0:00:03 > 0:00:08If you're seriously ill or critically injured, every second counts,
0:00:08 > 0:00:11especially if you're up high or off the beaten track.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15But thanks to these guys, the people of the UK's
0:00:15 > 0:00:19biggest county are never more than 10 minutes away from a hospital.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23The Yorkshire Air Ambulance can do 150 mph
0:00:23 > 0:00:26and 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 > 0:01:05the highly trained paramedics and pilots of the Helimed team are there to rescue the casualties.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Today, on Helicopter Heroes...
0:01:07 > 0:01:11there's a dramatic mountain rescue after a climber falls 40 feet.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14And move, nice and steady, nice and slow.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Snow ruins a family Christmas as Grandma is flown to hospital.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21It's either find her own transport
0:01:21 > 0:01:24or try and thumb a lift from Father Christmas.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29There's a dash to save the driver of a car that has plunged into a canal.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32No sign of any person at this time. Still investigating.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34And a tot is burnt by a mug of hot chocolate.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37The arm is red so it could be first degree as well.
0:01:44 > 0:01:45Welcome to Derbyshire
0:01:45 > 0:01:49and one of the UK's most stunning national parks.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53The Peak District is one of the most popular places in the world
0:01:53 > 0:01:56for rock climbing, which means plenty of work for these guys.
0:01:56 > 0:02:02Like the Air Ambulance, Mountain Rescue on call 365 days of the year,
0:02:02 > 0:02:06but they are all volunteers, which means they don't get paid a penny.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13At 3.5 miles, Stanage Edge is the longest
0:02:13 > 0:02:16and most impressive stretch of gritstone in the Derbyshire Peaks.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22And although Mountain Rescue are experts at getting injured climbers and walkers
0:02:22 > 0:02:27off its most inaccessible crags, they often rely on the Helimed team
0:02:27 > 0:02:29to whizz them the final few miles to hospital.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Today, climber Mark Stone has fallen the height
0:02:34 > 0:02:38of three double decker buses, almost 40 ft onto rocks,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40and lived.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Helimed 98 has been scrambled.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47People who survive such a long fall can suddenly deteriorate and die.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49- Fallen how far?- 15 metres.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51That's going to hurt.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Finding a casualty from 500 ft is difficult.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58There's somebody waving down there, can you see him?
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Yeah. They are just waving.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- Are they? - This looks like the meeting point.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09We've got somebody in HV back up here.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12HV is high-visibility.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16A dash of Day-Glo up here usually means someone's in trouble.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19There's someone in HV sat up on the rock.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21This is the closest the helicopter can get.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24If Mark suddenly deteriorates, he's a long way from the chopper,
0:03:24 > 0:03:28down a boulder-strewn slope and paramedic Kate Drye knows it.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- How old are you, Mark?- 36.- 36.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36In climbing language, this rockface is described as very severe.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Mark is an experienced climber.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46He knows he's seriously hurt, but is willing himself to be calm.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51He was leading the climb straight up that slab, went up no problem.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Getting up to just where there's a bit sticking out
0:03:54 > 0:03:57and hadn't got any gear in at that point.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02He came back off, landed on the ledge, but then toppled backwards
0:04:02 > 0:04:04and came back over, off it.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08So, sort of hit himself quite a few times on the way down.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Mountain Rescue know this is a serious incident.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Among the 14 volunteers are two doctors.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21We're getting the next phase ready which will be to get the stretcher,
0:04:21 > 0:04:26a special bell stretcher that we use, essentially because it's indestructible
0:04:26 > 0:04:29and then a vacuum mattress, which is a full body splint.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33Mark was tackling the face of Stanage with Angela Paul.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Now, Angela has to alert his friends and family.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40She's trying her best not to give away the seriousness of the situation.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43All right, mate. I'll see you shortly.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44All right then, bye.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Mark is in danger. The team know adrenalin can often
0:04:47 > 0:04:51carry injured climbers through the minutes after a serious fall.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Does it make any difference at all, do you think?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56My shoulder seems to be getting worse...
0:04:56 > 0:05:00But his pain is worsening and the team can't rule out a spinal injury.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Coming up - the tricky rescue operation begins.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12I could do with as many of you as possible.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Form two parallel lines and pass the stretcher between us.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Helimed 98 is scrambled after a car careers into an icy canal.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Set up a stretcher and have a bit of a mini resus area.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25And I'm on patrol with a medic
0:05:25 > 0:05:29who cares for some of the UK's most remote villages.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31The arm is red so it could be first degree as well.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45What could be better than a white Christmas in a beautiful place like the Yorkshire Dales?
0:05:45 > 0:05:50But one family's festive season in a snowbound cottage high in the hills,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53wasn't as idyllic as they expected.
