0:00:04 > 0:00:08If you're seriously ill or critically injured, every second counts -
0:00:08 > 0:00:11especially if you are 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 ten minutes away from a hospital.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23The Yorkshire Air Ambulance can do 150 miles an hour
0:00:23 > 0:00:26and every day brings a new life-or-death emergency.
0:00:46 > 0:00:53Five million people depend on these yellow helicopters to bring life-saving care from the skies.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56When a multiple pile-up closes Britain's highest motorway
0:00:56 > 0:00:59or there's 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 > 0:01:12A young mum is thrown 20 feet after a road accident, but the chopper can't land.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Stop, stop, stop, stop.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16A veteran biker's badly hurt.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19He's gone over, landed on this big slab here, so...
0:01:19 > 0:01:23The gritters are out, but not on this road.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27We'll put you on to a spinal board. We'll put you in the helicopter, OK?
0:01:27 > 0:01:31And the call a young rugby player's mum didn't want to receive.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36Oliver is going to be transported by an air ambulance, Mrs Moore.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Crossing the road is something most of us do every day
0:01:47 > 0:01:49and it's easy to forget just how risky it can be.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53But for a mum-of-two in Leeds, a trip to the shops
0:01:53 > 0:01:55very nearly ended in tragedy.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59On a suburban estate, a car has knocked down the mum pushing this buggy.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04Her baby daughter, who stopped breathing for a time, is already on her way to hospital.
0:02:04 > 0:02:11Her two-year-old son escaped injury, but Mum desperately needs a life-saving flight in Helimed 98.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Helimed 98, I've just had a call from Wakefield comms,
0:02:15 > 0:02:20they have advised that West Yorkshire Police have closed the road, in order for you to be able to land.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24But the landing site is too risky.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- There's a lot of wires over that junction, mate.- Yeah.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30I'm just having a look at this now, there's more wires here.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33They've closed the road there for us to get on there.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41They've closed the road off on my side now, but there's a lot of wires. They're good on this side now.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42Stop, stop, stop.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47- Stop. Thank you. There is a wire directly underneath us.- Got it.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49This is serious.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Even a phone cable can cause a crash.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Matt decides to land on some waste ground instead.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Even in built-up areas like this, the Helimed team usually find
0:02:58 > 0:03:04somewhere to touch down, even if it means a jog to her patient for Sammy.
0:03:04 > 0:03:11- This is her buggy.- Yep.- She's been on the road, crossing the road and she's been thrown by the car.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14She's demolished this gate and ended up in the garden there.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Carrie Jagger is 35.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21She tried to push the buggy carrying baby Scarlett and two year-old Maxwell
0:03:21 > 0:03:27out of the way moments before the accident, but she herself was thrown more than 20 feet by the impact.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- Has anybody actually witnessed this? - Not that we can see.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Local paramedics have already started treating Carrie.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40Scarlett is on the way to hospital and Maxwell appears unhurt.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43She had two children, both around about two years old, I think,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46but in fairness, like I say, we weren't first on the scene.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49How does that feel, that pain? Is that helping any?
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Carrie's been lucky to survive.
0:03:50 > 0:03:56Her arm is broken and the team believed she could have serious internal injuries.
0:03:56 > 0:04:02Say you're expecting your fiancee who's coming in a helicopter and they can expect you there.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Carrie's boyfriend was at work when the accident happened.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07The call from police is a shock.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11There will be officers greeting you, but I will be turning up,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14because I will be with your fiancee throughout, all right?
0:04:14 > 0:04:19The police investigation into the accident is already underway.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Several neighbours heard Carrie's screams and ran to help.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Open your eyes again for me.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30Five miles away at Leeds General Infirmary, the trauma team are already on standby.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34The details of her injuries mean they can call in
0:04:34 > 0:04:38the right specialist to examine her the minute she arrives in A&E.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43We have got a 35-year-old female involved in an RTC.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46She's got a fractured humerus and possibly chest injury.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51GCS 15, we've got an ETA of roughly six minutes, over.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56No wires around your tail now.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58That's good, thank you.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Paramedic Kate used to work as an airline flight attendant.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06Now she's in the cockpit helping pilot Matt save Carrie's life.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Now we're five POB, just lifting down to LGI.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13In a few minutes, the extent of Carrie's injuries will become clear.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Internal injuries can be difficult to treat - and deadly.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29Coming up... Carrie's badly hurt, but all she can think about is her baby.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32I've heard babies crying, so I'm hoping they're all right.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36An icy road is blamed for the accident that did this to a car.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40We just come round the corner. The next thing I remember is just the back end slipped out.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45And the 14-year-old who may be regretting taking up rugby.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Bless him, he love his sport.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Nobody wants to give up a hobby, but sometimes age makes you.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09But there are some people who refuse to let their dates of birth force them to retire.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Trails riding is the art of conquering terrain on two wheels
0:06:15 > 0:06:21and on top of the Pennines in Lancashire, some veterans of the sport are showing off their skills.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Most are even older than their bikes,
0:06:23 > 0:06:27but one rider is about to require some very modern medical treatment.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- That bacon smells lovely, though. - Don't it?
