0:00:03 > 0:00:07If you're critically ill or seriously injured, seconds count
0:00:07 > 0:00:11and in Britain's biggest county you can be a long way from help.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- Where's the patient? - She's stuck under the car.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18The Yorkshire Air Ambulance flies at 150mph and thanks to its speed
0:00:18 > 0:00:21hundreds of patients are alive today, saved by a
0:00:21 > 0:00:24highly-skilled team of doctors and paramedics.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28- Stand clear, everybody. - Keep going, mate.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31It covers some of the UK's most rugged landscapes,
0:00:31 > 0:00:34turning roadsides into operating theatres.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37We're going to pop him off to sleep with an emergency anaesthetic, OK?
0:00:37 > 0:00:39And town centres into helipads.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42- All good on the left. - Just behind you, Tim.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45And everyday the Helimed Team skill, speed and courage
0:00:45 > 0:00:47is saving lives.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Today on Helicopter Heroes...
0:00:58 > 0:01:03A trucker is trapped and the race is on to save his arm.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06I've got vascular and orthopaedics on standby.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10I'm just going to get some ketamine to just facilitate getting him out.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13There's an unusual accident on the rock face.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16She's got like a portion of a hole in her head that's big enough
0:01:16 > 0:01:17to put your finger in.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21The young cyclist who came off at 25 miles an hour.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24He's actually gone over 360 degrees at least twice.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28And it's party time for paramedic Sammy.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31This young lady, it's her 10th anniversary today.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Landing on a helipad looks easy but it's not.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Leeds General Infirmary is surrounded by cranes and
0:01:47 > 0:01:50high buildings, all serious hazards for pilots, and for that reason,
0:01:50 > 0:01:54only the most serious cases come here.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00It's rush hour in the Pennine town of Elland and a truck
0:02:00 > 0:02:04laden with waste paper has overturned. The driver is trapped
0:02:04 > 0:02:06inside his cab.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Literally just saw the lorry, the front of it, it just sort of skidded
0:02:09 > 0:02:13and then went into the barrier and then the whole vehicle just tippled.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17An ambulance was just three vehicles behind the impact.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Its driver is now in the lorry cab,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23treating the trucker's badly injured arm. It's almost severed.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30- BEEP: 99, Go ahead. - 99, further update.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Apparently the driver is still trapped in the vehicle.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Says there's a lot of blood about but they're trying to page
0:02:37 > 0:02:39for a basics doctor.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42I'm not sure if there's one en route at the moment. Over.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46- I take it this will be LGI then, will it?- Yeah.- It sounds like that.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50The main roads around Halifax are carved into the landscape.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55A ribbon of tarmac cut into the rock is pilot Steve Waudby's only option
0:02:55 > 0:02:59as a landing site - and it's tight.
0:02:59 > 0:03:05- Right, I'm just going to put us a little bit closer to the left.- OK.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07And then the ambulance can get past us.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09All right. I'll get her to stay where she is.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Trauma doctor Andy Lockey lives nearby.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15He's already taken control of the driver's care.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- Don't worry, I'm an A&E consultant. I'm here.- All right, fine.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- Sorry, we don't carry it on at the moment.- No, this guy has got
0:03:21 > 0:03:24a limb-threatening injury at the moment. My gut instinct is to get him scooped
0:03:24 > 0:03:30- and run to Huddersfield.- OK.- I've got vascular and orthopaedics on standby.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33I'm just going to get some ketamine to facilitate getting him out.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38Ketamine is the most powerful tranquiliser that can be given
0:03:38 > 0:03:42at the roadside - injured driver Keith Mort, now surrounded by
0:03:42 > 0:03:44medics, desperately needs it.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- He's basically, he's avulse virtually from there.- Right.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51And they've just got a tourniquet around there at the moment
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- that's stopping it from bleeding out.- OK.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56The ambulance driver who stopped Keith bleeding to death in the
0:03:56 > 0:04:00minutes following the crash has finally been relieved.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03I managed to get into the cab. There was one of the fire officers
0:04:03 > 0:04:05in there as well.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Decided to put a tourniquet on him as he was bleeding out a lot,
0:04:08 > 0:04:12and decided also to get some oxygen onto him straight away.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15And we just took it from there really.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- I'd really like some pain relief in here.- Yeah, it's coming.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Ketamine's two minutes away.
0:04:20 > 0:04:26A specialist ambulance crew trained in urban emergencies is with Keith.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32But getting him out of the cab is going to be difficult.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35We've got...thankfully within our ambulance service the heart team
0:04:35 > 0:04:38that are specialists in extricating. So, although it's unusual for us
0:04:38 > 0:04:41not to be in, we are literally just on the perimeter
0:04:41 > 0:04:42ready to receive the patient.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47The Helimed team is waiting to take over once Keith is freed,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50its job will be to get him to surgery as fast as possible.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Our colleagues are taking full control and care of this patient
0:04:55 > 0:04:59and as soon as he comes out they'll hand over to us and we'll take him
0:04:59 > 0:05:01to Leeds General Infirmary.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05The Ketamine works fast. At last the driver can be moved.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Guys, can we have a scissor and just pass it through please.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15We need another tourniquet. Michelle?
