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 > 0:00:14- Where is the patient? - Stuck under the car.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The Yorkshire Air Ambulance flies at 150 miles an hour
0:00:17 > 0:00:21and thanks to its speed, hundreds of patients are alive today,
0:00:21 > 0:00:26saved by a highly skilled team of doctors and paramedics.
0:00:26 > 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 are going to use an emergency anaesthetic, OK?
0:00:37 > 0:00:39And town centres into helipads.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Just behind you, Tim.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47And every day, the Helimed team's skill, speed and courage is saving lives.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Today on Helicopter Heroes:
0:00:58 > 0:01:01A teenage daredevil is badly hurt
0:01:01 > 0:01:04and his mum is determined to prevent more casualties.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07You promised me no more. You don't come here any more.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09The hunt is on for a hit-and-run driver
0:01:09 > 0:01:12who left a woman and child lying in the road.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16When it hit them, I just looked and I saw a car go straight on, really fast.
0:01:16 > 0:01:21The team fights to save a man's hand after a factory accident.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24We mostly use tissue and bone as a graft.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30And a patient goes into cardiac arrest in midair.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40There's a little bit of a daredevil in many teenagers,
0:01:40 > 0:01:45but that spirit of adventure can also land some of them in hospital.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51The canal was the M1 of the 18th century,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54spreading prosperity across the North.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57But 300 years later,
0:01:57 > 0:02:02our waterways are a playground for tourists and locals alike.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Helimed 99, explorer helicopter, Leeds Bradford,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09inbound to an incident at Thorne.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13We are just approaching Ferrybridge, 1,300 feet. So one, zero, two, two.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18Helimed 99 is heading for a waterway near the market town of Thorne,
0:02:18 > 0:02:23where teenager Sam Wrigley has become the victim of a canal bank tradition.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25For weeks, they have been coming here,
0:02:25 > 0:02:28jumping off there into the canal and swimming.
0:02:28 > 0:02:34Today, he has jumped, hit his foot on that ledge and landed on his back.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39The closest pilot Steve Waudby can get his crew
0:02:39 > 0:02:42is a field 100 metres from the bridge.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44- That's not going to help, is it?- No.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47We will not be able to bring him down and up this.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51Do you want us just to help carry to you? Is he major trauma?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Does he need to go direct somewhere else other than DRI?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- What was he doing?- Swimming.- Pardon?
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- Swimming.- He's gone and jumped in there?- They all do.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09They have been doing it for weeks. I've been telling them not to.
0:03:09 > 0:03:1316-year-old Sam is waiting to join the Army.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15He passed all the admission tests
0:03:15 > 0:03:19but he's now fallen victim to a rite of passage for local teenagers.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24- Can you remember everything that's happened, Sam?- Yes.- Yes.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29- I was going to jump in the water from up there.- Did you slip?
0:03:29 > 0:03:32I lost my footing. One foot came over the edge.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35There was nothing to grab hold of, so I slipped head first.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38What did you land on?
0:03:38 > 0:03:42- I landed on my foot and then I hit my back on the concrete.- Right.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47Paramedics John and Sammy want to get Helimed 99 nearer their patient.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49It won't be easy.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53The chopper's downdraught will blow away anything that moves.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Hold on to that and don't let it blow away. Hold on to it tight.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Hold on to it tight.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Sammy is doing her best
0:04:05 > 0:04:08to keep Steve away from the trees and the water.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19With perfect precision, Steve pulls off a very tricky landing.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24Getting the helicopter so close has made our job a hundred times easier
0:04:24 > 0:04:27because it would have been extremely difficult without it.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29So a cracking job there by Steve.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Having had a quick look,
0:04:31 > 0:04:33I noticed the path was just wide enough in this place.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36It was on the side but there is a hole underneath the bank
0:04:36 > 0:04:38so he decided he wouldn't.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40So he moved over a little bit more.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44But he has since discovered it potentially could have caved away so it was a good move.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- I'm just going to feel your chest now, OK?- Yes.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52- Does that hurt at all when I press? - No.- Nothing at all?
