0:00:02 > 0:00:06If you're seriously ill or critically injured, every
0:00:06 > 0:00:11second counts, especially 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 > 0:00:26The Yorkshire Air Ambulance can do 150 mph and 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 > 0:00:58When a multiple pile-up closes Britain's highest motorway, or there's a serious accident
0:00:58 > 0:01:01on the shop floor, the highly trained paramedics and pilots
0:01:01 > 0:01:04of the Helimed team are there to rescue the casualties.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Today on Helicopter Heroes -
0:01:07 > 0:01:12there's an accident in the woods and a man suffers his second fractured skull.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14It left you with a dented skull, anyway?
0:01:14 > 0:01:19A pedestrian's fighting for her life - the Helimed 98 is struggling to reach her.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20Can you wave those people off?
0:01:20 > 0:01:25It's fun in the snow, but one teenager discovers the downside of sledging.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28We went under some barbed wire and she cut all her neck.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32And a building worker is run over by an eight-tonne digger.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34We've got to be so careful with him.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46This is one of the must-have accessories these days.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50It's clean, green and keeps you very, very warm.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54You can even chob up your own wood, but you must do it safely.
0:01:55 > 0:02:01A cold winter in North Yorkshire means that logs for wood-burning stoves are in short supply.
0:02:01 > 0:02:06As a result, many villagers are becoming amateur lumberjacks.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10Helimed 99 is being dispatched from Leeds Bradford airport.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14There's been an accident in a wood near Gargrave in the Yorkshire Dales.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19Apparently there are reports there's a car in some woodland...
0:02:19 > 0:02:22There's a driver with some injuries,
0:02:22 > 0:02:26we're not quite sure what type of injuries they are, as yet.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31Tony's unsure about the location and he's certainly no Jeremy Clarkson.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34We've got a red "Subbarroo" car.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37A "Subbaroo"?!
0:02:37 > 0:02:43Whatever they're called, those boy-racer cars. A Subaru.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46It's a "Sow-barrow Imprazza"!
0:02:46 > 0:02:51But the emergency they've been called to in remote woodland is no joke.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56More details of the incident are coming into Helimed headquarters.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Someone in a little copse of woods must have been cutting some
0:03:00 > 0:03:02trees down and a tree has fallen on one of them.
0:03:02 > 0:03:09He's not fully alert and they're querying a brain injury, so it could be a nasty head injury.
0:03:09 > 0:03:16Updates, the land crew has just got on scene, and apparently there's an ICU nurse on scene as well.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21Chris Bosomworth was using a chainsaw to fell trees when the accident happened.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24He wasn't wearing a helmet.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Luckily, he was working with his friend, Dave Farnsworth,
0:03:26 > 0:03:32who's an intensive care nurse, and he's already begun first aid.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37But, there's a problem. It's hard enough for the team to reach their patient.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41It'll be impossible to bring him back to the chopper this way.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44He's got a graze on top of his head.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45The team's patient
0:03:45 > 0:03:48was using a chainsaw deep in the wood went a branch fell on him.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Chris's mate saw it happen.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53We were both cutting the wood together.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56It's a piece of dead wood and a piece of it's broken off
0:03:56 > 0:03:59and fell on him rather than down to the ground.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04Just an immediate assessment and then call the ambulance and stay with him.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Sir, I just want to have a look at the top of your head, OK?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Chris hasn't moved since he was knocked out.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13He's confused and can't answer the paramedic's questions.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Do you know where you are at the moment?
0:04:14 > 0:04:18It could be a sign his brain is swelling inside his skull.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Two minutes later he started to come round, open his eyes, but it took
0:04:22 > 0:04:24probably five minutes to get to where we are.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Have you had previous injury to your head?
0:04:27 > 0:04:3020 years ago, a rock fell on him during a climbing accident.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33This case just got a lot more serious.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Chris has fractured his skull before.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39A second brain injury means his life is in real danger.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Has it left you with a dented skull?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44He needs hospital treatment, quickly.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49This chap's taken a knock to the head while he's been cutting these trees.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52The problem is, we're located on one side of the road
0:04:52 > 0:04:56and it'll be quite difficult to get the patient there.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Coming up, Chris is not out of the woods yet, in more ways than one.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09He's a bit confused and disoriented, and had a period of being unconscious.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14A teenage girl seems to have had a miraculous escape, but paramedic Daz is worried.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18No neck pain, other than the pain under your chin?
0:05:18 > 0:05:23And it's a difficult rescue for an injured worker trapped in a sewer.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Hello, ambulance.
0:05:38 > 0:05:44Last year, controllers in this room built with 670,000 999 calls.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49They ranged from minor accidents and illnesses through to life-threatening emergencies.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54Guess which guys tend to get the most serious jobs?
0:05:54 > 0:05:57On an estate in Sheffield, a high-powered sports car
0:05:57 > 0:06:02has hit a house, narrowly missing the owner who was mowing his lawn.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07He escaped, but a young woman walking nearby hasn't been so lucky.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12She's critically injured and Helimed 98 has been scrambled from its nearby base.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15OK we're going over t'railway line, so we're just here.