0:05:21 > 0:05:25The extent of Keith's arm injury can now be seen but there's a problem.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Keith, stay down, darling.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Keith has become very agitated
0:05:31 > 0:05:34and is having to be calmed down by paramedics.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36All right, Keith, love?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38It's a side effect of the ketamine.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45In this state, they decide it's unsafe for him to go by helicopter.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- Let's get him into Huddersfield. - Huddersfield? OK.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51So, let's get him there and let's get him stabilised there.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54From what I understand, the patient's going to be taken by road
0:05:54 > 0:05:57to Huddersfield, stabilised and then potentially we're going to be flying
0:05:57 > 0:06:00the patient to LGI, which has got surgery and the trauma team
0:06:00 > 0:06:02on full standby.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06We're just arranging to bring him out from Huddersfield Royal
0:06:06 > 0:06:08down to you, so I shouldn't think they'd be too long. Over.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Within minutes of arriving at Huddersfield, Keith is brought back
0:06:13 > 0:06:19to the waiting helicopter, sedated and with his anaesthetist in tow.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22We're going to convey him to the LGI Hospital which has a
0:06:22 > 0:06:26serious trauma ward there, so they'll be able to look after him better.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34As Helimed 99 flies East, doctors in Huddersfield are
0:06:34 > 0:06:37briefing specialists in Leeds about their patient's condition.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42The LGI team knows it's preparing for one of the most
0:06:42 > 0:06:45difficult operations a surgeon can face.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Hopefully the vascular surgeon who's here will take him pretty sharpish
0:06:48 > 0:06:51to theatre. He needs emergency surgery to have a look at
0:06:51 > 0:06:55what damage he's done to his arm and hopefully repair the damage.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Blood vessels, muscles and crucially nerves in Keith's arm
0:07:01 > 0:07:04have been devastated by the impact.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10In the LGI operating theatre, they must decide if his arm can be saved.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17A week later, Keith's results are clear.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22When they opened it up he said, "That's quite quilty."
0:07:23 > 0:07:29Skin and muscle from everywhere on my body. I just hope it all gels in.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35At the moment I look like Popeye on one side and Olive Oyl on the other.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Hi, Keith. I'm the nurse. I'm just going to do your blood pressure
0:07:40 > 0:07:42if that's OK.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Keith knows he's lucky to have kept his arm and he faces months
0:07:47 > 0:07:51if not years of physiotherapy to regain its use.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54But it could have been a lot worse.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56I was lucky there was a paramedic
0:07:56 > 0:08:00about three vehicles behind me, I believe.
0:08:00 > 0:08:06He got in the cab with me and he smashed the windscreen to get at me.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Last thing I heard he was on his radio,
0:08:10 > 0:08:12"I need and air ambulance now."
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Obviously I thought I'm not going to make it and I blacked out then.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16That's it.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30On average an air ambulance is scrambled every ten minutes
0:08:30 > 0:08:34somewhere in the UK. Highly-trained dispatchers decide which cases
0:08:34 > 0:08:38need a helicopter. It may be a cardiac arrest or just a
0:08:38 > 0:08:42broken ankle in a remote place but no casualty is routine.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Almscliffe Crag looks like it belongs high on a Pennine Peak.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53But this mini mountain is almost in the suburbs of Leeds.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Generations of climbers have learned the ropes on its rock faces.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02But today it's the scene of a serious accident.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07It's all right, guys. I can see you there. Just down this way.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09You all right, guys?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- What's occurred?- This young lady was coming down this hill
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- and she's fallen.- And what's her name?- Ann.- Ann. Hiya, Ann.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20- Ann Megan Maude.- So you know what's happened? You know where you are now?
0:09:20 > 0:09:24Ground paramedics have been treating pensioner Ann Maude.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28My daughters actually come with Daryl who's a climbing instructor
0:09:28 > 0:09:31and they've just been coming here for the morning climbing
0:09:31 > 0:09:34on Almscliffe Crag and Grandma had come along to watch.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37She decided to walk back down to the car and she just
0:09:37 > 0:09:42totally lost her balance and she just fell over and smacked her head.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43Loss of consciousness.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46OK, left shoulder and she's got a boggy area to the left.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Yeah, well it's about the diameter of a finger.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53The bogginess they're describing
0:09:53 > 0:09:56is a classic symptom of a skull fracture.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58It's a very serious injury.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00- All right?- Yes, love. Thank you.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- We're going to put a little oxygen mask on.- All right, love. Thank you.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Climbers know Almscliffe's rocks are unforgiving.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Injuries here are common but not on a family day out.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15We're going to put you on this board, all right?
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Oh, look at that, hey. We nearly got you flat, haven't we?
0:10:20 > 0:10:21That's fantastic.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26It's been a traumatic experience for three generations
0:10:26 > 0:10:31of Ann's family. Her daughter, who's a nurse, realised how serious
0:10:31 > 0:10:34her mother's fall had been almost immediately.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37I could see that her pupils weren't reacting properly and I just
0:10:37 > 0:10:41thought, "Oh, God, don't leave me." She really frightened me.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43She really, really frightened me. When it's your family
0:10:43 > 0:10:47your mind goes blank. Your emotions take over, but then a bit of
0:10:47 > 0:10:50adrenaline kicked in and you kind of think, "Right, OK, what do I need to
0:10:50 > 0:10:52"do to try and keep her safe."