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Back at the Helimed team's Sheffield base, it's breakfast time,
0:06:34 > 0:06:40and paramedics Lee and Pete were looking forward to the full English, cooked by pilot Tim Taylor.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43But it's not the eggs that are being scrambled this morning.
0:06:43 > 0:06:49I'd just be having the captain's treat on a Sunday,
0:06:49 > 0:06:51just cooked up breakfast and we were just ready
0:06:51 > 0:06:55for dishing all that out, but we'd much rather be out flying.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00Tim's cooking's not that great, anyway, so as a rule,
0:07:00 > 0:07:02we enjoy jobs coming in at this time.
0:07:02 > 0:07:08The rider has a suspected fractured pelvis and he could be bleeding internally.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11A fracture to the pelvis is extremely serious
0:07:11 > 0:07:14and you can los all your circulatory volume
0:07:14 > 0:07:16into your pelvis, if that fractures.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21The temperature down there in the Pennines is barely above freezing.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25That could make the rescue even harder - hypothermia's a real risk.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29You will see an RRV there when you get there.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34It's managed to get down to the patient, but they've got an access problem getting them out, over.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Helimed 98, Roger. Many thanks.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42The accident's happened in a disused quarry, but thanks to the organisers
0:07:42 > 0:07:45the team have an accurate grid reference to head for.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Down right, two o'clock.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51You can see them all sat there. Two cars and all.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59The quarry is full of boulders and pits, and that's partly why
0:07:59 > 0:08:05the organisers chose it, but there's a helpful official standing in the middle of the best landing site.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14He soon gets the message.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22All clear on left. You're all good, down right.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Trevor Taylor is 67.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31He was climbing out of a deep gully when his bike toppled over backwards.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36- His mate saw it happen.- He's come down, and as he's come down here,
0:08:36 > 0:08:40- it slipped and the bike's pinned him against...- Yeah, I'm with you.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42They've took the bike off.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44The bike's OK, but its owner isn't.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49He was coming down this bank here, you see. Just landed on this
0:08:49 > 0:08:52big slab here, so... I think they'll sort him out.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57Trevor's been lying in freezing water for more than half an hour.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59He's fractured his femur, the biggest bone in the body.
0:08:59 > 0:09:04- Have we tried to get some access and failed or...?- Absolutely, no chance.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Totally shut down.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11He's so cold they can't access a vein to give him morphine.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Not been able to get access at the moment
0:09:14 > 0:09:19to give him any of the pain relief, so we're trying the gas and air and if need be we will go other methods.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Start taking this gas and just keep going.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25I know it makes you feel really drunk, but we are going to start moving you.
0:09:25 > 0:09:30They need to free Trevor and take him to hospital, but if his shattered thigh bone moves
0:09:30 > 0:09:35- during the operation, it could sever vital blood vessels.- Sharp scratch.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40At last, Lee manages to get a line in to Trevor's vein.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Trevor's a retired teacher.
0:09:47 > 0:09:53He had restored his 1962 vintage bike himself, but he's not going to be riding it any time soon.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58We're all the same here.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02Trevor feels privileged to be treated by the air ambulance crew.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05We just arrive a bit posher, that's all, Trevor.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09With the temperature so low, speed is vital.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14Once we get this pain relief started and working in your, we're going to straighten this right leg,
0:10:14 > 0:10:18which is going to be really uncomfortable, and we are going to put a girdle
0:10:18 > 0:10:21around your waist, in case your pelvis feels a bit...
0:10:21 > 0:10:23It's pains up in his right hip.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28It's difficult to straighten his leg. Making sure he gets plenty of pain relief before we move him,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31cos it'll be really uncomfortable for Trevor.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35- Suck up that Entonox for me, cos this is going to sting a bit. - Nice long, deep breaths.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Just going to straighten your leg, pal.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Just relax your knee for me, Trevor.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Take the gas and air, Trevor. Gas and air.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44Good man, well done, Trev.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Done fantastic, there, pal.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52And you're OK moving your foot and everything, aren't you, Trevor?
0:10:52 > 0:10:53He's got a nice pulse in his foot.
0:10:53 > 0:11:01Trevor's condition is stable, but the crew know that with injuries like his, that could soon change.
0:11:01 > 0:11:07Surgeons are already scrubbing up at Blackburn Royal Infirmary to operate on his badly damaged leg.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09- Well done, Trevor. - Well done, Trevor.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Nice deep breaths on that.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Right, I've got him.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Coming up, Trevor's in a bad way, but there's something else on his mind.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25I bet you were thinking about your bike more than you.
0:11:25 > 0:11:31Surgeons prepare to operate on the young mum knocked down and thrown 20 feet.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34And a player's badly hurt after a freak footballing accident.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38He's headed it out, another lad's gone to head the ball and they've cracked heads.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57When it comes to hazards on the road, black ice is one of the worst.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59You can't see it, but it can kill.