0:05:56 > 0:06:01It's just 48 hours to Christmas and they've got the festive feeling at Helimed headquarters,
0:06:01 > 0:06:05not that there will be much rest for some of the pilots and paramedics.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Helimed 99 is about to be scrambled by Dispatcher Chris.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10It's a lady
0:06:10 > 0:06:13who's having central chest pain, but the problem they have got
0:06:13 > 0:06:16is the land crew that are going on it
0:06:16 > 0:06:18are finding it difficult to get through to the patient.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29North Yorkshire's shops are packed with people stretching their plastic to the limit
0:06:29 > 0:06:33and many are visitors here for a traditional Christmas in a holiday cottage.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38But for one family staying high in the Dales, the first white Christmas in more than a decade
0:06:38 > 0:06:40has ended in a medical emergency.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44We've got an ambulance crew that's on its way
0:06:44 > 0:06:48to this location and they're stuck in the snow and can't move anywhere.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52We're going to go to the scene where we can get onto the ground.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56The hills of the Yorkshire Dales are swathed in snow with drifts up to
0:06:56 > 0:07:00four feet deep blocking roads, which means Helimed 99 is the only hope
0:07:00 > 0:07:05for a family celebrating Christmas in a remote moorland cottage.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07It's back over the grid now.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11In the middle of that field, by the telegraph pole.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13They've just walked out...
0:07:13 > 0:07:16That it could be him, actually, looking at that.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20The team's mission is to a farm on the borders of Yorkshire and Lancashire.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23For pilot Matt, this is a tricky job.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Fresh snow will create a blizzard as soon as the downwash from his rotors
0:07:27 > 0:07:30hits the ground. He must touch down quickly or be blinded.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34I'll taxi a bit over towards that pole.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40I'll be pulling up, vertically up and straight to the left to get away from those trees.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- OK, mate. Two feet.- Thank you.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45One foot.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53The Skelton family from Essex are spending Christmas in the country
0:07:53 > 0:07:57but Gran, 77-year-old Elizabeth, is unwell.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01She's got a pacemaker and she's 77.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04I think the cold and the journey and everything...
0:08:04 > 0:08:06She's been having chest pains in the night.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08- Hello.- Hello.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09I'm Tony from Air Ambulance.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12We're here because of all the snow basically.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15What we're going to do, Elizabeth, while we're getting
0:08:15 > 0:08:18a history from you, we're going to connect you to a monitor and
0:08:18 > 0:08:20check your heart and everything.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23You'll have done all this before, won't you?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- Not by these handsome men!- Steady.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27We decided we'd come away for Christmas
0:08:27 > 0:08:31so we could keep everyone together because Mother lives on her own now.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36She woke me up this morning at about 8 o'clock saying she'd had a really bad night with chest pains
0:08:36 > 0:08:41and a very bad headache. She was feeling groggy and poorly and felt she needed medical attention.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44What I'm going to do is have a look at your arm and if we can,
0:08:44 > 0:08:49pop a needle in and if we need to give you painkillers, we can do.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Sorry about this.- That's all right.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57I phoned the doctor in Settle and he explained the situation.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59He said he'd come out and do a home visit.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02The receptionist called to say it was chest pains
0:09:02 > 0:09:05and they'd have to send the ambulance out. The next thing we know,
0:09:05 > 0:09:09the ambulance was stuck in the snow so they are having to send out the Air Ambulance.
0:09:09 > 0:09:15Elizabeth has had heart trouble for years and now her third pacemaker appears to be playing up.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- Take your arm out of your jumper. - Yes.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23You've got a few layers on.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25I had these on in bed!
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- SHE LAUGHS - That's how cold it was!
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- It's us southerners, you see. - Well, I wasn't going to say that!
0:09:32 > 0:09:37Me and Tony are naked under these suits because we're hardy Yorkshiremen!
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- We're tough in some places.- Yeah...
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Darren and colleague Tony Wilkes wire her up.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51The print-out charts Elizabeth's heartbeat and it's not good news.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56We've completed 12 EDCG and observations
0:09:56 > 0:10:01so we're going to pop her onto the roof at LGI and then it's just into the emergency department.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06Getting Elizabeth to the helicopter isn't going to be easy.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10What do you think she's going to be like between me and my mate just walking steadily?
0:10:10 > 0:10:13We're not going to jog across. We're just going to take a start.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- I've put a hat on me. I bet I look funny.- You've put a hat on?
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- I thought she'd stolen the tea-cosy! - Right, Elizabeth, arm in arm.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Right. We're just going up this way. Follow that chicken initially.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27Elizabeth needs hospital treatment, and with the local roads snowed up,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Helimed 99's the only way to get her there.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Let's have a little breather.
0:10:36 > 0:10:41- Are you with us?- Yes. - No, have another breather because we like you to have another one.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43The family have spent several hundred pounds and driven more
0:10:43 > 0:10:48than 200 miles for a traditional Christmas in beautiful surroundings.
0:10:48 > 0:10:53With Christmas Eve tomorrow, they now face saying goodbye to the eldest member of the party.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55This is certainly a change of plan to what we thought.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58We were going to be going to Skipton market and browsing all the stalls.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03And instead of that, well, that's not quite what we'd anticipated.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04That's the way it goes, isn't it?
0:11:04 > 0:11:09They're putting a brave face on it, but both Elizabeth and her daughter know she faces a lonely
0:11:09 > 0:11:14Christmas in a strange hospital many miles from home or her family.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Coming up - Christmas comes and there's no sign of a thaw.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Will it be a hospital turkey for Elizabeth?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29I take on the rock face that almost killed climber Mark.