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- Does that hurt?- Just where you're moving my body.- All right.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02What we are going to do, we'll put out a board and pop him on there.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Sam's mum had warned him not to jump
0:05:04 > 0:05:07and she doesn't want anyone else hurt today.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Go home and remember you promised me, no more.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12You don't come here any more.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Drop them in my back garden in the Wendy house, OK?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Where is my bag and my towel?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20There is a bag there, darling, and there's your towel.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25I'm going to hold your head while this paramedic takes this from under it.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Sammy and John know Sam could be very badly hurt.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31He had fallen 15 feet when he hit the concrete.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36Shockwaves travelling up his back could have caused serious injuries to his spine.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39This lad has been going to jump into a canal
0:05:39 > 0:05:43and slipped off a bridge, fallen 12 to 15 feet, maybe.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45The team wants to fly Sam
0:05:45 > 0:05:49to Sheffield's Northern General Hospital, the local trauma unit.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51No loss of consciousness.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53All his observations are stable
0:05:53 > 0:05:56but he is complaining of lower back pain.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01No. OK.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Sammy, Northern General won't accept him
0:06:04 > 0:06:08because he doesn't meet any of the priority criteria.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Doctors now apply strict rules on which patients can be admitted.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Sam's injury doesn't meet them
0:06:15 > 0:06:18so he'll have to go to the local hospital instead.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20They have not accepted him.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24He has not triggered the triage, so we're going to take him direct to Doncaster,
0:06:24 > 0:06:29which means it is as well to actually just carry him to the land ambulance.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30OK.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36It seems Steve's dramatic landing wasn't necessary after all.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- All right, Sam.- I'm cold. - You're cold.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41I tell you what, here's the deal then.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45We'll get you up off the floor into a nice warm ambulance, all right?
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Sam's in considerable pain.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- It's really starting to hurt. - Really starting to hurt?
0:06:50 > 0:06:53It should be making it feel a bit more comfy.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58- He didn't want any needles. - I guessed that would be the case.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01If you don't want them to give you a needle,
0:07:01 > 0:07:03you need to use the gas and air.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05It's the only pain relief you can have then.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09It's starting to really hurt my leg. I want it taken off.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13You can't have it taken off, sweetheart, because you could do more damage.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- It's just hurting it more. - Calm down. Calm down.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20He's on his way to a waiting land ambulance.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25Helimed 99's arrival has caused quite a stir in the town.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29It seems diving into the canal isn't a new problem.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32I have spent many a summer's afternoon in that canal.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36The water wasn't as deep then. It was only six foot. They've deepened it since then.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Where they dive in now, we would have smashed our skulls when we were young.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42It's part of local life, isn't it?
0:07:42 > 0:07:47Two minutes, we'll get you on the stretcher and carry you and take you to hospital.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Thanks for being so patient.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53It turns out Sam's injuries are more serious than it first appeared.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56At Doncaster Royal infirmary,
0:07:56 > 0:08:00doctors find he crushed several vertebrae in his back.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03And when he comes home, he is in a full body brace.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06The Army will have to wait.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10The doctor at the hospital came and told me if I had fallen another two
0:08:10 > 0:08:13inches without hitting the concrete ledge first, I would have died.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15So I think myself very lucky.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Does that hurt at all when I press?
0:08:18 > 0:08:20I've damaged the third vertebrae
0:08:20 > 0:08:24and I've also bruised my ankle internally and externally.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27While I was lying there, I was thinking,
0:08:27 > 0:08:30what is my mum going to say?
0:08:31 > 0:08:34And whether or not I was going to walk again?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36All he could say was, "Sorry, Mum. Sorry, Mum.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39"I should have listened. I should have listened."
0:08:39 > 0:08:43I had told him so many times not to go and play on the canal bridge.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47I can't really complain because my husband was exactly the same.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51He jumped off that bridge into the canal many times when he was a kid.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Come on.- Ready, steady, lift.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56It could have been a hell of a lot worse
0:08:56 > 0:08:59because he could have ended up in a wheelchair for the rest of his life
0:08:59 > 0:09:03or worse still, he could have been paralysed from the neck down.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08I would advise people strongly not to do it. They could end up like me.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Potentially paralysed or worse.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23When I was a copper, I used to see the worst of people on our roads.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27The drunk, the careless and sometimes the plain reckless.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30But the one kind of motorist I could never understand
0:09:30 > 0:09:33was the hit-and-run driver.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36In the centre of Bradford,
0:09:36 > 0:09:40a car has gone through red lights on a pedestrian crossing.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Two people are badly injured.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44I just saw it fly on.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49When it hit them, I just looked and the car went straight on, really fast.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53The driver of this upturned Mercedes managed to scramble out.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55He then ran off.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58991. Two children injured.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01One with head injuries, the other with a serious leg injury.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05The police have called in their own chopper
0:10:05 > 0:10:08to help search for the Mercedes' missing car driver.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Good evening. Traffic information.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Police helicopter eight miles south of the field,
0:10:13 > 0:10:15also routed into the Bradford area.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20- The police helicopter is at seven o'clock.- OK, mate. Cheers.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Clear of the trees my side.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Plenty of room to swing tail this way if you need to.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29The pedestrian crossing
0:10:29 > 0:10:32is opposite one of Bradford's busiest public parks.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34A young boy was walking home from a kickabout
0:10:34 > 0:10:36with his aunt and her partner.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Two of them are badly injured.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41I felt a car or something hit me on the back of the leg
0:10:41 > 0:10:43and I just turned.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47I went forward and turned this way and I saw my girlfriend
0:10:47 > 0:10:50and my nephew flying over here.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Next minute, I turned and looked at the car and I heard it hit the wall.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56It was so quick.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59I ran to my nephew first and then I looked and I thought, Paula.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01So I ran to her and I just shouted,
0:11:01 > 0:11:04"Please, someone, phone an ambulance!"
