0:00:02 > 0:00:05If you're seriously ill,
0:00:05 > 0:00:08or critically injured, every second counts,
0:00:08 > 0:00:11especially if you're up high or off the beaten track,
0:00:11 > 0:00:16but, thanks to these guys, the people of 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.
0:00:46 > 0:00:52Five million people depend on these yellow helicopters to bring life-saving care from the skies.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56When a multiple pile-up closes Britain's highest motorway,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59or there's a serious accident on the shop floor,
0:00:59 > 0:01:04the highly-trained paramedics and pilots of the Helimed team are there to rescue the casualties.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Today on Helicopter Heroes...
0:01:07 > 0:01:11the team battle to save a farm-worker's badly injured leg...
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Good man. Take some nice deep breaths. Don't worry.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19..Paramedic Sammy's in a tight spot with a patient who's rolled his hatchback...
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- Which wrist is it that's hurting most, this one?- Yes.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26..An adventurous teenager tumbles out of a tree...
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Nothing to say there is...
0:01:30 > 0:01:36..And there's a major operation to save a tombstoner who's plunged from a waterfall.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Farming sounds like a great way to make a living -
0:01:45 > 0:01:48plenty of fresh air and beautiful countryside to enjoy,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51but a lot of the machinery you work with can be lethal,
0:01:51 > 0:01:55as one farmhand found out during the harvest in North Yorkshire.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00RADIO: 'I've got someone. It looks like he might have amputated his foot,
0:02:00 > 0:02:06'or part of his leg, I'm not sure, with a combine harvester.'
0:02:06 > 0:02:11Helimed 99's just delivered a patient to hospital, now there's an even more urgent case.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15'If you could mobilise on this as soon as you can, Tone.'
0:02:15 > 0:02:20Luckily, they're just 10 minutes from the remote farm where the accident has happened.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27But paramedics Tony Wilkes and Lee Gray know there's a problem -
0:02:27 > 0:02:30999 callers are rarely able to give a grid reference,
0:02:30 > 0:02:34especially when the accident's happened in a farmer's field.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39- This is an area grid, so we're looking for...- 'A combine harvester, basically, yeah.'
0:02:40 > 0:02:42The crew have to rely on their eyesight.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Is that machinery near that bale... bales of hay at two o'clock?
0:02:46 > 0:02:51Luckily, Lee's sharp eye has spotted the incident.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54'Yeah, bike on your right has confirmed.'
0:02:54 > 0:02:57A motorbike medic has already reached the scene.
0:03:02 > 0:03:0723-year-old tractor driver Jason Winspear was harvesting maize
0:03:07 > 0:03:09when he was involved in an accident with a combine.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- You're not allergic to any medicines at all?- No.
0:03:15 > 0:03:20Good man. We're just going to start giving you some pain relief, all right?
0:03:20 > 0:03:24- What do we call you? What's your name?- Jason.- Jason. Good lad, Jason.
0:03:24 > 0:03:30- Good lad, Jase.- All right, pal. We'll look after you, pal.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Can we have long leg splints, orange ones, please?
0:03:33 > 0:03:39The razor-sharp scissors that slice through the thick stalks of the crop
0:03:39 > 0:03:42have all but severed Jason's lower leg. He's in a bad way.
0:03:42 > 0:03:48If workmates hadn't used a piece of rope as a makeshift tourniquet, he could have already bled to death.
0:03:48 > 0:03:55All right? Take some nice deep breaths. We're just going to be round your leg. Don't worry.
0:03:55 > 0:04:01The main priority is to control Jason's pain. Lee and Tony have their work cut out.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05Again, just try and bear with it, matey.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Luckily, even more expert help is arriving.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15From what we can make out, it's probably just a bit of skin just holding.
0:04:15 > 0:04:21Flying doctor Rob Anderson can see immediately Jason's leg will have to be fully amputated.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Yeah, well, obviously we can't cut the skin off.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28That's what I'd do in this... I've done it before a few times.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33What they can't do is tell Jason. It could make his condition worse.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38- Agh! The pain!- I know, mate. - Agh!- I know, pal.
0:04:39 > 0:04:45Jason, just let me know if the pain gets a lot worse, all right?
0:04:45 > 0:04:49- Oh, don't let it get worse.- Just having a look at this leg, OK?
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Coming up - can the team save Jason's leg?
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Doctors make a decision that could change his life.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05There's a consultant who's interested in re-implanting limbs,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08who works here, who going to come and have a look.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12A teenager's broken both wrists after plunging 20 feet from a tree.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Pete's just given him some morphine.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Anything, just so I can tie him to me.
0:05:18 > 0:05:24And paramedic Tony pulls off a rope trick as he tries to rescue an elderly tourist.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33When a patient needs help, paramedics often need to put their own safety second,
0:05:33 > 0:05:39but there's no substitute for a reassuring voice when you're injured and trapped.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43There's been a head-on crash on a country road near Worksop.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48Helimed 98 has been scrambled from its Sheffield base.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50We're en route to reports
0:05:50 > 0:05:53of a car that's overturned and we believe the patient's trapped.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55- Quite a lot of cloud about.- Yeah.
0:05:55 > 0:06:01The heavy mist is making it hard to find the crash scene.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- I think it's down here.- I've got visibility with the incident.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09- Oh, nice one.- That's really muddy. - Very muddy.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- Don't just blow the car back over, will you, mate?- No.
