0:00:03 > 0:00:06When the people of rural Yorkshire dial 999,
0:00:06 > 0:00:09help can be a long time coming.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12The Yorkshire Dales are as beautiful as they as they are big,
0:00:12 > 0:00:16but if you're seriously injured in a landscape as gigantic as this,
0:00:16 > 0:00:19your life is on the line.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23But in the remotest part of Britain's biggest county,
0:00:23 > 0:00:26they look to the skies for help.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Look on your left. Can you get in that grass field on the left?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29- Yes, mate.- Go for that.
0:00:29 > 0:00:34From high drama in the peaks to high waters in the Dales,
0:00:34 > 0:00:38the Helimed team's at the heart of almost every rescue,
0:00:38 > 0:00:40bringing 21st-century medicine
0:00:40 > 0:00:44to some of Britain's most isolated communities
0:00:44 > 0:00:46and saving lives against the odds.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Today on Helicopter Heroes...
0:00:57 > 0:00:59What's the last thing you can remember?
0:00:59 > 0:01:01..a teenage biker is attacked in a country lane.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03His injuries aren't concurrent with a bike accident.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06His helmet's intact. Looks like he's been assaulted.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Helimed 98 drops into a moorland pub after a dog diagnoses
0:01:09 > 0:01:12its owner's heart problem.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14They knew something was wrong with him.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18And a student climber sparks a mountain rescue operation
0:01:18 > 0:01:21and Darren decides laughter's the best medicine.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Don't hyperventilate, cos if you fill up with this gas you'll just
0:01:24 > 0:01:27float over the top of this thing and we'll not be able to catch you.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29It's a never-ending repertoire of one-liners!
0:01:40 > 0:01:42You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out this is not
0:01:42 > 0:01:46one of the UK's crime hot spots.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49In fact, people who live in this part of Yorkshire
0:01:49 > 0:01:53are statistically less likely to become a victim than people
0:01:53 > 0:01:55living anywhere else in England.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59But occasionally, even in sleepy backwaters like this,
0:01:59 > 0:02:04my old colleagues have a violent incident to investigate.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11When crimes are committed in rural Yorkshire,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14the cops often have to travel miles to reach the scene.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Today, they're heading to the remote village of Spaldington where
0:02:18 > 0:02:20a teenager's badly hurt.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Helimed 98 is also on the case.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28It is...you know, a kind of little back road.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30It's an unusual place to get assaulted.
0:02:30 > 0:02:35- Yeah, unless it's been a road rage thing or summat.- That's possible.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- Now, what's down here in the trees? - Yeah, there you go.- It's his bike.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Just going behind us now, Sammy.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44That's when I'm going to make an approach.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47The incident has happened in a country lane
0:02:47 > 0:02:49more than a mile from the nearest village.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51It's an unusual crime scene.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Hello, sir. Hello, Dominic.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58So, you think he's been knocked off of his bike?
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- And then assaulted afterwards. - He's not sure what's occurred.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04You're not sure, bud? No, you don't.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07No-one on scene knows how he's sustained what appear to be
0:03:07 > 0:03:12severe facial injuries. He's told his dad he's been beaten up.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14He thinks he's been assaulted.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16At this stage, we don't know. It's up to the police.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18They've set up a crime scene, so I'll leave it to them,
0:03:18 > 0:03:21but his injuries aren't concurrent with a bike accident.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24His helmet's intact. His goggles, there's no blood on them.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26'You can see his injuries.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27'It looks like he's been assaulted.'
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Dominic has been agitated on the scene, so before they can fly,
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Sammy needs to be sure he won't cause problems during flight.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Dad, what I'd like you to do is take Dom...
0:03:37 > 0:03:39- Dom, is it all right if I take you to hospital?- (Yeah.)
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Yeah, I'll take you in the helicopter cos it'll be quicker
0:03:41 > 0:03:45and smoother for you, bud, but I need you to stay calm, OK?
0:03:45 > 0:03:48One of Dominic's mates had been looking for him.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I thought he might have had an accident or something, really,
0:03:51 > 0:03:53and then when I came up here, I saw everyone, and I just knew.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56It was down there, I saw his bike.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58He thought he saw somebody that he knew
0:03:58 > 0:04:00and then that's all he can remember, really.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02His head's all over the place.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05I think he thinks that he's been assaulted rather than him
0:04:05 > 0:04:08having a road traffic accident.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11The bike has got smashed at the back and at the front,
0:04:11 > 0:04:16but it looks quite extensive facial injuries for lack of damage
0:04:16 > 0:04:19to his helmet, so the police will sort all that out.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Without knowing what happened to Dominic,
0:04:22 > 0:04:26paramedics Sammy and Lee need to check him over thoroughly.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29So, cos he's been weight-bearing we're not clear...
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- We'll pop that on. - Has he got any lower-leg injuries?
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- Not that we know of. - Ease that down there...
0:04:36 > 0:04:41As well as his facial injuries, Dominic has a badly broken arm.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- Just relax back with it.- Relax and let your arm relax as well.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- That's it.- Good lad. - Doing well.- Good lad.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49- Doing really well.- Good lad.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51That's it. That's it, pal.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54THEY ALL SPEAK TOGETHER
0:04:54 > 0:04:56- Have you what on your face? - Can you get that off my face?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59All right, pal, we'll just leave it there. It's doing you good.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01I know you don't think it is, but it is doing you good.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03It'll make you feel as good as gold.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07On my count then - one, two, three...
