast radius. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:20 | |
One of the UK's toughest sports claims a casualty. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:25 | |
Did you hurt anywhere else? | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
And there's a mercy mission in the snow to save a sick little girl. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:33 | |
She's got severe epilepsy. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
Driving kids is something that worries many parents. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:48 | |
It's not just the distraction they can cause, | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
but the responsibility of having them strapped in next to you. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:56 | |
So imagine what it's like when a mum has a serious accident. | 0:01:56 | 0:02:00 | |
It's the tail end of the Friday morning rush hour. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
One of the main roads into Leeds is blocked by the wreckage of a serious accident. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:10 | |
We're having to cut the car away for clear access to the casualty. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
The crash is less than five miles from Helimed 99's base at Leeds Bradford Airport. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:20 | |
Paramedics Darren Axe and Ben Anderson are among the first there. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:25 | |
-A double decker bus? -Next to the rugby field. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
A rugby pitch right next to the road is an ideal helipad. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:33 | |
-We're about to go down. -But the route to the accident is very far from ideal. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:39 | |
Darren faces a battle with a prickly hawthorn hedge to reach his patient. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:45 | |
Hang on a second. Trying to find somewhere to grip. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:49 | |
A 12-year-old boy has been badly hurt after his mother's hatchback collided with a bus. She's unhurt, | 0:02:51 | 0:02:57 | |
but he has multiple injuries. | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
-Were you with him? -No, I was in the car behind. -Right. Smashing. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:05 | |
Luckily, the crash was witnessed by a doctor. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:10 | |
He's been unconscious. His breathing's gone off. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
Get some details off his mum. How old he is, any conditions. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:18 | |
Aris Hussain was being driven to the mosque for Friday prayers. Now he's fighting for his life. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:24 | |
It's a bad one. 12-year-old, not spoken since the collision. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:28 | |
Start getting ready. We'll almost certainly be taking this patient in. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:34 | |
His mother is being checked out in an ambulance. She's hysterical, | 0:03:34 | 0:03:38 | |
but she can give Ben valuable details of his medical history. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:42 | |
How old is he? | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
How old? | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
-He's 12 years old. -20? -12. -12. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
The damage to the bus shows the force of the first impact, but they then hit another car head-on. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:57 | |
I was behind the car in the accident | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
and I thought, "Are you going to pull out?" No, straight into the bus. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:05 | |
She spun across the road and caught the other lady. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:09 | |
Darren knows Aris's condition is critical. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:13 | |
We could spin him and slide him this way. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
Officer, the faster the better, mate. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:19 | |
He's not doing so well, so the faster we can move, the better. Expedite. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:26 | |
Cutting apart a car with four people in it poses obvious hazards. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:30 | |
Darren wants to make sure no one else gets hurt. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
-Mate, stick your helmet on this doctor. -Thank you. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:38 | |
The police now need to start gathering the information for their accident investigation. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:46 | |
First, though, they need to know how seriously Aris is hurt. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:50 | |
-Not looking well? -No. -Still potential? Not dead? -No. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:55 | |
As soon as he's out, put him on the spinal board and then we'll relocate the aircraft down there. | 0:04:55 | 0:05:01 | |
-So you want that cut out? -Yes, please. That's lovely. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:05 | |
By air, Aris is less than five minutes from the Trauma Unit at Leeds General Infirmary, | 0:05:05 | 0:05:11 | |
but there's a problem. They need Helimed 99 to get closer. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:15 | |
We're asking the Fire Brigade | 0:05:15 | 0:05:19 | |
to get him out of the car. He's 12 and still unconscious. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:23 | |
We need the helicopter relocated onto the road. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:28 | |
Pilot Steve can only land on roads that have been closed by police. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:32 | |
It's usually straightforward. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:35 | |
But today, parked vehicles, lampposts, hedges and trees are getting in his way. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:43 | |
-I don't think he's happy with the landing site. -It's impossible | 0:05:43 | 0:05:47 | |
and he has to abandon it. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
I couldn't see enough to get in. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:53 | |
We tried to relocate the aircraft, but we can't, so can we make some gaps in these fences? | 0:05:53 | 0:05:59 | |
I couldn't see the road for the trees, so I cam back to where we were and we'll get him across. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:07 | |