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Then I ran back to my nephew and I saw a big gash in his head.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12The air ambulance will fly the most critically injured patient to Leeds.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14The other will go by road.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19- We've got a serious leg injury to the left leg.- No problem.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23It looks like the car has hit the child from behind.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Air crew paramedic Andy Armitage was driving to the nearby hospital
0:11:27 > 0:11:30in an ambulance when he was flagged down to help.
0:11:30 > 0:11:35He's got a nasty open wound to the top of his head. He's a bit upset.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37It's all right. It's all right.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40They decide to take Paula Smith.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45The car smashed into her legs. Her partner's nephew will go by road.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Can you explain to Paula?
0:11:47 > 0:11:51But Paula is deaf and the paramedics are finding it hard to get
0:11:51 > 0:11:53answers to important questions.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Air ambulance paramedic, Matt Syrat,
0:11:55 > 0:11:59uses his universal sign language to get his message across.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01It's OK, Paula.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Reassure her that this neck brace is just to keep her neck still.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Local residents have now heard of the accident
0:12:07 > 0:12:10and come out to see what's going on.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13For the paramedics, priorities are changing.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Seven-year-old Keenan McKew's condition is getting worse
0:12:18 > 0:12:21but there is only room for one patient in the chopper.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23The crew makes the choice.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26We're going to change the plan because this one is deteriorating.
0:12:26 > 0:12:32- So you are taking the little one to Leeds.- Can you grab a corner, guys?
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Keenan is showing all the signs of a serious head injury.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Paula will now have to go by road.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Seven-year-old male. Pedestrian hit by a car.
0:12:44 > 0:12:49Isolated frontal head injury. We feel he is deteriorating.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52OK, feet first. Sliding. Sliding. Lovely.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55They are just looking after you, love.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00Keenan's mum, Anita, has rushed to the scene to be with him.
0:13:00 > 0:13:06- It's not hurting you, that. - Mummy's here.- Keenan, listen to me.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10We are doing our best look after you. I want you to relax for me.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14We will make it all better for you. Just give us five minutes, OK?
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Keenan's mum is coming too.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22And after a briefing from paramedic, Darren, she has an admission.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- I have never flown before. - You are going to enjoy this then.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Don't put your feet under your seat.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34- Keenan.- Just relax. - Keenan, mummy is here with you.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40I just want you to relax. There's nothing to worry about, all right?
0:13:40 > 0:13:42It's like floating on a magic carpet.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Her son is very ill. Darren offers as much reassurance as he can.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Everything we've done is a precaution.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59We are going to LGI, straight into the department
0:13:59 > 0:14:01and they will look after him straight away.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05He's had quite a nasty bang on the head.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07So he's bound to be a bit confused.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10When you bang your head, you are confused. He is concussed.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14So once we get him in, they will look after him and make sure he's all right.
0:14:14 > 0:14:20They might put him off to sleep for a little bit just to give him a rest because he's a bit agitated.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24Helimed 98 outside LGI.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28With her first flight ending on a rooftop helipad in the centre of Leeds,
0:14:28 > 0:14:33Anita can at least be reassured that her son is in the best possible place
0:14:33 > 0:14:37for treatment to a head injury that is causing increasing concern.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42Seven-year-old Keenan. Crossing at a pedestrian crossing, hit by a car.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Two other pedestrians involved. Nothing to do with these.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Back in Bradford,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51police are still trying to piece together what happened.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54There are plenty of witnesses to what seems a bizarre incident.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57The car just accelerated at the pedestrian
0:14:57 > 0:15:00crossing before hitting the wall and flipping over.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05Later that day, police arrest the driver as Keenan gets taken for his first scan.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Two days later, and Keenan is making good progress.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19How are you feeling?
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- My head hurts.- Your head hurts?
0:15:22 > 0:15:25His mum and aunt have stayed with him.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27They know how lucky he's been.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30I was next to the car but them two, how lucky they have been.
0:15:30 > 0:15:36Because of how fast I thought the car was going,
0:15:36 > 0:15:38I actually thought they were both dead.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43Donna's partner will be in hospital longer.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Paula has broken her leg.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49And three of her bones in her ribs.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53It is something to do with two bones down at the bottom of the spine
0:15:53 > 0:15:56and she has got a deep gash.
0:15:56 > 0:16:05She went down yesterday to theatre and she's got two rods in her leg.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07And what about your hair?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10We were talking about getting his hair cut, weren't we?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Keenan has a head full of stitches
0:16:12 > 0:16:15and a hospital haircut he is not very happy with.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18No, it doesn't suit you, does it?