0:06:15 > 0:06:21Pilot Craig Redmond flew Apache gunships in Afghanistan before joining the Helimed team.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25But this mission will also be dangerous, for a different reason.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Big pylons visual, just on the other side of that crest.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- Yeah, I've got them. - It's this side of, isn't it?
0:06:31 > 0:06:35He's heading for a landing site in the middle of a suburban housing estate.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- See where the football is?- Yeah.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41That's where the lane is.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43It's quite a long way.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Dozens have come out to watch the drama unfolding in their street.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Using the local sports field isn't an option.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53There's a fence between it and the accident scene.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56We've got police on t'field securing your field now.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01- Yeah. You see the junction down about to the 3 o'clock know where those people are standing?- Yes?
0:07:01 > 0:07:05That might be a little bit better but I'd want those cars moving.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Are you worried about damaging that car or just the closeness of it?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Both, really, and the people that are stood there.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Can you just wave those people off?
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Yeah, I'm cracking t'door. They're moving back.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21The chopper's rotor blades are only feet from the trees.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24You've just got trees on your front left, Craig.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27They're all small hedges now you're directly over.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28All clear my side.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- All clear front left. - And we're down.
0:07:32 > 0:07:39Craig does it, squeezing Helimed 98 into a tiny patch of ground.
0:07:39 > 0:07:4225 year-old Romina is from Romania.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46She was walking home from work at a local pub when the accident happened.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50She was thrown six feet in the air when the Honda S2000 hit her.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54We're going to straighten this one shortly, all right?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56We'll just let that morph get through.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Shocked eyewitnesses saw what happened.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02There were two people stood there.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04They must have stepped back once,
0:08:04 > 0:08:09one big step and it went straight past them into the wall.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14The impact has smashed both Romina's legs. She's bleeding internally.
0:08:14 > 0:08:19Paramedics are trained to be calm, but they all know this is serious.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Open your eyes, sweetheart.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22Going to start moving your legs now.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26This traction splint will ensure blood continues flowing to their
0:08:26 > 0:08:33patient's lower legs and feet, but straightening her broken thighs will hurt - a lot.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38The police are already gathering evidence.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40There's no shortage of witnesses.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44This was no boy racer - the driver is 49.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Can you manage? I'll let go of that one and put some tension on.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54I think that tib and fib's all right.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Can you just support the pelvis while we're doing this?
0:08:57 > 0:09:00She's only little, we don't want to pull her down with that.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05If you can't get any further, mate, we've gone both straight they're aligned now.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Romina was staying with a relative.
0:09:07 > 0:09:14- Her English is far from perfect, and that's making it harder to diagnose her injuries.- Please, help me.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16- We are doing, Romina. - Argh!
0:09:16 > 0:09:20SHE CRIES INCOHERENTLY
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Romina's injuries are so numerous Lee has
0:09:28 > 0:09:30to write them down to remember them.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33It's important the orthopaedic surgery team all ready waiting
0:09:33 > 0:09:38at Sheffield's Northern General Hospital know exactly what they're dealing with.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43She's got bilateral closed fractured femurs.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47She's got a right tib and fib fracture,
0:09:47 > 0:09:51a left humerus fracture,
0:09:51 > 0:09:57BP is 119/80, pulse 102.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01- Romana...- Ow, it hurts.
0:10:05 > 0:10:12Coming up, Army vet Craig once took on the Taliban, but this take-off will require real courage too.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- Blades are above the lamp now. - Roger.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Paramedics turn lumberjacks to rescue Chris, the injured woodsman.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25And the team are scrambled to an accident at a country house.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28I saw him go by and all of a sudden I heard this crash.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45When winter comes to Yorkshire, the schools are often the first to suffer.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Teachers are snowed in and heating systems fail.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Which is good news if you're young.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57Most of Yorkshire's snowbound, roads are blocked and some villages cut off.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01But for the local teenagers it's playtime.
0:11:01 > 0:11:06Shops have sold out of sledges and any slope will do for some high-speed fun.
0:11:09 > 0:11:17But the crew of Helimed 99 often find themselves picking up the pieces where winter sports go wrong.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21Today, they're on their way to Oxenholme, high in the Pennines.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24A teenager's hit a barbed-wire fence at high speed.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27The team have been to fatal accidents like this.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Last year we had quite a nasty sledging incident.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41Unfortunately, one of the patients involved sadly passed away.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43It does bring that to the fore,
0:11:43 > 0:11:48we all tend to remember some of the incidents and the patients.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51At the end of the day we're all human.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54When you're a youngster you think you're invulnerable.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56I don't think you realise
0:11:56 > 0:12:01whizzing down a field at 30 mph towards a barbed-wire fence,
0:12:01 > 0:12:04when you put it in context that sounds very dangerous,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07but when you're a kid it's all part of the fun, isn't it?
0:12:07 > 0:12:11In a snowbound landscape, navigation is tricky.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14All they have is a grid reference for the incident.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24But once they've landed, there's no sign of anyone who's injured.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27The mystery is soon solved - she's in a house nearby.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Do you know where they've gone?