0:05:07 > 0:05:09DOMINIC MOANS
0:05:09 > 0:05:12There we are. We'll go feet first towards that gate there.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Then we're going to go over the top of the gate
0:05:14 > 0:05:17cos we can't get through it.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19So, just front end on, that'll be great.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22And then we can go through the gate and take him through the other side.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24With so much blood and bruising,
0:05:24 > 0:05:28it's hard to judge the extent of his facial injuries.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31We would like to bring in to you a 17-year-old male, normally fit
0:05:31 > 0:05:35and well, who has been, uh...come off a motorcycle.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Doctors and surgeons at Hull Royal Infirmary are preparing
0:05:39 > 0:05:43- for his arrival in about 15 minutes. - Keep coming, that's it. Keep coming.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46We're in. That's great, thank you.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- That's great...- Welcome back. How you doing, bud?- Not very well.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Not so good. All right.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Dominic's in a lot of pain, but Sammy and Lee know that often
0:05:56 > 0:05:59the worst effects of an assault aren't physical.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03Victims often suffer psychological symptoms long
0:06:03 > 0:06:04after their injuries have healed.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- Your right arm, just straighten it...- Good lad.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08- Can't you just inject me?- No.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10No, we aren't going to inject you with anything.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Did that morphine help?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14HE GROANS No.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Dominic is being flown 30 miles to Hull Royal Infirmary where
0:06:18 > 0:06:21police will want to question him further.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25It seems he's been the victim of a very serious assault.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29SIRENS WAIL
0:06:31 > 0:06:3440 miles away, in picturesque Ryedale,
0:06:34 > 0:06:38paramedics are on their way to a very different emergency.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41It's right on the edge of the map. Is it the Lion Inn? Yeah.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Right on the edge of the map.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47It's not often the Helimed team is asked to drop in at the local,
0:06:47 > 0:06:51but high on the North York moors, nearly 1,400ft above sea level,
0:06:51 > 0:06:56is the Lion Inn, a pub with a view and a poorly customer.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59We're heading out to a remote location for a gentleman who's
0:06:59 > 0:07:00having chest pains.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03The ambulance is quite a long way away, as is the fast response car.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05So, we've been tasked out here,
0:07:05 > 0:07:07because we're a couple of minutes away.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11What do you think to putting it in the stone bit this side of the wall?
0:07:11 > 0:07:15- Out the way of the car park.- There's a gate there, isn't there?- Yeah.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- All right, is he a relative? - No, he's just one of the guests...
0:07:20 > 0:07:25Paramedic Matt Syrat is being taken to tourist Ted Dobbs from Grimsby.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26He was staying at the inn
0:07:26 > 0:07:30when he ill in the bedroom he was sharing with his wife, Margaret.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Hello, there. How are we doing?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35What's happening?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37- I've got pains in me chest.- Yeah?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41'Ted has had a heart attack in the past.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43'Now, it looks like it's happening again.'
0:07:43 > 0:07:45What time did your pain start?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50'Matt wants the aircraft's defibrillator, the Shock Box,
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- 'just in case.'- Yeah, can you bring the defib up, please?
0:07:54 > 0:07:57All right, try not to worry. Just try to describe how you're feeling.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Is this pain still here?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- The pain's going down.- Right, OK. Did it go anywhere else?
0:08:02 > 0:08:03In your arms or in your neck?
0:08:04 > 0:08:08The couple's pets first hinted that something wasn't right.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13The dogs were sat at sort of at the edge of the bed
0:08:13 > 0:08:17and they...I know my dogs and I knew they sensed something was wrong.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19What I'll do is I'll give you an aspirin to chew.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- Is that all right?- Yes.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25They wouldn't go near my husband and they went all quiet and subdued.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Don't mind me, I'm just going to stick loads of sticky things on you.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31Connect you up to some equipment.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34He started with chest pain about two hours ago.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Central chest pain, not radiating.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39It felt similar to his last heart attack.
0:08:39 > 0:08:44- Feeling stinging?- Pop it in. Just chew it for me, OK. Crunch it up.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48That way it soaks in pretty well. Hello, there.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51'The problem with a heart attack is, they can have one'
0:08:51 > 0:08:55and then, not long after that, they can have another one.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- You've been all right since that's cleared up.- Yeah.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02I knew he needed an ambulance and I think with the last experience,
0:09:02 > 0:09:05it was better that he was checked out
0:09:05 > 0:09:08'but I think by the time they got here,
0:09:08 > 0:09:12'and having two sprays, things had calmed down a bit.'
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Just open and close this hand a few times like you're
0:09:18 > 0:09:21pulling fivers out your wife's purse.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26But the trace from the ECG machine is not suggesting a heart attack.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Something else is wrong.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Yeah, have you got an ETA for the DMA, over?
0:09:32 > 0:09:37Yeah, the ambulance is showing as 11, one-one minutes, over.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43Yeah, Roger, thanks. There's nothing on this chap's ECG at present, over.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46The team decide it's not necessary to subject Ted
0:09:46 > 0:09:48to the stress of a helicopter flight.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50He'll travel by road.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55The pain seems to have gone, so, um, he probably still needs to go
0:09:55 > 0:09:58to hospital to be checked over and have some further tests.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Erm...but in the absence of any pain,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03he probably doesn't need to travel by air,
0:10:03 > 0:10:06so we've got a paramedic ambulance here
0:10:06 > 0:10:09so they're going to bob him in and drive him up to James Cook.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13He may not be in immediate danger,
0:10:13 > 0:10:17but everyone knows something is wrong with Ted's heart.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Only hospital tests will show what.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28The Yorkshire Dales were carved out of rock by water and ice
0:10:28 > 0:10:32millions of years ago and the crags and cliffs
0:10:32 > 0:10:34they left behind are now a major attraction
0:10:34 > 0:10:38for the National Park's more adventurous visitors.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Yorkshire's National Parks cover 1,200 square miles.