0:06:13 > 0:06:18- Let's try and get a skid on the grass.- OK.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23The responder's not with that car that's upturned, he's with the other one.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Two cars have collided.
0:06:26 > 0:06:32One of the drivers has walked away, the other is still trapped into his seat and can't get out.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34Morning.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39- Hello. We've got this chap here. - Yeah.- He's not trapped, he's free.
0:06:39 > 0:06:44- Yeah.- We've got some head injuries on that one there that was laid on his side.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49- How happy are we about this car - it's not about to go any further, is it?- This gentleman's a firefighter.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- Pleased to meet you. Thank you very much.- So everybody's on the way with it.- Brilliant.
0:06:53 > 0:06:59- Okey-dokey.- OK?- Yeah.- Lovely. - At the moment, you're just balanced, aren't you? How are you feeling?
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- I've got a bit of pain in my arm. - A bit of pain in your arm? OK. Are you normally fit and well?- Very.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Yeah, no medication or anything?
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Once we're in, I'm going to shift the weight of the whole car
0:07:11 > 0:07:13and I don't want it to carry on toppling over,
0:07:13 > 0:07:16so whilst he's talking to us and we know that he's stable,
0:07:16 > 0:07:19we'll just wait a couple of minutes till they're secure.
0:07:19 > 0:07:2628-year-old Wayne Glasby is precariously suspended from his seatbelt
0:07:26 > 0:07:29and it's cutting into his stomach and shoulder.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Firemen are making the vehicle safe,
0:07:32 > 0:07:37so paramedic Sammy Wills can crawl in and take a closer look at Wayne's injuries.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41- Wayne, the lady behind you is going to move the headrest, OK?- Yeah.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45SIREN WAILS I'm going to pass out a bit more of that broken glass,
0:07:45 > 0:07:47so I can kneel down.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49The broken glass isn't from the car windows.
0:07:49 > 0:07:55- What did you have in it - a fruit bowl?- My mum's trifle bowl. She'll kill me.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- Your mum's what, trifle bowl?- Yeah.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01- Is that her job this Christmas? - She'll have you back, don't worry!
0:08:01 > 0:08:06We stabilised the vehicle and now we've allowed the paramedic to go in there
0:08:06 > 0:08:08to assess the casualty.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13We've now made access into the vehicle to assist and hold the casualty in position.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17We're hoping to fold the roof down and assist the casualty out that way.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21The combined weight of two cars is around two-and-a-half tonnes.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25This is what happens when they crash head on.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29- Have I broken it?- Yeah, I think you have, mate.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36- Is it in the palm of your hand? - Oh-h!- OK, mate. Well done.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46Right, once they've got rid of the windscreen, someone will come in this side and support both your shoulders
0:08:46 > 0:08:48and we'll cut that seatbelt off.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51CUTTING MACHINERY WHIRRS
0:08:51 > 0:08:54I'd like to put a little needle in this one, if that's OK with you.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- I don't like needles.- You don't like needles?- I'm a butcher by trade...
0:08:58 > 0:09:03If Wayne's broken his wrist, he won't be wielding his butcher's knife for quite a while.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08- I pulled my shoulder blade lifting a side of beef yesterday. - Open and close that arm again.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10That's it.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15But the paramedics are worried he may have more serious spinal injuries,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18which won't come to light until he's out of the car.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Sammy, I can't get in there at the moment.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25- How tight is that on your neck? - Killing me.- It's really tight.
0:09:25 > 0:09:30Wayne is incredibly uncomfortable, but if they cut the seatbelt too soon,
0:09:30 > 0:09:32he'll fall on his head.
0:09:35 > 0:09:42The powerful jaws of the hydraulic cutters are carving out an escape route -
0:09:42 > 0:09:44that's the end of Wayne's nice car.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48We're going to slowly release your weight and try and support you best I can.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52He's going to go face down and then we'll roll him out there.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56Lay against that board, mate. You're all right there.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Just go with it. Lay it down flat. Fingers. Just go with it.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05And he's free at last, but the paramedics aren't taking any chances.
0:10:05 > 0:10:11They need to keep him as still as possible, so they bring him out face down.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Going to have a quick look. What am I doing?
0:10:14 > 0:10:19Before turning him over, paramedic Glen checks to see if Wayne has damaged his back.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23It appears he's had a very lucky escape.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28- Straighten it for me.- Oh, my arm! - Stay still.
0:10:28 > 0:10:34Wayne is about to come face to face with his rescuers for the first time.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Pleased to meet you anyway. I can actually see you face-to-face now.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- How are you feeling now?- I'm fine. It's just my wrist that's hurting.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46Yeah, you might have got away... Ooops, sorry. ..With that.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Ready, steady, lift. OK.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Is it your own business, mate?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- I've got a new shop opening Monday an' all.- Oh, dear.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Wayne's still worried about his butcher's business.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02He's due to open a new shop tomorrow and he doesn't know how long he's going to be out of action.
0:11:05 > 0:11:11All the paramedics are concerned about is getting him to hospital as soon as possible.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15He's really just bothered about his wrist,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18but because he's had a bang to the head and his eye is quite closed,
0:11:18 > 0:11:22he had a bit of repetitive speech so we're thinking concussion -
0:11:22 > 0:11:25head injury, car's rolled as well, so we're playing it safe.
0:11:25 > 0:11:31Thanks to Helimed 98, the trip to Rotherham takes a matter of minutes.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41Wayne has survived a terrifying road accident and a traumatic recovery from his car.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Now he's about to discover what the long-term effects will be.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57Coming up - the team reckon Wayne's lucky to be alive,
0:11:57 > 0:11:59but doctors have some bad news.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04A hospital team prepare to reattach a farmhand's severed leg...