0:12:29 > 0:12:3214 year-old Ella McDowell was sledging with her school friend,
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Holly Harper, when she lost control and hit the fence.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41Now she's in Holly's kitchen, being cared for by Holly's mum, Jo.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44She was going down and went under some barbed wire
0:12:44 > 0:12:45and she cut all her neck.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48The problem we've got in this kind of weather is
0:12:48 > 0:12:51these farm tracks are very icy, and haven't been gritted.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56The response car's made it, but that's a four-wheel-drive vehicle, so we're just
0:12:56 > 0:13:03putting together some contingencies in case the ambulance can't make it, which would be either a flight in
0:13:03 > 0:13:09the helicopter to Huddersfield or the mountain rescue with their four-wheel-drive ambulance.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10I've only just managed to get here.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- Do you think the land ambulance will get here?- That's the other question.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Not that easily, to be honest.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20The accident has left Ella with deep cuts to her face and neck.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22They look nasty, but the Helimed team
0:13:22 > 0:13:26are more worried about invisible damage the impact may have caused.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29We'll get you patched up down at the hospital in no time.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32Marvellous, no more aches and pains anywhere?
0:13:32 > 0:13:34She was just talking about her shoulder.
0:13:34 > 0:13:42The neck is packed with blood vessels and nerves, and an impact like this can cause spinal injuries.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44OK, squeeze my fingers.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Smashing, lift my hands up if you can.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51That's not hurting, anywhere, is it? Not hurting your shoulder, no?
0:13:51 > 0:13:55And you don't feel cut in half at all, no neck pain other than the pain under your chin?
0:13:55 > 0:13:57That's what I'm bothered about.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Darren's examination is designed to identify
0:14:00 > 0:14:05a potentially serious injury without alarming his patient.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- Did you get up and then wail straight away?- No, I felt something...
0:14:08 > 0:14:13Yeah... And then you weren't happy.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Her friend's dad, Mick, was among the first to come to Ella's rescue.
0:14:17 > 0:14:22He was horrified to find she'd hit a single strand of barbed wire.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27They'd only been out five minutes and obviously this has entailed from it.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30It's a little accident, but hopefully she'll be all right.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34The big question now is how are they going to take Ella to hospital?
0:14:34 > 0:14:39Her case wouldn't normally be serious enough to justify a flight.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41We're just having a bit of a conference as to whether
0:14:41 > 0:14:45the ambulance is going to get to us with the weather being as it is.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50If they stay where they are if the road conditions are bad, we can lift her down.
0:14:50 > 0:14:56But local paramedics have battled through the drifts in time to take over from the Helimed team.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59No rushing. Don't be running.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Ella's very calm, considering the injuries she's received.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08She knew the fence was there but lost control when snow temporarily blinded her.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Few people realise how serious sledging accidents can be.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Watch your step, have a little seat...
0:15:15 > 0:15:21Ella's been lucky. She could have had some nasty scarring to show for her collision with the fence.
0:15:21 > 0:15:26The good news is her wound's healed well, with little sign of her narrow escape.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37Coming up, a badly injured pedestrian is prepared for a life-saving flight to hospital.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40We'll get her assessed but she's critically injured.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44And a builder's seriously hurt in a fall through a barn roof.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Let's get back to the woods in North Yorkshire, where a man chopping logs
0:15:54 > 0:15:58has suffered a serious head injury for the second time in 20 years.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06Chris Bosomworth was using a chainsaw to fell wood when a heavy branch fell on his head.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Do you know where you are?
0:16:09 > 0:16:14He's agitated, and showing signs of a serious brain injury - his second.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20Now pilot Chris Atrall is trying to land Helimed 99
0:16:20 > 0:16:23closer to the team's patient, but it's not good to be easy.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30- Clear to your left... - There's a gate there.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32I feel nauseous.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34We're going to get you something for that, OK?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Flying doctor Andy Pountney has his own problems.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Patient Chris has told him he feels sick.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Flying him like this could be dangerous.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46We've given him something to settle his nausea.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49If we take him strapped down on a spinal board,
0:16:49 > 0:16:54we don't want him to start being sick, so we're trying to get that settled down first of all.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57But we're concerned about how the injury is, he's a bit confused and
0:16:57 > 0:17:01disorientated and obviously he's had a period of being unconscious.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04We need to get him to hospital, so it's a risk-benefit balance
0:17:04 > 0:17:07of taking him back to the helicopter strapped down.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Initially KO'd for 2-3 minues.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12We'll be going to LGI...
0:17:15 > 0:17:18They're clearing the way to get Chris to the chopper.
0:17:18 > 0:17:23There's no time to waste, his condition's showing signs of deteriorating.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Do you know what month it is?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- January.- What year is it?
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Oh god, nausea.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34Is that causing you any pain at all?
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Chris fractured his skull in the 1980s in a climbing accident.
0:17:38 > 0:17:43It left him with epilepsy, restricted vision and a dent in his skull.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47We're going down the board six inches. Ready, steady, move.
0:17:47 > 0:17:54A second fracture is extremely serious, but at least he's now ready for his flight to hospital.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Can you give me your surname again, Chris?
