0:00:03 > 0:00:08If you're seriously ill or critically injured, every second counts,
0:00:08 > 0:00:11especially if you're up high or off the beaten track.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13But thanks to these guys,
0:00:13 > 0:00:15the people of the UK's biggest county
0:00:15 > 0:00:19are never more than ten minutes away from a hospital.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23The Yorkshire air ambulance can do 150 miles an hour,
0:00:23 > 0:00:26and every day brings a new life-or-death emergency.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Five million people depend on these yellow helicopters
0:00:50 > 0:00:53to bring life-saving care from the skies.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56When a pile-up closes Britain's highest motorway,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59or there's a serious accident on the shop floor,
0:00:59 > 0:01:05the highly trained paramedics and pilots of the Helimed team are there to rescue the casualties.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Today on Helicopter Heroes:
0:01:07 > 0:01:09a climber plunges from a rock face
0:01:09 > 0:01:11and paramedic Al has to jump for it.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Slide the door open. I'm opening the door now.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20A lollipop lady whose car crash presented her rescuers with a big problem.
0:01:20 > 0:01:21One, two, three, go!
0:01:21 > 0:01:23We're not going anywhere.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Up in the dales, a trampoline lands its owner in hospital.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29He's been in pain for a little while.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33And the team treats the satellite guy who fell to earth.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Lift your leg up. That's sore when you do that?
0:01:45 > 0:01:48For some people, there's no fun without risk.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52Rock-climbers love the challenge of knowing that one slip
0:01:52 > 0:01:54could mean a matter of life or death.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56But imagine being unlucky enough
0:01:56 > 0:01:59to be seriously injured on your first climb.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03The rocky landscape of the Derbyshire Peak District
0:02:03 > 0:02:07helps make it the UK's most popular national park.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11But for some visitors, these rocks have a fatal attraction.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15'A 21-year-old male who's fallen 40 foot. 4-0 foot. Over.'
0:02:18 > 0:02:24Roger. 40-foot fall, 21-year-old. 237816. Over.
0:02:25 > 0:02:26This is climbing country
0:02:26 > 0:02:29and the risk is part of the thrill.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32But today, medical student Joe Cracolici needs help.
0:02:34 > 0:02:355-0-8-3-0.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39He's badly hurt after a 40-foot fall.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44We're off to Stanage Edge, which is a very popular climbing crag.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49Luckily, Helimed 98 has a mountain rescue expert on board today.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Paramedic Al Day is a keen volunteer with his local team
0:02:53 > 0:02:55and he knows this area.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58If he fell from the top, he could be quite seriously injured.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03We're going to help out. The mountain rescue team is on its way.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05We'll be there shortly and see what's happening.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Just finding a patient up here can be tricky.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Stanage Edge is 20 miles long
0:03:10 > 0:03:15but thanks to pilot Tim's keen eyesight, they're soon on the case.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18There's someone with his arms up there.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22A bloke in blue. I don't know if that's our man.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23Yep.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26This is a tough call for Tim.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29He knows Joe desperately needs medical help.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32But landing on the steep slopes of Stanage is too dangerous.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Al is going to have to jump for it.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Just slide the door open.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Opening door now.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Hover de-planing is risky, but it's the only way to reach Joe quickly.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Happy with that?
0:03:47 > 0:03:50OK. Bag's going now.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Disconnected.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Can you just check that distance on my side?
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Helimed 98's rotor blades are so close to the rocks,
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Tim has to reverse out after dropping off his passenger.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08100 feet below, Al's using all his fitness to reach his patient.
0:04:08 > 0:04:13Cheers. Gives me a chance to get my breath back.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Joe was abseiling with mates on his first climbing expedition
0:04:18 > 0:04:21when he slipped and plunged down Stanage Edge.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Any fall over ten feet can kill.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28To survive a plunge four times that is remarkable.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31But climbers have a fatalistic attitude to accidents.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34I screwed up, he fell. Pretty simple.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39It's his first day out climbing, and probably his last.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43He can climb indoors, but I don't think he'll climb outdoors again.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49OK, Joe. I'm Al, the paramedic from the helicopter, OK?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52I want to get my breath back enough to listen to your chest.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54I'll have a quick look at you.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Don't move at all. Stay exactly as you are for now, all right?
0:04:58 > 0:05:04Helimed 98 has no option but to land a quarter of a mile away at the top of the Edge.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Even here, the ground is boggy and far from ideal for helicopters.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13- We sank as we landed. So I think we're in a bog.- Yeah.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15I know we're in a bog!
0:05:15 > 0:05:19I'll listen to your chest, Joe. What's your last name?
0:05:19 > 0:05:20Cracolici.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Cracolici?