0:11:29 > 0:11:3340 feet looks a long way down.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Just landing on the scene.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39And a Dales farmer's badly injured by a friend on a quad bike.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Pushes his foot on to the accelerator rather than the brake and then hit him
0:11:43 > 0:11:45with the quad vehicle, which has bull-bars on it.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58Like most counties, Yorkshire's ambulance control rooms can call in specialist paramedics
0:11:58 > 0:12:03trained in urban search and rescue, infectious disease control
0:12:03 > 0:12:05and even disaster management.
0:12:05 > 0:12:10But sometimes they face a situation even they are unprepared for.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Sunday morning at the air ambulance base in Sheffield.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20While most of us are having a lie-in, the Helimed Team are ready for action.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23They don't have to wait long for the first call.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28A 4x4 is into the canal.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33..Inside the vehicle. We've informed patrol that you're en route.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38A 4x4 has plunged into a canal near Gall in East Yorkshire
0:12:38 > 0:12:41and there could be someone trapped inside.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45'Yorkshire Air Desk, Helimed 98. Message, over.'
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Roger, have you got an update for us? And also, have we got
0:12:48 > 0:12:52a hospital choice if we do end up going, over?
0:12:52 > 0:12:57Yeah, Roger, your hospitals are Doncaster Royal 11 Nautical,
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Scunthorpe 11,
0:12:59 > 0:13:03'York District and then Castle Hill and Pinmouth Hill, over.'
0:13:03 > 0:13:06We're en route for reports of a vehicle,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09a 4x4, that has gone into a canal
0:13:09 > 0:13:11and is now believed to be sinking.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14We're not sure if anybody's trapped in the car at this time
0:13:14 > 0:13:17so we're airborne to help out when we get there.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Canal water is freezing cold all year round,
0:13:22 > 0:13:26so falling in is dangerous, even for a strong swimmer.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30The added complication in this kind of weather is with cold water,
0:13:30 > 0:13:32you get something called swim failure,
0:13:32 > 0:13:35where if you're not used to being immersed in cold water,
0:13:35 > 0:13:38your body goes into a kind of shock state,
0:13:38 > 0:13:43and even really competent swimmers just find it impossible to swim.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Ambulance crew just going, pulling up.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51There's also a safety issue for the paramedics.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55When they're near water, they have to wear lifejackets.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57We've sent Al forward.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00He's already booted and suited. With his jacket on.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07Thermal imaging equipment should indicate if there's anyone inside the car giving off heat.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12- That's the only reason to be getting off.- No sign of any personnel at this time. Still investigating.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16The sad thing this day and age, I'm just a bit bothered that that's covering up something.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18- Do you know what I mean? - Yes, absolutely.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Even though there doesn't seem to be anyone alive in the car,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26the emergency services can't take any chances.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29- The helicopter was on its way as far as I'm aware.- There it is.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33If someone's escaped from the car, the police chopper should find them.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35But there's miles of canal bank to search.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40What the police are doing now are just going up and down both bankings
0:14:40 > 0:14:45to check for any heat sources if somebody has managed to scramble out.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49With submersion, particularly in cold water,
0:14:49 > 0:14:52your body can go into a kind of hypothermic sort of
0:14:52 > 0:14:57state, where your heart rate slows right down.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01You can survive for quite prolonged periods of time
0:15:01 > 0:15:06submerged in cold water. Certainly over, you know, up to an hour.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11Firefighters aren't allowed to dive, but they should be able to feel
0:15:11 > 0:15:13if anyone is trapped in the driver's seat.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16We'll just go into the water and check.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19We're going to feel around and check that there's nobody
0:15:19 > 0:15:23round this car, underneath the water or underneath the car.
0:15:26 > 0:15:31Well, we can't be 100% certain that there isn't somebody in the front of the vehicle.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35It's all beginning to look like a false alarm.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37There's a load of nuts on the front seat.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39It looks like it is definitely...
0:15:39 > 0:15:42We'll bring some kit, set up a stretcher and have a mini resus area,
0:15:42 > 0:15:46and then we'll load and go if there is somebody down there.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Is the front windows open?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50INDISTINCT COMMENT
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Eventually, the police decide the car must have been abandoned,
0:15:56 > 0:16:00perhaps after a crime. It's been an expensive wild goose chase.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05The fire brigade are committed - they have men in the water.
0:16:05 > 0:16:10The police are committed for continuity so they need to follow this whole incident through.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15And there must be, what, nearly 20 people here on the bank now.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18We've felt around with our feet in the foot well. We couldn't find...
0:16:18 > 0:16:21We're pretty certain now there's nobody in the car.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25And before most of us have finished that Sunday morning lie-in,
0:16:25 > 0:16:31some very cold and very wet members of the emergency services are on their way back to base.
0:16:37 > 0:16:42Coming up, a grandmother faces Christmas without her family as the snow maroons their holiday cottage.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Got a bit of a cold. And he's got a wheeze.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49And a poorly little boy gets help from the skies.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02This is Stanage Edge in Derbyshire.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Every year, thousands of people come here to climb.