0:12:02 > 0:12:08It's Britain's worst winter for 30 years, and the gritters are out in force.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13But inevitably, some roads get missed, with tragic consequences.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18A car has skidded out of control on black ice just outside Bolton
0:12:18 > 0:12:23in Lancashire, and passenger Alison Walsh needs airlifting to hospital.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25We're the nearest.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27There is another aircraft out at Blackpool,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30but we are probably nearer to it than they are.
0:12:30 > 0:12:36It is out of the ordinary everyday area that we cover, but it's still within our remit to cover that area.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45Alison's husband Mark was driving. He's walked away without a scratch.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50The couple run a fitness studio and were on their way to work when the accident happened.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Two metres.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54No boulders.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Two feet.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Hi, Alison. How you doing? Don't nod, just blink or speak to me.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03We're going to put you on to a spinal board.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07- I'm going to put you in the helicopter. Are you OK with that?- Mmm-hmm.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12During the crash, Alison banged her head on the roof of the car.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Although she has no visible injuries,
0:13:14 > 0:13:19her head and neck are aching and it's important that she's checked out at hospital as soon as possible.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24CHATTER OVER RADIO
0:13:24 > 0:13:28Clear at fences, mate. Short wires to t'left.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31The fact that Alison and Mark were in a large, modern car
0:13:31 > 0:13:34and were wearing seat belts probably saved their lives.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38When you look at the damage sustained and the fact that they're in trees,
0:13:38 > 0:13:42come to rapid deceleration, it's just testament
0:13:42 > 0:13:48to modern car design and the safety features that people can still survive these type of collisions.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54At Blackburn Hospital, Alison will learn that although she hasn't done any lasting damage,
0:13:54 > 0:13:58she won't be fit to do any training for several weeks.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01What I want you to do for me is you're going to step forwards.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04We're going to land on the heel, and I want you to turn towards the knee.
0:14:04 > 0:14:11A month later, back at the fitness studio in Lancaster, husband Mark is still holding the fort.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- Hi, are you OK, there?- I'm just inquiring about membership.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Alison can man the front desk, but she's still not able to go into the gym.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22'I got thrown around in the car, and when I got hit,
0:14:22 > 0:14:24'apparently what happens is'
0:14:24 > 0:14:27because your brain obviously bounces around, it swells,
0:14:27 > 0:14:29and the inside of my head's swollen,
0:14:29 > 0:14:31and I've got quite a large lump
0:14:31 > 0:14:33on the side of my head as well.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37It's just waiting now for the swelling to go down,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39and then obviously keep getting checked
0:14:39 > 0:14:43and just make sure it's OK, but hopefully, fingers crossed,
0:14:43 > 0:14:46the headaches should start going soon
0:14:46 > 0:14:49and hopefully the swelling will start coming down.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51The road itself, you couldn't see anything on it,
0:14:51 > 0:14:54it looked clean, the hills next to it were slightly frosty.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57We came round the corner and then the next thing I remember
0:14:57 > 0:15:00is the back end slipped out, and that was it, then.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04We went into the trees, windscreen cracked so you couldn't see anything.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08I remember the windscreen smashing, and that's really about it.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13And then I just saw the roof of the car come towards me, and that's kind of all I remember.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16And then I just remember waking up...
0:15:16 > 0:15:20You'd got me out of the car, hadn't you, and I just woke up on the side of the road.
0:15:20 > 0:15:27Although their fitness business has suffered, Mark and Alison know they've both been incredibly lucky.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31I still, to this day, to be honest, don't know how Alison got out with what she did,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34because you look at the car, we've looked at the photos,
0:15:34 > 0:15:38and it's just horrific, isn't it, what state the car was.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41We don't really do it justice, do we, being able to...
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- We feel very lucky.- Yeah, we do.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53Coming up, biker Trevor's injuries could lead to a lifelong disability,
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- but he's made up his mind about one thing.- No more trails bikes.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00And a teenager's in agony, but Mum can't resist a souvenir snapshot.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Let's get back to the scene of the accident that's left a baby
0:16:09 > 0:16:13fighting for survival and a mother seriously injured.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22Young mum Carrie Jagger's just touched down on the roof of Leeds General Infirmary.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27Half an hour ago, she was walking to the local shops with her baby and toddler
0:16:27 > 0:16:30when she was knocked down by a car whilst crossing the road.
0:16:30 > 0:16:36Her children are on the way to hospital by land ambulance, but Mum is seriously injured.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42This stretcher doesn't spin out, gentlemen,
0:16:42 > 0:16:44so just bring it right up.
0:16:44 > 0:16:49Paramedics Kate and Sammy fear Carrie has severe internal injuries, as well as a broken arm.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53There you are, darling. Well done. You're doing fantastic.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57She's going into A&E now, and get a doctor to have a look at her.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01All Carrie cares about is her children, but they're both
0:17:01 > 0:17:06in safe hands and doctors know that, for once, Mum must be the priority.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09I've heard babies crying, so I'm hoping they're all right.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12This is the trouble when you get a lot of people in from a trauma.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16You have to concentrate on your patient and try to not get distracted.
0:17:17 > 0:17:22Carrie was thrown 20 feet, and that's what's worrying the medical team.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26They will X-ray her chest to determine how seriously she's hurt.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30Don't really know the extent of her injuries yet,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33but she's going to need X-rays, and we'll really take it from there.