0:10:44 > 0:10:4820% of the county is protected from development,
0:10:48 > 0:10:50its landscape covered by tough planning laws
0:10:50 > 0:10:56and conservation rules, but some of its most unspoilt scenery
0:10:56 > 0:11:00is on its windswept border with County Durham.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02It's a summer's day, and high in Swaledale,
0:11:02 > 0:11:06the local mountain rescue team's been scrambled
0:11:06 > 0:11:08to a climber in trouble.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11I take it this is an access problem, is it?
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Yeah. 400 or 500 yards away from...
0:11:15 > 0:11:17either crew or the roadside.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21'Paramedics Daz Axe and Matt Syrat have been called to
0:11:21 > 0:11:24'a group of students from Newcastle University.
0:11:24 > 0:11:30'One of them has a suspected broken leg after falling down a rock face.'
0:11:30 > 0:11:31I would suggest it's probably these
0:11:31 > 0:11:34that's at this crag behind this, Chris.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37If you can get level with them on Matt's side or my side,
0:11:37 > 0:11:38we'll have a little peep.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43In a remote place like this, it's not possible to get a precise
0:11:43 > 0:11:45location of where the accident happened.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48We've got more people further along.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Is it that guy in a green shirt above? Is that them?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Or are they just sunbathing? Take a look.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56They're sunbathing.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59If you get level with them, Chris, I'll open the door and just see
0:11:59 > 0:12:02if I can indicate to them whether or not we're required.
0:12:02 > 0:12:03Sure.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08This is a tricky place for pilot Chris Atrill to land.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12The safest place to touch down is at the top of the cliff 40ft
0:12:12 > 0:12:14above their patient.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- I bet you wish you'd put your make-up on now.- I do?!
0:12:22 > 0:12:25The patient is Lucy Finch.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Lucy, how many years young are you?
0:12:27 > 0:12:29- I'm 19.- OK.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Just bouldering on this bit of rock and fell off, missed the mat,
0:12:32 > 0:12:34hit the floor.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Ankle hurts now. I don't know, there's not really much to it.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Just a bit of an idiot and fell off.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Lucy was climbing up there...
0:12:42 > 0:12:44I've got a bit of a sticky hold, I knew she was coming off,
0:12:44 > 0:12:46jumped backwards almost,
0:12:46 > 0:12:52so, one foot landed on the boulder mat, and her other foot was
0:12:52 > 0:12:56probably that much off it, I think she just hit a rock wrong.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57Ankle went.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01It's too far to carry Lucy to the land ambulance, but reaching
0:13:01 > 0:13:06Helimed 98 means hauling her up the cliff face she was trying to climb.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10They need the Swaledale Mountain Rescue team now.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13We're going to either transfer her from here to the top
0:13:13 > 0:13:15with their expertise.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18It's only 40ft, but we don't want to make more casualties.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20We don't have the equipment to sort of, you know,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22to carbine her up to the top,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25so we'll let them do it and then we'll transfer her to the ground
0:13:25 > 0:13:28vehicle which is at the bottom of the hill in the distance behind me.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- Keep going, keep going.- It's suspected Lucy has broken her ankle.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34She needs gas and air to take the edge off the pain.
0:13:34 > 0:13:39- It's not called laughing gas for nothing.- Slowly, Lucy, if you can.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41- Don't hyperventilate. - Just breathe normal.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Cos if you fill up with this gas, you'll just float over the top of
0:13:43 > 0:13:45this thing and we'll not be able to catch you.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47- SHE LAUGHS - That's why it's called laughing gas.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51It's a never-ending repertoire of one-liners!
0:13:51 > 0:13:53THEY LAUGH
0:13:53 > 0:13:56The Swaledale Mountain Rescue team
0:13:56 > 0:13:59has had to climb 1,000ft or more to reach the scene.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01I'm Daz. Pleased to meet you.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- I've got a car...- Oh, that's fun.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08We'll go up and we can transfer from here to that ambulance that's
0:14:08 > 0:14:10over there and that's it.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Yeah, it's what you do best. Not what we do.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16The UK's Mountain Rescue teams are all volunteers
0:14:16 > 0:14:20and Lucy's accident couldn't have been handier for this group.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22We're actually training dogs at the moment, search dogs,
0:14:22 > 0:14:25so we'd been out just sort of doing a bit of a...
0:14:25 > 0:14:27taking the dogs for a walk, a little bit of training.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31And there's a nice little wood, just to the side, we often go and use.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Lucy needs to be carefully strapped in using proper lifting gear
0:14:35 > 0:14:38before she can be taken up the rock face.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40The plan is to get her to the chopper,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43then fly her to the nearby land ambulance.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Lucy, who's been on gas and air for a while, is now quite relaxed.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50I'm excited to go on a helicopter! Ha, ha!
0:14:50 > 0:14:53We're just going to put a safety rope on and we're just going
0:14:53 > 0:14:56to take her back up through this gap...to the helicopter.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00This is a dangerous manoeuvre.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05Lucy has to be lifted vertically back up 40 feet,
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- not that she seems worried. - SHE LAUGHS
0:15:08 > 0:15:13The Swaledale Team trains for rescues like this all the time.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15It's routine.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17But for Lucy's mates,
0:15:17 > 0:15:20this is an event that demands a souvenir picture.
0:15:20 > 0:15:21So, please, please wait...