0:17:04 > 0:17:09That rockface there is the Manchester Buttress, and climber Mark Stones,
0:17:09 > 0:17:14who we heard about earlier, had almost reached the top when he fell.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20Despite plunging 40ft onto rocks, Mark is alive, but he's in severe
0:17:20 > 0:17:24pain and mountain rescue doctors fear he may have damaged his spine.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29These peaks claim lives every year.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33But many, like Mark, regard the risk as part of the thrill
0:17:33 > 0:17:35of taking on some of Europe's best climbs.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38They're philosophical when an accident happens.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41You can limit the dangers, I guess,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44just by being as careful as you can.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47But, yeah, it is a dangerous sport.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49But there's also...
0:17:49 > 0:17:53a thrill that goes along with it, which is why we do it.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57All right? Just pop this collar, on here. All right, mate.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59If you come this side...
0:17:59 > 0:18:04- Mark will be immobilised for his flight to hospital.- We could do with as many of you as possible.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07We'll form two parallel lines and then pass the stretcher between us.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12But the pain is increasing.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Has that morphine had any effect, do you think?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Erm...
0:18:18 > 0:18:19Not a great deal. That's still it.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23My shoulders are getting really, really bad now.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Paramedic Kate usually works
0:18:25 > 0:18:28in the gently rolling hills around urban Wakefield.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31This is an unfamiliar emergency for her.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Just stood back and let these guys do it because they're the experts.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37They've got quite a tight team,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40so I'm just carrying shoes down the hill.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42There's never any shortage of volunteers
0:18:42 > 0:18:45when it comes to rescuing victims of climbing accidents up here.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Everyone knows they could be needing help tomorrow.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52And move. Nice and steady, Nice and steady, nice and slow.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54There's no rush.
0:18:54 > 0:19:00Nobody wants to see anybody get hurt and when somebody is misfortunate, they do tend to rally together.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04We are fortunate to have people assist us with the incidents that we deal with.
0:19:04 > 0:19:10For all its beauty, the Peak National Park begins in the outskirts of industrial Sheffield.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14And today, that's good news for the Helimed team's patient.
0:19:14 > 0:19:21At 150 miles an hour, Mark will be landing at the Northern General Hospital in less than five minutes.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32There was just this almighty crack, which I thought was his head.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Coming up, Mark arrives at hospital
0:19:34 > 0:19:38and the full extent of his injuries is revealed.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40And this is a beautiful place to live,
0:19:40 > 0:19:44but if you need a trauma unit, it's an hour by road.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47You need local knowledge to get to the patient
0:19:47 > 0:19:50because sometimes you just can't get up the steep inclines.
0:20:02 > 0:20:07Now, let's return to the family facing a white Christmas in the Dales without Gran.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11She's been taken ill suddenly and now six-foot snowdrifts
0:20:11 > 0:20:16are threatening to separate her and her family at the most important time of the year.
0:20:18 > 0:20:24High in the Dales, paramedics Darren and Tony have made a decision that could ruin a family's Christmas.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28They're flying 77-year-old Elizabeth Oxlade to hospital,
0:20:28 > 0:20:32leaving her relatives snowed in at their remote holiday cottage.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Wave to your fans, Liz!
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Elizabeth and her family travelled from their home
0:20:37 > 0:20:41in Essex for a Christmas break in the Yorkshire Dales.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46During the night, she felt unwell and Darren and Tony fear her pacemaker is malfunctioning.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50We're transferring this lady to the LGI in the centre of Leeds.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55We'll take her down straight to the emergency department where she'll be seen
0:20:55 > 0:21:00by the doctors and nurses. They'll give her a thorough examination.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04I feel sorry for her relatives who've got to make their way to Leeds to come and visit her,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07either to pick her up or to stay overnight.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12As you can see out of the window, these country lanes are absolutely snowed in.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Unfortunately, we won't be able to take her back there.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17So it's either find her own transport
0:21:17 > 0:21:21or try and thumb a lift from Father Christmas.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Even if she's fit to be released, it could be a very lonely Christmas for Elizabeth.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29She's putting a brave face on her emergency flight
0:21:29 > 0:21:35and few people get to experience the dramatic landing in the heart of Leeds City Centre for themselves.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39- Did you enjoy your flight?- It was worth not being well for that!
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Don't be telling anybody!
0:21:43 > 0:21:48This type of weather, the helicopter comes into its own, really. It's really nice to be able
0:21:48 > 0:21:51to give a hand to the land crews who are obviously struggling
0:21:51 > 0:21:55a lot at this time to get to where the patients are,
0:21:55 > 0:21:59especially out in the isolated country locations.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Even if Elizabeth is given the all-clear,
0:22:02 > 0:22:04because of the state of the roads,
0:22:04 > 0:22:07she might not be able to get back to the holiday cottage
0:22:07 > 0:22:10to enjoy Christmas dinner with her family.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17Doctors at the LGI examine Elizabeth within minutes of her arrival in A&E.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22They decide her pacemaker is doing its job and she can return to her holiday cottage.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28The following day, after a tricky drive on freshly ploughed roads,
0:22:28 > 0:22:31the family are reunited, just in time for Christmas.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Seven weeks later, and Elizabeth is back home in Essex.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44She and daughter Hazel are recapturing the festive spirit,
0:22:44 > 0:22:48but with turkey sandwiches rather than a full Christmas dinner.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50I have pains in my chest.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55I knew that I had to have it... I had to be looked at.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00The doctor said he was going to have to call out the paramedic to come to you at the holiday cottage.