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Joe is in agony, but what worries Joe most is his shoulder.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28He knows it's broken.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Are you receiving, Al?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Receiving, over.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Paramedic Pete is going to have to find a way down the cliff face.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Roger. I'll look out for you.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Pete's found a safe route
0:05:45 > 0:05:48and he arrives at the same time as the mountain rescue team.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52This chap's fallen from the top, abseiling.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54I think his anchor came out as he went over the edge.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58And he's got, as far as we know, a right shoulder injury.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Chest sounds OK. Otherwise, he seems OK at the moment.
0:06:02 > 0:06:08But obviously with the nature of the injuries, we'll treat him as a spinal injury.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11He's a medical student, so he knows what's going on.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14A little medical knowledge can be a worrying thing.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Joe knows he's in a bad way.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19But Steve Rowe, a mountain rescue doctor,
0:06:19 > 0:06:24who often flies with the Helimed team, will deliver the best care possible on a rock face.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31He's just going through the process of checking he's OK.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35The guy's fallen while abseiling the face here.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39He looks like he's had quite a lot of impacts on his way down.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41He's not moved from where he is,
0:06:41 > 0:06:45which is normally a sign that someone has a serious injury.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50People tend to try and get out, particularly if they're wedged in a rock as he is.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Joe's breathing is becoming laboured.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56His chest has clearly been badly injured.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Although age is on his side,
0:06:58 > 0:07:00if he doesn't get specialist care soon,
0:07:00 > 0:07:02he could quickly deteriorate.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05How much pain are you in, if you had to score it out of ten?
0:07:05 > 0:07:08It's down to three or four, now.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- OK.- It was at nine.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Three or four, the pain, yeah?
0:07:13 > 0:07:18OK. I can give you something for the pain if you like. You've got a vent going in now.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- Do you want something for it? - Yeah.- OK.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23The team know he needs to be in hospital.
0:07:23 > 0:07:28But to get him there, he has to go back up the rock face he fell down.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30And that's not going to be easy.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Coming up: the difficult climb begins.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44Some of the local climbers feel it's time to do a bit of a payback.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47I hope I don't fall down, Tom, cos I'm heavy.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50I'll end up landing on you!
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Paramedic Daz becomes a trampolinist to save a young accident victim.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00And the patient who drove home before dialling 999.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05- Down your back, the middle of your back. It's spasmising?- Yeah.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Our roads are a dangerous place.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17That's why our lollipop wardens are dedicated to making them safer.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21But one day in West Yorkshire, one of them had an accident herself.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28That were a nice one, wasn't it? Have a nice evening, sweetheart.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30On the walk home from school in Castleford,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33everyone knows lollipop lady Jacky Robbins.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- How are you?- Not at all bad, darling.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39She's the larger-than-life guardian of the school crossing,
0:08:39 > 0:08:44always looking out to protect her young pupils from the danger on the roads.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Right, my loves.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50But today it's Jacky who's been involved in an accident.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53She was giving a friend and her son a lift home from the shops
0:08:53 > 0:08:56when her hatchback was involved in a shunt with a lorry.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Now Jacky's trapped behind the wheel.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04The information on this one is that there's two cars and people trapped.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07It's in Castleford, which isn't a million miles from here,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10so we should be on it in about five minutes.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Fire-fighters are struggling to free Jacky.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Her tiny hatchback was in collision with this lorry.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Jacky's friend and her son escaped with minor injuries.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24But Jacky's stuck fast.
0:09:24 > 0:09:2852, yeah. The pain is more when she breathes in.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30She's having pain in her arm.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32- She's holding it.- OK.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37The paramedics have briefly assessed her.
0:09:37 > 0:09:43She's got apparently pain in her chest and abdomen. And also pain in her left knee.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46If we get two cuts on this vehicle, we can have the roof off.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Fantastic. Cheers.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53And there's another problem. Despite the impact, the airbag did not go off.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56This is a dangerous situation.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Fire-fighters have been killed by airbags inflating during rescue work.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03They've put a shield over the wheel, but it's still a risk.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06The car was just coming down here.
0:10:06 > 0:10:11The guy in this big warehouse wagon just stopped,
0:10:11 > 0:10:17not suddenly, and the car in front was just in slow motion and went into the back of it, unfortunately.
0:10:17 > 0:10:23An off-duty nurse gave assistance. Hope it looks worse than what it is.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Jacky's complaining of pain in her legs.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30She doesn't seem to be badly hurt, but the twisted bodywork of her car
0:10:30 > 0:10:32means they can't examine her properly.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Take a really deep breath for me.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- Any problems there?- It still hurts. - Where does it hurt?- On my stomach.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Right. OK. On the side, does it hurt there?
0:10:41 > 0:10:46- No, just tender there.- Just tender there. OK. All right, love.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51For the fire service, this is a difficult operation.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Smaller cars mean less space around their occupants.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58They have to do more cutting than they would with a bigger vehicle.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- No medical problems? - No. I can't walk so far.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Can't walk so far. That's normal for you?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08There's not much left of Jacky's runabout.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11But at last they can try and move her.