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Good teamwork, everyone working together.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26It's a big effort for us having to carry her
0:15:26 > 0:15:29all the way down to the road, so, yeah, it's really good.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30Cheers, fellas.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33It's like being in a pram cos it's got that little shade
0:15:33 > 0:15:35like the babies have, but it was all right, actually.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38It just felt like...I don't know. It felt like I was in bed.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- But a bit wobbly. - SHE LAUGHS
0:15:42 > 0:15:45She'll go to hospital by road.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48The Helimed 98 is airlifting her a mile to the land ambulance.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Lucy's ankle is badly broken
0:15:53 > 0:15:56and it's weeks before she can walk properly,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59let alone climb again, but back home in Newcastle where she's
0:15:59 > 0:16:04at university, her injury hasn't put her off training for the peaks.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11It was what it was. It was an accident, like...
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Nothing was wrong, particularly.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Maybe I pushed away from the wall a little too much, I need to make
0:16:15 > 0:16:18sure I just fall, cos I thought I was going to hit the outer rock.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21'We did everything right, like...
0:16:21 > 0:16:24'the two guys spotting me made sure that everything from the waist up
0:16:24 > 0:16:27'made sure it hit the mat, which is what matters, really.'
0:16:28 > 0:16:30As much as I'd like not to have a broken ankle,
0:16:30 > 0:16:33I'd much rather have a broken ankle than a fractured, like, pelvis
0:16:33 > 0:16:36or, like, hit my head or something like that.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41And she's determined to get back to the Dales.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44I'm hoping I'll be able to start climbing
0:16:44 > 0:16:47and stuff with ropes again...quite soon.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58On the banks of the Humber Estuary, at his home in Grimsby,
0:16:58 > 0:17:01another of the Helimed team's patients is making another
0:17:01 > 0:17:03rather faster recovery.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Ted Dobbs believes his pet dogs, Katie and Millie, recognised
0:17:07 > 0:17:12his life-threatening heart condition almost before he did.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15The dogs were totally ignoring him,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18they knew something was wrong with him.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Well, they say dogs do sense things
0:17:21 > 0:17:24and they definitely sensed that there was something wrong.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28Normally, they're lively as anything. When I went back to
0:17:28 > 0:17:31the breakfast room, they're usually jumping all over you,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34but they just went and laid down, they went all docile.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37They knew there was something wrong, somehow.
0:17:38 > 0:17:43'The ambulance people, I can't praise them enough and
0:17:43 > 0:17:47'they were so good to me and thoughtful.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51'You could see they were worried about me as well as Edward.'
0:17:51 > 0:17:55'Hospital doctors finally confirmed what Ted's dogs
0:17:55 > 0:17:57'might have known all along.'
0:17:57 > 0:18:00I found that I had a problem with my heart
0:18:00 > 0:18:02and I had to have it triple bypassed.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04'The arteries were filling up,
0:18:04 > 0:18:07'that's what they said at the hospital and he had to have'
0:18:07 > 0:18:10the three replaced, which they have done,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13and now, hopefully, he'll get better.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Ted and Margaret are now planning another stay at the Lion Inn,
0:18:17 > 0:18:19with Katie and Millie of course,
0:18:19 > 0:18:23but this time they hope their break won't end in a trip to hospital.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Yorkshire's country estates boast some of the UK's
0:18:34 > 0:18:37most luxurious homes.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42From stately piles like Harewood to the majestic Castle Howard,
0:18:42 > 0:18:45only the paying public or aristocratic guests
0:18:45 > 0:18:48get to look around many of them.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51But, today, Helimed 98 has an urgent house call
0:18:51 > 0:18:54to a very desirable address in the Dales.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57We're being dispatched off to a detail in the Dales
0:18:57 > 0:19:01up in North Yorkshire to a place just west of Leyburn.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04A crew request to help them with a patient
0:19:04 > 0:19:07that's fallen from a horse, suspected spinal injuries.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11We do come out to this area quite a bit because of the distances that
0:19:11 > 0:19:15they have to travel to hospital from where this quite remote location is.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17It's one of our areas where our furthest ambulance station
0:19:17 > 0:19:19is in North Yorkshire.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23So, the helicopter comes into its own and helps them with that.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Helimed 98 is heading for Bolton Hall in Wensleydale.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30The present hall was built for a Victorian baron.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Now, it's home to some equally aristocratic racehorses
0:19:34 > 0:19:37under training in its stables.
0:19:37 > 0:19:4115-year-old Lauren Might was riding in the yard when she was thrown.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43She's in pain from a broken ankle,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46but the team fear she may have worse injuries.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50- You were not travelling at speed? Just...- Yeah, she was.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52- You were galloping?- Did it?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55She went out on a hack and the horse has spooked at something
0:19:55 > 0:19:57as it's come round the corner,
0:19:57 > 0:19:59and just run straight into a wall.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Unfortunately, she's come off and...
0:20:03 > 0:20:06..the horse is no longer with us as a result,
0:20:06 > 0:20:08but at least she's all right.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10SHE CRIES
0:20:10 > 0:20:12We'll come out, feet first.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Paramedic Lee wants to examine his patient more carefully.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Lauren's strapped to a rigid spinal stretcher.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20He isn't taking any chances.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27The incident's completely out of character for the horse
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Lauren was riding.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Normally...he's one of the best in the world, you know,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34you take all the younger horses out with him,
0:20:34 > 0:20:37so that he calms them down cos he's...
0:20:37 > 0:20:39How old? He's about 16 or 17.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41He's quite an old boy.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45He's really good with the young ones, looking after them,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48and yet, he's done this.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50I wouldn't ever have expected it.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54So, whether we'll find out whether she can remember it later,
0:20:54 > 0:20:57I don't know. A bit of a weird one, to say the least.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- Do it from here.- Yeah, I'll do it from there. I'll do it from here.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03OK, have you got that? I'm just going to hold on to your collar...