0:23:00 > 0:23:06She said, "They're going to be coming, but they might be a while because the weather is so bad."
0:23:06 > 0:23:11The phone rang again and they said, "Unfortunately that paramedic got stuck in the snow.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- "They can't get to you..." - The snow was so deep!
0:23:14 > 0:23:19The phone went again and it was the doctor saying that they'd got stuck in the snow as well!
0:23:19 > 0:23:22"The only option now is to send the Air Ambulance.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26"They're the only ones that can get through." It just seemed a bit surreal.
0:23:26 > 0:23:32Waving to this helicopter with Mum in it going off to Leeds hospital!
0:23:32 > 0:23:34It wasn't at all the plan we'd had for the holiday.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38It was just totally the opposite of what I'd hoped would be happening.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41He lifted up and it was just...
0:23:41 > 0:23:42so smooth.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Not bumpy. I wasn't scared.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Then when they get to a certain height, they suddenly shoot forward.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Incredible feeling.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56Elizabeth's granddaughter Kate was able to capture a rare shot
0:23:56 > 0:23:59of the Air Ambulance taking off in the snow.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02It moves forward - incredible feeling.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Unlike most patients who travel in the Air Ambulance,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Elizabeth was able to sit up and look out of the window.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14It wasn't actually a heart attack...
0:24:15 > 0:24:18..but it was probably stress that was caused.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23Maybe through walking the previous night in the thick snow,
0:24:23 > 0:24:28carrying a heavy bag, I had pulled a muscle or strained myself,
0:24:28 > 0:24:30and that's what had caused it.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34They were very thorough and put my mind at rest
0:24:34 > 0:24:38and made sure that I was really fit enough to go back.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43In the end, Liz was able to get back and join her family for Christmas dinner.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- It all had a happy ending luckily. - Thanks to...
0:24:46 > 0:24:50- Thanks to the helicopter heroes! - Helicopter heroes!
0:24:52 > 0:24:59Coming up, climber Angela returns to the rockface that almost killed her mountaineering partner.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01He hit the bottom with an almighty crack.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10Imagine living here in the Yorkshire Dales, some of Britain's
0:25:10 > 0:25:13most beautiful landscape right on your doorstep.
0:25:13 > 0:25:19But if you have a serious accident, it can be an hour's drive to your nearest major trauma centre.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23And if that happens, the person you really want to see...
0:25:23 > 0:25:25is this guy.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Pete Shaw is a community paramedic.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31He works from the local doctor's surgery, bringing emergency health
0:25:31 > 0:25:36care to around 3,000 people living around the market town of Leyburn.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39He's among the most regular users
0:25:39 > 0:25:41of the Air Ambulance, for obvious reasons.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46Roads like this must make your job a nightmare. How do you find people?
0:25:46 > 0:25:52Part of the problems we have are the narrowness of the roads, the road conditions, the weather conditions.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56We have a high influx of people during the summer - tourists
0:25:56 > 0:26:00with caravans and suchlike, which slow us down a little bit.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05It's high summer and Helimed 98 is on its way to help out Pete
0:26:05 > 0:26:08and a very young holidaymaker.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11'You're going to Reeth bakery
0:26:11 > 0:26:15'where a five-month-old male
0:26:15 > 0:26:17'has been scalded by hot milk.'
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Unusually in this age of mobile phones, the call has come from a phone-box.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26But then signals tend to be unreliable in this part of the world.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30'Helimed 98, just south of Rosebury, got a task in the Richmond area.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35'I'll be routing west with that location. I'd like to go on route with Teesside.'
0:26:35 > 0:26:40A young family on a walking holiday stopped at a cafe for a drink when disaster struck.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Their baby grabbed hold of Mum's hot chocolate and burned himself badly.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Bremington and Reeth,
0:26:46 > 0:26:50and Reeth is the last of the three that are close together.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54The village green in Reeth makes a great landing site
0:26:54 > 0:26:59for pilot Andy Lister, and the helicopter causes quite a stir.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01All looks good my side. Site appears to be secure.
0:27:04 > 0:27:09Ground paramedic Pete has already calmed baby Joel down and the local doctor is also there.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13- How are you?- Fine. How are you? - Nice to see you.- And you.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- How we doing?- Little lad.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Dr Dawson's in the car. I've given him some Calpol.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Little lad put his arm into...
0:27:20 > 0:27:22hot chocolate. Difficult to tell with the rest
0:27:22 > 0:27:26of the arm because it's red, so it could be first degree as well.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- Hello!- He's a lot calmer, isn't he?
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Yes, magic Calpol!
0:27:31 > 0:27:32Magic Calpol.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35He seems to be fairly happy.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37What we'll do is wait while the helicopter's sorted
0:27:37 > 0:27:40then we'll bob you in a seat in the helicopter, just sitting up.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44He seems fairly happy so we won't disturb him too much.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49We won't start poking at him or anything. Pete's already done a good job, so we'll leave it at that.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54This is Joel's first holiday with Mum, Dad and his sister.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57They'd been staying at a youth hostel for a few days,
0:27:57 > 0:28:01but it looks like they might spend their last night in hospital.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04- He's definitely lost a proportion of skin.- Hello, little man!