0:12:04 > 0:12:07It's just gone straight through four inches below his knee.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11..And the snap that almost cost a photographer his life.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14He just wandered off with the camera.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Climbing trees is one of the things many of today's kids have forgotten how to do,
0:12:31 > 0:12:38but one teenager has found out why some parents hesitate to let them take risks in the name of play.
0:12:38 > 0:12:4113-year-old fallen out of a tree.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45It might be an access problem, because it's in some woods near some locks,
0:12:45 > 0:12:47so it could be an access problem.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52The Helimed team spend most of their time heading out into the countryside to find their patients.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54'Progress over to Bramley.'
0:12:54 > 0:13:01It's caught in the turbulent wake from the 737, just airborne now.
0:13:01 > 0:13:07But today they're battling through the rush hour at Leeds Bradford Airport and heading into town.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12Leeds is one of the UK's greenest cities, and in an urban park,
0:13:12 > 0:13:1513-year-old Jack Halliday has had a nasty accident.
0:13:15 > 0:13:20He's fallen 20 foot from a tree and now he's in agony and his mum is worried.
0:13:20 > 0:13:27- He was climbing on that.- Right.- A bit snapped off and he fell on the floor.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Jack's a teenage rugby player and he doesn't hurt easily.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36- This one it were.- Up here?- Yeah. It snapped there.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38- Are you with Jack? - I'm his mum.- Right.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41He landed on his arms, both of which are broken,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44But it's the severe back pain that most worries his rescuers.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49Keep still. You don't have to move to make the pain come on.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53We're going to splint your arms and we'll treat your back as if you've got an injury to it.
0:13:53 > 0:13:58Jack's symptoms are similar to those caused by a spinal injury.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01He's a long, bumpy walk from the nearest road,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04which is why ground paramedics have called in Helimed 99.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09Pete's just giving him morphine. That should help with the pain.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14I'm just making sure Pete's sharps get put somewhere safe,
0:14:14 > 0:14:18as we're in a park and they can easily get lost and they're a danger to everybody else.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23Jack's arms are protected by splints made from a special plastic that memorises shape.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27- Now bring this arm in as well. - Am I going to hospital, yeah?
0:14:27 > 0:14:28- HE LAUGHS - Yeah.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Unfortunately, you need to go in, all right?
0:14:31 > 0:14:37For Glen, treating injured teenagers is a little too close to home for comfort.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40My son's 14. He's a bit like me - scared of heights -
0:14:40 > 0:14:42which is a bit ironic, being in a helicopter.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45So, no, he doesn't climb trees, but he does play hockey,
0:14:45 > 0:14:49so he's more likely to lose his teeth than, er, break both wrists.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Jack's spine has been immobilised.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54He's complained of pain in his back
0:14:54 > 0:14:59and numbness in his legs - classic symptoms of a serious spinal injury.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01The team are taking no chances.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03All right, we're going to carry...lift you up,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06then we'll try and keep you as straight as we can.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09These boards will move around while we're moving, but you won't fall off.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14Jack's barely four miles from the region's biggest trauma unit,
0:15:14 > 0:15:16the Leeds General Infirmary.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21The rush hour's in full swing, but Helimed 99's crew don't have to worry about the jams.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Their patient is on his way to a full examination
0:15:28 > 0:15:30by A&E doctors
0:15:30 > 0:15:33and it turns out the team were right to take every precaution.
0:15:34 > 0:15:41In a long night of surgery, doctors discover that not only has he badly broken his wrists,
0:15:41 > 0:15:43he also has serious damage to his spine.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45I've got a pin there
0:15:45 > 0:15:49and pins there, but I've just got two pins in that one.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52And I broke my arm and thumb.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55But the worst hangover from his 20-foot fall is this -
0:15:55 > 0:15:59a full body cast, keeping his spine rigid.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- OK, so what we're going to do today is take your plasters off.- Yeah.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- We've got some wires in. We'll take them out.- Right.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09We'll put you in some nice, new, fresh casts. How's your back?
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- It's all right.- All right, yeah? Painful?- No.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14SAW BUZZES
0:16:14 > 0:16:17'I think, in the grand scheme of things, he's been very lucky.'
0:16:17 > 0:16:21The air ambulance, as you know, brings us critically injured patients,
0:16:21 > 0:16:25so I think he's got off relatively lightly.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Good afternoon.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36'Coming up, paramedic Sammy finds out why her patient looks a little familiar
0:16:36 > 0:16:40'and I take a dip in the pool, but take it from me, you don't want to join me!'
0:16:40 > 0:16:41It's freezing!
0:16:45 > 0:16:50Now let's return to North Yorkshire where a flying doctor's helping the team rescue
0:16:50 > 0:16:54a farmhand badly injured in a serious accident with a combine harvester.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58- HE GROANS - All right, sonny. Keep going for me.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Good lad. Nice deep breaths again for me.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04The battle is on to save Jason Winspear's leg.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- He's ready to roll.- 10 minutes.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Yeah, that's fine.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11It's almost severed and he's in terrible pain.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Doing really well, mate. Really well.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Good lad. Just slide down to you a bit...
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Paramedic Lee Gray's trying to ease it,
0:17:19 > 0:17:22but the whole team knows only speed will save this limb.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25All right, mate.