0:17:35 > 0:17:40Although Carrie's chest wasn't crushed, her list of injuries was extensive.
0:17:40 > 0:17:46She broke both her legs, her pelvis, her back, her neck and her right ankle.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50Her arm was crushed and her shoulder blade broke through her skin.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53She also had a lacerated liver.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55It was four weeks before she could leave hospital,
0:17:55 > 0:17:59and several more before she felt confident enough to leave the house.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06This is the first time she's been back to the scene of the accident.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09I'm not sure there was any unconsciousness.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13I think I just blocked it from my mind because of the pain,
0:18:13 > 0:18:15so that's why I don't remember.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18I remember screaming out and asking for the kids
0:18:18 > 0:18:21and they brought the kids to me as I was lying in the garden
0:18:21 > 0:18:22to show me that they were OK.
0:18:22 > 0:18:28Three months on and Carrie is still undergoing physiotherapy.
0:18:28 > 0:18:33She will be living with the consequences of that terrible day for the rest of her life.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37If we start off with the exercise that you was asking about on the way through...
0:18:37 > 0:18:42I'm really conscious of my arm and my leg. All the time I can feel them.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Before, I'd never thought about it, that you just don't feel your limbs,
0:18:45 > 0:18:47you're just used to them being there.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52Just reaching straight forward and letting your shoulder blades go with you.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54I just really, really want to be normal again.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Really want to be normal. I'm fed up of it now.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I want to wake up one day and it not be there.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- Is that it, is that the movement? - Yeah.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08In A&E they told me that I'd never be able to raise my right arm above 90 degrees,
0:19:08 > 0:19:13and in my first physio session, lying on my back, I was able to lift my arm right above my head.
0:19:13 > 0:19:18Carrie's two-year-old son, Maxwell, was completely unhurt,
0:19:18 > 0:19:23but what Carrie didn't know until later was how close she came to losing her baby daughter Scarlett.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28A team of people helped save Scarlett,
0:19:28 > 0:19:33but one woman in particular, passer-by Sarah Field, played a vital role.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37All Caroline wants to do now is say thank you to her.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47Coming up, Carrie meets the passer-by who saved her daughter's life.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54And the result doesn't matter any more, as a footballer is badly injured.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02Trevor Taylor's a pensioner, but you'd never know it.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05For a start, how many granddads do you know who go off-road biking?
0:20:05 > 0:20:09But he's just had an accident that could bring his days in the saddle to an end.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16High in the Pennines, Helimed 98 has been scrambled to a veteran motorcyclist
0:20:16 > 0:20:20who's shattered his leg after coming off his machine at a trials event.
0:20:20 > 0:20:25Ready, steady, lift. Don't move straight away, just nice and steady.
0:20:25 > 0:20:32Trevor Taylor could also have broken his pelvis, but his 1962 vintage bike is almost undamaged.
0:20:32 > 0:20:38We can't rule that out, because of the nature of the fall, so he has got a pelvic splint applied.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42You were thinking about your bike more than you.
0:20:42 > 0:20:47Now Trevor's on his way for surgery at hospital in Blackburn.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52He knows that, after a lifetime of teaching, he's about to miss a very important date.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56I'm going to Loughborough University in a fortnight to get my degree.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00- I'm going to get an honorary degree. - Congratulations.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02I don't think I'm going to be going!
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- All clear left. Just that windsock.- Cheers, right.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Trevor's been riding bikes like this since his teens.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15But his motor-sport days could now be behind him.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19He's in his late 60s, and he's about to undergo major surgery.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Whether he'll walk with a limp for the rest of his life
0:21:22 > 0:21:25depends on surgeons at the Royal Blackburn Hospital.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29But luck's on Trevor's side, and less than a week later,
0:21:29 > 0:21:33he's well enough to sit up in bed and chat with one of his biking buddies.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37I started riding 40 years ago, in competitions.
0:21:37 > 0:21:43The bike whacked my leg against a sloping boulder.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45And with some force.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49I let go of it, and it careered off.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52And I crumpled on the floor. And I knew I'd hurt meself.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54I remember, in the helicopter,
0:21:54 > 0:21:58he kept putting his hand on my shoulder and squeezing it.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Saying, "You're going to be OK." It's really reassuring, that.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04It sounds a little thing, but you don't forget, do you?
0:22:04 > 0:22:07I broke my femur in two places.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11Quite near to the joint, you know, the ball joint.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15They've now put what's called the dynamic pin in it, I don't know what that is!
0:22:15 > 0:22:18But I realise that it's holding me together.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22And it means you can put all your weight on your leg more or
0:22:22 > 0:22:26less straight away, and you don't have to have a plaster cast on it.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30So I'll be walking out of the place, you know, within a few days I hope.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Brilliant! But no more trials bikes!
0:22:33 > 0:22:36And Trevor's as good as his word.