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Right, I've got you there. Just keep nice and still, all right?
0:21:06 > 0:21:07SHE WHIMPERS AND CRIES
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Lauren's an experienced rider and this was a real shock.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Most country houses now have to work for a living
0:21:16 > 0:21:19and Bolton Hall is no exception.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21It's home to several businesses
0:21:21 > 0:21:24and now Yorkshire's most elegant helipad.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27GIRL CRIES Everybody happy, yeah?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29OK, you come clear, Nick.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Great, cheers. Sliding across. All yours.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Got her, got her. Wait a second.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Do you want a little bit more pain relief,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39some gas and air that you can have on the way across?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- No.- Are you sure?
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- No, it makes me feel dizzy. - It makes you feel dizzy?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- You don't have to have it. - I'm OK.- Are you sure?
0:21:47 > 0:21:52Lauren's being flown direct to James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Her mum will be travelling with her.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57- If you feel sick, I need you to let me know, all right?- OK.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Now, you have a headset on cos you have these blocks at the side of
0:22:00 > 0:22:03your head, so what I want you to do is I want you to raise this arm
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- if you start to feel sick, all right?- Yes.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10The doctors are waiting for Lauren's arrival.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15She's X-rayed and scanned and tests show she's been lucky.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Apart from a broken ankle,
0:22:16 > 0:22:20she's well enough to go home within 24 hours.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Time heals most of the Helimed team's patients,
0:22:26 > 0:22:30but sometimes the mental trauma of an injury lasts longer.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33It's three weeks since teenager Dominic Evans was
0:22:33 > 0:22:37attacked near his home in the quiet village of Spaldington.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Police are investigating and Dominic has regained some
0:22:40 > 0:22:44memories of the attack that left him with serious facial injuries.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45'I was just minding my own business,
0:22:45 > 0:22:49'I were off to see my friend as a normal person does at my age.'
0:22:49 > 0:22:51And I saw...
0:22:51 > 0:22:54these lads at the side of the road when I went past
0:22:54 > 0:22:55and they stood in the middle of the road
0:22:55 > 0:22:58and tried chucking something at me,
0:22:58 > 0:23:02and I turned around and saw who it were and carried on riding
0:23:02 > 0:23:05and I started making my way back and they were waiting for me
0:23:05 > 0:23:07behind an hedge with a piece of wood.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Hello, Dominic.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- He can't remember... - So, you think he's been knocked...
0:23:12 > 0:23:16At the time of the incident, no-one was clear how it happened.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18You're not sure, bud?
0:23:18 > 0:23:21They tried to make the incident look like an accident,
0:23:21 > 0:23:24like I'd come off my motorbike by putting me in a ditch,
0:23:24 > 0:23:28bleeding to death, they just left me at the bottom of the dyke.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30My bike at the side of the road and my helmet at the side
0:23:30 > 0:23:32of the road, they made it look like I'd come off.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34But that's what the police and my dad
0:23:34 > 0:23:37and everybody thought as soon as they first got there,
0:23:37 > 0:23:40until they started realising my facial injuries, my arm,
0:23:40 > 0:23:43there were no damage to my bike or my helmet or anything,
0:23:43 > 0:23:46so it's obvious that it was them guys that had done this to me.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49- My arms and face are killing me. - All right, mate. Got you.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50This should help with it.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54'I remember waking up at the side of the road'
0:23:54 > 0:23:55and the...
0:23:55 > 0:23:59ambulance had already come there. You know, the paramedics in the cars?
0:23:59 > 0:24:01'They were the first ones on the scene, I think,
0:24:01 > 0:24:04'and then the police came after those and I remember, like,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07'kind of coming around to them helping me and they were
0:24:07 > 0:24:09'trying to put needles and morphine and stuff in me
0:24:09 > 0:24:12'like that and I didn't know what they were trying to do,
0:24:12 > 0:24:14'I didn't know who they were or anything.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15'I was trying to fight my way out.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17'I just wanted to get away from everybody.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20'I feel sorry for the nurses there.'
0:24:20 > 0:24:22I were horrible.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Dominic had sustained serious facial injuries.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29'I thought it were going to stay like that.'
0:24:29 > 0:24:33I looked horrible, I had two black eyes, my lip were out here,
0:24:33 > 0:24:38my face, my jaw, my arm, all my body was just bruised. I looked horrible.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41'I didn't want anybody seeing me. Everybody wanted to come and see me,
0:24:41 > 0:24:43'and I was telling everyone to go away.'
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Dominic's cuts and bruises will slowly heal,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49but he may need more facial surgery.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51My arm, it might need pinning, this is...
0:24:51 > 0:24:53when they put my first cast on,
0:24:53 > 0:24:56they said it had pulled itself into an all right position,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59so they're going to leave it and X-ray it every so often
0:24:59 > 0:25:02and see if it does need pinning, after a while.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05So I need to go for my X-ray and see if it needs pinning.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08If it does, then it'll have to be done. I'll have to have an operation.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Just going to support your arm.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Despite being agitated and hostile to the paramedics,
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Dominic says he's grateful for their help.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20No, I ain't going to inject you with anything.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Did that morphine help?