0:17:28 > 0:17:33He needs emergency surgery to repair the damage caused by the combine's blades.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Air desk, 99.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37'99, go ahead.'
0:17:37 > 0:17:43Just a quick update, Dave. We've got a male here, approximately 20s.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45He's had his left foot
0:17:45 > 0:17:48completely amputated.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50The doctor's on scene.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52He's had morphine and ketamine.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53GCS 15.
0:17:53 > 0:17:58You look a bit peaky, Jason. Are you feeling a bit weird? Don't worry. Everything's fine.
0:17:58 > 0:17:59Let me get you up.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Jason's lucky in one way, at least.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04By road, the journey to Middlesbrough's James Cook Hospital
0:18:04 > 0:18:07could take 45 minutes or more.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09The leg's been pretty much
0:18:09 > 0:18:11completely amputated.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13I gave him stronger pain relief
0:18:13 > 0:18:16and completely amputated the limb for ease of transfer.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20There was nothing...that could be done to save the limb
0:18:20 > 0:18:22at this present time.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26- Just...shoot me.- Jason, we're just going to give you some oxygen, mate.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- Keep your head nice and clear. - Anything, just kill me.- All right.
0:18:29 > 0:18:30My leg hurts.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32- MACHINE BEEPS - I know.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35I know, Jase, but we won't be long and we'll be up at hospital.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36Just 10 minutes.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Jason's leg's amputated from about three inches below his knee.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45It's gone straight through his boot
0:18:45 > 0:18:47and obviously his suit.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Em, fortunately the farmers on scene
0:18:49 > 0:18:52have put a makeshift tourniquet round with some rope,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54which has obviously helped things
0:18:54 > 0:18:56and then we had a doctor arrive,
0:18:56 > 0:19:00which has been a massive help, just to give some ketamine for pain-relief.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Jason's quite sedated at the moment.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03His observations are all good,
0:19:03 > 0:19:06but we need to get up to James Cook as quick as we can
0:19:06 > 0:19:08just to keep the limb viable, really, if we can.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Ready, steady, move.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15In some cases, severed limbs can be reattached.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18If the cut is clean like this one, the chances are better.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23Even then, Jason is unlikely to regain full use of his lower leg.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25The surgeons are here now.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29They're doing X-rays as we speak and then they'll make a decision.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33There's a consultant who's interested in re-implanting limbs
0:19:33 > 0:19:36who works here, who's going to come and have a look.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41The bone, it's gone straight through horizontally about 4 inches below his knee...
0:19:41 > 0:19:48The foot, at the moment, is obviously dead. It was dead when we got there.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50There was no blood supply to it.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54..But they may be able to re...re-implant it.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Coming up...
0:20:00 > 0:20:03doctors face the agonising decision - to operate
0:20:03 > 0:20:07or leave Jason to face a lifetime with an artificial limb.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11And paramedic Tony rescues a pensioner whose walk across water
0:20:11 > 0:20:13ended in a nasty fall.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17It's just been a case of getting him over without us all going in, basically.
0:20:33 > 0:20:39This control room receives an average of 1,800 999 calls a day
0:20:39 > 0:20:41from an area that's bigger than some countries.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44That's one call a minute!
0:20:44 > 0:20:46So it's only a handful of Yorkshire's patients
0:20:46 > 0:20:49who get help from the skies.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Two cars have collided on a country road just outside Worksop.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59One of the drivers, 28-year-old Wayne Glasby, is trapped.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03Paramedic Sammy Wills has to crawl inside the car
0:21:03 > 0:21:04to assess his injuries.
0:21:04 > 0:21:09Wayne, this headrest, I'm going to remove it. It's not touching him, is it?
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Wayne is a self-employed butcher and if he's broken his wrist,
0:21:12 > 0:21:14he won't be able to do his job,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17but he seems to have escaped without damaging his back.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21Surgeons at the hospital will soon be able to tell.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28For more than a month, the staff of Wayne's butcher's shop have had to get by without the boss.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32He's undergoing a series of operations in Rotherham Hospital.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36'But six weeks after his traumatic accident,
0:21:36 > 0:21:38'Wayne's already back on his feet.'
0:21:38 > 0:21:41So, you've got a nasty-looking cast on your arm.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42Come to a left-hand bend
0:21:42 > 0:21:46and all I can physically remember is seeing a Cavalier
0:21:46 > 0:21:49coming sideways round the opposite corner and just hit me.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51That was it.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53And then...woke up in Rotherham Hospital,
0:21:53 > 0:21:55"Where the hell am I?" That sort of thing.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58I didn't know what had happened, didn't know nothing.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00So you were taken to Rotherham Hospital,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03where the full extent of your injuries were apparent.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05What did you have?
0:22:05 > 0:22:10I broke my...my nose and I dislocated my right pelvis,
0:22:10 > 0:22:12broke my right cheekbone,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14had nine stitches in my left eyelid,
0:22:14 > 0:22:16dislocated my left knee,
0:22:16 > 0:22:18black and blue from top to toe,
0:22:18 > 0:22:22and internal bruising on my right-hand side of my ribs.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23So, on top of all that,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26you then had a completely crushed arm for good measure?!
0:22:26 > 0:22:30From the join of my left wrist to my elbow, I completely shattered it -
0:22:30 > 0:22:34my tendons, my guidelines... I just disintegrated my arm, basically.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37It's completely shattered. They've had to rebuild it.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41'The only thing Wayne can remember from the accident
0:22:41 > 0:22:45'is paramedic Sammy taking care of him whilst he was trapped.'