0:22:36 > 0:22:41Within a few days, his 1962 vintage bike is sold.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45But it takes more than a broken femur to keep a born biker down.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Trevor's switched back to road bikes.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52I decided, whilst I was still in the hospital,
0:22:52 > 0:22:58and I've stuck to that decision, that I will not be doing any more competitive trials riding.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02After five months, I'm walking around again quite well.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05I've even started to get back on the bikes again.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07But only on the road!
0:23:08 > 0:23:12Trevor reckons his collection of vintage road bikes, all hand-restored,
0:23:12 > 0:23:17will keep him busy until he finally decides to hang up his leathers.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22It's a bit like a drug in a way. You sort of get this in your system, and you don't want to give it up.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Coming up. Thanks for saving my baby's life.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31An emotional meeting for Carrie.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45Around 275,000 of us attend A&E every year with a sporting injury.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47It doesn't matter if you're a professional,
0:23:47 > 0:23:51like the rugby players here at Doncaster Knights, or if you just enjoy a kickabout,
0:23:51 > 0:23:54there's always a chance of getting hurt.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02It's Sunday morning, and across Britain footballers are battling it out in Sunday League games.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06And it's proving to be a busy Sunday for Helimed98.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10They're about to leave the scene of a car crash when they get another call
0:24:10 > 0:24:13about an incident just down the road.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17'On a football pitch, a patient with a head injury.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19'Crew requested, over.'
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Received, thank you. We've got another job about a mile away.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Playing pitches, male, head injury.
0:24:25 > 0:24:2816-year-old.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31238, Sierra Echo.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35- So due south from here, then. - OK, Mike. When you're ready.
0:24:35 > 0:24:40By the time they get to the football pitch, the injured player is already on a land ambulance ready to go.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45It happened when two players went for a high ball, and their heads collided.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48One of them has cracked his temple.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51The ball went through over the top and the keeper's come out.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54It was out of the area, so he couldn't touch it with his hands.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55So he's gone up to head it out.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59The other lad's gone to head the ball as well, and they've cracked heads together.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Really banged heads, and they've both of them fallen over. Pretty bad.
0:25:03 > 0:25:09That's it, Tom. All right, Tom, we're walking up to the aircraft.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11When paramedics Sammy and Ben see
0:25:11 > 0:25:16the dent in Tom Hurst's skull, they have no doubt that he needs to be flown to hospital.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19We saw it go over the top, but we thought it might have been for somebody else, so
0:25:19 > 0:25:21we were pretty pleased when it came for him.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Have you got a headache at all?
0:25:26 > 0:25:30As Tom is flown to the specialist neurosurgical unit at Leeds General Infirmary,
0:25:30 > 0:25:35the ambulance originally meant for him will take the goalkeeper he collided with to another hospital.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43Unusually, both paramedics are with Tom in the back of the helicopter.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47But they're extremely concerned, because his Glasgow Coma Scale,
0:25:47 > 0:25:53or GCS, which is used to assess a patient's condition, is dropping dangerously low.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58During the flight, his GCS has lowered a little bit, which is to be expected sometimes
0:25:58 > 0:26:01with a depressed skull fracture, as pressure is put on the brain.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06So, potentially deteriorating is this patient, so we need to get him downstairs as quickly as we can.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10It's quite a significant depressed skull fracture. You can see it very visibly.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14The land crew on scene have made a good call in getting us out straight away.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19He is holding his own, but he has got a marked skull depression,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22it actually goes in when it shouldn't do.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25It isn't until Tom is taken
0:26:25 > 0:26:29into surgery that it becomes clear just how serious his head injury is.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34And what an important role the air ambulance played in saving his life.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37I just got a text saying Tom was going to be taken to hospital.
0:26:37 > 0:26:42I just asked what hospital, and they said it was Dewsbury Hospital he was going to.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45I've gone into A&E, and there's no sign of him whatsoever.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49It seemed like a lifetime. When I phoned again, they were all shouting
0:26:49 > 0:26:51that the air ambulance was here.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55And it was just like, you know, I just lost it.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59I had to have my skull cut and taken out.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02And all fragments that were
0:27:02 > 0:27:04cracked taken out as well.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08And then they put four plates in, and put my bit of skull back in.
0:27:08 > 0:27:14If I'd have gone in the normal ambulance, the bits of cracked skull would have pierced my membrane,
0:27:14 > 0:27:18so I'd have been either paralysed or worse.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23When Tom came round from surgery, he felt completely normal.
0:27:23 > 0:27:28He couldn't remember the accident and didn't need any medication.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31The cut starts here. It goes all the way around.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33And it comes all the way back down here.
0:27:33 > 0:27:38You can actually run your fingers across his scar.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41He's got a plate there, a plate here.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44He's got four plates altogether that just run round.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48I can't remember how many staples you had in?
0:27:48 > 0:27:52- 27.- 27 staples put in.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Almost six months after smashing his skull, Tom is desperate to get back
0:27:57 > 0:28:01on the pitch as a striker for Overthorpe Town.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06His doctor has agreed he can play, so long as he wears protective
0:28:06 > 0:28:09headgear usually worn by rugby players.
0:28:11 > 0:28:12It's a tense moment for his mum.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20I don't like it at all, but it's what he wants to do.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23He enjoys it, so I've got to let him do it, haven't I?