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Let's put this big rucksack under her toes
0:10:54 > 0:10:55and it will level her up a little bit.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- So we're just lifting her feet up. - Yeah, and then we'll slide her up
0:10:58 > 0:11:00and put her straight on.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Paramedic Sammy wants to protect Ann from further injury.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Her head wound and the rocks underfoot suggest the fall
0:11:07 > 0:11:11could also have given her a back injury. So the team will carefully
0:11:11 > 0:11:14strap Ann into a spinal stretcher.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17It does feel a bit restricting, Ann, but because we've got to
0:11:17 > 0:11:20lift you, darling. All right. We don't want you slipping off.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24How's your headache? And how's your shoulder?
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Your shoulder's quite comfortable now you're on the board.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31She's doing really well to say they think she's got like a portion of a
0:11:31 > 0:11:34hole in her head that's big enough to put your finger in - not that
0:11:34 > 0:11:38we do that - and we're going to take her to Leeds General Infirmary.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40I'm going to reposition the aircraft and then we can
0:11:40 > 0:11:43get you down. We're going to put it down at the bottom cos it's
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- easier to lift you down, all right. - Thank you.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Mark's starting up. I'm going to come down. I'm going to marshal him
0:11:50 > 0:11:54into a rather small spot - not tight - just small, but mountain rescue
0:11:54 > 0:11:58are already really busy. They can send us two members of staff in about
0:11:58 > 0:12:02an hour and a half, so we're going to use the members of public to help us.
0:12:02 > 0:12:03It will be quicker.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Pilot Mark Griffiths is about to attempt a tricky landing
0:12:09 > 0:12:13on the slopes of one of Yorkshire's best-known landmarks,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15with a little help from Sammy.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27Mark's highly experienced. He's been a personal pilot to celebrities
0:12:27 > 0:12:30like footballer Michael Owen. But no landing's been more
0:12:30 > 0:12:34important than this one. Ann's life could depend on it.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Thanks to Mark's skill, Helimed 99 is down.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43OK then, so who have we got to help?
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Gentlemen, are you all right to help us?
0:12:46 > 0:12:49It takes a lot to put Yorkshire's climbers
0:12:49 > 0:12:53off the next hand hold but with mountain rescue too far away,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56volunteers are needed to help carry Ann to the chopper.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Ready, steady, lift. Up we go.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03- Watch that bag.- Yeah, got it.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08- We're going down now, a step down. - Yeah, got it.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Bring her toes towards the stretcher and the head come
0:13:10 > 0:13:12all the way around towards the wall.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17In a few minutes their patient will be airborne for the
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Leeds General Infirmary - little more than five minutes away.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24Just the same as before, I want to put a little probe on your finger.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Fabulous, thank you for volunteering.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31She's currently GCS 15. She has been knocked out for about two minutes
0:13:31 > 0:13:33according to witnesses.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37While the rest of the family follow by road, the team will be carefully
0:13:37 > 0:13:42monitoring Ann's condition during the flight into the heart of Leeds.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48The soft spot in Ann's skull is worrying but it won't be known
0:13:48 > 0:13:53how serious her injury is until she's undergone X-rays and scans.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Luckily, doctors find that Ann's skull isn't fractured
0:13:59 > 0:14:02but nurses have to glue her scalp back together using
0:14:02 > 0:14:07special medical adhesive. She's kept in overnight but allowed to go home
0:14:07 > 0:14:09the following morning to continue her recovery.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13And a month later, Ann is back on her feet and keen to
0:14:13 > 0:14:18watch her granddaughter climbing at her local leisure centre.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22We had a lovely day sat there watching, but I wasn't happy about
0:14:22 > 0:14:24walking on the stones
0:14:24 > 0:14:27and I'd only gone a few steps and down I went.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32It was quite frightening for me cos I really did truly believe that
0:14:32 > 0:14:35I was going to lose her. I really did.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Up, up slightly. Not that one.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Ben said to me husband when it happened,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43"I think she a goner, Granddad."
0:14:43 > 0:14:47But he's denied it, but my husband told me that he'd said that.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Ann's daughter Caroline is well aware that things could have been
0:14:50 > 0:14:54- more serious.- If that had been a raised stone today, I don't know...
0:14:54 > 0:14:58Who knows what would've happened. She's just a very lucky lady to come
0:14:58 > 0:14:59out with a glued head.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03You like to watch what your grandchildren do, don't you?
0:15:03 > 0:15:05But she's told me I'm not to go watch her when she's
0:15:05 > 0:15:07climbing outside. I've been banned.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Air Ambulance pilots spend a lot of time thinking about weight.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25Every person or item carried limits the amount of fuel he or she
0:15:25 > 0:15:28can put in the tank, and that reduces the distance
0:15:28 > 0:15:29the chopper can fly.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33And that means when a patient is critically ill, the person in the
0:15:33 > 0:15:37cockpit is under as much pressure as the paramedics.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42SPEAKS ON RADIO: ...departing north east.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47Andy Lister used to fly for the Navy, landing on the pitching decks
0:15:47 > 0:15:52of ships at sea. Today he has a full tank containing a thousand pounds of
0:15:52 > 0:15:57fuel and a full team of paramedics. He knows that if the landing site is
0:15:57 > 0:16:01small that could add up to a very big problem.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03- RADIO:- For your information the FRB has just arrived on scene
0:16:03 > 0:16:05with this patient.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08The team's heading for the hills above Middlesbrough.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13We're going to an 11-year-old boy who's come off a bike and must have
0:16:13 > 0:16:16fallen with a head injury and we believe has got some fractured ribs.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22- Is anyone actually with him? - Yeah, the RRV has gone to him.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Well, that's what they're saying. The RV, but whether or not the RV's
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- actually got to the scene and walked. - I think they maybe walked from the
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- car to the scene.- This is where the grid is though. Right underneath
0:16:31 > 0:16:34us now. Oh, there they are! They're right underneath the wires.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38There's a small, flat area on the hillside.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41It's big enough for the chopper but landing here means
0:16:41 > 0:16:43avoiding trees and wires.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- Over the wires now, and I'm going to come down...- Even that field there
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- has got a hell of a slope on it. - I know.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55Another mathematical problem is now facing Andy. The chopper can only
0:16:55 > 0:17:00land on slopes of less than 12 degrees. Any more and it could
0:17:00 > 0:17:03tip over. This slope looks steep.