0:25:22 > 0:25:23- HE GROANS - No.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27I'd like to say thanks to the paramedics on the helicopter
0:25:27 > 0:25:30and all the police and everybody as well. They were excellent.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36It turns out that Dominic was indeed assaulted,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39and two men have since been questioned and bailed by police.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Bikers sometimes get a bad press,
0:25:46 > 0:25:50but beneath the leathers, these days you're more likely to find
0:25:50 > 0:25:53a family man in his 40s than a boy racer.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57There are few keener bikers than Helimed paramedic Darren Axe,
0:25:57 > 0:25:59a rider for 30 years
0:25:59 > 0:26:02and a regular at Yorkshire's most popular biking cafe.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06The scenery's fantastic. The roads are great.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09For bikes, they're just a massive experience
0:26:09 > 0:26:11and a massive grin every time you ride them.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14We've got thousands of bikers in Yorkshire
0:26:14 > 0:26:16and thousands from around the area
0:26:16 > 0:26:18that come into Yorkshire to experience that.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Darren sees the same accidents occurring over and over again,
0:26:22 > 0:26:27many involving motorists, with bikers usually the casualties.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29In the main, it'll be vehicles pulling out a junction
0:26:29 > 0:26:31that haven't looked for a bike, they've not seen it.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33They'll lift the head, make the manoeuvre
0:26:33 > 0:26:35and, unfortunately, the bike's on top of them, then
0:26:35 > 0:26:37and the rider's gone flying
0:26:37 > 0:26:39down the road for about 30 metres after impact.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41It's the roads of north Yorkshire
0:26:41 > 0:26:45that claim most of the Helimed team's biking patients.
0:26:45 > 0:26:51In the last five years, 68 riders have died here and 540 have been
0:26:51 > 0:26:57seriously injured, more than half were, like Darren, men in their 40s.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01Some were themselves to blame, others definitely not.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04The other one we tend to see, cars will be running along the road.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08They'll indicate right, the bike will already be level with them,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11they'll turn and the bike strikes the side of the car.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Back at work, it's not long before a call comes in of a biker
0:27:16 > 0:27:21- with a serious leg injury.- It's a crew request to a motorcycle and car.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26This, believe it or not, is the first sunny Sunday we've had.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Not unbelievably, the motorcyclists are out
0:27:28 > 0:27:32and we've got one of our first motorcycle incidents of the year.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35If I was off today, I'd be out on my bike too.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40On the ground, their patient is 37-year-old Steve Tong.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45His leg is badly broken and his pain score is high,
0:27:45 > 0:27:49despite already having had the maximum dose of morphine.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52So, Steve, my mates have explained to me
0:27:52 > 0:27:55that obviously you're in a lot of pain with your leg.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Initially, it would have been of a ten.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00So do we think it's about a seven now, do we?
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Seven. With the best intent in the world, Steve,
0:28:03 > 0:28:05we can't leave that leg where it is, mate.
0:28:05 > 0:28:06It'll be out in the cold
0:28:06 > 0:28:09and we won't be able to shut the door cos it's sticking out
0:28:09 > 0:28:11a bit to the side where it's broken at the top.
0:28:11 > 0:28:12We don't need an X-ray eye to see it,
0:28:12 > 0:28:15and I'm not going to fib to you, it's broken.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17So, we're going to try and give you something else for the pain,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20which'll try and ease that off for you a little bit.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Before he administers the more powerful painkiller,
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Darren seeks more expert medical advice from a doctor.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Hi, sorry to bother you.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35I've got a 37-year-old male, road traffic collision, motorcyclist.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39Front onside impact into a car turning right in front of him.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Obvious left femur, angulated
0:28:41 > 0:28:44and rotated out laterally away from his body.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46He's had 20 of morphine, Jez,
0:28:46 > 0:28:50which has only reduced his pain to seven out of ten.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53We're unable to straighten his leg or traction it in any way to
0:28:53 > 0:28:56transfer him. It's more or less out at right angles.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Steve has had a nasty break.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02His femur has snapped and twisted 90 degrees.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Both vehicles have been travelling south towards Beverley.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08The car has started to turn right,
0:29:08 > 0:29:11the motorbike has overtaken and the two have collided.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Obviously, the motorcycle has come off a lot worse.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Darren is going to give Steve ketamine - a painkiller
0:29:20 > 0:29:23and anaesthetic that is more powerful than morphine
0:29:23 > 0:29:25but lasts only a few minutes.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30It'll allow them to examine Steve's broken leg
0:29:30 > 0:29:32without too much discomfort.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36What's your pain like now?
0:29:36 > 0:29:37What number is it?
0:29:38 > 0:29:42- Pain's gone.- That's good. That's good.
0:29:42 > 0:29:43Off your head. That's good.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46They're straightening Steve's leg.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50It'll be painful, but the broken pieces of his thighbone
0:29:50 > 0:29:53could damage blood vessels if they don't.
0:29:53 > 0:29:54It's now minute six, yeah?
0:29:55 > 0:29:58- He's getting his third one. - Pain what's it like now, pal?
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Weird. I like weird.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07Steve, lights on, yeah? You won't remember anything about this, mate.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09No.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12Only tip I'm going to give you is get some proper gear
0:30:12 > 0:30:13to ride with next time.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16Yeah? Get some proper boots, proper trousers, yeah?
0:30:16 > 0:30:20Body armour. Trust me, I'm an ambulance man.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23On impact, Steve landed 30 feet from the crash scene
0:30:23 > 0:30:25and he's lucky to be alive.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Right. No head injury. Not complaining of any neck pain.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30GCS has been 15 throughout. Chest clear, bilateral.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34Abdomen soft, no guarding, no distension.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38We're querying that pelvis and left leg. Right leg's fully intact.
0:30:38 > 0:30:39He's been with us throughout
0:30:39 > 0:30:41and we're going to take his helmet with us, yeah?