0:28:23 > 0:28:26But he's back with all his mates now, so he'll be enjoying himself.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30But it's nice to see him back on his feet and running around with them all again.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32It's just nerve-racking for me.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34This way, Tom! This way!
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Tom was only brought on for the last 10 minutes, but that's probably
0:28:37 > 0:28:40enough just six months after a fractured skull.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43'It's ace. I can't believe that it's so soon.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47'In hospital, I didn't think I'd be able to play again.'
0:28:47 > 0:28:48WHISTLE
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Sadly, his team lost 2-1.
0:28:50 > 0:28:55But Tom's just glad to be back playing the game he loves.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59Once you're hooked on a sport like rugby, it's really hard to give it up.
0:28:59 > 0:29:05And no matter how many times some players are injured, they still keep coming back for more.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11When the flying paramedics get a call to a rugby field,
0:29:11 > 0:29:14there's a good chance the player has a head injury.
0:29:14 > 0:29:1825% of rugby injuries involve concussion.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21It's just the far side of that village, mate.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Today, the Helimed98 team are on their way to Dinnington,
0:29:23 > 0:29:29near Sheffield, where a young rugby player has been knocked unconscious after being tackled by two players.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33- Got the H on the left? - Got visual, yes.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Just got all the stanchions, haven't you? And the posts.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38You're clear left.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42During the tackle, 19-year-old Josh Valente was lifted into the air, but he landed on his head.
0:29:42 > 0:29:47Apparently he's been tackled by two guys, and he's gone down and twisted.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50He was out cold for four minutes.
0:29:50 > 0:29:55Now his neck is hurting, and there's something wrong with his arm.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57Just tell me again where your pain is now.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- HE MUMBLES - Your neck? OK.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04If I just go down your back, and as I go down your back, don't nod
0:30:04 > 0:30:10or shake your head, just to tell me if you have any more pain other than what you've already described. OK?
0:30:10 > 0:30:16- Any pain there at all? Pardon? - No.- No?
0:30:16 > 0:30:20This is the second time Josh has been knocked out during a rugby match.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23- All right, Josh. - Do you want to go a bit further?
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Getting Josh on to the stretcher is a tricky manoeuvre.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30The paramedics have to keep his neck completely still.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34Now then, we're going to have to put a collar on, which is going to be very uncomfortable.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36And you know, because you're an ideal rugby player, with a nice,
0:30:36 > 0:30:39squat neck, it's going to be hard to fit one on properly.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42But we need to get it on, all right?
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Just one minute. That's it.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49When you're in agony like this, a seven-minute flight
0:30:49 > 0:30:51can seem like seven hours.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54Relax for us now. We can give you something else for that pain.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Paramedic Pete Vallance is fairly certain that Josh hasn't done
0:30:57 > 0:31:03permanent damage to his spine, but he can't take any chances.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04Squeeze my fingers for me.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08Go on, a bit tighter than that, you're a rugby player. Great stuff.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Can you feel me touching your legs?
0:31:10 > 0:31:14I wouldn't do that if he weren't strapped down, though, he's too big to be messing about with,
0:31:14 > 0:31:18isn't he? You've always got to err on the side of caution with any sort of rugby injury.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20He's landed on his head, and he's a big lad.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26When Josh gets to hospital, he'll discover that,
0:31:26 > 0:31:31although his muscles and ligaments are very badly bruised, he hasn't broken anything.
0:31:31 > 0:31:37He'll have to take six weeks off work to recover, but he's determined to carry on playing rugby.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45The most common sporting injury is a twisted or broken ankle.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48But some rugby injuries can be life-threatening.
0:31:48 > 0:31:55At professional rugby games, there's always a doctor on standby, and they have to have special training.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59Andy Smith is responsible for training pitch-side doctors.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04We've educated the coaches, the managers, not just the medical staff.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Even the players go through some education,
0:32:07 > 0:32:10to understand the injuries. What to do when there's an injury.
0:32:10 > 0:32:15They know to keep still until we've done our assessments.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18But we're now identifying injuries more acutely,
0:32:18 > 0:32:21more efficiently, and delivering care as required.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24So, are these extreme injuries frequent or are they very rare?
0:32:24 > 0:32:27If you look at the number of people playing rugby,
0:32:27 > 0:32:29in England, we've got 400,000 adults playing.
0:32:29 > 0:32:311.2 million schoolchildren playing.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35If you look at the spinal injury rate, which is 0.8 per 100,000,
0:32:35 > 0:32:38we're looking at 3-4 spinal injuries at the most per year.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Catastrophic for that individual,
0:32:40 > 0:32:43and it's important that we know how to manage that injury,
0:32:43 > 0:32:46get them to secondary care, but we've got to keep it in perspective.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49The most dangerous part of a rugby match is travelling
0:32:49 > 0:32:51to and from the game in your car.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Hands up, hands up, hands up!
0:32:53 > 0:32:55Oliver, hands up!