0:17:04 > 0:17:09- OK, about five degrees.- Is that all that is?- Five degrees, nose up.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13He's found the only patch of almost level ground on the hillside.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18A fire-fighter will lead them through the woods to the patient.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21I assume he fell off coming down.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23But the steep climb's taking it's toll on paramedic John.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Only an idiot would come up here.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30Eventually they make it through the woods
0:17:30 > 0:17:32and to 14-year-old Liam Guest.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Hello. Hiya.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40- Hello there.- Hello. Are you from the air ambulance?- I am.- All right.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Hiya, Mum.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50Judging by the state of Liam's bike, he could have a very serious injury.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53I was speaking to witnesses here and it's been estimated that he's come
0:17:53 > 0:17:58down and he's hit this gulley in the centre of the path here and has
0:17:58 > 0:18:03actually gone over 360 degrees at least twice. Obviously landing in one
0:18:03 > 0:18:04of the gullies that you see here.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09- Liam, how bad is the pain?- It's got a bit better since you gave me the
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- pain relief.- So since you've had the pain relief, OK.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16It was proper stinging on top of my head and the left side of my back.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18OK, where's the pain the worst, mate?
0:18:18 > 0:18:22The police and the fire service have looked after Liam so far
0:18:22 > 0:18:26but getting him off this hillside will require the specialist skills
0:18:26 > 0:18:29only a mountain rescue team can provide.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- We'll help you carry him down if you want us to do that.- No, no.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35It's quite a long way so we'll do what they... They're the experts
0:18:35 > 0:18:37at these things, so...
0:18:37 > 0:18:40This area is very popular with local children.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Liam's accident has brought home the dangers of cycling down a slope
0:18:44 > 0:18:46as steep as this.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51I was just walking down and I've seen a young lad come up here and
0:18:51 > 0:18:54he's been flapping and all that
0:18:54 > 0:18:57and they've said his mate's smashed his head in.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00But if you just bolt down there, you come 50 mile an hour and you're
0:19:00 > 0:19:03going to come off, aren't you? And hurt yourself, so...
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- Right, grab his arm there. All right.- I hope it's not a needle.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08No, it's not a needle, mate.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Liam wasn't wearing a helmet.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14He had a nasty gash at the back of his head. Keep dressings on there,
0:19:14 > 0:19:18keep pressure on there. Keep him calm and keep him warm ultimately.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21I had to take off my stab vest to help keep him warm.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Right, Liam, if you're having any problems when you're being
0:19:24 > 0:19:28moved down shout out, all right. If it starts to hurt or you feel real
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- funny, tell us straight away. - There'll be someone walking next to
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- your head all the time. - How's the pain now?
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- Sound.- Sound(!)
0:19:37 > 0:19:39THEY LAUGH
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Sound will do for me.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49The head wound is worrying as is the fact he claims to have blacked out
0:19:49 > 0:19:53after his fall. Getting him down the hillside involves teamwork.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57The biggest mountain rescue team I've ever seen this.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04It's a nice example actually of all the services working in harmony
0:20:04 > 0:20:07with each other. And absolute co-operation which has been working
0:20:07 > 0:20:09very well indeed.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13Liam's about to take off for the James Cook trauma centre just up
0:20:13 > 0:20:14the road in Middlesbrough.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22For pilot Andy, this is a milk run. Over the next few hours
0:20:22 > 0:20:26his patient is X-rayed and scanned and doctors discover he's escaped
0:20:26 > 0:20:30his spectacular crash with just cuts and bruises.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38And a few days later he's back home - with a confession.
0:20:38 > 0:20:43The bike he was riding had no brakes.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47I swapped my bike with my mate cos I was better on his bike and he was
0:20:47 > 0:20:52better on my bike, but his bike didn't have no brakes, so I was
0:20:52 > 0:20:56flying down this bank, my bars just loosened up, went forwards
0:20:56 > 0:21:00and I just went over the handle bars, done about six somersaults,
0:21:00 > 0:21:01cracked me head open.
0:21:02 > 0:21:07Liam no longer owns a bike, so it's unlikely this downhill racer will
0:21:07 > 0:21:11repeat his lucky escape.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26The summer of 2012 will go down in history as one of the most
0:21:26 > 0:21:30action packed for years. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee, the Olympics
0:21:30 > 0:21:34and the Paralympics all had millions of us enjoying the drama,
0:21:34 > 0:21:36and it kept the Helimed team busy too.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42If Yorkshire was an Olympic nation, it would have finished 12th
0:21:42 > 0:21:46in the medal table - ahead of Spain, New Zealand, Brazil
0:21:46 > 0:21:48and even Usain Bolt's Jamaica.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52It's Jessica Ennis!