Aris is still trapped and the race to get him to hospital has just suffered a serious setback. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:14 | |
He doesn't have much time. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:16 | |
Coming up: Aris takes a turn for the worse. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:25 | |
-This chest looks like it's swelling. -He's in a bad way. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:29 | |
Paramedic Sammy finds a patient camped out in his own tent. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:33 | |
You've not banged your head at all? Or passed out? | 0:06:33 | 0:06:37 | |
And a snowbound patient with a suspected stroke gets help from the skies. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:43 | |
Farming's one of the UK's most dangerous occupations. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:59 | |
But sometimes the most serious accidents have unusual causes. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:03 | |
In North Yorkshire, a farmer's decision to clear out his outbuildings had awful consequences. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:09 | |
For Yorkshire's farmers, self-sufficiency is a way of life. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:14 | |
From fixing fences to tractor repairs, make do and mend keeps them in business, | 0:07:14 | 0:07:21 | |
but today Helimed 99 is on its way to a major explosion involving welding gear. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:26 | |
Shattered windows, bent metalwork and blackened walls are evidence of a blast | 0:07:26 | 0:07:32 | |
that threw debris 300 metres. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
It's a miracle farmer Richard Franklin survived. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:39 | |
Richard's sister was in the farmhouse when an acetylene cylinder exploded. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:46 | |
I just heard this almighty great big explosion | 0:07:46 | 0:07:50 | |
and I presume the cylinder had blown up, the oxygen cylinder or something. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:55 | |
Now Richard's fighting for his life. His blackened face is worrying. | 0:07:57 | 0:08:01 | |
It means his windpipe is burnt and both of his legs are all but severed. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:07 | |
He has got isolated leg injuries, but they're not our primary concern. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:12 | |
Richard's injuries were caused by a shockwave that has devastated buildings in the farmyard. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:18 | |
It was heard three miles away. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:20 | |
We're trying to work out what happened. Obviously, one of the cylinders was involved. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:26 | |
We think it's the acetylene and he's been changing cylinders, but we can't say for sure | 0:08:26 | 0:08:32 | |
until we actually find it. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
There's been a bit found down the road. 300 metres blast radius. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:39 | |
Richard's mum is in shock. Firefighters have their own worries. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:43 | |
They're trying to confirm that the explosion hasn't caused other cylinders to spring a leak. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:50 | |
That oxygen cylinder was venting off, and if you've got oxygen and acetylene mixed together | 0:08:50 | 0:08:56 | |
and the acetylene one's gone bad and that's what it is... | 0:08:56 | 0:09:01 | |
At least the blast wasn't followed by a fire. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:05 | |
There was no fire to be dealt with so the main priority is obviously the casualty anyway. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:12 | |
That's basically all we've done. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
For paramedics Tony and James, the number one priority is keeping Richard's airway open | 0:09:14 | 0:09:21 | |
despite the burns, but this is also a race against the setting sun. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:25 | |
If they're to fly him to hospital, they must take off soon or be grounded by fading light. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:32 | |
We cannot fly at all at night, which is fairly reasonable, | 0:09:32 | 0:09:37 | |
but there's enough daylight left to achieve the task. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:42 | |
At last, Richard's ready for take-off. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:46 | |
We're about to lift for Harrogate. Vital signs within normal limits. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:51 | |
We'll need an airway set up. Over. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:54 | |
Clear now. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:56 | |
You're clear left. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:59 | |
OK. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:01 | |
-Vital signs within normal limits? -Yeah, within normal limits, mate. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:06 | |
We're just lifting at Ripon and moving south to Harrogate. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:12 | |
He's not been knocked unconscious, which is a good sign, | 0:10:12 | 0:10:16 | |
but he has got fractures to both legs causing him quite severe pain, | 0:10:16 | 0:10:21 | |
so I'm giving the maximum dose of morphine. There's also potential | 0:10:21 | 0:10:26 | |
that the airway will start swelling up. We're going to Harrogate, the nearest hospital. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:32 | |
If he starts having airway problems, we're quite close to the hospital. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:36 | |
Other than his pain, he's quite settled. His main problem is fractures to both his legs. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:43 | |
A surgical team is on standby to examine Richard's shattered legs. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:49 | |
Tony and James are more concerned about burns to his throat and lungs, | 0:10:49 | 0:10:53 | |
but if he survives them, his broken bones are likely to prove a more serious long-term problem. | 0:10:53 | 0:11:00 | |
He could yet lose both legs. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:02 | |
Coming up: surgeons turn to transplant techniques to help farmer Richard walk again. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:16 | |
And there's a tricky operation to get a 12-year-old accident victim to the chopper. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:21 | |