0:22:45 > 0:22:48I'd love to thank that lady, personally, sort of thing,
0:22:48 > 0:22:51because without her, I don't think I'd be here, to tell you the truth.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53She really is an absolute diamond.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59And Sammy's just as keen to meet Wayne as he is to meet her.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Good afternoon.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- You wouldn't happen to be Wayne? - Hello! How are you?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Good. How are you?!
0:23:07 > 0:23:11- I've been better, but, yeah... - You're looking really, really well!
0:23:11 > 0:23:15'Whereabouts was I and how was I and what condition was I in?'
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- The car itself...- Yes? - ..Was on its side.- Right.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22You are still with your seatbelt on, so you're pivoted round
0:23:22 > 0:23:27and your seatbelt's holding you in and your legs are trying to touch the floor, but don't quite.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31You'd obviously got a broken arm - that just stood out -
0:23:31 > 0:23:33but then we had to be careful for your neck and your back
0:23:33 > 0:23:38and your pelvis. And your legs - you were complaining about one of your knees.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43Yeah, like you say, I'm a little fighter. I just keep going. With my business, I've got to.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45What did you have in here, a fruit bowl?
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Me mum's trifle bowl. She'll kill me.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Your mum's what? Trifle bowl?
0:23:50 > 0:23:55Your mum had.... Your mum's bowl was in the back of your car and it was broken.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57- The trifle bowl!- You told me it was the trifle bowl
0:23:57 > 0:24:00and I had to take it in chunks cos I couldn't get to you.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03I'm like, "This is really sharp glass, not safety glass,"
0:24:03 > 0:24:06so I had to say, "Sorry about Mum's bowl!"
0:24:06 > 0:24:10- Yes, Mum wasn't a happy bunny about that!- No?
0:24:10 > 0:24:12In fact...we've had quite a laugh and a joke about it
0:24:12 > 0:24:16because the first thing Mum said to me after asking if I was OK,
0:24:16 > 0:24:18she said, "Where's me glass bowl?"
0:24:18 > 0:24:20The top of her agenda, "Where's me glass bowl?"
0:24:20 > 0:24:25I said, "You'll have to ask that lady in the orange suit cos I don't know, myself."
0:24:25 > 0:24:28It was in several pieces and I did have to remove it before I climbed in.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31- I think we owe Mummy a new trifle bowl, I think!- Yeah.
0:24:31 > 0:24:37Despite all his injuries, Wayne knows he's had a lucky escape.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39'Thank you, once again,'
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- for all your help and effort. - You are welcome!
0:24:42 > 0:24:43Thank you very much.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Coming up...
0:24:49 > 0:24:53surgeons at James Cook Hospital decide whether farm worker Jason's leg can be saved.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00We all love water.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Everyone wants a swimming pool when we go on holiday.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07Here at the original Turkish baths in Harrogate, North Yorkshire,
0:25:07 > 0:25:11people have been sampling the delights of water since Victorian times,
0:25:11 > 0:25:16but it's also a good place to demonstrate how getting into water unexpectedly,
0:25:16 > 0:25:18can endanger your life.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22Yorkshire's Three Peaks, high in the Pennines,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24are among the UK's wettest places.
0:25:24 > 0:25:30This entire landscape was carved out by millions of years of rainfall
0:25:30 > 0:25:33and today, one stretch of wild water has claimed a casualty.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Try and take him up the stairs. He'll slide across it.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40We came down the steps and seen him lying in the water,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43his head in the water, so we got down, pulled him out
0:25:43 > 0:25:48and then, obviously - touch wood - managed to get him rescued by the ambulance people.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Robert Hutchinson was walking with his wife
0:25:51 > 0:25:54when he slipped 30 feet down a ravine into a waterfall
0:25:54 > 0:25:55and was knocked unconscious.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59He just wandered off with the camera to take some photographs
0:25:59 > 0:26:01cos I'm very slow at walking and he's, you know...
0:26:01 > 0:26:03usually better than me.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06And...I just couldn't find him.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Helimed 99 has been scrambled,
0:26:09 > 0:26:14but the weather that created the Three Peaks could prevent them reaching their patient.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18OK, how high's the ground down that way?
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Hopefully be able to get direct to have a look.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24These clouds have hard centres.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Each conceals a 2,000-foot peak.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31We're heading west, then towards higher ground. 2,000 feet now.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34But thanks to a lucky break in the cloud cover,
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Helimed 99 is finally on the case.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40How close are we to moving?
0:26:40 > 0:26:42A while yet?
0:26:42 > 0:26:47Flying doctor Simon Ward volunteers to go down to the water.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Simon's just going down, our doctor. He's just going to do another assessment.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56Have they explained what's going on? We need to get him out in a controlled manner.
0:26:56 > 0:27:02Robert's head is bleeding heavily, but Dr Simon has some good news.
0:27:02 > 0:27:03His head injury's not that bad.
0:27:03 > 0:27:08He's got a facial injury and he's got a Colles' on his right wrist.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Hasn't been any other injury to him.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14But Robert's not out of danger yet.