0:21:52 > 0:21:54CROWD CHEER
0:21:58 > 0:22:01So it's not surprising sporting cities like Sheffield put
0:22:01 > 0:22:05the flags out for local heroes like Jess Ennis.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09I'm literally lost for words to see this gold plaque...
0:22:09 > 0:22:12It's success like hers that has inspiring future Olympians
0:22:12 > 0:22:16across the country. But the path to sporting excellence can be
0:22:16 > 0:22:20a rocky one, especially in sports like show jumping when you must rely
0:22:20 > 0:22:22on an animal to deliver medals.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26- Got the response car.- Yeah.- I'll go for that. See where the orange
0:22:26 > 0:22:29thing is top right corner, as we look back at it,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32we'll land in that field, mate. I'm assuming that's where they are.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42- Hi, Claire.- She's had a horse basically stood on her foot
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- and she's fallen backwards.- Right. - The horse definitely hasn't fallen
0:22:45 > 0:22:48upon her but she fell awkwardly and now she's complaining of pain in
0:22:48 > 0:22:51her back. She's had five milligrams of morphine off me so far.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52That was about five minutes ago.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56The horse basically stood on her foot and barged into her.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01She just fell over, hit her back on the floor and banged her head.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03So she's got back pain and obviously a sore head.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- So is this horse normally well-behaved then?- No.- Is it not?
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Just heard her scream and a young boy came round and said,
0:23:13 > 0:23:17"Claire's on the floor." And we ran round, the horse had stood on her
0:23:17 > 0:23:21which... and shifted over. She's on the floor. We made her stay where
0:23:21 > 0:23:23she were cos she was trying to get up, but fingers crossed
0:23:23 > 0:23:25she'll be all right.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Clare Stansill is certainly not a novice. The show jumping event
0:23:28 > 0:23:32she was heading to today was the same one she won last year
0:23:32 > 0:23:36and the year before. But this time it seems Caddy will be staying
0:23:36 > 0:23:39in her stable, while Claire is prepared for a flight to hospital.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43What we're going to do... I'm going to stay ready, steady and then move.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46So we'll go on the "move" bit and let's try keep her as straight as
0:23:46 > 0:23:50we can and just relax and it's a nice, steady movement, OK?
0:23:50 > 0:23:54It's a show day so anything can happen with them.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57They usually get excited when it's show day anyway, so...
0:23:57 > 0:24:01She was going to be competing but not anymore, obviously.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03She's going for a nice fly instead.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07It's precautionary going through with that. Because we've not got any
0:24:07 > 0:24:11weakness, pins and needles anywhere, I'm quite happy it's just that
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- central pain.- It stood on her foot and it's pushed her back and she's
0:24:14 > 0:24:17fallen back awkwardly. She's got a lot of pain in her back.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20The main reason we're getting the helicopter out is as you can see
0:24:20 > 0:24:22the track to it is just all over the place. They asked the ambulance
0:24:22 > 0:24:26not to come down. I could barely get down in the response car, so it's
0:24:26 > 0:24:28going to be too bumpy for her to get out basically,
0:24:28 > 0:24:30so we requested the air ambulance.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- You can move everything.- Yeah. - Move your hands for me.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35- Great stuff. Can you feel me touching your hands there?- Yeah.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39- What about this one?- Yeah.- OK, and just wiggle your toes for me.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41- Have you a high arch on your foot? - Yeah.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Right now Claire should be defending her horse show title,
0:25:01 > 0:25:05but instead she's here at the regional trauma centre.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08For now her Olympic dream is on hold.
0:25:10 > 0:25:16After a series of tests and scans, Clare gets some good news.
0:25:16 > 0:25:21Her back has been badly bruised, but there's no serious damage.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25And the whole thing hasn't put her off - she's already vowed to be back
0:25:25 > 0:25:28at next year's show to regain her equestrian title.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- TV:- And we would expect a sprint to come from Vicky...
0:25:36 > 0:25:41At air ambulance headquarters a team of dedicated armchair Olympians is
0:25:41 > 0:25:44on stand by, waiting for a call out.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53Britain's Olympic rowers won nine medals including four golds in
0:25:53 > 0:25:57this summer's golden regatta but to get to this point requires years
0:25:57 > 0:25:59of dedicated training.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Helimed 99 has been called out to help an Olympic rowing hopeful
0:26:05 > 0:26:09who's badly injured but this rower's on dry land.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14We're in the York City Rowing Club, so it's kind of the end of season now
0:26:14 > 0:26:17and we're just keeping fit going out on bikes.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Can I get you to come to top end? Just hold his head nice and still
0:26:20 > 0:26:23for me. Just for a minute, just while we have a proper assessment.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26So just get yourself comfy. Sit yourself down.
0:26:26 > 0:26:2923-year-old Nick Bartlett's is a top oarsmen, competing at the
0:26:29 > 0:26:32highest level - with Olympic dreams.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Lift this leg up in the air for me. Good job. Stop me pushing it down.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Good lad. Stop me pushing it down. All right. That's it. Good lad.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- On this one, same again. - Ooh, my hip!- This side?- Yeah.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Does it just feel like the graze or does it actually feel like the hip?
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- I just feel a bit bruised.- OK, no worries.- He was just going over
0:26:49 > 0:26:53that jump into the air and his front wheel went down so basically he went
0:26:53 > 0:26:57right over the handlebars. His feet were clipped in as well, so he was
0:26:57 > 0:27:01connected to the bike. He just went straight down onto his arm and hip.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05I went off the table top stupidly fast, head over heels, stuck my arm
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- out to land my fall... - Yeah, and just snapped it.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Were you knocked out at all?