Right, lads. Steady as you go. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:24 | |
And high in the hills, Mountain Rescue are called in to help take a sick man to hospital. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:30 | |
In some urban areas, the call centre staff who answer 999 calls | 0:11:43 | 0:11:48 | |
can actually hear the ambulance arrive at their patient before the caller has put the phone down, | 0:11:48 | 0:11:54 | |
but in the countryside it can be very different. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:58 | |
On a glorious spring evening in the Derbyshire Peaks, | 0:11:58 | 0:12:02 | |
it's easy to see why people are drawn to fell running. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:06 | |
It might be hard work, but you run through some gorgeous landscapes. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:11 | |
But when temperatures drop, that landscape can become life-threatening. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:17 | |
The worst winter for three decades is almost over and the year's first fell-running event is underway. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:24 | |
But someone's in trouble. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:26 | |
'We've got a fell runner with a torn hamstring. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:30 | |
-'They'll have problems getting him down.' -All right. -'OK. | 0:12:30 | 0:12:35 | |
-'I'll give you the details en route.' -Okey-dokey. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:39 | |
There's no snow on the ground at the base in Sheffield, but it's different in the Peaks. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:46 | |
-We're now airborne. Over. -With the weather conditions that we've had recently. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:52 | |
Fell runners have not been able to get out and do their thing | 0:12:52 | 0:12:57 | |
so a beautiful day like today, the snow's cleared, although there are still drifts up here. | 0:12:57 | 0:13:04 | |
It's been a fantastic day for getting out and doing a bit of running | 0:13:04 | 0:13:09 | |
and fantastic scenery while you're doing it. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:13 | |
The downside is if you injure yourself, you're a long way from help as this guy has found out. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:19 | |
-We've got a paraglider here. -I'll keep a scan out. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:24 | |
Yeah, there it is. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:27 | |
Mountain Rescue are already on the scene and have let off a flare. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:31 | |
INDISTINCT RADIO CHAT | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
The biggest danger for a runner immobilised by an injury is contracting hypothermia. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:47 | |
-As soon as Mountain Rescue arrived, they put up a tent to keep their patient warm. -Knock knock! | 0:13:47 | 0:13:53 | |
-Permission to come in? -Hi! -Hiya. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:57 | |
-Hello, sir. -This is Neville. -Hello, Neville. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:01 | |
Fell runner. Slipped on some ice. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:05 | |
Injury feels like it's the back of his right thigh. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:09 | |
-Right. -Like a hamstring-y type of area. -OK. -He's in no pain but whenever he moves... -Right. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:16 | |
-He's been a bit hypothermic. -How long ago did all this happen? | 0:14:16 | 0:14:20 | |
-About an hour and a quarter. -About one o'clock, yeah. -OK, then. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:25 | |
-Neville? -Yes? -When you fell, did you fall and hurt yourself anywhere else? -No. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:31 | |
And you've not passed out? Great. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:33 | |
It was like a comedy slip. I seemed to go up in the air and landed... | 0:14:33 | 0:14:39 | |
as far as I know, on my bum. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
Apparently, he walked up towards here and couldn't go any further. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:47 | |
These runners were well prepared for the difficult conditions. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:52 | |
They carried special heat-retaining blankets and emergency rations. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:57 | |
Mountain bikers offered assistance. It's been really good. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:01 | |
This machine tells me how cold you are. I'll stick that in your ear. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:06 | |
-I know it's your leg that we're bothered about, but... -You can take that off if you want. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:12 | |
I'll just ease it. I'll put it back on in a sec. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:16 | |
OK, you'll feel this cold in your ear, lad. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:22 | |
Neville is 63 years old, but that's not unusual for a fell runner. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:27 | |
Some people carry on into their 70s and even their 80s. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:32 | |
Right, Neville, welcome aboard. We're going to plug you in. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:37 | |
-Right. -Anything I can do to make you more comfortable? -No, I'm fine. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:41 | |
-And extremely grateful. -You're welcome. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:44 | |
After spending two hours stranded in the open, Neville is finally on his way to hospital. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:51 | |
It turns out that the helicopter was essential. | 0:15:51 | 0:15:55 | |
What was initially thought to be a simple hamstring strain is actually much more serious. | 0:15:55 | 0:16:01 | |
Doctors at the Northern General Hospital diagnosed a rare bone condition that could have | 0:16:03 | 0:16:09 | |
gone undiscovered for years until it ended Neville's running for good. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:14 | |
Before the last snow has thawed on the Peaks, Neville is back on his feet, his injury's on the mend | 0:16:16 | 0:16:22 | |
and he's undergoing treatment for his newly-discovered problem which causes unwanted bone growth. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:29 | |
I saw a consultant who diagnosed | 0:16:29 | 0:16:32 | |
that I had Paget's Disease. I wasn't aware of this. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:36 | |