0:16:18 > 0:16:21But his hair will grow and both mum
0:16:21 > 0:16:25and aunt are just grateful he's alive and thankful to his rescuers.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Despite all the health and safety precautions,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41some jobs are simply risky. Ask any joiner.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46Around 2,000 people a year are injured by circular saws
0:16:46 > 0:16:50and even those who know all about the dangers are still at risk.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Helimed 98 is on its way to a joinery workshop
0:16:55 > 0:16:57near Northallerton in North Yorkshire.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Its patient is 53-year-old Nigel Phillips,
0:17:00 > 0:17:02the company's health and safety officer.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05He has just cut through four fingers.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09By the sound of the injuries, he's going to have to go to a specialist hospital.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13We can take him to James Cook and try and salvage as many of the fingers as possible.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18James Cook Hospital has a special plastics unit,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21which could be vital in trying to repair Nigel's hand.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24There's is always a chance that they might be able to
0:17:24 > 0:17:27reattach his digits. It depends how badly damaged they are.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31That is going to be very boggy, guys.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Nigel is a former fire officer
0:17:35 > 0:17:39who knows all about the risks of using a power saw.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41But that hasn't prevented an accident.
0:17:41 > 0:17:47He's taken off his thumb, he's taken the top bit off here
0:17:47 > 0:17:49and damaged his finger as well.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52So across there, across there.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Flying doctor Jez Purnell will help paramedic Sam Burgess
0:17:55 > 0:17:59and Sammy Wills establish if the fingers can be saved.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Nigel is remarkably calm.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Are you sure you don't want any painkillers for that?
0:18:04 > 0:18:09- Because if it were me, I would. - You don't have to be a hero.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12This workshop is full of potentially lethal tools and it was
0:18:12 > 0:18:16while using this circular saw that Nigel cut off his fingers.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18He was just using the table saw,
0:18:18 > 0:18:22cutting some wood and timber on the table saw,
0:18:22 > 0:18:27and as he was pushing the wood through, he sneezed,
0:18:27 > 0:18:34and just lent forward a bit too far and his hand went through the blade.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Paramedics need to find all the pieces of finger before they can leave.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Just splay your fingers for us, sir.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Splay your fingers for us.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Sammy has found all the fragments and now needs to clean them
0:18:49 > 0:18:52and bag them up, ready to go straight to surgery.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57You can also use tissue and bone as a graft.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59So although it might not get reattached,
0:18:59 > 0:19:04it still potentially can be used to fill in the gaps.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Health and safety officer Nigel has only had gas and air
0:19:07 > 0:19:10and is happy to make his own way to the helicopter.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13They need to get him to James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough
0:19:13 > 0:19:17quickly to give surgeons the best chance of repairing his fingers.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22- What is your Sunday name? - Nigel Peter Phillips.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Nigel is in surprisingly good spirits
0:19:26 > 0:19:28and once he makes his way to hospital,
0:19:28 > 0:19:32doctors soon establish that he needs reconstructive surgery.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35He will undergo a delicate operation to rebuild
0:19:35 > 0:19:37the end of the remaining fingers.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44As the resident health and safety officer at work,
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Nigel proves that even with all the right training, sometimes,
0:19:47 > 0:19:49freak accidents will happen.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56It was this one slight error and it had some serious consequences
0:19:56 > 0:19:59for the individual, the company and everybody else
0:19:59 > 0:20:01that has to deal with it.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04It's just that split-second of lack of concentration.
0:20:05 > 0:20:10I've lost the top two tips of my fingers above the joint
0:20:10 > 0:20:13and below the fingernail on these two fingers.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17So they've basically pulled it over and stitched it back together.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23All Nigel can do now is wait for the end of his fingers
0:20:23 > 0:20:26to heal before he is allowed back to work.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31They've done a fantastic job in stitching it back together again.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36The stitches are out on Friday, hopefully, if all goes well.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39From then on, it's just look after it, take care of it
0:20:39 > 0:20:41and let nature take its course.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Now, one of the reasons Yorkshire's air ambulances are so busy
0:20:54 > 0:20:59is the sheer size of the county they cover, all 6,000 square miles of it.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05We are just on our way up to North Yorkshire to an area called Dalby Forest.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07It's very popular with cyclists
0:21:07 > 0:21:10and we've got reports that a 14-year-old has fallen off his bike.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12It is not believed to be a serious injury,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15although we have not got the full details in yet.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20But it's a very isolated location for land crews or anyone else to get to
0:21:20 > 0:21:24so hopefully, we can offer some assistance
0:21:24 > 0:21:27and get them any treatment they require.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Adam Dawson was out cycling with his older brother
0:21:31 > 0:21:34when things went wrong on this steep hill.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37How is that looking?