0:27:11 > 0:27:15His rowing arm is shattered but Paramedic James is worried about a
0:27:15 > 0:27:19potential head injury, his patient's cycling helmet is badly damaged.
0:27:21 > 0:27:22One, two, three roll.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29What we'll do is we'll just go down and then up. If someone could
0:27:29 > 0:27:32just hold the... If you could just hold this green board at the top
0:27:32 > 0:27:36here, mate, so it doesn't move. That's great. Is the bike all right?
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Yeah, the bikes fine. Yeah, I'm quite chuffed with that actually.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45He also had a bang to his head and you can see from the damage to the
0:27:45 > 0:27:49helmet... It's fallen to pieces now, but there is a chance he's
0:27:49 > 0:27:52done something to his head but hopefully not because he's
0:27:52 > 0:27:55acting normally, talking normally, fully conscious.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57So, we're hopeful it's just his arm.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Neil's being flown from the heart of Dalby Forest
0:28:02 > 0:28:07to York Hospital. On the way, it's clear Britain's putting out the
0:28:07 > 0:28:09flags for its summer of sporting glory.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13- Big massive Union Jacks flying in the caravan park.- We'd have gone to
0:28:13 > 0:28:16- attention if you'd have said. - He's saluting.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Neil's chances of glory are in the balance.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22So if you just get it level with us so we can come either side.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25I'll never complain when I'm doing sport again.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28His injury would be serious for any patient.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32For an athlete with Olympic dreams, the results of tests in the next
0:28:32 > 0:28:34hour will be critical to his future.
0:28:37 > 0:28:42Cut in two by the River Ouse, York's a rowing city
0:28:42 > 0:28:45and these waters have been a training area for many champions.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Sadly Neil is now unlikely to be among them.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51We always go to Henley with the university which is sort of the
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Royal Regatta in July and had I not broken my arm I'd like to have
0:28:54 > 0:28:56been competing there.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01His arm injury was very serious. It's is now healed
0:29:01 > 0:29:05but it's simply not strong enough to withstand the punishment
0:29:05 > 0:29:07competition rowers must endure.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11Everyone wants to get to that place, that Olympic level.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14I'd never say rule anything out. I always think you can hope
0:29:14 > 0:29:16and carry on and try and be the best you can be
0:29:16 > 0:29:20but I'll never find that out now probably.
0:29:22 > 0:29:28There's one break here where there's a metal plate down here and that
0:29:28 > 0:29:36was the initial scar and then on the top bone there was a break there,
0:29:36 > 0:29:40there, there and then it was split down the middle as well, so it
0:29:40 > 0:29:44split across like that. I got into hospital. They did an X-ray,
0:29:44 > 0:29:48they said, "Two breaks and a fracture." I was like, "Oh, that's
0:29:48 > 0:29:51"not too bad, that's not that bad." Then they took me into surgery,
0:29:51 > 0:29:54plated it, pinned it, set it all back up and I woke up the next morning
0:29:54 > 0:29:57and they said, "You've actually got seven breaks."
0:30:00 > 0:30:03I'll carry on rowing cos I know I can. My recovery's been quite good
0:30:03 > 0:30:06in terms of movement and I haven't really needed any physio
0:30:06 > 0:30:07cos it's all there.
0:30:08 > 0:30:13So it's just a case now of this next year, trying to get back into the
0:30:13 > 0:30:16swing of things. It's just whether I can get to the same level of fitness.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26Helimed headquarters may be 200 miles from London 2012,
0:30:26 > 0:30:30but today's crew is about to experience a dose of Olympic fever.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33The flight arriving at the VIP terminal this morning is carrying
0:30:33 > 0:30:36the Brownlee brothers home, fresh from their Gold and Bronze
0:30:36 > 0:30:38in the triathlon.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41I believe the pilot who's flying both the brothers up from London is one
0:30:41 > 0:30:44of our pilots we use here at the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, so it's
0:30:44 > 0:30:47always nice to know somebody who's involved with
0:30:47 > 0:30:49such a prestigious event.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53The lads live just down the road from the airbase.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58- Hey, Alistair, congratulations. How are you doing?- Well, I hope I
0:30:58 > 0:31:01never do meet you again. I probably will at some point, knowing my life.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- Nice to meet you.- Yeah, nice to meet you.- I thought you'd be flying in.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08- Did Chris not let you? - I wanted to. I wanted to but he wouldn't let me
0:31:08 > 0:31:10- touch anything.- No? - Not even any buttons.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12I said, "Is there none that won't do any difference?"
0:31:12 > 0:31:14but he wouldn't let me touch anything, so...
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- Good in the front seat though. - Yeah, it's brilliant.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18The views and everything, it's amazing.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Team GB's footballers couldn't match the Brownlee brothers'
0:31:21 > 0:31:25medal haul but on the other side of the city some armchair fans
0:31:25 > 0:31:28are trying to get in on the soccer action.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32We've got a request from a crew that are on scene at an incident where
0:31:32 > 0:31:36I don't know if it's a football match but where a footballer's sustained
0:31:36 > 0:31:41an injury which they're querying is a dislocation to the hip which is a
0:31:41 > 0:31:44very painful injury if that's what's occurred.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47It's just down there where these football pitches are or thereabouts.