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- What's your first name? - This is Joel.
0:28:07 > 0:28:12- Hello, Joel!- Joel's young ears must be protected from the roar of Helimed 98's jet engine.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16Squash them first and then they expand to fit his shape.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18There we go, Joel. Excuse me, little man.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23Beautiful Joel, five months old, has got a scald to his arm.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Because it potentially goes all the way round, we don't want it to swell
0:28:26 > 0:28:31and compromise his circulation to his hand. So we're ready to go.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38As they begin the journey to the James Cook Hospital,
0:28:38 > 0:28:40mum Deborah is a little bit nervous.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42But Joel is taking the whole thing in his stride.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46In fact, he's so chilled out, he falls asleep in the helicopter.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Hello, gorgeous.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55He's had a little sleep on the way in.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59The land paramedic already on scene had already dressed and covered up
0:28:59 > 0:29:01the wound, so we haven't seen the scald.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04But treatment had started and Joel was quite comfortable,
0:29:04 > 0:29:07so comfortable he fell asleep on the flight!
0:29:07 > 0:29:11They made a good job of dressing it on the scene so we've not done anything with that.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14We've left it as it was, just literally transported him
0:29:14 > 0:29:19to James Cook Hospital, and the consultant is looking at him now.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23Hopefully there are no major problems and he should be discharged later today.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29But it's winter when Wensleydale becomes the most difficult place to work.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32The holidaymakers may have gone, but the weather up here is harsh.
0:29:32 > 0:29:38Some parts of Pete's patch are nearly 2,000 ft above sea-level and the snow can last well into spring.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Snow can be quite difficult.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Sometimes the roads get cut-off completely and you can't get through.
0:29:45 > 0:29:50We are about 1000 ft higher than the Vale of York so they may have rain,
0:29:50 > 0:29:52we'll have snow and ice.
0:29:52 > 0:29:58Some of the roads are quite steep so you have to have local knowledge to take alternative routes to get
0:29:58 > 0:30:02to the patient because sometimes you just can't get up the steep inclines.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Sometimes, if that doesn't work, the locals are very helpful.
0:30:05 > 0:30:10We'll throw some kit into the back of the Land Rover or on the back of record to get to the incident and
0:30:10 > 0:30:13have the foresight to think, "We'll have trouble getting the patient out
0:30:13 > 0:30:18"so let's get the helicopter and get them airlifted direct", which is a good resource to have.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24It's February and Helimed 98 is heading up to Pete's patch again.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29The paramedic up there, he works one of the loneliest patches in North Yorkshire.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Quite isolated. He's on his own quite a lot.
0:30:32 > 0:30:37We've got reports of a gentleman who has been trapped against a wall by some farm machinery.
0:30:37 > 0:30:42It is the end of the worst winter in 30 years in the Dales.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Some roads were blocked for days by snow
0:30:44 > 0:30:48and farmers faced losing valuable livestock.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50It was the quad bike that kept many in business.
0:30:50 > 0:30:55But now that the snow has gone, one farmer has discovered the downside of the quad.
0:30:55 > 0:31:00The gentleman was working in a field about half-a-mile from here
0:31:00 > 0:31:05and a guy with a quad-type vehicle came and spoke to them,
0:31:05 > 0:31:08pushed his foot on to the accelerator rather than the brake
0:31:08 > 0:31:11and hit him with the quad vehicle which has bull-bars on it.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14It impacted with his lower legs and and ankles.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16'Roger, have you got an ETA?'
0:31:16 > 0:31:1798, 20 seconds.
0:31:20 > 0:31:2298, just landing on scene.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26Pete has called in the Helimed team because his patient badly needs surgery.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30Both legs are crushed and infection is a real risk.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32It is difficult to say. Definitely one.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35The other one doesn't look as bad,
0:31:35 > 0:31:39but he says it's painful so, you know...
0:31:39 > 0:31:43- Treat as both. - Treat as both, yeah. He's changed his mind about the pain relief.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47- He wants something a bit stronger. - They've got morphine on board. - They've got morphine.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50William Atkinson is in agony.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53This land ambulance would take an hour to reach a trauma centre.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56Helimed 98 will take 15 minutes.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Ready, steady, lift.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01WILLIAM GROANS
0:32:03 > 0:32:07William's wife and son raced to see him when they heard about the accident.
0:32:07 > 0:32:08Thanks to paramedics like Pete,
0:32:08 > 0:32:12medical help does come quickly, even in remote areas like this.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16But not every patient gets a high-speed trip to surgery.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21He's been extremely unlucky, William.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25He's been on his farm and a relative of his
0:32:25 > 0:32:27has lost control of a heavy quad bike.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31He's got fractures in both ankles at the moment. He's been quite lucky.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Although it's a nasty injury, he's been very lucky, really.
0:32:34 > 0:32:40William is one of many Dalesman with good reason to thank the Helimed team and local paramedic, Pete.