0:11:11 > 0:11:16If we perhaps get rid of that first, then we can get the board underneath.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- Slide it back and then... - Lower her onto the board.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Yes, if we can get enough people to ease her up.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- Head rest out first? - That's easiest to come out first.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27She says she feels a bit stupid.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Ready? One, two, three, go.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32No, not going anywhere, are we?
0:11:32 > 0:11:36It's no good. Jacky's legs are still trapped.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39If they are to free her, they'll have to do more cutting.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44- So, perhaps a different plan of action. OK, Jacky?- OK.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- We're going to bend the steering wheel a bit further away.- OK.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50So it's easier to get you out.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Jacky's car has been reduced to little more than a heap of spare parts.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Colin's trying to reassure her,
0:11:58 > 0:12:01but she's been trapped for more than half an hour.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05It's proving to be more difficult to extricate this patient than what we first thought.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Just had to take another door off.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10This time, they're determined to free her.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13One, two, three, go.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18But she's still trapped.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Jacky's no nearer the hospital treatment she urgently needs.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25And that airbag still poses a risk.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33Coming up: Jacky's rescuers begin another attempt to free her.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Just wondering about this post here.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38The race to get an injured climber to hospital begins.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41He's in pain. He needs a quick evacuation.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46And it's a long way down - and this man's just fallen every foot of it.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- Any pain in the back of your neck? - Don't know.- No?
0:13:03 > 0:13:07If you're a parent, you'll know that Christmas starts in January,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10as far as the kids' present list is concerned!
0:13:10 > 0:13:16Many mums and dads know that something very large and round appearing in the back garden
0:13:16 > 0:13:18will keep those little darlings happy.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22But a trampoline can also have its dangers.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Got a call for a youngster that's been jumping on a trampoline
0:13:27 > 0:13:31and he's fallen off it and got an injury to his side.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35He's now complaining that he can't move his arm.
0:13:35 > 0:13:41His right arm he could move at one time, now he says he can't move it and it's like fireworks in his arm.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43That's why we decided to go and see.
0:13:43 > 0:13:4620 minutes' away are a patient, two paramedics
0:13:46 > 0:13:48and a worried mum.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51We are bound to the Leyburn area.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Overhead flying at 2,000.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58'Helimed 98, good afternoon. Continue direct towards Leyburn.'
0:13:58 > 0:14:03Darren Axe is a dad himself, and has a low opinion of trampolines.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07I've been out to a number of details where they've been off the damn things.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11But invariably it occurs sooner or later.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16They're not the safest pieces of garden equipment I've come across!
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Wensleydale is one of the most remote valleys in the Helimed team's patch.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24It's here the speed of the chopper can and does save lives.
0:14:26 > 0:14:32Let's move off down to the right here. Bear right, one o'clock.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36The accident has happened in the village of Redmire, deep in the dales.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40Thanks to a handy sheep pasture at the bottom of the family garden,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43help is touching down feet from their patient.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45There is the offending article!
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- Quite a few domestics.- Yeah.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53He's still on the trampoline.
0:14:56 > 0:14:5898 on scene.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Hello!
0:14:59 > 0:15:04By the standard of the hurdles the team often face, this one's easily overcome!
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Not bad for a short-legged person!
0:15:10 > 0:15:14Young Tom was playing with his sister when the accident happened.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16He's still lying where he fell.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21It's a precaution in case the pins and needles he feels are symptoms of a spinal injury.
0:15:23 > 0:15:24Tom.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28- Wiggle your toes! - Just wiggle your toes for me.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30You're wiggling your toes. That's fantastic.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Wiggle your toes on the other side.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Go on, top man! Excellent.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Are your feet ticklish? Yeah, they are! Wonderful!
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Everybody is ticklish to a degree.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44If they tickle his feet and they try to curl up, that's fine.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45He can feel what we're doing to him.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49I think he's somewhat shocked
0:15:49 > 0:15:52and he's been in pain for a while.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56I think that's adding to his lot in life,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59as he is on his trampoline.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Tom's mum was busy indoors when her daughter ran in.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09I was in the sitting room and she came in to tell me he'd fallen on the trampoline.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Many major hospitals treat more than 20 young patients a month
0:16:13 > 0:16:16hurt in trampoline accidents like this.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20Tom's four-year-old sister likes to play with him on the trampoline.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23She knew what to do when playtime went wrong.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Tom sent me to go in to tell Mum.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31And he...
0:16:32 > 0:16:35And that ambulance come.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Tom, you know when you were saying you could wiggle your toes?
0:16:38 > 0:16:42Do you think you can pull your feet together for me?
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Can you move them close together?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Can you take them close together?
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Yeah?
0:16:48 > 0:16:52You help me, then. You're a strong lad, a bit stronger than me.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Can you do that? Yes.
0:16:55 > 0:17:00Darren is optimistic Tom has escaped a serious back injury.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04But he and the team now face a large problem.