It's a disease which can happen in certain bones of the body | 0:16:36 | 0:16:41 | |
and on the X-ray it had shown up. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:44 | |
Neville was already fighting fit, but has now been prescribed more exercise to strengthen the bones | 0:16:44 | 0:16:51 | |
around his pelvis, one of which fractured in his fall. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:56 | |
I was pleased it has been discovered now rather than later. | 0:16:56 | 0:17:00 | |
I understand it isn't going to be a major problem in my life. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
I'm not running as yet, but eventually I hope that I will be able to. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:10 | |
It's a little bit of adventure and also risk as well. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:16 | |
Pitted against nature, you have to get from A to B, from B to C and from C to D. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:23 | |
It's fairly straightforward. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:25 | |
Neville's fell running mates are missing him, but it'll be a few months until he joins them again. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:33 | |
Until then, he's restricted to more gentle exercise. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:37 | |
Coming up: farmer Richard undergoes surgery for his injuries, but he knows it could have been much worse. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:49 | |
Any higher up, I'd be dead. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
And the ambulance service draft in a snow plough to rescue a little girl. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:58 | |
Now let's get back to the scene of that rush-hour crash. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:03 | |
Firefighters are still struggling to free a young passenger from the wreckage. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:08 | |
On a main road into Leeds, there's been a serious accident | 0:18:08 | 0:18:13 | |
and the Helimed team fight to save the life of a trapped 12-year-old boy. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:18 | |
Aris Hussain was critically injured when his mum's hatchback hit a bus and another car. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:24 | |
For 20 minutes, a passing doctor had been cradling Aris's head, | 0:18:24 | 0:18:28 | |
-but now it's time to move him. -What are we like down there now? | 0:18:28 | 0:18:32 | |
We're just starting to get him out now. He's freed. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:36 | |
It'll be quite a long time yet. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:39 | |
The accident could have been much worse. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:43 | |
The bus was unoccupied for passengers. Driver's OK. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:46 | |
They're about to move Aris. His chest has been crushed, and he has multiple injuries | 0:18:46 | 0:18:52 | |
-to his legs and arms. -Got any suction? | 0:18:52 | 0:18:56 | |
-He's breathing. The mask's off his face. -He's still making effort. | 0:18:56 | 0:19:02 | |
What's the oxygen like down there? Is it full or empty? | 0:19:02 | 0:19:06 | |
Can you grab us another one? | 0:19:06 | 0:19:08 | |
Darren wants to alert the crash team at Leeds General Infirmary. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:13 | |
A 12-year-old male. That's all I've got. Pre-alert for LGI. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:18 | |
Can you take his shoulders? | 0:19:18 | 0:19:20 | |
At last they begin to free Aris. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:23 | |
His right leg is not going to go. On "move", nice and gently. Move. | 0:19:23 | 0:19:28 | |
-It's going. -Whoa! Take his weight. I've got his head. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:32 | |
Ready, steady and move. Somebody take his head. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:36 | |
The reason for Aris's injuries becomes clearer. The car's air bags went off when it hit the bus. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:42 | |
There was no protection for its passenger when the second impact occurred with the car. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:49 | |
Let's get suction back in if we can. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:52 | |
-We need a call back on him now. -I reckon ETA would be about 20 minutes from this point. | 0:19:55 | 0:20:01 | |
But don't pass that just yet, fella. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:03 | |
Looking well. We can be a bit more positive. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:08 | |
They've done all they can do here and Aris has had the best care possible - | 0:20:08 | 0:20:14 | |
a doctor by his side within seconds and a team of paramedics within minutes. | 0:20:14 | 0:20:20 | |
The race is now on to hospital. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:22 | |
Let's go! | 0:20:22 | 0:20:24 | |
Everything's fastened up, oxygen's on. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:28 | |
Ben, what were that access? Is it just there? | 0:20:28 | 0:20:32 | |
Yeah? Lead the way then, mate. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:35 | |
LGI is waiting for us. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:37 | |
'Base to 99. I'll give an ETA of 10 minutes.' | 0:20:37 | 0:20:42 | |
Yeah, roger. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
You get this side, mate. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:48 | |
this is a delicate operation, but the team have no alternative | 0:20:49 | 0:20:54 | |
but to pass their patient hand to hand. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:58 | |
Right, lads. Steady as you go. | 0:20:58 | 0:21:00 | |
All right? Forward. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
Happy, gentlemen? | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
-Yeah. -Start making your way. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
He's in a bad way, really. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
-Need to get him there as quick as we can. -But Aris is deteriorating. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:21 | |
His chest's not even and bilateral. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
This chest looks like it's swelling. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:26 | |
It's not just the strap doing it. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:29 | |
-Ready for take-off now. -Pilot Steve is ready to go. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:33 | |
He's a very time-critical patient. He's only 12. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