0:30:41 > 0:30:43Smashing.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Keep that leg nice and still, mate, there.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Brilliant.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51Steve's broken leg is now straight but has serious swelling
0:30:51 > 0:30:54under the knee, which suggests internal bleeding.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01- While the ketamine is still having an effect...- Steve, are you with us?
0:31:01 > 0:31:05..the next step is to strap his legs up and get him onto a spinal board.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08We're going to roll him onto... Good leg first.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Super. So that board in from your side then.
0:31:12 > 0:31:13STEVE SCREAMS
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Chris, will you take all that fluid for us?
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Steve's pain score is starting to climb.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28He needs more ketamine if he's going to make the flight to hospital,
0:31:28 > 0:31:32but Daz needs to get clearance to be able to administer even more.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35It did. It reduced his pain significantly,
0:31:35 > 0:31:37so we've got him strapped onto a board now.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39His pain level's coming back up again.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42It's eight minutes since he had the last ten milligrams.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Steve... OK, mate?
0:31:47 > 0:31:48Two, three, lift.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53- Go ahead, we can hear you. - Sorry to bother you.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Just wondering how long before extract
0:31:55 > 0:31:57and put a second in transfer in for you.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Today was the first sunny Sunday of the year
0:32:00 > 0:32:02and it ended in a terrible injury for Steve -
0:32:02 > 0:32:05a broken femur can take many months to heal.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Left side's hurting you. OK.
0:32:07 > 0:32:12Before take off, Darren administers yet another dose of ketamine.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16As well as killing pain, it gives temporary amnesia to patients.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21OK.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26The accident has happened on the Yorkshire Wolds
0:32:26 > 0:32:28near the historic town of Beverley,
0:32:28 > 0:32:32but thanks to ketamine, Steve will have no memory of this flight.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36It's had quite a significant effect on his pain.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38He's not aware of what's happened to him.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40He's not feeling nay pain at the moment
0:32:40 > 0:32:42and he's quite comfortable and settled.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44We've been able to affect treatment on him,
0:32:44 > 0:32:46which will be better for him down the line
0:32:46 > 0:32:49because we've brought his leg back into a position
0:32:49 > 0:32:52where there's blood flow and everything where it should be.
0:32:52 > 0:32:57Darren's patient is being flown direct to Hull Royal Infirmary,
0:32:57 > 0:32:59where X-rays show he needs surgery.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02His recovery takes months.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Paramedic Darren is fanatical about bikes.
0:33:06 > 0:33:07When he's not on duty,
0:33:07 > 0:33:11he loves spreading the message about motorcycle safety.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14I'm an air ambulance paramedic and I've been riding a bike all my life.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17But what I really want to talk to you about is...
0:33:17 > 0:33:22He, like most bikers, knows the importance of good safety gear.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25Now and again, especially when it's really hot,
0:33:25 > 0:33:27you'll come across bikers who are riding, you know,
0:33:27 > 0:33:31the latest 1,000 plus CC bike, and they're wearing a T-shirt and shorts
0:33:31 > 0:33:33and a pair of deck shoes.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37It's just not acceptable. You know, it's completely irresponsible.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40The injuries that they'll sustain, they'll be significant.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43Life-changing injuries if they have a big off.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45The kit they're wearing will give them that protection.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48If you're wearing a jacket that's right, with a back protector in it,
0:33:48 > 0:33:50that'll protect your arms and obviously your spine,
0:33:50 > 0:33:52which is really, really important.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55You want to be walking around the rest of your life.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56You don't want to be sat in a chair.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01Wearing the right gear might seem like common sense,
0:34:01 > 0:34:06but Darren sees it all, especially when the sun shines.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08On Rishworth Moor in the Pennines,
0:34:08 > 0:34:12a young rider has lost control of his bike and come off.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16He's dressed for the weather but not for the road.
0:34:16 > 0:34:21This is Sean. He's...he's come down here. Roughly about 30mph, he thinks.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Bike's gone from under him. We think bike's done damage.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26He's more or less landed here, but sort of head down where he is,
0:34:26 > 0:34:27but he's just moved over.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30- What's your name, buddy.- Sean.- Sean.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32So us a favour, mate.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Just relax your head back. What we're going to do...
0:34:34 > 0:34:36You probably haven't hurt your neck or back,
0:34:36 > 0:34:39but just because you've got that nasty bit of leg there,
0:34:39 > 0:34:42you might have some back pain that you might feel later on.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Just keep your head nice and still.
0:34:44 > 0:34:4621-year-old Sean Morrissey from Manchester was out
0:34:46 > 0:34:50with his friend Declan Crossley when he took the corner too fast.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53We were just driving about.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55We just had a little walk down at the lake at the top,
0:34:55 > 0:34:58then just drove back down. I was in front.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59I couldn't see him in my rear mirror,
0:34:59 > 0:35:02so I turned round and then saw him on the verge.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07I asked him what he wanted me to do, and he wanted me to turn him over,
0:35:07 > 0:35:11but hold his leg while he turned over.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Then I turned him over and then I phoned the ambulance.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15So what's happened? You've just lost it.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Well, I think I was... I was just slowing down a bit,
0:35:17 > 0:35:19but I think I just slowed down a bit too late.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22I didn't want to go around the corner and sort of...
0:35:22 > 0:35:25You can see immediately that he's only wearing a pair of shorts
0:35:25 > 0:35:30and some pumps, so it's not, probably not suitable clothing.
0:35:30 > 0:35:31He did have a coat on at least.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35A helmet. But that's about it.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Sean's leg is very badly broken -
0:35:38 > 0:35:42an injury paramedic Daz thinks could have been easily avoided.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44These protective shorts you're wearing,
0:35:44 > 0:35:47that's what you've been wearing. So, you hadn't had any leathers on?