0:17:04 > 0:17:05Hope I don't fall down, Tom,
0:17:05 > 0:17:09cos I'm heavy and I'll wind up landing on you!
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Tom, like Darren, is a big lad.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17His back must be kept straight until he can be x-rayed.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21But how do you lift someone off a trampoline? Darren has to improvise.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23One, two, three.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Well done, Tom.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Keep it going, medi-boy!
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Yes. Again?
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Keep going. That's it. OK, guys.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34On three. One, two, three.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Super-duper.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40One in ten victims of a trampoline accident needs surgery.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44But Darren reckons the chances of a spinal injury today are low.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47So Tom won't be going by air.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Instead, he'll be travelling to hospital in Northallerton by road.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55They'll pop him up to Friarage just to get him checked over.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57His parents can go with him
0:17:57 > 0:18:02and I'm sure once he's been checked over he'll be fine.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Darren was right. Tom's injuries were minor.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14But his trampoline hasn't been getting so much use since the accident.
0:18:14 > 0:18:19I don't want to go back on it because I think it might happen again.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Allaina is just glad to have her brother back
0:18:22 > 0:18:24safe and sound.
0:18:24 > 0:18:30He was lying flat on the trampoline and they got a board under him.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35And he... And he was...
0:18:35 > 0:18:39And then they taked him to hospital.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43The people of the dales know how important the Helimed team is.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Tom's mum, who breeds horses,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49has hit on a very home-spun way of showing their appreciation.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54I breed Dartmoor ponies and they're a rare breed.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58I have a website. I've put on there two yearling colts that are for sale
0:18:58 > 0:19:03and when they're sold, I'm going to donate that money to the air ambulance.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06You'll never pay back for what they do, but it helps, doesn't it?
0:19:10 > 0:19:15Coming up: Fire-fighters have their work cut out to free a trapped motorist.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- Do you want more painkiller? - No, it's OK.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20And a builder falls 30 feet into a flower bed.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22He fell on something fairly soft.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Now, let's return to the Peak District
0:19:30 > 0:19:34where rescue teams are struggling to rescue a badly-injured climber.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Right shoulder injury.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- Right shoulder. - Definite right shoulder injury.
0:19:39 > 0:19:4521-year-old medical student Joe Cracolici is an experienced indoor climber.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49But his first expedition on the slippery rock faces of Stanage Edge
0:19:49 > 0:19:53has ended in an accident that could easily have killed him.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57Have you been asked to keep everybody back from the edge?
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Joe's come down from the top of Stanage
0:20:00 > 0:20:01whilst abseiling.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04He has a lot of pain on his right-hand side.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06I can't tell if it's a shoulder or chest injury.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10The guys are packing him on the stretcher, up to the helicopter.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Steve fears he may have serious internal injuries.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18Joe, what we're going to do now is move you out of your hidey-hole
0:20:18 > 0:20:21and put a spinal board under you at the same time.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23I'll support your head and neck
0:20:23 > 0:20:27the others will man-handle you as gently as they can.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31He's now about to be carried by a small army of volunteers
0:20:31 > 0:20:33up the rock face to Helimed 98.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37It's going to be a difficult journey for patient and rescuers alike.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42Probably the best way, I don't know what you think, is if we just lift him,
0:20:42 > 0:20:45come out slightly and put the board in underneath.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49One wrong move could see Joe tumbling down the steep slope.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Is everybody ready?
0:20:51 > 0:20:54- Ready.- Ready, steady, move.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Aghh!
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Sorry, mate. Well done.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59How are we doing there?
0:21:01 > 0:21:04The movement part of it is going to be the worst for you.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Once we get the package on, mountain rescue know what they're doing.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10We'll get you up as smoothly as we can.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12So we're ready to move Joe and the board now.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16- So we're going to move this... - The stretcher is secure.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19OK. Everybody ready to lift?
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Ready, steady, lift.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27- That's it. Well done. Is he on? - He's on.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Because we can't actually carry him over all these rocks,
0:21:31 > 0:21:33we'll pass him from one person to another.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35We'll form a line of people
0:21:35 > 0:21:38and pass him down to the path.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Then we'll be able to carry the stretcher up to the helicopter.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Passing the stretcher hand over hand is the safest way.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50After doing your bit, you leap-frog the group and get ready to receive the stretcher again.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55It's tried and tested, but not without risk.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Flying paramedic Al Day has been in charge of Joe's treatment.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04He's a mountain rescue volunteer
0:22:04 > 0:22:08whose love affair with climbing started right here as a teenager.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11I came here when I was a young lad, climbing with the Scouts.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16Somebody fell off just round the corner. It was my first experience of mountain rescue.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19A Sea King came over and winched this lady out.
0:22:19 > 0:22:24The Edale Mountain Rescue team is one of the busiest in Britain.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Stanage Edge is known amongst climbers throughout the world.