0:32:40 > 0:32:46It's rare for a month to go by without him calling in a helicopter and it's largely down to geography.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51The vehicle that you use is great for getting you
0:32:51 > 0:32:55to a patient, but transporting the patient is another matter.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59This vehicle get us to the incident, but then we need the foresight to think about calling
0:32:59 > 0:33:03in the Air Ambulance and we have a good working relationship with the Air Ambulance staff.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07Sometimes they will phone me directly and ask me if they are needed.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10We are on first-name terms!
0:33:12 > 0:33:15Many homes in Wensleydale are holiday cottages owned by people
0:33:15 > 0:33:20from the big cities keen to grab a slice of country life at weekends.
0:33:21 > 0:33:27But the Dales are still home to a hardy local population, including pensioners who remember
0:33:27 > 0:33:31the area around Leyburn when sheep-farming dwarfed the tourist trade.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34They often need Pete's expert medical care.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43Today he has been called to the house of a 94-year-old man whose nose won't stop bleeding.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46- You're a bit bruised, Jim. - Yeah, I bruise easily.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50- Do you know what brought it on? - No.- Have you knocked yourself?
0:33:50 > 0:33:54- Just sat here reading. - Right. When did you fall?
0:33:54 > 0:33:56I didn't fall. I just bruise easily.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58- Right.- On the back of my hand.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00- OK.- It swelled up.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02It has swollen up, hasn't it?
0:34:02 > 0:34:04Jim has a history of nosebleeds.
0:34:06 > 0:34:11I'm just applying a bit of direct pressure to the gentleman Jim's nose
0:34:11 > 0:34:12just to see if I can...
0:34:12 > 0:34:14stem the bleeding.
0:34:15 > 0:34:20If I can't get it to stop, then I will have to take Jim down to Darlington Memorial Hospital.
0:34:21 > 0:34:26This is one of the potential side-effects of taking blood thinning drugs.
0:34:26 > 0:34:32Unfortunately, I've been unable to stop the bleed so he will have to go to Darlington Memorial Hospital.
0:34:33 > 0:34:38Jim's nose bled all the way to hospital and he was kept in for several days.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41Meanwhile, Pete is on another job.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46It is a patient who has fallen off a bike and has a head injury.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50That's all the information I've got so I suspect it might be a push bike.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53It actually turns out to be more unusual than that.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57Removal man Eamonn Barton was lifting something out of his van
0:34:57 > 0:35:01- when a bicycle balanced on top fell on his head. - Can't see a definite cut.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07- Looking good. - Oh, there's a little bit... - Oh, yeah.- What's your first name?
0:35:07 > 0:35:11- Eamonn.- Right, Eamonn, what we're going to do...
0:35:11 > 0:35:14This looks a bit sinister, but it's not. It's a blunt needle.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17I'm going to turn it into something like a jet wash
0:35:17 > 0:35:21and just flush the top of your head just to flush anything out so you might get a bit wet.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23- OK.- All right?
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Once Pete has cleaned the wound, he can see it's deeper than he first thought.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32It's open enough to glue it.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35- It would benefit from closing it. - Yeah.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38If we don't close it, you've got a bit of a gap.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42- It's not drastic, but you've got a gap and if we don't close it...- Infection.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44We're going to go up to Leyburn.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49Eamonn will be taken to the local medical practice. He won't have stitches.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53Instead, the wound will be glued together with special adhesive.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59Here in the Dales, even a relatively minor illness
0:35:59 > 0:36:02can mean the services of the Air Ambulance are needed.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07Often, a 999 call involves someone on holiday from the city
0:36:07 > 0:36:12with the problem that would be routine at home, but potentially life threatening here.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20A weekend at Gran's cottage in the country means fun for the average three-year-old, but Jacob Lawson
0:36:20 > 0:36:23is not enjoying his stay - he's suddenly become ill.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27The words "floppy" and "baby" don't sit well together.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30It could be any one of a number of things. You know,
0:36:30 > 0:36:33meningitis, he could have some sort of febrile convulsion.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36They are heading for the tiny community of Redmire.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42It is going to be the big field to the north side of where the ambulance is.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46- It's past the bungalows, isn't it? Definitely there.- OK.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50Jacob's medical history is an added concern for the Helimed team.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Hiya, Pete. How are you doing?
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Pete has already pieced it together.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59GCS was three when I got here until I pinpricked him.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01- Then it went up to 15.- Great stuff.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04These are the grandparents. The parents are on their way to London.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08So... They are in London so they called us in.
0:37:08 > 0:37:13Jacob has been through a lot in his short life, including open-heart surgery.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16No wonder Gran and Grandad are concerned.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20Peter and flying paramedic Al are going to play it safe.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Jacob is going to hospital for an expert opinion.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25- Right, are you ready?- Right. OK.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29Jacob's gran and grandad moved to Redmire to become more
0:37:29 > 0:37:34self-sufficient, but the downside of living up here is the isolation.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38The nearest major hospital is more than 40 miles away in Middlesbrough.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42Gran is going with Jacob to reassure him.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44He still thinks he's going by road.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Nanny in my car.
0:37:47 > 0:37:48No, this isn't a car.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50This a helicopter, isn't it?
0:37:50 > 0:37:56We are inside one. We were looking at them this morning, weren't we, flying through the sky?
0:37:56 > 0:38:01Let me adjust this so it is the right size for your little head. There we go.