The faster we're out of here to LGI, the better. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:39 | |
Aris is now within minutes of a highly trained team of doctors, | 0:21:39 | 0:21:44 | |
but his life is hanging in the balance. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
Coming up, the team touch down at hospital | 0:21:52 | 0:21:55 | |
and doctors begin the fight to save Aris. | 0:21:55 | 0:21:59 | |
Unconscious throughout. GCS initially 5, down to 3. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:02 | |
And paramedic Colin has to deal with a reluctant patient. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:07 | |
Your missus is telling us symptoms and signs that we need checking really. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:13 | |
The first hour after a traumatic injury is critical. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:29 | |
That's especially true if you've just survived a devastating explosion, | 0:22:29 | 0:22:34 | |
so no wonder at Harrogate Hospital, doctors are anxiously awaiting the arrival of a badly injured farmer. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:40 | |
In a farmyard near Ripon, there's been a massive explosion. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:45 | |
It's a miracle farmer Richard Frankland has survived. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:49 | |
He was working with an acetylene cylinder used for welding when it exploded. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:55 | |
Debris was thrown 300 metres. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:57 | |
One of the cylinders involved... | 0:22:57 | 0:22:59 | |
We think he's been changing the cylinders over and it's gone bang, but we can't say for sure. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:05 | |
Richard's critically injured. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
Just lifting near Ripon, routine flight to Harrogate. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
But at least he's survived the journey to Harrogate Hospital. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:18 | |
His windpipe is burned and both his legs are badly injured. | 0:23:21 | 0:23:26 | |
The decisions surgeons make over the next two hours will decide whether Richard walks again. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:33 | |
Keep it running till then. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:36 | |
His injuries are so serious, they make the decision | 0:23:36 | 0:23:40 | |
to transfer him to a specialist unit in nearby Leeds. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:44 | |
It's six weeks before he is fit enough to talk about the accident. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:50 | |
Richard still has clear memories of the afternoon he almost died. | 0:23:51 | 0:23:56 | |
It was an horrendous blast. | 0:23:57 | 0:23:59 | |
I mean, it was heard for miles around. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:03 | |
I do remember a bit about the rescue because I knew a lot of the lads | 0:24:03 | 0:24:07 | |
from Masham Fire Brigade that were the first on the scene. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:11 | |
I was in absolute agony, as you can imagine, | 0:24:11 | 0:24:14 | |
and I remember being put in the helicopter | 0:24:14 | 0:24:18 | |
because I've never flown in my life before | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
and I didn't know how I was going to cope with that. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:26 | |
But he knows it could have been worse. | 0:24:26 | 0:24:29 | |
It could have been all over with that bang, yeah. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:32 | |
All the damage was below my knees which is incredible, really. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:36 | |
Any higher up and I would have been dead. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:39 | |
The good news is surgeons managed to save one of his legs | 0:24:39 | 0:24:43 | |
with an amazing piece of spare part surgery. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:48 | |
They said that I did have a choice with my right leg | 0:24:48 | 0:24:51 | |
that they could use some of my left leg to reconstruct my right leg. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:57 | |
But it was going to be over a lot of years to get it right | 0:24:57 | 0:25:02 | |
and did I want to go through that or did I want both legs amputating? | 0:25:02 | 0:25:07 | |
Obviously, one leg is better than none, | 0:25:07 | 0:25:11 | |
so we decided to go for a reconstruction. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:14 | |
Surgeon Simon Britten and his colleagues have transplanted parts | 0:25:17 | 0:25:21 | |
of Richard's amputated right leg on to his left. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:24 | |
Now they're growing new bone to replace a 12-centimetre length lost in the explosion. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:30 | |
This is the last time I saw Richard about three weeks ago. | 0:25:30 | 0:25:33 | |
At the moment, you can see that this segment of bone has been transported and a big gap here has opened up. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:40 | |
You may be able to make out the ghostly outline of a new piece of bone growing in the gap. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:46 | |
There are sort of white streaks here showing new bone forming in the gap. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:51 | |
He should be able to carry out some of his duties on the farm | 0:25:51 | 0:25:55 | |
to his satisfaction, but with such severe injuries, | 0:25:55 | 0:25:59 | |
we have to set the bar quite low, so we're looking for healed, | 0:25:59 | 0:26:03 | |
properly aligned, about the same length as the other side, | 0:26:03 | 0:26:07 | |
not infected and, very important, his foot points in the direction of travel. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:12 | |
We want his foot to point the direction he's walking. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:15 | |
It will take two years for the bone to grow back. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:19 | |
It's a technique developed in Russia and surgeon Simon is among the UK's leading pioneers of it, | 0:26:19 | 0:26:25 | |
following several trips to Siberia. | 0:26:25 | 0:26:28 | |
I've subsequently gone back another four times in divided blocks of time | 0:26:28 | 0:26:32 | |
because there's a limit to how long you can spend in Siberia and have a good time, | 0:26:32 | 0:26:37 | |
and learnt from the Russian guys, you know, got it from the horse's mouth how to do this technique | 0:26:37 | 0:26:43 | |