0:22:28 > 0:22:35Some of the local climbers feel it's time to do a bit of a payback!
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Many who come to climb it find it's more dangerous than it looks.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44I think they might have done this once or twice before!
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Joe's nearing the end of his journey.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53He's less than ten minutes from specialist care at Sheffield's Northern General hospital.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Doctors have already been alerted.
0:22:57 > 0:23:02Joe, you're getting the quick ride. I'm going in the car.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03I'll meet you there.
0:23:03 > 0:23:08Al will continue to care for his patient up to the doors of A&E.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11He knows the pain from Joe's broken shoulder
0:23:11 > 0:23:13could be masking more serious injuries.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17OK, mate? How's that pain now?
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Getting a little bit worse again.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Getting worse. OK, we won't be long.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Only an x-ray or scan will reveal the truth.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Joe, they'll start the engines in a minute, OK?
0:23:30 > 0:23:33You won't be able to hear anything. It'll be really noisy.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37It's only a five-minute flight to hospital, OK?
0:23:37 > 0:23:39It's time for take-off.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41But there's a problem.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Helimed 98's skids have settled into the boggy ground at the top of the Edge.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Pilot Tim knows this could prevent him taking off.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Coming up: Will their patient's first climb be his last?
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Hospital doctors prepare to treat him.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05And a workman is badly hurt after a building site accident.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Imagine being trapped in the wreckage of your car.
0:24:15 > 0:24:16A frightening thought.
0:24:16 > 0:24:21But for one motorist in Yorkshire, it's a nightmare that's come true.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Lollipop lady Jacky Robbins was driving home from the shops
0:24:26 > 0:24:29when her hatchback was involved in a shunt with a lorry.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33For nearly an hour, fire-fighters have struggled to free her
0:24:33 > 0:24:37as paramedic Colin Jones monitors her condition.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42- How's the pain? Do you want more painkiller?- No, it's OK.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44What score is it now?
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- About six.- About six. Still quite a lot, isn't it?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49I'll give you some more.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Jacky's in pain from her legs.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55But the twisted dash of her car means the Helimed team can't see them.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58I was wondering about this post here.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03It's time for the fire brigade to begin their third attempt to extricate Jacky.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11And this time, it works.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17They're trying to keep her back straight in case she suffered a spinal injury.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20It means a lot of manpower is needed.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24But inch by inch, Jacky is slid out of the wreckage.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29The team have decided she'll have to go to hospital by road.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34The journey's just down the motorway anyway, so it'll be smooth.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Patients come in all shapes and sizes,
0:25:38 > 0:25:41and ambulances are designed to accommodate all of them.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Some, like this one, come with electric winches
0:25:44 > 0:25:48to haul stretchers aboard automatically.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50I've given her some morphine for the pain.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54So I'll have to go with her to hand her over to the hospital doctors.
0:25:54 > 0:26:01Jacky will soon be in hospital, where a thorough check will identify any further injuries.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03At least she's in better shape than her car.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06It's only fit for the scrap yard.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11In the end, it turns out Jacky's injuries are minor. But it's several weeks
0:26:11 > 0:26:14before she could return to duty on the school crossing.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- Thank you for crossing. - You're welcome.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20You're welcome. Have a nice evening.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23'Somebody were definitely looking after me.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26'I've got some good angels and good spirits looking after me.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28'Otherwise I wouldn't be here.'
0:26:28 > 0:26:32I was worried because it was nearly time for school
0:26:32 > 0:26:35and I was frightened about the children coming from school.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Because there's nobody to take over. We've no spare lollipop people
0:26:39 > 0:26:43to take over if you're off, so that frightened me as well.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47Jacky's memories of her hour-long ordeal were hazy.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50But she remembers one thing clearly.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52I just couldn't move. I was in that much pain.
0:26:52 > 0:26:58I know somebody came and brought me a blanket and asked if I was OK.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01They wanted to get me out of the car, but I couldn't.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03I was in that much pain, I couldn't move.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05One, two, three, go.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Everyone was really good to me.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12Fantastic. What I was worried about was them hurting their back because I weigh so much!
0:27:12 > 0:27:16I was frightened of them lifting me out and hurting themselves.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20Sadly, Jacky's had to acquire a new set of wheels.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25All I could think of, "Oh, no, my lovely little car!" I loved that car.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Thanks to the fire-fighters and the Helimed team,
0:27:29 > 0:27:34Castleford's most popular lollipop lady won't be giving up her job any time soon,
0:27:34 > 0:27:38despite her personal experience of the dangers of our roads.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48Coming up: In the Peak District, there's a tricky take-off
0:27:48 > 0:27:50as Helimed 98 sinks into a bog.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- Squelch!- Yeah!
0:27:56 > 0:27:59If you don't like heights, you can rule yourself out of a lot of jobs
0:27:59 > 0:28:01from steeplejack to coastguard.