0:27:14 > 0:27:19Wading in icy water, the medics can't rule out a neck injury from the fall
0:27:19 > 0:27:22and as rain continues to fall, he must be moved.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26We're just getting him up now with the help of the rescue organisation
0:27:26 > 0:27:28and we'll have a reassessment once he's up
0:27:28 > 0:27:31and make a decision about where he'll be taken for treatment.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Volunteers from the local cave-rescue team are used to emergencies like this.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Robert will be hauled up the ravine
0:27:37 > 0:27:40by old-fashioned manpower.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44But the journey to Helimed 99 will still take its toll.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46- Have you got the weight?- Yeah.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50OK, we're going to take it off and put it on the ground.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52OK, I've got the handle.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Just come forwards two metres.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01A ground-ambulance crew spent half an hour in icy water, treating their patient,
0:28:01 > 0:28:05but for the paramedics of the peaks, it's all in a day's work.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09'He was conscious, but he had a fracture to his right wrist,
0:28:09 > 0:28:13'and obviously some facial injuries from actually falling.'
0:28:13 > 0:28:16We were just concerned for the mechanisms of injury.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20Robert ended up with a painful broken jaw and a broken wrist.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24Next time he stops to take a picture,
0:28:24 > 0:28:27he'll be more careful where he's standing.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31If ever you've fallen into water unexpectedly,
0:28:31 > 0:28:33you'll understand what a shock it can be.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35Well, here, people do it for fun
0:28:35 > 0:28:38and I'm about to find out what that feels like.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42Paramedic James Vine has rescued plenty of people from water
0:28:42 > 0:28:44and understands the dangers.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47'Against my better judgement, I'm taking the plunge.'
0:28:49 > 0:28:50Oh!
0:28:50 > 0:28:52God, it's freezing!
0:28:52 > 0:28:55You're experiencing a process called cold shock.
0:28:55 > 0:29:00You get the initial involuntary gasp of breath, hyperventilation,
0:29:00 > 0:29:02and - I'm sure you're feeling it now -
0:29:02 > 0:29:05your muscles are starting to feel weak and uncoordinated.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10- How does it affect the way you deal with them?- It makes things a lot more difficult.
0:29:10 > 0:29:15It compounds the injuries they've already had and, being cold and wet,
0:29:15 > 0:29:19you lose body heat 25% quicker than you would in the dry.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23After just a couple of minutes in cold water, I've had enough.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29And jumping into cold water is even more dangerous.
0:29:29 > 0:29:34Tombstoning - leaping into cold water - is growing in popularity.
0:29:34 > 0:29:39But today, one teenage tombstoner has been badly injured in the North York Moors.
0:29:39 > 0:29:44Rachel Nicholson was jumping from rocks into a deep pool when she injured her back.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49A ground ambulance crew have called in reinforcements.
0:29:49 > 0:29:54I think it's more of a question of a problem with access to the place where somebody's fallen.
0:29:54 > 0:30:01The ambulance crew won't be able to get to this patient, so maybe the air ambulance could help out.
0:30:01 > 0:30:07The Yorkshire Dales are full of hazards for helicopters, and the crew are about to
0:30:07 > 0:30:10- come across one of the oldest. - We might have to hover over
0:30:10 > 0:30:14- the field a bit, because the sheep are looking scared.- OK.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18OK, if there are any problems, let me know, OK?
0:30:21 > 0:30:23..Trees to the rear.
0:30:23 > 0:30:28With a little help from paramedic Colin, Helimed 99 is down.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30I'm on the ground.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33But finding the patient won't be easy.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Hiya, mate! Is the ambulance crew down there?
0:30:36 > 0:30:40- Yes. Are you the air ambulance? - Yeah, we are.
0:30:40 > 0:30:46And the team know getting their patient to the chopper will be difficult.
0:30:46 > 0:30:52We've come about 300 metres, over unsteady rocks and footholdings and things...
0:30:52 > 0:30:56This person has got back injuries...a spinal board...
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Looking up, we might winch this person up.
0:30:59 > 0:31:04Rachel, who was tombstoning with friends, has been strapped to a spinal board,
0:31:04 > 0:31:08a stretcher designed to prevent further damage to her back.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Despite the warm weather, and her wetsuit, she's cold.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15We were up on the hill and we heard a scream,
0:31:15 > 0:31:19so we shouted down to this gentleman and he said
0:31:19 > 0:31:22he'd ring an ambulance. We came down and had a quick chat with her.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26When the air ambulance crew arrives, patients usually know their ordeal
0:31:26 > 0:31:31is nearly over. Not today. It'll be impossible to get Helimed 99
0:31:31 > 0:31:35anywhere near the waterfall. They'll have to call in RAF Rescue.
0:31:35 > 0:31:42If we can get up to that grassy little section where my blue bag is, we'll go straight up from there.
0:31:42 > 0:31:47The RAF Sea King air-sea rescue helicopters can do something
0:31:47 > 0:31:53Helimed 99 can't. Their winchman will be able to lift Rachel through the trees
0:31:53 > 0:31:56and off to hospital. It won't be easy.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00We are in the ravine, I don't know if you can see us
0:32:00 > 0:32:04at the most central point. It's quite tight for tree cover.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08'It looks possible.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12'We're going to come in and do an overhead check to make sure.'
0:32:12 > 0:32:18The tree cover is so thick, the RAF winchman has to walk to the waterfall.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22But the team have identified a place where Rachel can be safely winched.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27The RAF Sea Kings weigh six tonnes,
0:32:27 > 0:32:30and their patients feel every pound of it,
0:32:30 > 0:32:33thanks to the massive downdraft.