0:38:03 > 0:38:09- There! We've got headphones on. - Jacob has been thrown direct from the heart of Wensleydale, the valley
0:38:09 > 0:38:15famous for its cheese, to an appointment with heart specialists at the James Cook hospital.
0:38:15 > 0:38:16How are you doing, Jacob?
0:38:16 > 0:38:19Are you all right?
0:38:19 > 0:38:20Is this fun? Yeah.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26For local paramedic Peter, it's another successful case.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30The Helimed team makes sure a patient quickly gets expert care
0:38:30 > 0:38:33and he can carry on caring for the people of the Dales.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Jacob is not complaining either.
0:38:35 > 0:38:40He has perked up thanks to an unexpected ride in a helicopter.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Did you enjoy that, Jacob?
0:38:42 > 0:38:46Despite the worry his illness caused his gran and grandad, not to mention
0:38:46 > 0:38:49mum and dad on a weekend break in London,
0:38:49 > 0:38:54Jacob soon recovered and continued his break in the Dales.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00You'll be pleased to hear all Pete's patients are on the mend.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04Let us get back to the Derbyshire Peak District where a very enthusiastic climber
0:39:04 > 0:39:08is desperate to get back to the rock face.
0:39:09 > 0:39:14Mark Stones has been flown to Sheffield's Northern General hospital with multiple injuries
0:39:14 > 0:39:17after surviving a fall that would have killed most climbers.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20But he is not out of the woods yet. Over the next few days,
0:39:20 > 0:39:24surgeons operate on his shattered leg and shoulder.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28But despite falling 40 ft from the forbidding Manchester Buttress
0:39:28 > 0:39:34in the heart of the Peak District, they can find little else wrong with him.
0:39:34 > 0:39:39Back on the rock face, Mark's climbing buddy, Angela Paul will never forget the day Mark fell.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43He landed on the ledge and was like this for a couple of seconds.
0:39:43 > 0:39:49I thought he was going to be fine and then all of a sudden he just tumbled backwards. Just stumbled over.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Somersaulted a couple of times
0:39:51 > 0:39:54and hit the bottom with an almighty crack.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59It's six months since Mark had his accident
0:39:59 > 0:40:03and now he's returning to Stanage Edge for the first time.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05I climbed the first bit,
0:40:05 > 0:40:08got to the ledge, got to the second bit to the crack.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11I had one hand here, one near the top.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15It was wet so I took a hand off to get a grip and the next thing, I'm just falling.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17I remember tumbling back.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21I could see black, white as I was tumbling down and I felt my face smash.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27I thought, "I should be dead or unconscious, but I'm not."
0:40:27 > 0:40:30I got up and come and sat down.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32I took my shoe off and I saw my foot.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37- I knew it was broke.- All I could see was all this blood coming from his face and I thought, "Head injury."
0:40:37 > 0:40:41Then he said, "Oh, my foot really hurts, my knee really hurts."
0:40:41 > 0:40:42A lot of the blood from his face...
0:40:42 > 0:40:47Because he had bitten through through his knee as it turned out.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51So, as you fell, your teeth actually hit your leg?
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Yeah, that's when I felt the smash.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57The Derbyshire mountain rescue volunteers know this area inside out.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00As soon as Angela spoke to them, they were on their way.
0:41:00 > 0:41:05As soon as I said, "We're just next to Manchester Buttress," they knew exactly where to come.
0:41:05 > 0:41:11It was brilliant because we saw them pull up and they came running up the hill, which amazed me.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14They had two massive great rucksacks and they were running!
0:41:14 > 0:41:18I'd walked up here and nearly had a coronary when I got here!
0:41:19 > 0:41:23Very few people who fall 40 feet onto rocks survive without a major disability.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29But the prompt medical treatment he received from Mountain Rescue Doctor Steve Rowe
0:41:29 > 0:41:33and his colleagues probably made a big difference to his recovery.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37When we got to see Mark, he'd walked a little way from the edge
0:41:37 > 0:41:41but said his heel was very, very painful, couldn't rested on the floor which made me suspect
0:41:41 > 0:41:45he had a fractured heel bone which later turned out to be the case.
0:41:45 > 0:41:50He'd also dislocated his shoulder, had a nasty gash on his knee
0:41:50 > 0:41:54which I think he got from his teeth going into it as he fell.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Hopefully, your injuries are certainly on the mend,
0:41:58 > 0:42:01but you can get the shoulder back to full fitness.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Has it put you off climbing or will you climb again?
0:42:03 > 0:42:08- Yes, once I've had it sorted it out, yeah.- So, you will be leading him from now on, Angela!
0:42:09 > 0:42:12When Helicopter Heroes comes back...
0:42:13 > 0:42:17..there's a serious farm accident and a nine-year-old boy is fighting for his life.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21He's climbed over it, swung on it and pulled it down like that!
0:42:22 > 0:42:26A Yorkshire horse whisperer is trampled by a bucking bronco.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29His legs were up in the air and his head was on the floor.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34Helimed 99 lands on the lawn after a visitor runs over a friend.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36I was holding my hand!
0:42:36 > 0:42:41And the team rescue a cyclist who came off at 60 miles an hour.
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