0:17:57 > 0:18:02What started out as a garbled report of an injured man in a car
0:18:02 > 0:18:06has turned out to be a life-or-death emergency.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09It's like any job, you know, you just come with open eyes,
0:18:09 > 0:18:15because what any information you get initially doesn't tally to what's happened.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19He's been very lucky. I've not seen the bit of tree that landed on his head,
0:18:19 > 0:18:23but looking at the branches they've been cutting it could have been quite substantial weight.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25He has been lucky.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28It hurts, nausea.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30I know, I know.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Chris is still feeling sick.
0:18:32 > 0:18:38Dr Andy knows flying him is a risk, but not as big as that posed by a long road journey.
0:18:38 > 0:18:4010-15 minutes, over.
0:18:40 > 0:18:45After a blow to the head, the brain can swell with sometimes fatal results.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49The team aren't taking any chances with Chris.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51The oxygen's just in case he has got any
0:18:51 > 0:18:55serious head injury in terms of any bleeding or anything around the brain.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58We need to make sure the rest of the brain tissue
0:18:58 > 0:19:04stays well oxygenated, so that's why he's having a bit of extra oxygen at the moment.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07He's getting a little bit agitated, just to keep you updated.
0:19:07 > 0:19:14He's on his way to Leeds General Infirmary, which has one of the UK's most advanced neurological units.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17The team that saved Top Gear's Richard Hammond
0:19:17 > 0:19:20is waiting to examine Chris.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22He's a lot more settled now than he was.
0:19:26 > 0:19:33Coming up, hospital doctors prepare to find out if Chris has suffered brain damage once again.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37And we meet the building workers who fall victim to their dangerous job.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47Remember the pedestrian that was knocked down by a sports car that mounted the pavement?
0:19:47 > 0:19:52She's about to take off for hospital, but this isn't a routine flight.
0:19:53 > 0:19:59Helimed 98 pilot Craig Redman used the skills he learnt flying Apache gunships for the army
0:19:59 > 0:20:04to carry out the dramatic landing in the middle of a suburban housing estate in Sheffield.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11Now the team are fighting to save barmaid Rumina who was badly injured when she
0:20:11 > 0:20:16was hit by a sports car which left the road and collided with a house on her route home from work.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21Got multiple fractures. We're concerned her pelvis might be fractured
0:20:21 > 0:20:23so the priority now is to get her up
0:20:23 > 0:20:26to the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29But she's critically injured at this moment in time.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34The flight to hospital will take less than five minutes,
0:20:34 > 0:20:39but first Craig has to get Helimed 98 out of the quiet cul-de-sac.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42It's full of hazards, all of them lethal.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Above the lamp.
0:20:45 > 0:20:50The smallest mistake could end in disaster, but Lee and Peter are more worried about their patient.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55Her injuries are the worst they've seen in a pedestrian who survived.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Those legs were compromised, weren't they?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03That left one especially. Very lucky.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06It was all doubled back on itself.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09I think it cut its blood supply.
0:21:12 > 0:21:13For Craig the hard work is over.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18Sheffield's Northern General's tiny helipad is one of the smallest in the UK.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21It doesn't look that way today.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26- It'll feel like a football pitch compared to where we just landed! - I know.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30Rumina will undergo surgery almost immediately.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Doctors will use five pints of blood during her operation.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37There's a real danger she could lose both her legs, even her life.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Dr Stephen Rowe, who often flies in the helimed choppers,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46was one of the surgical team that operated on her.
0:21:46 > 0:21:51Her X-rays showed the extent of her terrible injuries.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55When we were in theatre with her after the accident,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58there were times when we weren't sure whether she'd survive or not.
0:21:58 > 0:22:05The pelvis on its own, a fracture like that can kill you, combined with the injury to the thigh bone.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07That's a very significant injury.
0:22:07 > 0:22:12We've got a CT scan of her head and you can see there's an area
0:22:12 > 0:22:14that's different from this side.
0:22:14 > 0:22:20This is an area of bleeding into the tissue of the brain caused by the blow on the head that she sustained.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25The combination of the pelvic injury, which was a life-threatening injury,
0:22:25 > 0:22:31the injury to the femur which is one you can lose a lot of blood from, and the significant head injury
0:22:31 > 0:22:33meant she was very lucky to survive her injuries.
0:22:33 > 0:22:39Thanks to the Helimed team and the skills of the Northern General surgeons, Rumina is making
0:22:39 > 0:22:44a good recovery, but she'll live with the legacy of her accident for the rest of her life.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Coming up - he still has the scars of his last head injury.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Can Chris recover from a second?
0:23:03 > 0:23:08Being a builder is one of the UK's top five most dangerous jobs.
0:23:08 > 0:23:16Safety on construction sites is a priority, but unfortunately accidents do happen.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20Building-sites come in all shapes and sizes, all of them dangerous.
0:23:20 > 0:23:26And on a construction site in the Dales one worker has had a serious fall.