0:28:01 > 0:28:07And every day, someone proves that it's common sense to treat gravity with respect.
0:28:08 > 0:28:13Thousands of workers are dedicated to keeping a roof over our heads.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15From tilers to high-rise roofing contractors,
0:28:15 > 0:28:19and sadly, too many of them end up becoming patients
0:28:19 > 0:28:21for the Helimed team.
0:28:22 > 0:28:27Helimed 98. I'm bound north-east near Easingwold.
0:28:27 > 0:28:34Today, Helimed 98 has been scrambled to a building site near the market town of Easingwold in Yorkshire.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38A builder working on a chimney has slipped and fallen 30 feet.
0:28:38 > 0:28:39He's in a bad way.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Stewart is a self-employed builder.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46This accident is his first in 17 years in the trade.
0:28:46 > 0:28:47But it's a bad one.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49OK, what's happened?
0:28:49 > 0:28:52- It's that way. He fell off a ladder. - OK.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56Stewart landed in soil put down only yesterday.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59He missed a newly-laid brick wall by inches.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03- Got any pain?- In my back. - In your back. OK, mate.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- No problem. Any pain in the back of your neck?- I don't know.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10- You don't know.- I can't feel anything.- You can't feel anything.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13All his extremities seem OK.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15He's in a lot of pain,
0:29:15 > 0:29:19so we'll get a line in and give him some morphine to ease it.
0:29:20 > 0:29:25One of Stewart's workmates dialled 999. It's been a shock for the whole gang.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28With it being wet, the ladder's gone sideways on the gutter
0:29:28 > 0:29:31and he's gone off.
0:29:31 > 0:29:36He hasn't gone... He sort of slipped, tried to get off the ladder as it moved.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39He's lucky he didn't hit the brick wall below.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43He landed straight on his back, straight on the soil. So a soft landing,
0:29:43 > 0:29:45but you don't know what to do.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49The ladder's coming over and he's coming down.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52You don't know whether to get under him and support him. I tried to.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56Let me know if you're feeling sick at all or anything like that.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58He's lucky to be alive,
0:29:58 > 0:30:00but he's hurt his back badly.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04Paramedics Paul and Colin fear he may have injured his spine.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06I'll give him some morphine to ease the pain.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11We'll treat him for spinal injury so we'll put a collar on and put him on a board.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14We're getting him secure and we'll get him comfortable.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16One, two, three, slide.
0:30:16 > 0:30:17Aghh!
0:30:17 > 0:30:22Every year, accidents like this leave several roofers in wheelchairs.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27The team are determined Stewart isn't going to be one of them.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Helimed 98.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34(INDISTINCT)
0:30:34 > 0:30:38We'll be reaching back towards Harrogate.
0:30:42 > 0:30:47He's on his way to hospital in Harrogate, strapped to a spinal board to protect his back.
0:30:47 > 0:30:52The pain is in the side of his back, which is a good sign, really.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Obviously we're treating him as if it is a spinal injury.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Hopefully he should be absolutely fine with just bruising.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02But it's too early to tell, so we'll see what the x-rays say.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Stewart's spine will be x-rayed by orthopaedic consultants
0:31:06 > 0:31:09who've already been put on stand-by.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13Tests will reveal that he's broken one of his vertebrae.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16It's not too serious considering the fall that he survived.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19But he'll be off work for several weeks.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25You don't need to be climbing a tower block to have a fall.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Even a bungalow is far enough off the ground.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Helimed 98. We're leaving Harrogate.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33We're en route to an accident near Whitby.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37Today the team are on the way to the victim of a fall from a bungalow roof.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40What makes this case unusual
0:31:40 > 0:31:45is the patient managed to get home before the pain overwhelmed him.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48- This guy's gone to his home address? - I think so, yes.
0:31:48 > 0:31:53- Where will our landing be?- He said it would be obvious where to land.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57To the right of the helicopter as you look at it. That field?
0:31:57 > 0:32:02Oh, yeah, to the left. There's someone out in the field looking to...
0:32:02 > 0:32:05There's a big tree to the right of the ambulance.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11The noise from the helicopter has spooked some horses.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14But they're fenced in and don't pose a danger.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19The patient is inside the house.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24He had the accident at work a mile away and his dad drove him home.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27How you doing? All right?
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Christopher Braithwaite is a self-employed builder.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35Chris has fallen off a bungalow roof.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40He's dropped about eight foot and then dropped another five foot onto a concrete base.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41He landed on his back.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45I've had a good feel of his neck. There's no neck pains as such.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49- But we thought we'd better err on the side of caution.- OK.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53Chris hasn't been given any pain relief because of his medical history.
0:32:54 > 0:32:59- Where's your pain, in the side of your chest or in your back? - Down my back.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01- Down your back. In the middle of your back?- Yeah.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03- It's spasming, is it?- Yeah.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06What are you scoring your pain now? Is it still ten?