and those of us who have learnt from the Russians now teach the technique in the United Kingdom. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:49 | |
-Ready to stand up? -Yeah. -OK. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:56 | |
Coming up, a 12-year-old boy beats the odds after a terrible crash. | 0:26:56 | 0:27:01 | |
He's getting a bit stronger. He was quite weak when he came out of ICU. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:06 | |
When there's snow on the ground and the roads are icy, | 0:27:10 | 0:27:14 | |
the flying paramedics are called out to patients normally carried by land ambulance. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:19 | |
But however urgent the case, the crew must be certain it's safe for the helicopter to fly. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:24 | |
It's four days before Christmas and Britain is gripped by Arctic conditions. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:31 | |
North Yorkshire has been hit particularly hard. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:35 | |
You've got a foot of snow in places, so it's fairly likely that you can't get an ambulance anywhere near it. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:41 | |
Helimed 99 has been called to an isolated farmhouse where a young disabled girl has fallen ill. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:47 | |
'Roger. We do have an RV on the scene. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:52 | |
'Mobile and radio reception, as you can imagine, is appalling.' | 0:27:52 | 0:27:56 | |
As the crew fly further north, the weather takes a turn for the worse. | 0:27:56 | 0:28:01 | |
Yeah. Roger. We're only about three miles away, | 0:28:01 | 0:28:05 | |
but we've hit a patch of bad weather and we're struggling to break through it. Over. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:10 | |
The team have to consider their own safety, as well as the patient's. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:14 | |
From your point of view, Steve, we've got some issues over here with weather. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:19 | |
Whatever decision we make is a group decision. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:22 | |
A land ambulance has managed to get to seven-year-old Isobel Potter, | 0:28:22 | 0:28:27 | |
but will struggle to make the 25-mile journey to Scarborough Hospital | 0:28:27 | 0:28:32 | |
and it's too dangerous for Helimed 99 to land at the farmhouse. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:36 | |
There seems to be no way out, but then paramedic Al Day has an idea. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:42 | |
I'm just wondering, is there any way they could put this kiddie in the RV and come down to where we are? | 0:28:42 | 0:28:48 | |
-It's going to be the only option, I think. -It is the only option. | 0:28:48 | 0:28:53 | |
-We're only a few miles away, so... -We're 6.1 away from it. -Right. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:57 | |
'Helimed 99, I've spoken to the RV on the scene. | 0:28:59 | 0:29:02 | |
'If you find a suitable landing place in Kirkbymoorside, I can advise them where that will be. Over.' | 0:29:02 | 0:29:09 | |
An empty car park in the isolated village of Hutton-le-Hole | 0:29:09 | 0:29:13 | |
becomes an impromptu landing pad for pilot Steve. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:18 | |
And level. | 0:29:20 | 0:29:22 | |
Ish. | 0:29:22 | 0:29:24 | |
-We're down. -Bit lopsided, but we're down. -Ish! | 0:29:24 | 0:29:28 | |
We're here. Get the kettle on! | 0:29:28 | 0:29:30 | |
The ambulance is going to bring the child to us here. | 0:29:30 | 0:29:34 | |
Then we'll fly the kiddie from here | 0:29:34 | 0:29:37 | |
the 20 or so further miles to Scarborough Hospital. | 0:29:37 | 0:29:40 | |
A snow plough was in the right place at the right time to clear the way for the ambulance. | 0:29:40 | 0:29:46 | |
The local ground ambulance crews are becoming experts in winter driving, and with a snow plough to follow, | 0:29:46 | 0:29:52 | |
they've managed to get Isobel through the drifts. | 0:29:52 | 0:29:55 | |
Hutton-le-Hole is a beauty spot packed with tourists in the summer. | 0:29:55 | 0:29:59 | |
Today, it's all but cut off. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:02 | |
We flew down in circles and tried all different avenues and this is the best we could do. | 0:30:02 | 0:30:08 | |
Hutton-le-Hole is the nearest we could get, but thankfully, this land ambulance got here as well. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:14 | |
Now we're transferring her to the helicopter. | 0:30:14 | 0:30:18 | |
Isobel's mum is used to dealing with her daughter's severe medical problems. | 0:30:18 | 0:30:23 | |
But weather like this has left her to cope alone in the family's isolated home. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:29 | |
There you go. That's lovely. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:31 | |
She's got severe development delay and severe epilepsy. | 0:30:31 | 0:30:35 | |
Her sister's had a nasty cold and, unfortunately, Isobel's picked it up. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:40 | |
She had a number of seizures on Friday night. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:43 | |
We were going to take her into hospital today, but the weather isn't great and she deteriorated. | 0:30:43 | 0:30:49 | |
We just felt it wasn't safe taking her ourselves. | 0:30:49 | 0:30:53 | |
Isobel's condition is potentially very serious. | 0:30:53 | 0:30:56 | |
The team knows she needs hospital care and thanks to the tenacity of the local ambulance crews, | 0:30:56 | 0:31:02 | |
she is soon going to get it. | 0:31:02 | 0:31:05 | |
With the North York Moors blanketed by snow and more storms on the way, | 0:31:05 | 0:31:10 | |
Isobel's flight has come just in time. She'll be in Scarborough Hospital in a few minutes. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:16 | |
-That's about as snug as we get. -A few days later, after the thaw, Isobel was allowed home. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:22 | |
The UK air ambulances work together. | 0:31:22 | 0:31:25 | |
When one's busy, a chopper from a neighbouring area often flies to the rescue. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:30 | |
But if the roads are blocked with snow, it often means more call-outs than usual. | 0:31:30 | 0:31:35 | |
That's happened today. Helimed 99 is on its way across the Pennines | 0:31:35 | 0:31:40 | |
to Lancashire to pick up a patient with a suspected stroke. | 0:31:40 | 0:31:44 | |
Blackburn? I don't think I've been there yet. | 0:31:44 | 0:31:47 | |
High in the hills near Clitheroe, a man has collapsed on his farm. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:51 | |