0:23:26 > 0:23:33Today anaesthetist Steve Rowe is giving up his day off to fly on Helimed 99.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35His life-saving skills are badly needed.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39The team's patient has become trapped down a concrete shaft.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Hello, mate, just letting you know we've got a doctor out with us.
0:23:45 > 0:23:51Left hand side of the chest and also the right of the hip.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54The worker has fallen 3.5 metres.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58It's part of a drainage complex under a new bypass around the town of Settle.
0:23:58 > 0:24:04The biggest question for Dr Steve and the Helimed team is how are they going to get to him?
0:24:04 > 0:24:06There's an ambulance crew with him
0:24:06 > 0:24:09who've given him some Tramadol to ease his pain.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12When we come to move him his pain is likely to increase.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16There's a problem, the patient is desperate for
0:24:16 > 0:24:21a stronger pain relief, but the last thing needed are more paramedics and a doctor heading down the shaft.
0:24:21 > 0:24:27A broken ankle for a crew member could put the air ambulance out of action for its next emergency call.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31We can try to move him. I can get in and at least give him some morphine.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Dr Steve decides to give the morphine to
0:24:34 > 0:24:39one of the ground paramedics who has squeezed through the shaft to get to the patient.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42It's a rare decision, but as long as Steve keeps a close eye on how
0:24:42 > 0:24:47the closely controlled drug is being used, it's the safest option for all involved.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Pass it through the hole. Steve is happy fot it to be given under his direction.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56It makes it easier for us to control it and makes it
0:24:56 > 0:24:59a lot more acceptable for the patient to be hoisted out
0:24:59 > 0:25:02of that area when he's got adequate pain relief.
0:25:02 > 0:25:07Now the patient is as comfortable as you can be 3.5 metres down a concrete shaft,
0:25:07 > 0:25:10but the big question is will they be able to get him out?
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Once he's out, if we can get a spinal board set up
0:25:14 > 0:25:17and the scoop and we'll scoop him from that.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20If I can get the splint on the spinal board ready...
0:25:20 > 0:25:22It's a group effort.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25The patient is secured to a spinal board to prevent any
0:25:25 > 0:25:30further injury and the delicate operation to bring him back to the surface begins.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35This isn't just a risky environment for the site workers, it also poses
0:25:35 > 0:25:38real danger to the emergency services involved in the rescue.
0:25:38 > 0:25:43Obviously you've got to be careful because there are hazards around.
0:25:43 > 0:25:50The fire brigade and the site workers will give us advice on what's safe and what isn't safe to carry out.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53The worker is nearly back to the surface,
0:25:53 > 0:25:58but any break to the rope would send him crashing back down the shaft.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01It's strength and precision from the firefighters,
0:26:01 > 0:26:04but the rescue has been a success, a true team effort.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Well done, guys, fantastic work.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13It was quite a tight job to get him out, but the paramedics and
0:26:13 > 0:26:16the firemen worked quite well together and he eventually came out.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18It took a bit of time, but it's sorted.
0:26:18 > 0:26:24He's had a moderate strength painkiller from the ambulance service called Tramadol.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27We gave him some morphine which is a stronger painkiller.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31He's not had a lot of that for his size, but he was quite comfy.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35We've just given him a wee bit to take the edge off his pain.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37He said he's quite comfortable with that.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Even though Steve feels the patient's injuries
0:26:40 > 0:26:45aren't life-threatening, he still needs to be taken to the nearest hospital for a full check-up.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49The closest A&E is a dash across the Pennines, Lancaster General.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54He was later released after treatment for what turned out to be minor injuries.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Around a quarter of a million of us are injured at work each year
0:26:58 > 0:27:02and if you're a builder you're more likely to be hurt than most.
0:27:02 > 0:27:09From falling masonry to collapsing cranes, development sites are full of hazards and few are as lethal
0:27:09 > 0:27:14as earth-moving equipment as one unlucky construction worker found out.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Just got a message on the phone saying the patient run over
0:27:19 > 0:27:24by a Caterpillar, which is one of them bulldozer-type machines.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Bricklayer Andrew was working on a house near the market town of
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Pocklington in East Yorkshire when he was run over by an earth mover.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34His leg's been crushed.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Obviously time critical if
0:27:37 > 0:27:41there's artery damage or nerve damage or anything like that,
0:27:41 > 0:27:45so we'll be heading for one of the major hospitals and just try
0:27:45 > 0:27:48and keep him stable and get him there as quick as we can.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52Ever since Helimed 99 left its base at Leeds-Bradford airport it's
0:27:52 > 0:27:59been raining and the crew aren't sure they'll reach their patient, but they're prepared for anything.
0:27:59 > 0:28:06Helimed 99, I've been advised there's a landing area for you near to the windmill.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09The condition of the patient is that he's a crushed leg, over.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13Roger, thanks for that. We'll be about five minutes.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16The weather appears to have been good news for Andrew.
0:28:16 > 0:28:22The digger weighs several tons, but his leg has sunk into soft mud, protecting him from serious injury.
0:28:22 > 0:28:27I don't suppose it's possible to get the LGI red phone number.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31We've got a doctor on scene who wishes to speak to the consultant.