0:32:57 > 0:33:01You don't have to be playing professional rugby to get hurt on the pitch.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05Games teacher Pete Latham and the boys at Prince Henry's Grammar School
0:33:05 > 0:33:09in Otley near Leeds, take their sport extremely seriously.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13OK. A good 20 minutes there. We're going to go into tackling now.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Helimed 98 over scene, over.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Today, paramedic Sammy Wills is about to swoop
0:33:20 > 0:33:25to the rescue of a teenager injured while playing for the school team.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Oliver Moore's hurt his neck. It's not good news for Mum.
0:33:28 > 0:33:33Oliver is going to be transported by an air ambulance, Mrs Moore.
0:33:33 > 0:33:38Yes, because he's so far from the ambulance up on the car park.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43Only the paramedics seen to be taking Oliver's injury seriously.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46And that includes the patient.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49He's all very excited, and he's smiling.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51His friends are having a bit of a giggle as well.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54So far his career is not going so well,
0:33:54 > 0:33:58because last year he hurt his neck and ended up in hospital.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Because of that, this time, we're playing it safe
0:34:00 > 0:34:04and the crew have already collared and longboarded him.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Because he's got the same again.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Does this feel worse than last time or not as bad as last time?
0:34:10 > 0:34:12- About the same.- About the same.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14OK, that's good.
0:34:14 > 0:34:19Oliver's been given pain-killing gas, and he'll soon be in hospital.
0:34:19 > 0:34:24Even schoolboy rugby players are encouraged to shrug off minor injuries.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28But sporting accidents can often lead to a lifetime's disability.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32OK, a very strong northwesterly breeze again, so we'll come in from
0:34:32 > 0:34:35a left-hand descending turn, will be the plan.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Oliver's touching down at Harrogate Hospital.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40He's not been knocked out, and even when he was on the ground,
0:34:40 > 0:34:44he was then pile-drived by some of his friends.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47And it turns out that he's once again been lucky.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51Oliver's neck injury is minor, and he's soon back on the pitch.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58When you get as close to the action on a rugby pitch as this,
0:34:58 > 0:35:01you can appreciate the power of a professional rugby tackle.
0:35:01 > 0:35:06When two of these guys collide, it's the equivalent of two cars crashing at speed.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10But even junior players can do some real damage.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17Helimed 98 has been scrambled to Easingwold School in North Yorkshire,
0:35:17 > 0:35:19where a bone-crushing tackle has left a teenager
0:35:19 > 0:35:22with a potentially life-threatening injury.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24The blood supply has been cut off
0:35:24 > 0:35:27or infringed, and obviously it could play a part
0:35:27 > 0:35:30for the rest of his life. You never know.
0:35:30 > 0:35:36So we'll just have to have a look and make sure it's not too badly injured. It might be dislocated.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38It could be broken.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41- It's there, Chris.- Yes.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45Tall trees to the side of it. Area's good.
0:35:45 > 0:35:4814-year-old Tanawat Lomtong is in agony.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53Another player fell on top of him during a tackle, forcing his hip out of its socket.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59- Hello, Mum.- Hi. - How are we doing, chief?- Fine.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02All right, we're going to give you some pain relief.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Tanawat moved to the UK from Thailand four years ago to join his mum.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07- How old are you, Tan?- 14.
0:36:07 > 0:36:1114? I was 14 when I was your age.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14- Are you married?- No.
0:36:14 > 0:36:20Now he's in the care of paramedic Colin Jones, the joker of the Helimed team.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24His stepfather is a medic in the RAF,
0:36:24 > 0:36:29and when he heard the helicopter landing, he thought his dad was coming to rescue him.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Are you taking a picture? Are you going to put it on YouTube?
0:36:32 > 0:36:35Good heavens, you're going to be famous.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38But his mum's lending a hand.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41That bottle at the side of you, can you just give it a shake?
0:36:41 > 0:36:48Mum is shaking the bottle which contains the painkiller Entonox for a good reason.
0:36:48 > 0:36:53In cold weather, the gas and air separate and need to be mixed up together again.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Plenty of it, Tan.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57Big, deep breaths.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59There you go, fella.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01We'll go to Herogitty. Really?
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Harrogate? Is that all right, mum?
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Yeah. Have you got room for me to fit in there?
0:37:06 > 0:37:09We can have a look, and have a word with the pilot.
0:37:09 > 0:37:14- Thank you.- I'm sure we'll be able to fit you in, if you can go on the roof rack. Is that all right?
0:37:14 > 0:37:16You might get a bit dizzy!
0:37:16 > 0:37:22Even though Tanawat isn't complaining about neck pain, it's important not to take any chances.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Neck and back injuries are common in rugby.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29I know it's a really silly question, but if you had to give it a score between nought and ten,
0:37:29 > 0:37:34nought is nothing and ten is the worst ever pain you've ever had, what would you give it?
0:37:34 > 0:37:36- Five.- Five?- That an improvement.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40A 14-year-old lad who had been playing rugby got tackled.
0:37:40 > 0:37:46The other lad fell on top of him, and he had a lot of pain in the top of his right femur, his right hip.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50A lot of pain. Whether it's dislocated or fractured, his femur,
0:37:50 > 0:37:53we don't know. We'll get to hospital and find out.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Mum can't resist taking a photo.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03For him, when he can see after.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07He's just starting training.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11But bless him, he loves his sport.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15The biggest concern with a dislocation like this is that
0:38:15 > 0:38:19blood supply to the leg gets cut off, with potentially fatal results.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23Luckily, this doesn't seem to have happened in Tanawat's case.