0:32:33 > 0:32:38But walking Rachel out of the gorge could make her back much worse.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41It may not feel it, but this hair-raising ride
0:32:41 > 0:32:42is a lot safer.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46In a few minutes, she'll be touching down at hospital.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49It may not be the way Rachel expected her day to end,
0:32:49 > 0:32:54but she won't be the first tombstoner to enjoy a one-way trip to A&E.
0:32:54 > 0:33:00Five months after her ordeal, and I'm catching up with Rachel at home.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04Rachel, you've got something to tell us about a day that started off
0:33:04 > 0:33:07as a bit of fun but didn't end up that way for you. What happened?
0:33:07 > 0:33:10As soon as I hit the water, I felt
0:33:10 > 0:33:13a really sharp pain, like I'd been winded, but in my back.
0:33:13 > 0:33:18It was like... I just screamed. I was in loads of pain.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22I was really shocked when they said I'd broken my back and might need
0:33:22 > 0:33:23an operation.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27You didn't hit a rock or the bottom of the pool? It was simply
0:33:27 > 0:33:31- the force of you hitting the water that broke your back?- The angle
0:33:31 > 0:33:35- that I went into...- It was simply the angle that you hit the water...
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- It was enough to break your back? - Yes.- Wow.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43I don't think it's going to be right for a long time. I've always got to be conscious of it.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45And Rachel isn't alone.
0:33:45 > 0:33:52Every year, more than 110 people drown after accidentally falling into water in the UK.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56But water doesn't have to be deep to be dangerous.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02And today, one walker in the Yorkshire Dales is finding that out the hard way.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04You can see the stepping stones on that side.
0:34:04 > 0:34:10The casualty turns out to be an elderly rambler, who's taken a tumble off some steping stones.
0:34:13 > 0:34:14Afternoon!
0:34:14 > 0:34:15All right?
0:34:15 > 0:34:19Fellow walkers have pulled him out, but he's too cold and weak to reach the bank.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23- What's your name?- Ron. - What you doing in middle of t'river?
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Trying to get across.
0:34:25 > 0:34:30He fell in the river and I asked the lady if he was OK, then I came across
0:34:30 > 0:34:36and he was in the water, so I pulled him out and then another gentleman came and helped.
0:34:36 > 0:34:37Where did you fall - this way or that way?
0:34:37 > 0:34:39I fell towards there.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45The water is fast-flowing, and there are deep pools between the stones.
0:34:45 > 0:34:46Have we got a line?
0:34:47 > 0:34:49A line!
0:34:49 > 0:34:53Thanks to a safety line made from one of the ropes used to tie down
0:34:53 > 0:34:57the chopper's rotor blades at night, Ron's feeling a little safer.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00- Who's your wife? - The one in the blue dress.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02- That pretty-looking one?- Yes.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06That's it. You're not going anywhere.
0:35:06 > 0:35:07OK, Ron.
0:35:07 > 0:35:12Ron's rescuers are taking a real risk, but they've got to get him to dry land.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16Just remember you're tethered to me, Ron.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19Their patient is exhausted, and they still don't know whether
0:35:19 > 0:35:21he's injured from his fall.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Back where you started, Ron.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26He's got halfway over, slipped into the river
0:35:26 > 0:35:31to just below his waist, so he's severely cold.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Then he's not wanted to go either way, so it's a case of assisting him
0:35:34 > 0:35:36back over to this side of the bank.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Nice and steady...and down.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42He'll be taken for a check-up by land ambulance.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47But sadly, there's not always a happy ending.
0:35:47 > 0:35:52It's a sunny day, and hundreds of daytrippers are enjoying the sun at Bolton Abbey,
0:35:52 > 0:35:55the waterside beauty spot near Leeds.
0:35:55 > 0:36:00But many of them have become caught up in a life-and-death struggle to save a little boy.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04There are two children in the water. They've found one girl.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06The boy, they believe, is still missing.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11Helimed 99 will take just 10 minutes to reach the scene.
0:36:11 > 0:36:16The crew know that speed is the only thing that can save the missing boy.
0:36:16 > 0:36:22'We've been called to Bolton Abbey, which is a lovely scenic area
0:36:22 > 0:36:23'with a river running through it.
0:36:23 > 0:36:31'Very popular at this time of year... families barbecue at the side of the river. Obviously,
0:36:31 > 0:36:36'people go into the river itself. It's quite strong and fast-flowing in places.'
0:36:36 > 0:36:41If he's recovered, paramedics Lee and Ben will use adrenalin to kickstart his heart.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43But the doseage is crucial in kids.
0:36:44 > 0:36:45'Ben?
0:36:45 > 0:36:46'Yep.
0:36:46 > 0:36:54- 'Just running through for eight years... For adrenalin - 1 in 10,000 is 2.6.- 2.6 mil.
0:36:54 > 0:36:562.6 mil to restart after cardiac arrest.
0:36:56 > 0:37:01Even from 1,000 feet, the desperate race to save the boy is obvious.
0:37:01 > 0:37:02'Here we are, here we are.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04'Yep. Come back round, Steve.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10'There's still a lot of people in the water - can you see them?
0:37:10 > 0:37:13- 'About there?- Yeah.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- 'You see the corner?- Yeah. - We want to be in there somewhere.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19'There's a barricade of people there.'
0:37:19 > 0:37:26But pilot Steve faces a problem. Crowds are getting in the way of his best landing site.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- 'That's OK this side.- Yeah.- OK.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32'Put us down there, mate, yeah.'
0:37:32 > 0:37:35Police have already taken control of the rescue.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39There's plenty of the public looking. Um...