0:28:31 > 0:28:36Paramedics Lee and James believe Andrew's had a lucky escape, but crush injuries can be lethal.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40They know he needs to be properly checked out in hospital.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44It weighs approximately eight tonnes, so it's gone across his waist and his pelvis.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48We're not sure of the injuries he's sustained at the moment.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51We're just establishing which hospital to take him to.
0:28:51 > 0:28:57You've got a lot of vascular area within the pelvis that can rapidly loose blood into that area,
0:28:57 > 0:29:00so we've got to be so careful with him.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03He's in quite a bit of pain, I've given him some pain relief.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06We're going to get him onto the trolley, down to the aircraft and off to LGI.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10He's been quite lucky to survive with eight tons of digger going across his leg.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13It's quite similar to one we had last year out at Whitby.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17That time, that was the lower leg and this time, it's the upper leg,
0:29:17 > 0:29:19the pelvis and the femur
0:29:19 > 0:29:21that have been damaged. A lot of weight to have on you.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26Andrew was looking forward to the end of the working day and a short drive home.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31Now, he's taking off on a 40-mile flight to the trauma unit of Leeds General Infirmary.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35We're just keeping an eye on him,
0:29:35 > 0:29:41on his vital signs, his blood pressure as well, and his heart rate.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Just try and keep him stable until we get to LGI.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47We have specialist vascular surgeons there that if there's any problem
0:29:47 > 0:29:50or complication, they can get it sorted.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53The team are optimistic.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Andrew has cheated the odds by escaping without major injury.
0:29:56 > 0:30:02But only a scan at the LGI will confirm the diagnosis. Whatever the result,
0:30:02 > 0:30:06the building industry's accident record just got a little bit worse.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13In total, Andrew spent nearly two months at the LGI and now,
0:30:13 > 0:30:16ten months later, he's still being treated at his local hospital.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19I had seven hours in theatre.
0:30:19 > 0:30:25They discovered I'd got a broken ankle, two bones
0:30:25 > 0:30:28below my knee broken, a damaged knee,
0:30:28 > 0:30:33pelvis broken in four places and a damaged bladder.
0:30:33 > 0:30:38When I came round the following day, I had all this frame sticking it of me
0:30:38 > 0:30:43and I thought I'd never walk again, but I am doing.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46And Andrew is still not back at work as a brickie.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49I've got another operation to go
0:30:49 > 0:30:53and I've still got a lot of pain in my left leg,
0:30:53 > 0:30:56especially on the knee and the ankle,
0:30:56 > 0:30:59which restricts me bending down,
0:30:59 > 0:31:02which is difficult to do in my job as a bricklayer.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06So hopefully, I don't know how long it'll take,
0:31:06 > 0:31:08but it'll take as long as it takes, I suppose,
0:31:08 > 0:31:10and I'll just have to see if I can do the job after that.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15Builders work in all sorts of places, but whatever the job,
0:31:15 > 0:31:20hard hats, proper boots and high vis are a must.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24But it doesn't matter what you're wearing if you're high up and gravity gets hold of you.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27And you don't have to be halfway up a tower block.
0:31:27 > 0:31:34Out in the country, men and women are at work every day, converting barns and repairing farm buildings,
0:31:34 > 0:31:37and up on the roof, you're more than high enough to hurt yourself.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40We're just off to somebody who has apparently fallen off a roof.
0:31:40 > 0:31:45We're just to the west of Malton. We haven't got any further details at this time.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47We'll find out when we get there.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51Building worker Dean Benson has fallen through the roof of a cow shed.
0:31:51 > 0:31:57Ground paramedics have called in the helicopter, fearing a spinal injury.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Hi, guys. Hello.
0:32:00 > 0:32:01- All right?- Hiya.
0:32:01 > 0:32:07Dean has fallen nearly 20 ft, but he's only complaining of a sore shoulder.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10I think he just took a step sideways
0:32:10 > 0:32:13and has gone through a clear plastic sheet.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16If we just cut straight down here.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- Sorry about your jumper, Dean. - It's all right.
0:32:19 > 0:32:26Paramedics Kate and Tony know falls like this often lead to serious back or neck injuries.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29- Were you knocked out at all, Dean? - I think so.- OK.
0:32:29 > 0:32:34- He does wear a rucksack and that sort of thing.- That's great.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39Dean must wear this neck brace until the team know what's wrong.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42- What's happened, Dean? - HE MUTTERS
0:32:42 > 0:32:45I'm just going to have a listen to your chest, OK?
0:32:45 > 0:32:49Kate is a zoologist who changed careers.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Now, she's an expert on human anatomy
0:32:52 > 0:32:55and each question is designed to diagnose undetected injuries.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59You say your chest felt a bit tight?
0:32:59 > 0:33:03- Just my left shoulder.- That's great.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Dean is shocked by his plunge.
0:33:06 > 0:33:11What we need to do is just see if we can pop a needle in the back of your hand to give you something
0:33:11 > 0:33:17for the pain, and then we're going to lie you flat onto a board and take you up to the hospital, OK?