Drifts are blocking roads and the route to his home is impassable for land ambulances. | 0:31:51 | 0:31:58 | |
There aren't any ambulance crews available | 0:31:58 | 0:32:01 | |
at that particular time and at that particular place, | 0:32:01 | 0:32:04 | |
so the air ambulance is another resource to get them to hospital. | 0:32:04 | 0:32:09 | |
Time costs lives with stroke patients. | 0:32:09 | 0:32:12 | |
Each minute treatment is delayed can cause more brain damage. | 0:32:12 | 0:32:17 | |
It may be a bleed within the brain, so one of the blood vessels might be a bit delicate and it's bled out | 0:32:17 | 0:32:23 | |
or there could be a clot. | 0:32:23 | 0:32:25 | |
Brian Oliver was trying to start his car after several days out in the snow | 0:32:25 | 0:32:31 | |
when he slipped, fell and hurt his head. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:34 | |
His wife noticed his face was drooping on one side and his arm was numb - classic signs of a stroke. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:41 | |
-What's been happening now, Brian? -I just slipped down in the yard. | 0:32:41 | 0:32:45 | |
-You just slipped down, did you? When was that? -About five to ten. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:49 | |
What time are we on now? Oh, it's only just happened. So you slipped. | 0:32:49 | 0:32:54 | |
He just fell over in the yard. | 0:32:54 | 0:32:57 | |
Can you lift them all the way up like that...? Fantastic. Marvellous. | 0:32:57 | 0:33:01 | |
-I walked up the yard. -He walked back up. -What was he looking like before? | 0:33:01 | 0:33:06 | |
-Terrible. -In what way? | 0:33:06 | 0:33:09 | |
It seemed as though his face was so relaxed, it seemed to be down on one side. | 0:33:09 | 0:33:14 | |
-I was sure that he couldn't grip with his left hand. -Right. | 0:33:14 | 0:33:18 | |
-And his speech was slurred. -Was it? -He was groaning. -OK. -I slipped. -Listen, Brian... | 0:33:18 | 0:33:23 | |
Brian's speech sounds slurred, another sign of a stroke. | 0:33:23 | 0:33:28 | |
Your missus is telling us symptoms and signs that we need checking, really. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:34 | |
Is that OK with you? At the moment, there isn't an ambulance to send. We're with the helicopter. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:40 | |
Brian never expected his wife's 999 call to lead to a rescue flight from the other side of the Pennines. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:47 | |
But for the Helimed team, county boundaries are largely irrelevant. | 0:33:47 | 0:33:52 | |
-Yeah, we've flown here. -You haven't? -We have, yeah. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:57 | |
-Oh, you're daft. -I thought you'd say that. -Oh! -I don't know. | 0:33:57 | 0:34:01 | |
The team aren't sure this is a stroke, but they're not taking any chances. | 0:34:01 | 0:34:06 | |
-Where are you from? -We're from Leeds and Bradford. | 0:34:06 | 0:34:10 | |
Brian's on medication for a heart condition that increases the risk of internal bleeding. | 0:34:10 | 0:34:16 | |
It could be responsible for his collapse. Only hospital doctors will be able to tell. | 0:34:16 | 0:34:21 | |
We'll do heart tracings, check his blood sugars, | 0:34:21 | 0:34:25 | |
get a good history from him, check his blood oxygen saturation levels, | 0:34:25 | 0:34:30 | |
and after all that, we'll decide what's happening with him | 0:34:30 | 0:34:33 | |
and where he wants to go to get that sorted. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:37 | |
Brian's going to hospital, but there's a problem. | 0:34:37 | 0:34:40 | |
'99, can you give me a shout as soon as you know which hospital you're going to? | 0:34:40 | 0:34:45 | |
'72 from Blackpool is on the pad at Blackburn at this moment. Over.' | 0:34:45 | 0:34:49 | |
Helping out the neighbours has led to a queue on the helipad at the nearest hospital. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:54 | |
The Lancashire Air Ambulance will be asked to move quickly to allow Helimed 99 in. | 0:34:54 | 0:35:00 | |
It is a new pad, but I don't think it's big enough | 0:35:00 | 0:35:03 | |
to take two helicopters at the same time, so we'll liaise with them | 0:35:03 | 0:35:07 | |
and make sure they're not there when we arrive. | 0:35:07 | 0:35:11 | |
-What are the signs like? -Everything seems to be not too bad at the moment. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:16 | |
-Blood pressure a bit low, but we don't know what it's like normally. -He has vasovagal attacks sometimes. | 0:35:16 | 0:35:22 | |
Right, OK. Do the police know about that(?) | 0:35:22 | 0:35:25 | |
-He's not violent with it. -As long as you don't start attacking us with your vasovagal whatever-they-ares! | 0:35:27 | 0:35:33 | |
-Have you flown before? -Yes. -You have? By helicopter? -Yes. -As a patient? | 0:35:33 | 0:35:39 | |
-It's not one of them boneshakers? -No. It only shakes a few bones. | 0:35:39 | 0:35:44 | |
Many of the roads around his home are blocked, | 0:35:44 | 0:35:48 | |
but Brian's trip to hospital will bypass the problems faced by local motorists. His wife's coming too. | 0:35:48 | 0:35:54 | |
-Mind your head, love. -Yeah, lovely. | 0:35:54 | 0:35:58 | |
-220. -No worries. | 0:35:59 | 0:36:01 | |
Thanks to an NHS campaign, more and more families are recognising the signs of a stroke. | 0:36:01 | 0:36:07 | |
If treatment is started early, the chances of recovery are good. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:11 | |
The early signs are facial weakness, | 0:36:11 | 0:36:14 | |
some sort of arm problem as well. | 0:36:14 | 0:36:16 | |
They lose part of the feeling in one side of the arm and the movement. | 0:36:16 | 0:36:20 | |
And the speech might go as well. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:23 | |
All these things need to be looked out for quite quickly, really. | 0:36:23 | 0:36:27 | |
If all relatives acted as promptly as Brian's wife, many more people would survive strokes. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:33 | |
The crew aren't sure about his diagnosis, but his wife did the right thing calling 999. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:39 | |
In remote locations like this, the air ambulance teams often work closely with Mountain Rescue. | 0:36:39 | 0:36:45 | |
And when the ground is covered in snow, it isn't just walkers and climbers that need help. | 0:36:45 | 0:36:51 | |
The worst winter in 30 years means houses on moorland across the north of England have been cut off. | 0:36:52 | 0:36:59 | |
The reason we've become involved in this medical emergency | 0:36:59 | 0:37:04 | |
is the ambulance can't get to the patient's home. | 0:37:04 | 0:37:07 | |
Mountain Rescue are on the scene and will use some smoke, so we should be able to identify them easier. | 0:37:07 | 0:37:14 | |
Today, Helimed 98 is flying well out of its patch to a man with suspected pneumonia | 0:37:14 | 0:37:19 | |