0:37:39 > 0:37:43Until we find him, there's not really much for you lads to do.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47This stretch of the River Wharfe is dangerous. Many people
0:37:47 > 0:37:52have drowned here, but hundreds continue to swim, despite the warnings.
0:37:52 > 0:37:58We're still looking at the moment. It's been 20 minutes gone, apparently. ..All right. OK. Thanks.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Bye. Bye.
0:38:00 > 0:38:05The boy is just eight. He was here with his family celebrating his birthday.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08It is 20 minutes since he vanished beneath the surface.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11The team know there is still hope.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Children can be revived after long periods underwater,
0:38:14 > 0:38:16especially if it's cold.
0:38:16 > 0:38:21We're just getting stripped off a little bit. It obviously gets really warm.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Um...
0:38:25 > 0:38:28Then we're going to put life jackets on.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Obviously, we're working near water here...
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Our own safety is important.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37The team are borrowing a heat-seeking camera from the fire brigade.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41It's hoped they can spot a trace of the boy from the air.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44I'll just have a check up the river, further downstream
0:38:44 > 0:38:47where there's a natural barrier - there are some steps across.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51We've got a thermal-imaging device.
0:38:51 > 0:38:52Great stuff.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56If we spot anything, we'll try and use that to see if we can see anything.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01'Keep going... I think there are police down here anyway.'
0:39:01 > 0:39:07But it is a hopeless task. The police and fire service rescue teams offer the best hope of rescue,
0:39:07 > 0:39:10but they desperately need divers.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12At last they arrive.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15The local cave-rescue team are experts in this kind of rescue.
0:39:15 > 0:39:22All the rescue services are here. We've been searching now for a long time, I think plus 60 minutes.
0:39:22 > 0:39:29I was here myself only last week with my own children, as it was hot weather, playing in the water.
0:39:29 > 0:39:35Sad all round, at the moment. As time goes on, the outcome doesn't look any better.
0:39:35 > 0:39:40Despite frantic searching, there's no sign of the boy.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44It's been more than two hours, and hope is running out.
0:39:44 > 0:39:50Both Lee and Ben are dads themselves. They know what the boy's parents are going through,
0:39:50 > 0:39:55but they also know time's run out. As the chopper lifts off, the boy is found, but it's too late.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59Another victim of Yorkshire's wild water.
0:40:02 > 0:40:07Do you remember the man whose leg had to be amputated after a farm accident? How's he getting on?
0:40:07 > 0:40:1323-year-old Jason Winspear's leg was removed by a flying doctor
0:40:13 > 0:40:16after a terrible accident with a combine harvester.
0:40:16 > 0:40:23It was flown with him to hospital in Middlesbrough. Surgeons think there is a chance they can reattach it.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27He then undergoes 10 hours of surgery.
0:40:28 > 0:40:35It's 10 days since Jason's accident. His fiancee has stayed with him in hospital the whole time.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42They tried to save my foot - that's why I was in theatre so long.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43I were in for eight hours.
0:40:43 > 0:40:49They tried to put my foot back on, but it was going to be too short.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50A lot too short.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52It got chewed up.
0:40:52 > 0:40:59And it also got the stage where it had been a bit long by the time I got into theatre.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01It was too late.
0:41:01 > 0:41:09I daren't look at it. I've seen a photograph of it, and it's... I get distressed when I see it.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11I daren't look at it, itself.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14..Cos it's not nice.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19They've done a very good job of it. It's really tidy and...
0:41:19 > 0:41:21clean and...
0:41:21 > 0:41:23The surgeons have done a really good job.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27Jason still has vivid memories of the accident.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31The machine got blocked up. Looking into it, you couldn't see
0:41:31 > 0:41:34it was coming towards you, it was only coming slowly.
0:41:34 > 0:41:40The next minute, the chains grabbed hold of my leg and pulled me into the knife and cut it straight off.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45When I got here, he'd just landed in A&E, and I came in to see his leg in his welly,
0:41:45 > 0:41:49by his bed, and I was like, "That is not a cut." I couldn't stop crying.
0:41:49 > 0:41:54Then I got it together and saw you off before you went into theatre.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58By the time spring comes to the North York Moors,
0:41:58 > 0:42:02Jason's back on two legs and up for a walk down to the village,
0:42:02 > 0:42:05even if his wedding is still a few months off.
0:42:05 > 0:42:09He made remarkable progress, thanks to his new limb.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12You start off with a basic leg, just to get you walking about.
0:42:12 > 0:42:17After a while, they gave me a better one, a better ankle
0:42:17 > 0:42:23- for walking over rough terrain. - That's what you've always done and what you want to continue doing?
0:42:23 > 0:42:27Yep. I want to get back to work as soon as possible, and get back to normal.
0:42:27 > 0:42:33- You're looking at that as a realistic option in the near future, aren't you?- Yes.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37- I want to go back as soon as possible. - You're not letting this stop you.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40When Helicopter Heroes comes back,
0:42:40 > 0:42:44there's a dramatic mountain rescue after a climber falls 40 feet.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47Nice and steady, nice and slow...
0:42:47 > 0:42:52Snow ruins a family Christmas as Grandma is flown to hospital.
0:42:52 > 0:42:57It's either find their own transport or thumb a lift from Father Christmas.
0:42:57 > 0:43:02There's a dash to save the driver of a car that's plunged into a canal.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05No sign of any person, still investigating.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08And a tot is burned by a mug of hot chocolate.
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