0:33:17 > 0:33:20At least he had a softer landing than he might have expected.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23The concrete floor of the cowshed is covered in straw.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28His breathing seems OK, he's got a decent pulse
0:33:28 > 0:33:31so we're not too worried at this stage.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Can you move your wrist at all, Dean?
0:33:34 > 0:33:36A little bit of swelling there.
0:33:36 > 0:33:42But it turns out Dean's injuries are much more serious than they appear.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45He's flown to York Hospital, where doctors discover he has
0:33:45 > 0:33:48a fractured skull, a broken collarbone and wrist,
0:33:48 > 0:33:53six broken ribs and a collapsed lung, his spleen is ruptured,
0:33:53 > 0:33:57he suffers a loss of hearing and has temporary paralysis.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Builders need a head for heights, especially when they're trying
0:34:02 > 0:34:06to prevent Yorkshire's historic houses from crumbling.
0:34:06 > 0:34:11300 years ago, they liked to build big around here, and at an old manor house near York,
0:34:11 > 0:34:15one modern workman has found out that the hard way.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19It's a builder who has fallen between 10 and 29 ft off scaffolding.
0:34:19 > 0:34:24And it's a possible chest injury. He's still laid on his side.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Helimed 98 is just 10 minutes from the casualty.
0:34:31 > 0:34:38Stephen has been a builder for 28 years and has never had a fall until now.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40All of a sudden, I heard this crash
0:34:40 > 0:34:44and I looked down and I saw him laid on the floor.
0:34:46 > 0:34:51- 98, go ahead.- 'The RRV is on scene
0:34:51 > 0:34:54- 'and queried fractured ribs and a chest injury.'- Yeah. Roger.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59All received. ETA is just a couple of minutes, and we'll give you a shout once we've landed.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03- How are we looking there, buddy? - OK. RRV is on the scene, so it must be down here somewhere, mate.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07It's down there.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Down there, isn't it?
0:35:11 > 0:35:13- Hiya.- Hiya, you all right?
0:35:14 > 0:35:19This is Steve. He fell from up there, probably about 10 foot or so.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23- Right.- Pain in his left arm, pain in his rib area.
0:35:23 > 0:35:2544-year-old Steven was working on the roof
0:35:25 > 0:35:27and was coming down the scaffolding
0:35:27 > 0:35:29when he slipped on the ladder and fell.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31He's been very lucky to survive.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34He and his colleagues were working 40 feet up.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Flying doctor Steve Rowe knows few people fall that far
0:35:37 > 0:35:38and escape serious injury.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42Just going to have a listen to your breathing, OK, Steve?
0:35:42 > 0:35:45My name's Steve as well, I'm one of the doctors with the air ambulance.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49Well done. Nice steady breath.
0:35:49 > 0:35:50Steven's in intense pain.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54He's broke at least two ribs, but the team fear
0:35:54 > 0:35:56he may have other injuries.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00The owner of the house dialled 999.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02I didn't hear him, cos I was at the back of the house,
0:36:02 > 0:36:07but it's just when they came running downstairs and said, "He's just fallen off the ladder."
0:36:07 > 0:36:12And the thing is, they've gone up and down and up and down for days, you know?
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Nothing.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Steven's a father of four.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19He's been in the building trade since he left school.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22Now, he's found out about site safety the hard way.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24He's taken a significant fall
0:36:24 > 0:36:26from the scaffolding, he's got some pain
0:36:26 > 0:36:28on his left-hand side, it's worse when he breathes in,
0:36:28 > 0:36:31so it does make you suspect that there could be some injuries
0:36:31 > 0:36:33to that left chest and lung.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36It's unclear at the moment exactly what's going on, but his observations are quite stable,
0:36:36 > 0:36:39so we'll have a good look at him once we've got him on his back.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Ready, steady, move.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43That's it. You just relax, Steve.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45That's it, mate.
0:36:48 > 0:36:53We just need you on your back to move you, OK?
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Is that pain even worse now, on your back?
0:36:55 > 0:36:56Yeah.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Where is most of your pain, Steve?
0:37:02 > 0:37:05- Left-hand side of my chest. - Left side of your chest.
0:37:07 > 0:37:1120 miles away, specialists are waiting to scan his upper body.
0:37:11 > 0:37:17Only then will they be able to rule out internal injuries or, even worse, damage to his spine.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21OK then, Steve.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23A bit bumpy until we get you onto the aircraft, but we'll
0:37:23 > 0:37:25get you as comfortable as we can once we're there.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27On "lift," then, please.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Two, three, and lift.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33Now, Stephen's on his way to Leeds General Infirmary.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37He's probably got some fractured ribs there, but there's nothing we need to do to intervene at the moment.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39His oxygen saturations were very good.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41We are keeping a close eye on him,
0:37:41 > 0:37:44because these sort of injuries can evolve.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46We haven't ruled out that he hasn't got a pneumothorax
0:37:46 > 0:37:49or any chest injury, but there's nothing at the moment we need to do anything about.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Clear the hedge.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Clear my side.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56Steven's workmates have turned out to see him off.
0:37:56 > 0:38:01He won't be driving the van home tonight - he has an appointment at the LGI.