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- The grass looks pretty deep. - I wouldn't get it in front.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- Clear my side.- It's all clear this side but quite deep.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48Pilot Tim Taylor sets the chopper down as close as he can to the casualty.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Fortunately, a local farmer with a four-wheel-drive is on hand
0:21:52 > 0:21:55to offer paramedic Pete Vallance a lift to the patient.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Put your bags in there.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01- Shall I jump in here as well?- Yes.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06The aircraft has just dropped us off at the bottom here.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10We spotted this guy as we went overhead on the roadside.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13We're not going to be able to get any closer
0:22:13 > 0:22:16but this kind gentleman is giving us a lift up there.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Adam has been lying at the side of the road for over 20 minutes.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25It is essential that Pete examines him for spinal injuries before he is moved.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28- So you think you were going quite fast, yes?- Yes.
0:22:28 > 0:22:33- Is there any chance you could nip down and bring my colleague up with a stretcher, please?- Yes. No bother.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Do you want to come around here. You're his mate, aren't you?
0:22:36 > 0:22:41- His brother.- Brother. Just pop your hands there and hold his head for me.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44While Adam's brother supports his head,
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Pete will give him a thorough examination.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Fortunately, he was wearing a helmet
0:22:49 > 0:22:51and has escaped without a head injury.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56I came across these two young guys here splattered on the road,
0:22:56 > 0:23:01looking a bit distressed, so I thought I better stop and try and get some help.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03I don't think he's broken anything.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05He was screaming when he came off.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Adam and his brother are on holiday.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10There is no mobile phone reception here
0:23:10 > 0:23:13and their parents are unaware of the accident.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16To make things worse, they were lost in the woods.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18We're staying at, erm...
0:23:19 > 0:23:24..Cropton Cabins, we thought, about four or five miles from here,
0:23:24 > 0:23:28but looking at the map, someone just told us we are nowhere near the route it says we are on.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32Really good of the map to send us in the wrong direction.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36- These flies are going to be eating us alive, aren't they?- They have been for the last 20 minutes.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38I had to tell them where they were.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41They were nowhere near where they thought they were.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44It gave me the shivers when I saw the air ambulance
0:23:44 > 0:23:48because the last time I saw one of them, it was coming to pick me up.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51I had a motorbike accident on the moor,
0:23:51 > 0:23:54broke my back and a few other bones and bits and pieces.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Anyway, I was airlifted off and I much appreciated it
0:24:00 > 0:24:04and I would help anybody in the same situation.
0:24:04 > 0:24:10- How far away from Cropton Cabins are we?- About four or five miles.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15- Definitely miles off then.- Well, no, we are on the turning point.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- We've been out for about two hours. - Have you?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Supposedly four miles in two hours.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24I think we may have done a bit more than four miles in two hours.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28With the sun going down, Adam is getting cold.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32- Sorry, did I get your ear?- Yes. - It wasn't me, it was a fly!
0:24:34 > 0:24:39The Land Rover is perfect for transporting Adam back to the waiting chopper.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41It's not the most hygienic vehicle
0:24:41 > 0:24:44but this situation demands improvisation.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47You're lucky. There is normally a dead sheep in the back of there!
0:24:49 > 0:24:53You're all right, you have been in a sleeping bag. We've been sat in it!
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- Thanks for that, mate. Much appreciated.- No problem at all.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02- Five minutes.- OK, mate. Cheers.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Adam is flown direct to Scarborough Hospital,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08where the boys are later reunited with their parents.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10He is released the following day.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24It's a sad fact that one in four of us will die from heart disease.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28It claims 179,000 lives a year in the UK alone.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31But if your heart attack is caught early
0:25:31 > 0:25:35and you receive the right treatment, you have a surprisingly good chance
0:25:35 > 0:25:38of recovery and that is where the Helimed team come in.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43MUFFLED DIRECTIONS
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Today, Helimed 99 is on a house call to a bungalow in North Yorkshire.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01Five o'clock, edge of the village. The little bungalow.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Pilot Tim is circling the home
0:26:07 > 0:26:11of a 77-year-old woman complaining of severe chest pains.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Wendy Massmeder's sister realised what it might mean.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19She was just sitting in the chair and I thought it was the dog.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22It was just a strange noise.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26When I looked at her, she was completely out of it.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28She didn't fall forward or anything.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31She was just absolutely, completely unconscious.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33She came round and vomited copiously.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36When we arrived, she was fully orientated, fully conscious.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41The patient's symptoms confirm Wendy is suffering a heart attack.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44I've seen you on telly!
0:26:46 > 0:26:51Although she is chirpy, paramedics know her condition could deteriorate very quickly.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54She could go into full cardiac arrest,
0:26:54 > 0:26:57so the best place for Wendy is hospital.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Spin your legs so they are facing into there.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04We are going to have you sat up. Go a little bit that way.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Super. Just wait there.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Heart attacks can affect people in different ways,
0:27:16 > 0:27:20but often it's back pain and the tightness across the chest.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25- Have you got any pain now, Wendy? - Yes. Just a bit.- How bad is it?