0:33:06 > 0:33:09That was then, yeah.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12Let's give you this and get your pain settled.
0:33:12 > 0:33:19We're not giving you the full dose of this. If you need more later, just let us know.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23Hopefully this will get on top of your pain.
0:33:24 > 0:33:30They need to lay Chris on the spinal board, but it's a tricky manoeuvre in a narrow hallway.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Chris, put your faith in me.
0:33:32 > 0:33:37Relax. It's a strange sensation, but don't lunge forward.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43Paramedics are used to patients who are reluctant to dial 999,
0:33:43 > 0:33:45especially in rural areas.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49You may feel yourself sliding, but you're not going anywhere.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55I'm all right. I'm all right now.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Chris's dad was with him when he fell.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Yeah, he got up and walked a bit.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01But every time he walked, "Ow! Ow!"
0:34:01 > 0:34:04It took me quarter of an hour to get him in the van.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07He's come quite a way, but you get that adrenaline rush
0:34:07 > 0:34:10and it's fight and flight - you want to be getting home.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12A cup of tea and it'll be all right.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15But it's not! As you can see.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19I had to fully immobilise and it's up to James Cook, we'll get him up there.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23And it's no wonder Chris is in so much pain.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27When he gets to hospital, he'll discover he's broken eight vertebrae
0:34:27 > 0:34:30and he'll have to take at least two months off work.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37Climbing ladders is all in a day's work for millions of people.
0:34:37 > 0:34:42But one wrong move can leave your workmates dialling 999.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46When you're based in Britain's highest commercial airport,
0:34:46 > 0:34:49it isn't that unusual to get fogged in.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52- In that area there?- Yes, that's it.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56When that happens, the flying paramedics end up going out on the road.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00We're going to reports of a man who was putting up a satellite dish
0:35:00 > 0:35:02and has fallen off the ladder.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05It's not too far away from the air support unit
0:35:05 > 0:35:08but it's still too foggy for us to fly.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12So that's why we're in Dr Jez's car.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18The destination is the village of Pool-in-Wharfedale,
0:35:18 > 0:35:19just three miles down the road.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23- SAT NAV:- 'You have arrived at your destination.'
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Now, then, matey.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28How are you doing? You've been better?
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- Have you got any pain anywhere? - In my elbow and back.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35Pain in this elbow and your back. OK.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38I can see your feet. Can you wiggle them? Yes.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Whereabouts in your back is the pain?
0:35:41 > 0:35:43More towards the right.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47So it's not central, it's towards the right-hand side?
0:35:47 > 0:35:51Did you land on your side, or flat on your back?
0:35:51 > 0:35:53- It's half and half.- Half and half.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57The man had finished fitting the dish before he fell off the ladder.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Your chest feels OK.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02Can I press there? Is that sore at all?
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Uh...
0:36:06 > 0:36:08- No, it's not sore.- That's not sore.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Wiggle your leg for me.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Good. Lift your leg up in the air.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15That's sore when you do that?
0:36:15 > 0:36:17- In your back, is it?- In my back.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21- Is it the middle of your back or to the side?- I can't really tell. - You can't tell.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25Keep breathing it. It's a mix of oxygen.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28He's fine. He's got no life-threatening injuries.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30He's fallen onto his right side.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32He has pain in his elbow
0:36:32 > 0:36:36and pain in his lower back and the right side of his lower back.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Nothing else obvious at the moment.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44So given his injuries, he's fallen from a reasonable height.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48He could have some spinal injuries but he's moving his legs
0:36:48 > 0:36:51so it's not anything too worrying.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Roofing falls can and do ruin working lives.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00In the seaside town of Bridlington,
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Helimed 99 is flying to the rescue of a builder
0:37:03 > 0:37:07who has plunged 25 feet from the top of a two-storey house.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11A young man has fallen 25 foot.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14He's hit some scaffolding on the way down.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17He's got two injuries on the back of his head.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19He's not foggy. No movement in there.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23His has lost consciousness. His eyes are equal reacting.
0:37:23 > 0:37:2739-year-old Steve Martin is a self-employed roofer
0:37:27 > 0:37:29and has been for 25 years.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32This is the first big accident he's had.
0:37:32 > 0:37:37I got a phone call off his work friend, his work partner.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41He said he'd fallen through the scaffold or something.
0:37:41 > 0:37:46Steve had just stepped onto the scaffolding to mark out the roof
0:37:46 > 0:37:48when it collapsed underneath him.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53Because Steve has suspected head and spinal injuries,
0:37:53 > 0:37:56it's safer and quicker to fly him to hospital,
0:37:56 > 0:37:58rather than taking him by road.
0:37:58 > 0:38:04The plan is to go to Hull, which is the best hospital for his injuries.