0:38:01 > 0:38:07- Hiya, folks. You OK? Hiya. - The Helimed team meet patients
0:38:07 > 0:38:11who have luck on their side every day, but this case is extraordinary.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Steven's about to undergo a full examination.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18No past medical history, no allergies, usually fit and well.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22We've handed him over to the A&E staff here, they're going to check him over from top to toe,
0:38:22 > 0:38:26see if they can find any injuries which we've missed out in the wild
0:38:26 > 0:38:29and take some X-rays to see what's going on in his chest.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31He's still very sore on that left side of his chest,
0:38:31 > 0:38:33it will be interesting to see what the X-rays reveal.
0:38:33 > 0:38:38And after an overnight stay, Steven was fit enough to walk out
0:38:38 > 0:38:42after little more treatment than painkillers.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45They said to the wife that he's probably the luckiest man in here,
0:38:45 > 0:38:49falling that distance and not having anything but two broken ribs. It's quite lucky.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Even if there had been a bit of tube sticking out of the scaffolding,
0:38:52 > 0:38:55if I'd hit that on my way down, I don't know what would have happened.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59He'll be off work for a while as his two broken ribs recover,
0:38:59 > 0:39:04but he will soon be back on the roof with renewed respect for ladders.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08I'm pleased to say that all those building workers are recovering well,
0:39:08 > 0:39:13but the outcome is less certain for Chris, a man who went down to the woods to cut logs
0:39:13 > 0:39:15and ended up with a serious head injury.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Chris Bosomworth was using a chainsaw
0:39:18 > 0:39:24to fell wood when a heavy branch fell down on his head, fracturing his skull for the second time.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Now, he's on final approach to the rooftop landing pad
0:39:27 > 0:39:32of the Leeds General Infirmary, where a team of specialists are standing by to examine him.
0:39:38 > 0:39:43The dent in Chris's head is a legacy of a climbing accident more than 20 years ago.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47Now, his skull is fractured again.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51Head injury patients are often put into an artificially induced coma.
0:39:51 > 0:39:56It allows the brain to rest and heal itself.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00He has a fairly good history, the patient's definitely been unconscious for five minutes.
0:40:00 > 0:40:06When we've looked at his head, there is a depressed skull fracture in the past, he had one 20 years ago.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09It may be some time before Chris fully regains consciousness,
0:40:09 > 0:40:13and the outlook for a complete recovery isn't good.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Hello, sir.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18My name is Peter, I'm one of the doctors here at the Infirmary. How are you?
0:40:23 > 0:40:26But three weeks later, after a transfer
0:40:26 > 0:40:31to his local hospital, Chris is up and making good progress.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34Walking is still an effort, but considering he's one of only a handful of people
0:40:34 > 0:40:39who have survived two fractures to the skull, he's in pretty good shape.
0:40:39 > 0:40:46I started out with very little movement down my right-hand side.
0:40:48 > 0:40:53Totally unable to walk... or stand or balance.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Since that,
0:40:55 > 0:41:04physios have worked on me, I'm now able to walk with a stick
0:41:04 > 0:41:10and assistance, but I can walk with a walking frame unaided.
0:41:10 > 0:41:15Chris has few memories of his accident, but his friends keep reminding him.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18And was simply cutting wood,
0:41:18 > 0:41:22with the farmer's permission, to fuel the stoves.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25A log...
0:41:25 > 0:41:29came down somehow and hit me on the head,
0:41:29 > 0:41:32knocked me out,
0:41:32 > 0:41:39fractured my skull. That's all I can really tell you about it.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44The only thing
0:41:44 > 0:41:48I do particularly remember is the helicopter. It was only...
0:41:48 > 0:41:50a glimpse, if you like,
0:41:50 > 0:41:55but the air ambulance quite possibly saved my life.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Back home in Lancashire, Chris is still a fan of
0:41:59 > 0:42:03his wood-burning stove, despite the trouble it's caused him,
0:42:03 > 0:42:06although his partner, Liz, is not so sure.
0:42:06 > 0:42:11The fire's wonderful, however, we do have to go and buy wood now.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14She's forbidden me...
0:42:14 > 0:42:16from collecting.
0:42:16 > 0:42:21Chris broke one of the first rules of lumberjacking - he wasn't wearing a helmet.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24I had already ordered a helmet.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28The day after the accident, the helmet arrived.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31This is the helmet.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35So had it arrived one day earlier,
0:42:35 > 0:42:38we wouldn't be making this film.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41When Helicopter Heroes comes back...
0:42:41 > 0:42:43A climber plunges from a rock face
0:42:43 > 0:42:46and paramedic Al has to jump for it.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- OK, you slide the door open. - OK, opening the door now.
0:42:49 > 0:42:54A lollipop lady whose car crash presented her rescuers with a big problem.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57One, two, three, go. No, we're not going anywhere, are we?
0:42:57 > 0:43:01Up in the Dales, a trampoline lands its owner in hospital.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04- He's been in pain for a little while. - And the team treats
0:43:04 > 0:43:07the satellite guy who fell to Earth.
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