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Not too bad.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Wendy is not well
0:27:29 > 0:27:32and this routine job is about to take a dramatic turn.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35If you need to, do it into that.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Without warning, Wendy's heart has stopped beating.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Wendy?
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Sit her right back there. Right back.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- Is she arresting, mate? - Yes, I think so.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56- If you want a hand with anything, let me know.- No. You're all right.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59- I'll tell Dave to give A&E a heads up.- Yeah.
0:28:01 > 0:28:06No pulse. Are you happy for me to shock her in flight?
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Yes. Crack on, mate.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12Let's just make sure her arms are clear of anything metal.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16Paramedic Andy Armitage has never had to shock someone in midair before.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18We are charging at 200.
0:28:21 > 0:28:26OK. You are clear. We are clear top, middle, bottom. No oxygen is on.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28We are going to shock.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Can I get the bag and mask out?
0:28:32 > 0:28:37- What time did that happen? - About 20 past. Gagging a little bit.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41- All right, love? You're OK. - You got her back, mate.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46Wendy is conscious again, unaware of what just happened.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Hello, Wendy. Wendy, are you all right?
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Sometimes, that's all it needs.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Wendy is in good hands.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05It is rare patients to go into cardiac arrest in midair.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08- Wendy?- Yes.- Are you all right?- Yes. - Put your arm in there.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Specialists are waiting for her arrival
0:29:11 > 0:29:14at James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20In the next half hour, the cardiac team will operate
0:29:20 > 0:29:23to open out the blocked blood vessels that almost killed her.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29It's been an anxious hour for Wendy's sister.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34She has driven to the hospital to be by her side.
0:29:35 > 0:29:42I shook her and patted her and said, are you OK? No reply at all.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46Then I noticed her breathing was quite shallow so I just rang 999.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50She was right to call for help
0:29:50 > 0:29:53as Wendy was moments from a full cardiac arrest.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56- Is she arresting, mate? - Yes, I think so.
0:29:56 > 0:30:01They did tell me that Wendy had an attack in the chopper, I think it was,
0:30:01 > 0:30:05and she had to be resuscitated with the electric shock thing.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Defibrillator, or whatever they are called.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Wendy herself, now making a good recovery,
0:30:11 > 0:30:14has few memories of her brush with death.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17I was just sat there,
0:30:17 > 0:30:20cos I was reading about tennis in the afternoon.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25I just went all "whoo".
0:30:25 > 0:30:27It was horrible, it was.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30No pain. Just my head.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35I felt a bit sick again and I must have passed out
0:30:35 > 0:30:40because I only woke up when I got here.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44It was a close shave but Wendy has been given a second chance
0:30:44 > 0:30:49and is slowly getting back to her old self.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52I've got high blood pressure but who hasn't?
0:30:52 > 0:30:55I'm looking forward to her getting some rest
0:30:55 > 0:30:57and getting back to normal.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00She's usually telling us all off and where to go and all that
0:31:00 > 0:31:03and yeah, I know she's all right if she's complaining.
0:31:05 > 0:31:09No smoking, no drinking - I don't!
0:31:09 > 0:31:12No salt, no men. SHE LAUGHS
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Might as well shoot myself now!
0:31:15 > 0:31:18Wendy, looking at the bright side, there.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22She was lucky enough to be flown out from the bottom of her back garden.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26But heart attacks are at their most deadly
0:31:26 > 0:31:28when you're a long way from medical help.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31RADIO: Just trying to get hold of the crew at the moment
0:31:31 > 0:31:35to try and find out a better location for you,
0:31:35 > 0:31:37which is accessed via a road.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41They can't find where the road actually comes in from.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43The Helimed team is on its way
0:31:43 > 0:31:45to another suspected heart-attack patient.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47RADIO: Helimed 99.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51We are currently overseeing a casualty at this time.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55A walker has collapsed in a remote spot with no road access.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58RADIO: Roger. Visual with the casualties. Over.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02- Just let this dust go.- Yeah.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Jonathan Ellwood has been complaining of chest pains
0:32:05 > 0:32:07and shortness of breath.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Hello, Jonathan. What's bothering you?
0:32:09 > 0:32:13Are you feeling out of breath?
0:32:13 > 0:32:16What's happened today, then, to make you pass out? Any pain at all?
0:32:16 > 0:32:18(MUFFLED) I haven't passed out. I had a good breakfast.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20A good brekkie?
0:32:20 > 0:32:23We started from Otley yesterday.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25He wasn't feeling too bright yesterday
0:32:25 > 0:32:31but we managed to get to Blubberhouses and stayed overnight in a nice hotel.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34And then as we were walking along this track here,
0:32:34 > 0:32:39we'd only gone about two and a half miles when he just couldn't go on any further.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45The reading from the heart monitor concerns paramedic Sammy.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48I know you've got tummy ache. We're worried about your heart.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52The picture that we're taking looks like you might be having problems,
0:32:52 > 0:32:55OK, and that might be why you feel so rough.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59Luckily for Jonathan, a passer-by who owns a local nursing home
0:32:59 > 0:33:02recognised he was getting a heart attack.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Well, I passed the gentleman earlier on the footpath by the river.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09I'd funnily enough noticed that the gentleman on the ground
0:33:09 > 0:33:13was quite laboured and when I came back,
0:33:13 > 0:33:16I found them both sitting on the steps just up there.