0:38:06 > 0:38:11When Steve gets to hospital, scans will reveal that despite falling so far,
0:38:11 > 0:38:13he hasn't suffered serious head injuries.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18But the accident still changes Steve's life.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22It's one year to the day after his fall,
0:38:22 > 0:38:26and although he's able to get around, his roofing days are behind him.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31I've broken four vertebrae in my back.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Full side of my right-side ribcage.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38They said there was a pocket of fluid on my hip.
0:38:38 > 0:38:43I got diagnosed mild onset arthritis not long before the accident.
0:38:43 > 0:38:50The specialist after the accident, he said it's kind of pushed the joint closer in.
0:38:50 > 0:38:55So you're grinding. All he's told me is, "We can't do anything for you
0:38:55 > 0:38:58"apart from put you a new hip in."
0:38:58 > 0:39:03Steve can remember everything about the accident.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07As soon as I felt myself falling, I thought, "That's it.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11"I'm not coming back now." You know. It was pretty scary.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Halfway through the fall, I landed on a scaffolding pole.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18Otherwise I'd have been straight down onto the concrete.
0:39:18 > 0:39:24And I probably wouldn't be sat here now if that had happened.
0:39:27 > 0:39:32Once Steve has had his hip replacement, he hopes to retrain as a bus driver.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36Not surprisingly, working at heights has lost its appeal.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42I'm pleased to say all our patients are now on the road to recovery.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45But up in the Peak District, the battle to save an injured climber
0:39:45 > 0:39:47is far from over.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51Helimed 98's skids have sunk into boggy ground
0:39:51 > 0:39:54at the top of Stanage Edge,
0:39:54 > 0:39:56a popular climbing spot in Derbyshire.
0:39:56 > 0:40:01Pilot Tim Taylor can afford to use some of the power from his two jet engines
0:40:01 > 0:40:06but too much and he could damage the chopper, marooning him and his patient.
0:40:06 > 0:40:12Luckily, the bog gives up its grip and Helimed 98 is airborne.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17On board is a 21-year-old climber
0:40:17 > 0:40:21who survived a 40-foot fall but has suspected internal injuries.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26- Crew just turning out now for us. - Good stuff.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32After a five-minute flight to Sheffield's Northern General,
0:40:32 > 0:40:34medical student Joe Cracolici
0:40:34 > 0:40:37is about to get some unwanted practical experience
0:40:37 > 0:40:41of diagnosing potentially life-threatening injuries.
0:40:42 > 0:40:47For the next 48 hours, Joe is kept in the high-dependency unit
0:40:47 > 0:40:50undergoing treatment for his injuries.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Four days later,
0:40:52 > 0:40:55and Joe is still having fluid drained from his chest.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57I had a haemopneumothorax,
0:40:57 > 0:41:03which means that both blood and air was escaping into the space around my lung
0:41:03 > 0:41:04and collapsing my lung.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08I could actually feel that in the helicopter getting tighter.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Which was very scary!
0:41:10 > 0:41:15Joe also shattered his shoulder blade and broke nine ribs.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19It was the first time he'd abseiled outdoors.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21I stepped backwards off the edge.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23My right foot slipped.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29And that's the last thing I remember. My right foot slipping.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Apparently the anchor failed at that point.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34And I fell to the bottom.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Because I'm a medical student,
0:41:36 > 0:41:41obviously I was aware a lot more of what was going on
0:41:41 > 0:41:43and why they were doing certain things.
0:41:43 > 0:41:49So I was immediately aware after I fell that I had to keep my neck very still
0:41:49 > 0:41:52and not move that at all until I'd been put on the spine board.
0:41:52 > 0:41:58And it was the kind of trade off between trying to get comfortable
0:41:58 > 0:42:01and trying to keep my neck incredibly still.
0:42:01 > 0:42:06But despite having survived a fall that could easily have killed him,
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Joe is determined to keep climbing.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11I think I'll take it slowly.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15I think I'll start climbing indoors a little bit first.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18I'll work my way up to going back to Stanage.
0:42:18 > 0:42:23I'm undecided as to whether I'll try that abseil again.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Part of me thinks that I kind of ought to.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29Just so it's not something that's defeated me.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33And part of me thinks that would be a kind of silly idea!
0:42:33 > 0:42:35When Helicopter Heroes comes back:
0:42:35 > 0:42:38there are seven patients and only two helicopters
0:42:38 > 0:42:40as a people carrier crashes.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Three are priority one at the moment.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45One is trapped under the vehicle.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47The team are called to a climbing accident
0:42:47 > 0:42:50and a medical student knows she's badly hurt.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53He went, "No, it's not broken." I went, "Yes, broken!"
0:42:53 > 0:42:57A visit to Gran's ends in pain for an adventurous five-year-old.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Tell your mates at school!
0:42:59 > 0:43:04And if laughter's the best medicine, this patient is treating herself!
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- Do you take any drugs for anything? - No.- No medicines at all.- No.
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