0:38:23 > 0:38:28The way that he's holding his leg, it appears that he might have dislocated
0:38:28 > 0:38:31the upper part of his leg, really. It's difficult to tell,
0:38:31 > 0:38:35but that's classic for a dislocated hip.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Hopefully, obviously after an X-ray, the doctors will be able to
0:38:38 > 0:38:41relocate it and it relieve a lot of the pain.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45Obviously that's the biggest thing at the moment, the pain he's in.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48I think the circulation's really good.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51So that's not necessarily an issue, but obviously he's in quite a bit of
0:38:51 > 0:38:55pain because it's out of the socket that it should be in, really.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58The trip to hospital takes minutes, and the team at Harrogate
0:38:58 > 0:39:02are standing by so Tanawat can go straight into surgery.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05He's normally fit and well, no medical problems?
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- He doesn't have to go to the doctor for anything?- No.- Good.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Good, good.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13After an operation to reset his hip, Tanawat was allowed home.
0:39:13 > 0:39:20He's still keen to play rugby, but perhaps not surprisingly, he says he prefers football.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27I'm pleased to say that a growing knowledge of the risks sportsmen face means
0:39:27 > 0:39:33the accidents that landed those patients in an air ambulance are getting rarer.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37Now, remember Caroline Jagger, the mum who was knocked down near her home?
0:39:37 > 0:39:43She has a lot of people to thank for her recovery, and the fact that her baby survived a serious accident.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45Well, today, she's about to meet one of them.
0:39:45 > 0:39:51Carrie Jagger was knocked down by a car as she tried to cross the road
0:39:51 > 0:39:53with her two young children in a buggy.
0:39:53 > 0:39:54Carrie took the brunt of it.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58She was thrown 20 feet in the air, and suffered multiple injuries,
0:39:58 > 0:40:02including a broken back, two broken legs
0:40:02 > 0:40:04and a crushed arm.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05What about building a castle?
0:40:05 > 0:40:09Carrie's two-year-old, Maxwell, escaped unhurt,
0:40:09 > 0:40:13but her baby daughter Scarlett was catapulted out of the buggy on the pavement.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15She had a lacerated liver.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19She had fractured ribs, and she had a fractured pelvis.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23And it was just at the time when she was starting to stand unaided...
0:40:23 > 0:40:25- Mummy.- Yes, darling?
0:40:25 > 0:40:27And starting to walk around.
0:40:27 > 0:40:32So she couldn't land on her bum for fear of doing more damage to her
0:40:32 > 0:40:35liver and her pelvis, which was difficult at the stage she was at.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37- Mummy.- Yes, darling?
0:40:37 > 0:40:42But, as you see, she's made a full recovery,
0:40:42 > 0:40:46and she's walking completely independently now.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49She's too young to be affected by it.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Mother of two Sarah Field was driving past when the accident
0:40:54 > 0:40:58happened, and saw Scarlett being propelled out of her pushchair.
0:40:58 > 0:41:03She just came flying out of the buggy, into the air,
0:41:03 > 0:41:06and landed near the front of my car.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08It was a horrific scene to see.
0:41:08 > 0:41:13And I just gave the little girl a few mouth-to-mouth breaths. I had
0:41:13 > 0:41:16no response, so I did it again,
0:41:16 > 0:41:20and that's when she actually came round and started crying.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Open the door, then. That's it.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Pull it. Say hello.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30- Hello.- Hiya.
0:41:30 > 0:41:31Come on, Maxwell.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35Carrie wants to say thank you to Sarah for saving her daughter's life.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38And today she's getting that chance.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44(SOBBING) Thank you.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51- Sorry!- You're setting me off now.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53- I'd do it again.- Do you want her?
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Yeah, definitely. Come here.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Come on, darling.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Hello! Hello, sweetheart.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05You look a lot better now, don't you? Eh? Don't you?
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Her face was blue.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Her eyes were rolling back into her head.
0:42:10 > 0:42:17And you could see she was trying to breathe and nothing was happening, was it? Was it, darling?
0:42:17 > 0:42:21It's the first time Sarah has seen Scarlett since giving her the kiss of life.
0:42:21 > 0:42:26Sarah says meeting Carrie and Scarlett has helped to get over the trauma of what happened.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Now they're planning to keep in touch.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34When Helicopter Heroes comes back, there's an accident in the woods,
0:42:34 > 0:42:37and a man suffers his second fractured skull.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Has it left you with a dented skull, anyway?
0:42:39 > 0:42:44A pedestrian is fighting for her life, but Helimed 98 is struggling to reach her.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Can you wave those people off?
0:42:46 > 0:42:50It's fun in the snow, but one teenager discovers the downside of sledging.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54We went under some barbed wire, and she cut all her neck.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57And a building worker is run over by an eight-ton digger.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00We've got to be so careful with him.
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