0:33:16 > 0:33:21He seemed to be in a bad way so I basically called it in.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24It's getting tight, just bring it over towards me. That's it.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27And then what I want you to do is roll towards me.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Let's get these coats out the way.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32MUFFLED SPEECH
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Jonathan is quiet and very unwell.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41A heart attack can lead to the brain becoming starved of oxygen.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43It can be very frightening
0:33:43 > 0:33:47and it can also lead very quickly to a full cardiac arrest.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50OK then, Jon.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00- What's the ETA, chaps? - Seven minutes.- Seven?- Yes.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04How does that sound to you, Jon? OK?
0:34:04 > 0:34:06All right. You just relax there.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08All the hard work's done.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12In Jonathan's case, his heart attack is caused by a blood clot
0:34:12 > 0:34:16so surgeons are on standby at Leeds General Infirmary, ready to operate.
0:34:18 > 0:34:23Headers from 99. Making our final approach into the LGI.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27Thanks to the speed of Helimed 99, Jonathan is arriving
0:34:27 > 0:34:32at hospital within 30 minutes of the 999 call being made.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35We're on the ground now, Jon.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39His prompt treatment helps him go on to make a full recovery.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44Today has been an absolutely brilliant example of the aircraft coming into her own, really.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46That chap's having a massive heart attack in the middle
0:34:46 > 0:34:51of quite an awkward spot with no road access and we were able to fly him
0:34:51 > 0:34:54direct to the appropriate hospital in I think it was seven minutes.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58To be honest, it has taken me as long to complete my paperwork
0:34:58 > 0:35:01as it has been for him to have his operation.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05He's already has his heart attack removed,
0:35:05 > 0:35:07or the clot removed from his vein.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11The good news is two out of three people who have heart attacks
0:35:11 > 0:35:13go on to make a good recovery,
0:35:13 > 0:35:15but there are some heart and chest problems
0:35:15 > 0:35:19that have a much poorer survival rate.
0:35:21 > 0:35:2473-year-old Freda Wesling was out walking her dog
0:35:24 > 0:35:29when she was overcome by sharp pains in her back and was unable to move.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30We had a call to tell us
0:35:30 > 0:35:33that they may be considering what we call a Triple-A,
0:35:33 > 0:35:36an ascending aortic aneurysm,
0:35:36 > 0:35:39which is the main vessel through the centre of the body
0:35:39 > 0:35:41that feeds the heart, etc.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44We don't know if she's displaying symptoms of that condition.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48We're heading to a quarry and we'll see what we find.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51It was Freda's son who raised the alarm.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53She gave me a ring, saying she was feeling ill,
0:35:53 > 0:35:55suffering from bad back pain.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59So she gave me a ring and asked me to come and help her.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02When I got here, she could hardly breathe and yeah, not feeling good,
0:36:02 > 0:36:05so I thought I'd better phone the ambulance straight away.
0:36:07 > 0:36:12- Hello there.- Hello.- How are we doing? - I'm doing all right.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15- That pain in the back, is it still there?- Yes, it's bad.- All right.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18- Around this side.- A bit higher.- Here? - Yes.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22- Does it feel muscular at all? - No, not really.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25- It's more internal.- Yes. Inside.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28Paramedics on the ground think she may have a serious condition
0:36:28 > 0:36:32called AAA, an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36It's a dangerous bulge of the main blood vessel from the heart
0:36:36 > 0:36:39which, if it bursts, can be fatal.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Freda. Just lay back a little bit into this sheet.
0:36:42 > 0:36:48Paramedic Matt Syrat knows that if it is an aortic aneurysm, it can be very dangerous.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52If the aneurysm ruptures,
0:36:52 > 0:36:57the patient can bleed to death internally within seconds.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- How is that pain, Freda? - Not too bad.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Ahead, medical teams are ready to scan her body
0:37:07 > 0:37:08and, if necessary, operate.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13Headers from Helimed 98, approaching Harrogate.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16If it is an aneurysm, they can replace a section of the vessel,
0:37:16 > 0:37:18which has weakened and bulged,
0:37:18 > 0:37:24with a piece of synthetic tubing but this surgery can be very risky.
0:37:24 > 0:37:29- You just relax, Freda.- Right. - OK, now. Ready, steady and move.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34Just wait there one minute while we reposition. How about that?