0:31:48 > 0:31:53Quite a crowd has gathered but this is no Premiership match.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56It's actually a parents' tournament for the children's football team
0:31:56 > 0:31:59so they never manage to hurt themselves, it's just the parents that do.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03And it's not the star striker whose on the ground in agony.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06It's the team manager of the Colton under 10s,
0:32:06 > 0:32:10champions of the Garforth League in Leeds.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13He was running for the ball and he just fell over.
0:32:13 > 0:32:18When it's come out before, how easy has it gone back in afterwards?
0:32:19 > 0:32:23We're talking sort of five or six year ago and I sort of just
0:32:23 > 0:32:25pushed it back in, held it and...
0:32:25 > 0:32:28The hip is like a shock absorber and under pressure
0:32:28 > 0:32:31it can jump out of joint.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Were you actually tackled or were you going to kick ball as it happened?
0:32:34 > 0:32:38- I just tripped up running.- Did you? So it weren't even glory moment
0:32:38 > 0:32:41- or anything? Putting ball in the net. - I was near the score line but...
0:32:42 > 0:32:46Bill Owen got hurt in a dad's versus lad's kick about,
0:32:46 > 0:32:48always fiercely competitive games.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52You don't run one at sides do you as well?
0:32:52 > 0:32:56How many of them are across here then giving you grief now?
0:32:56 > 0:32:57Oh, I'd hate to think... A lot.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03Paramedic Pete is a keen footballer himself and knows a thing or two
0:33:03 > 0:33:05about painful soccer injuries.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09I took some up from under 9s to under 18s and I won't go back
0:33:09 > 0:33:11and do it again now.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16The thing is with it you've got a lot of powerful muscles as well and if
0:33:16 > 0:33:19it has popped out that they're all pulling against to try and keep it
0:33:19 > 0:33:21where it is.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25Bill's injury is holding up play and the crowd are getting restless,
0:33:25 > 0:33:29but the paramedics must take great care.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32To lift you up we'll get a school stretcher they call it. It splits
0:33:32 > 0:33:35into two bits, it goes either side of you, then we can lift you up on there
0:33:35 > 0:33:38and the guys I'm sure will just pad you up so that stays in the
0:33:38 > 0:33:40position it's in. Are you going to leave him on there
0:33:40 > 0:33:42or just lift him on there?
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Premier league players often fly to America for treatment to their legs.
0:33:46 > 0:33:47Not this patient.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51He'll be going by road.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53Have you got new boots out for it an all?
0:33:53 > 0:33:57Bill isn't going to be taking training for some time.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02His hip turns out to be broken and his footballing efforts in vain.
0:34:02 > 0:34:07With their solid central defender being carried off on a stretcher
0:34:07 > 0:34:09the dad's team go on to lose their match.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13The people who didn't enjoy summer
0:34:13 > 0:34:15quite as much as the rest of us there
0:34:15 > 0:34:17but they're all now on the mend.
0:34:29 > 0:34:34This is not an easy place to fly. During a Yorkshire winter, peaks
0:34:34 > 0:34:38like this can be shrouded in cloud two days out of three, so for the
0:34:38 > 0:34:43Helimed pilots the weather forecast can be a matter of life and death.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50But poor weather can allow a few lighter moments at the airbase.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Today it's time to celebrate.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59It's the tenth anniversary of flying paramedic Sammy Wills's
0:34:59 > 0:35:03first mission. And the Helimed team's medical director,
0:35:03 > 0:35:06Dr Alison Walker has turned up with the cake.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14It's not long before Sammy's adding to her long list
0:35:14 > 0:35:15of rescue missions.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19The team's heading to the hills above the Dales town of Grassington.
0:35:19 > 0:35:24It does make me feel quite heart warmed. I'm sorry, don't cry.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28It may be ten years since her first scramble but for Sammy,
0:35:28 > 0:35:30every mission's still exciting.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34Absolutely still love it and I'm glad that I still feel the same
0:35:34 > 0:35:37enthusiasm and excitement as I did when I first flew.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41Sammy and Alison have seen air ambulances develop from an
0:35:41 > 0:35:45expensive novelty into an essential part of a modern emergency service.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48It's going to remote locations that makes you realise the value
0:35:48 > 0:35:52of an air ambulance. Not only for the life-threatening calls that we go
0:35:52 > 0:35:57to, but also for the fantastic Yorkshire scenery and some
0:35:57 > 0:36:00other areas that we have to go to where things aren't life threatening
0:36:00 > 0:36:04but it means that we can improve the quality of care for patients
0:36:04 > 0:36:05in remote areas as well.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12I've just been speaking to the caller to work out where they are.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16They say they're south, walking towards the real stone cross.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19All right, I've got a group of three and somebody laying down at
0:36:19 > 0:36:21my three o'clock.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25- White T-shirt and a red T-shirt. - Is it clear that side there, John?
0:36:25 > 0:36:26Yeah, you're good here.
0:36:29 > 0:36:35Sammy's been flying so long she's now a minor celebrity in the Dales.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39- I'm Sammy. What's yours?- I've seen them on telly.- No way!
0:36:39 > 0:36:42- Air ambulance. - You're absolutely right.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Barry Smith and his walking mates were nearly 2,000 feet up,
0:36:45 > 0:36:48halfway through an 11-mile trek, when he slipped
0:36:48 > 0:36:50and snapped his ankle.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52- You heard it crack. Have you ever hurt that leg before?- No.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54- Did you bang your head at all?- No.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Barry is a regular on the fells.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59These veteran ramblers love the hills.