who is stranded at his farmhouse near Oldham. | 0:37:19 | 0:37:22 | |
-68-year-old male, breathing difficulties. -Yeah. | 0:37:22 | 0:37:26 | |
Volunteers from Mountain Rescue are already here, | 0:37:27 | 0:37:30 | |
closely followed by a BBC news crew who are filming an item about the Arctic conditions. | 0:37:30 | 0:37:36 | |
In places, it's up to my knee and I'm quite tall. | 0:37:36 | 0:37:40 | |
At the farmhouse, Mountain Rescue have got everything under control. | 0:37:40 | 0:37:45 | |
The patient has managed to get down the stairs, but he isn't strong enough to walk through the snow. | 0:37:45 | 0:37:51 | |
He's been feeling really unwell, bless him, since New Year's Day. | 0:37:51 | 0:37:55 | |
He's really short of breath. He's got some horrific chest infection. | 0:37:55 | 0:38:00 | |
He needs to be in hospital, but because of the weather | 0:38:00 | 0:38:04 | |
and where he lives, we've really struggled to get here, so we're going to fly him into hospital. | 0:38:04 | 0:38:10 | |
The patient is well wrapped up on the stretcher and there are plenty of willing hands | 0:38:10 | 0:38:16 | |
to carry him to the helicopter. | 0:38:16 | 0:38:18 | |
He'll soon be on the way to get the specialist care he needs. | 0:38:18 | 0:38:22 | |
You'll be pleased to hear all those patients went home after treatment. | 0:38:22 | 0:38:26 | |
But at Leeds General Infirmary, that seems unlikely for 12-year-old Aris Hussain | 0:38:26 | 0:38:32 | |
who was badly injured in a rush hour car smash. | 0:38:32 | 0:38:35 | |
Helimed 99 is racing towards Leeds General Infirmary | 0:38:36 | 0:38:40 | |
with a critically ill child on board. | 0:38:40 | 0:38:44 | |
We're approaching LGI - Helimed 99. | 0:38:44 | 0:38:46 | |
For paramedic Ben, it's been a difficult rescue. | 0:38:46 | 0:38:49 | |
I'm perhaps not used to dealing with that number of details involving children. | 0:38:49 | 0:38:55 | |
Medication and drug doses are different and we've got to deal with a parent who's hysterical. | 0:38:55 | 0:39:01 | |
I'll be back round in a second. I'm trying to just clear his airway. | 0:39:01 | 0:39:05 | |
Paramedic Darren fears he's losing the fight to save 12-year-old Aris Hussain | 0:39:05 | 0:39:10 | |
who has suffered multiple injuries in a car crash. | 0:39:10 | 0:39:14 | |
The Helimed team usually relax once they get their patients on to the roof top helipad | 0:39:14 | 0:39:20 | |
of Leeds General Infirmary. | 0:39:20 | 0:39:22 | |
Not today. Their young patient's condition is deteriorating. | 0:39:22 | 0:39:26 | |
He's taken a turn for the worse, basically. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:30 | |
We wouldn't always go down with all our kit. | 0:39:30 | 0:39:33 | |
He needs to be monitored. He could go into cardiac arrest. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:37 | |
Darren's still having to suction him on the way down into Resus. | 0:39:37 | 0:39:41 | |
He's in the best place, but his prognosis isn't looking good. | 0:39:41 | 0:39:45 | |
Aris was a passenger in his mum's hatchback when it collided with a bus and a car | 0:39:45 | 0:39:51 | |
on the way to Friday prayers at the local mosque in Leeds. | 0:39:51 | 0:39:55 | |
Darren and Ben are so concerned about his condition, | 0:39:55 | 0:39:59 | |
they've brought a defibrillator with them in the hospital lift. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:04 | |
It's in case his heart stops. | 0:40:04 | 0:40:06 | |
A team of highly trained consultants will fight to save their patient's life, | 0:40:06 | 0:40:11 | |
but everyone knows his survival is in doubt. | 0:40:11 | 0:40:15 | |
On lift then, please. Ready, steady, lift. | 0:40:15 | 0:40:19 | |
We've got a 12-year-old male who's been involved in a road traffic collision. | 0:40:19 | 0:40:24 | |
Unconscious throughout, GCS initially 5, down to 3. | 0:40:24 | 0:40:28 | |
For the next six weeks, his family will keep a constant vigil at his bedside. | 0:40:28 | 0:40:33 | |
Finally, he's well enough to leave intensive care. | 0:40:35 | 0:40:39 | |
To his dad's enormous relief. | 0:40:39 | 0:40:42 | |
He's come on in leaps and bounds every week. | 0:40:42 | 0:40:45 | |
When people come and visit him once a week, they realise how much better he's looking | 0:40:45 | 0:40:50 | |
and healthier as well, and he's getting a bit stronger. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:54 | |
But he was quite weak when he came out of ICU. | 0:40:54 | 0:40:57 | |
-Weren't you, darling? Yeah? -Very weak. -He's a lot better now. | 0:40:57 | 0:41:01 | |
Ready, steady, stand up. You can hold on. | 0:41:01 | 0:41:05 | |
OK? | 0:41:05 | 0:41:07 | |
-Stand there. I'll get the chair for you to sit down. -I don't want to sit down. -You want to keep walking? | 0:41:07 | 0:41:13 | |
Aris is now undergoing daily physiotherapy. He can't walk yet, but his power of speech is returning | 0:41:13 | 0:41:19 | |
and his physiotherapist is delighted. | 0:41:19 | 0:41:22 | |
When Aris first came to the ward, he wasn't able to do very much. | 0:41:22 | 0:41:26 | |
His level of consciousness was low, so we've worked towards him having independence in sitting and balance. | 0:41:26 | 0:41:33 | |
The next stage is working him standing, which is quite difficult at the minute, | 0:41:33 | 0:41:38 | |
but I'm sure he'll make progress and start walking again soon. | 0:41:38 | 0:41:43 | |
Catch it once, then I catch it once. | 0:41:43 | 0:41:45 | |
Aris's mum can't remember the smash. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:48 | |
His father was spending Eid with relatives in Pakistan when the accident happened | 0:41:48 | 0:41:53 | |
and flew home the next day. He's very grateful to his son's rescuers. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:57 | |
It's such a relief to have that service and the facility for people who need it. It's unbelievable. | 0:41:57 | 0:42:04 | |
People don't appreciate it until they actually have to use it for their own family. | 0:42:04 | 0:42:09 | |
It's such a good charity. | 0:42:09 | 0:42:12 | |
When Helicopter Heroes comes back, | 0:42:12 | 0:42:15 | |
the team battle to save a farm worker's badly injured leg. | 0:42:15 | 0:42:19 | |
Just take some nice, deep breaths. Don't worry. | 0:42:19 | 0:42:22 | |
Paramedic Sammy is in a tight spot with a patient who's rolled his hatchback. | 0:42:22 | 0:42:28 | |
Which wrist is it that's hurting most? This one? | 0:42:28 | 0:42:32 | |
An adventurous teenager tumbles out of a tree. | 0:42:32 | 0:42:35 | |
-I haven't broken my back? -Nothing to say that, no. | 0:42:35 | 0:42:39 | |
And there is a major rescue operation to save a tombstoner who has plunged from a waterfall. | 0:42:39 | 0:42:44 | |
Subtitles by Subtext for Red Bee Media Ltd 2010 | 0:42:52 | 0:42:56 | |
Email [email protected] | 0:42:56 | 0:42:59 |