0:37:34 > 0:37:37- Is that supportive enough? - That's better.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40We are trying to get her pain under control, got in as fast as we could.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43It took us four or five minutes to get from the scene
0:37:43 > 0:37:45and she's in the right place.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49Freda was prepared for the worst but there was a surprise in store.
0:37:49 > 0:37:54Within two days, she is back at home in Ripon and with her dog, Holly,
0:37:54 > 0:37:57She is already back to full health and able to enjoy all her passions.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01I decided to take the dogs for a walk one morning.
0:38:01 > 0:38:06I wasn't feeling terribly well but I decided I'd go anyway
0:38:06 > 0:38:09so I went up to a place called Quarry Moor which isn't very far,
0:38:09 > 0:38:11just the top of the road.
0:38:13 > 0:38:18It's very hard to say how bad the pain was.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21I had never suffered anything like it at the time.
0:38:21 > 0:38:26I just didn't know what I was going to do.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29Paramedics were convinced she was suffering a condition
0:38:29 > 0:38:31that could kill her in seconds, but hospital tests
0:38:31 > 0:38:35revealed something far less serious but equally as excruciating.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38So what was it?
0:38:38 > 0:38:41I think actually what happened was I had a kidney stone,
0:38:41 > 0:38:43which isn't desperately serious on its own
0:38:43 > 0:38:48but is extremely painful at the time.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52Once I got rid of the kidney stone, I was back to normal,
0:38:52 > 0:38:55which was really pretty fantastic.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02As Freda found out, not every pain
0:39:02 > 0:39:04is the sign of a life-threatening heart condition,
0:39:04 > 0:39:08but the NHS says thousands more lives could be saved
0:39:08 > 0:39:12if patients like Freda took chest pains more seriously
0:39:12 > 0:39:14and dialled 999 immediately.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22Working in the local undertakers, Glenys Parsons sees at first hand
0:39:22 > 0:39:25the toll heart disease takes on the village of Hunmanby
0:39:25 > 0:39:28on the North Yorkshire coast.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30But she has a more personal insight, too.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34My brother had had a heart attack.
0:39:34 > 0:39:40He had to have a triple bypass and then I had the first heart attack.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45And then we realised that my mother had died in her 60s,
0:39:45 > 0:39:48her brother had died at 45.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52None of us were drinkers, smokers...
0:39:54 > 0:39:56..and it was put down to family history.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02Today, Glenys is suffering another heart attack.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Heart attacks are time critical.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08The quicker you can get people to definitive care
0:40:08 > 0:40:11the better outcome for them so just with the distances involved
0:40:11 > 0:40:14from Hunmanby down to Hull, this is a lot quicker for us
0:40:14 > 0:40:17to respond than the land crew.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23RADIO: 98, the crew have gone to the golf course in Hall Park.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27The golf course have said they haven't got a problem with
0:40:27 > 0:40:30us landing there but to avoid the greens, please. Over.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Yes. Rodger. Sure. Tim will do his best.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38You all right? Good.
0:40:38 > 0:40:4377-year-old Glenys was at work with her husband when she fell ill.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46We were caravanning out in the wilds in the middle of nowhere
0:40:46 > 0:40:48and one thing and another,
0:40:48 > 0:40:52we never thought we'd need it but I hope she'll be all right.
0:40:52 > 0:40:57- She has had one vomiting episode prior to our arrival?- Yeah.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00- I'm sorry, sweetheart.- You're all right. Don't worry about it.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03- Wait till you get the bill! - That's made you smile.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07Put your bottom straight onto this blue sheet. That's it.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Glenys has a history of heart problems
0:41:09 > 0:41:11and has already had an operation
0:41:11 > 0:41:14to widen narrowed arteries in her heart.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Now it looks like she needs more treatment.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20- Have you been in a helicopter before?- No. Everything else but.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Everything else but.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24- See you later then, love. - Yes. Thanks.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Glenys is being flown direct
0:41:29 > 0:41:32to Castle Hill Hospital on the outskirts of Hull.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36- Bearing 194.- OK, Glenys?
0:41:36 > 0:41:38Specialists are standing by to operate.
0:41:42 > 0:41:43Are you a bit chilly now?
0:41:43 > 0:41:45They find two of the arteries
0:41:45 > 0:41:48supplying her heart are significantly narrow.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50They fit stents to keep them open
0:41:50 > 0:41:52and Glenys is soon sent home to Hunmanby.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55I just feel fine.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Within a week I was told I could drive, go swimming,
0:41:59 > 0:42:01take the grandkids out.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04I mean, out in the garden at the moment,
0:42:04 > 0:42:07I'm just moving a rockery.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10I've shifted all the bricks and all the soil
0:42:10 > 0:42:11and now the snow has gone,
0:42:11 > 0:42:14I'm going to go back and get it set up for the spring.
0:42:14 > 0:42:19Glenys, determined not to be beaten by a heart attack.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23And she says her health is now as rosy as her garden.
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