0:36:59 > 0:37:04Baz is in front, he's our leader - team leader like - and he stumbled
0:37:04 > 0:37:07and he fell in there and heard a crack. I thought it was his
0:37:07 > 0:37:09walking pole that snapped but he ain't got one.
0:37:09 > 0:37:14But I've been down to have a look at his foot and the left leg is on
0:37:14 > 0:37:18but his front is as if it's gone the other side. He said... He thinks
0:37:18 > 0:37:20his leg's broken. His foot's gone.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24- Can you wiggle your toes?- No, not at all, no.- Is that cos it hurts
0:37:24 > 0:37:26- too much or cos they just don't wiggle.- Both.- Both!
0:37:26 > 0:37:30Barry's injury is very painful but gas and air should help.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33My colleague has just gone to get you some pain relieving gas.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35- Have you had gas and air before?- No.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38It's what we give ladies when they're having babies.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42- You can now have empathy with them. - Yeah, it's good stuff.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45Everyone seems to know about the Helimed team's latest landmark.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49This young lady, it's her tenth anniversary today.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52If you take the boot first, I'll do the sock.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56It's obvious Barry's ankle is broken.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58And if you cut the boot we'll go and buy another left boot for him.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00THEY LAUGH
0:38:00 > 0:38:03They sell left boots at Clarkies, don't they!
0:38:03 > 0:38:04THEY CHUCKLE
0:38:04 > 0:38:08Sammy and paramedic John Baxter are going to have to straighten it.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12For Barry it will be a painful operation.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17Good lad. Keep breathing. Well done. It's just off your toes now.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20So painful, he passes out.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22- Barry?- Barry!- He's out.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- Is he supposed to do that? - No, it's just the pain.
0:38:31 > 0:38:32BARRY GROANS
0:38:32 > 0:38:36Good lad, Barry. Stay still, lad. Stay still, Barry. Well done.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40You're in a nice straight line now. Yeah.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Did we lose you for a minute there?
0:38:44 > 0:38:47What I need to do is we want to stand you up on your good leg and
0:38:47 > 0:38:49just get you onto our stretcher.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52In her ten years as a flying paramedic,
0:38:52 > 0:38:56Sammy's never had a patient serenaded before - until now.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00# That's life. That's what all the people say... #
0:39:00 > 0:39:04It's going to take all Barry's mates to get him to Helimed 99.
0:39:08 > 0:39:13- How many bacon butties did you have this morning?- It's around this way.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17- I promise I'll lose weight after this.- Woops! It sinks in there.
0:39:18 > 0:39:23Dr Alison's preparing more pain killers. She's going to give Barry
0:39:23 > 0:39:27some morphine to ensure his flight in Helimed 99 is more comfortable.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- Keep your arms in, Baz. Keep your arms in.- Get you some morphine
0:39:30 > 0:39:32and get rid of this pain for you, OK.
0:39:32 > 0:39:37Well done. Then we'll get the door shut and get us warmed up a bit.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Barry's in a lot of discomfort but his mates are trying
0:39:40 > 0:39:42to keep the atmosphere light.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45- Baz, we're going for lunch now. - All right, lads.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48We're going for lunch cos you're only down the road there.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50We'll have lunch and we'll see you after.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52If there's anything left we'll bring it.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Ten years ago, Sammy was a fledgling. Now she's one of the
0:39:57 > 0:40:02team's most experienced members. John's one of the newest.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06I think it's seen as an achievement really for Sammy to last that long.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10It's... I don't think I'll be here in ten years. I'm sure by that time
0:40:10 > 0:40:14I'll have upset enough people to not be on.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18One thing that hasn't changed in the years Sammy's been flying
0:40:18 > 0:40:21is the safety drill. She's probably heard these words
0:40:21 > 0:40:24a thousand times.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27- Clear doors - locked. - It says locking the rear.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36Sammy's anniversary patient is flown to Airedale hospital for treatment.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42It turns out he'll need extensive surgery.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46I broke my fib and my tib. It's a diagonal break which means
0:40:46 > 0:40:52it's not straight forward. Also they told me I broke my foot as well.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Which means I'm going to have to have it pinned, screwed and plated and
0:40:55 > 0:40:58I'm not looking forward to that. I don't know how the lads are going
0:40:58 > 0:41:00to manage without me.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09If laughter is what the doctor ordered, Barry's in for an overdose.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11- Good to see you, pal. - Good to see you.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Several of his rambling mates are here to cheer him up.
0:41:16 > 0:41:21And they model themselves on another bunch of veteran Yorkshiremen.
0:41:21 > 0:41:27We're all big fans of The Last Of The Summer Wine - Compo, Cleggy, Foggy
0:41:27 > 0:41:32and the rest of them and we have been compared to them. Well, three of us
0:41:32 > 0:41:37anyway. Me being the big, tall gormless one which is Foggy.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43And the woman whose anniversary cake was interrupted by Barry's fall
0:41:43 > 0:41:46is determined he's not going to be her last patient.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53For Sammy, the first ten years in the air are just the beginning.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56It's the best job in the world and job satisfaction doesn't get
0:41:56 > 0:41:59any better than this.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Being able to help people on the worst day of their lives often
0:42:02 > 0:42:04is a privilege and an honour.
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