0:35:47 > 0:35:51- I've had a biker jacket on. - But not on your legs.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53- No.- OK.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57That's interesting. And a bit daft, really, don't you think?
0:35:57 > 0:36:01A jacket, it won't save you, will it? Obviously.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Those shoes... I'm surprised your feet are still attached.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09Sean is not used to riding on country roads, in fact,
0:36:09 > 0:36:13he's only just passed his test and got his provisional driving licence.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15You only have to do a one-day course to get the CBT
0:36:15 > 0:36:18and then you can be on the road on a 125.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20I think you should do more tests.
0:36:21 > 0:36:22- Do your hips feel all right?- Yeah.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Just messing with your leg again. Sorry, mate.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31You keep sucking on that gas and air.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35So we're just applying a Kendrick traction splint.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39We've got a fractured femur. Quite deformed, really.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43So if you can put some traction on it and reduce the fracture,
0:36:43 > 0:36:47A, you can stop any internal bleeding to quite a big extent.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Reduce the spasm in the surrounding muscle,
0:36:49 > 0:36:53which in turn reduces pain, so it's quite a good bit of kit.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Getting his leg straightened is going to really hurt.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Right, Sean, nice deep breaths, mate.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00We're just going to straighten your leg for you, OK?
0:37:01 > 0:37:02Nice deep breaths, mate.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08- OK, well done, mate. - Keep breathing, Sean.- Well done.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12Sean is being incredibly brave.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15Gas and air only helps to take the edge of pain
0:37:15 > 0:37:19and doesn't get rid of it all together, but he's now ready to fly.
0:37:20 > 0:37:21Just lift his feet up.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Bring the board up.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26All done, pal.
0:37:28 > 0:37:29How's your pain doing, matey, out of ten?
0:37:29 > 0:37:31It's all right, actually.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Sean's mum has already warned him of the dangers of getting a bike.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38It seems he's learnt his lesson the hard way.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40I've had a friend die from biking
0:37:40 > 0:37:43and know other people that have died through motorbikes.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48I've always loved one, and then he's got one not long ago,
0:37:48 > 0:37:50and his mum didn't want him to get one.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53So she's not going to be letting him drive that again.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56She won't want him to get back on that bike.
0:37:56 > 0:37:57He's a young lad, he's 21.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Hopefully, him and his mate will learn from this.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05And in future they'll don the leathers and proper protective kit.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09To me, it's as important as wearing a helmet.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11DARREN: I know you think I had a go at you,
0:38:11 > 0:38:12but I'm obviously concerned for you.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15If we're having to go back and tell your mum
0:38:15 > 0:38:16that you're ripped to bits
0:38:16 > 0:38:19because you've not been wearing your gear, it's difficult for us,
0:38:19 > 0:38:22because we see hundreds of bikers. Do you know what I mean?
0:38:22 > 0:38:24For the sake of a nice pair of leathers, some nice boots,
0:38:24 > 0:38:27there'd have been some padding here at your flanks,
0:38:27 > 0:38:29it might have saved you.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Daz's telling off will probably not be as harsh as the one
0:38:32 > 0:38:36he is going to get when he calls his mum later on.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39He's also got a long few months on crutches ahead of him
0:38:39 > 0:38:41until his broken bone heals.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Paramedic Darren is passionate about bike safety
0:38:46 > 0:38:49because he's learnt about it the hard way.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51He's been a casualty himself,
0:38:51 > 0:38:55but escaped injury each time thanks to wearing the right gear.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Fortunately for me, I'm still stood up and walking around.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Every time I've dropped the bike,
0:39:01 > 0:39:06I've been wearing all the right kit - helmet, gloves, massively important.
0:39:06 > 0:39:07You go sliding down the road,
0:39:07 > 0:39:09the first thing that's going to wear out
0:39:09 > 0:39:11is the skin on the palms of your hands. Wear your gloves.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15Good jacket, back protector built into it, and even better
0:39:15 > 0:39:19if you can get a proprietary one, which is what I'm wearing today.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23He loves seeing bikers being as lucky as him.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31We've hit the blue stuff, mate. We've gone too far right.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Today, Darren's off to the seaside.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Well, once again I'm straight from one detail
0:39:38 > 0:39:40and back on to another one.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43Lo and behold, a lovely sunny day and motorcyclist again.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46This one's in a ditch on the east coast.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Having some problems, can't move his legs.
0:39:52 > 0:39:53Got traffic stopped.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Some vehicles. White vehicles.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57Oh, yeah.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01You should be able to go straight across 12 o'clock.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Ay-up, mate. Right, then. What do we call you again?
0:40:09 > 0:40:12- Steve.- Steve, what day is it, Steve?- Sunday.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15Their patient is 44-year-old Steven Jones.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18OK. I'm just going to put my hands onto your chest here.
0:40:18 > 0:40:19Take a deep breath for me again. OK.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Just let me have a little feel at your sides. Take a deep breath.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Super. Let's have a little feel at your hips. That hurt at all?
0:40:27 > 0:40:29- No, it's all right.- Good. Good.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32So he was coming round the corner here, probably about 20, 30...
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Well, not ever 20 mile an hour.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Then he skidded. The bike flipped over and landed,
0:40:36 > 0:40:39and he just went over and landed there.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42When he first came over, he said he couldn't feel that leg at all.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44It all feels intact to me,
0:40:44 > 0:40:47and he'd know if it were going to be any worse than that.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Yeah, well, fortunately for you, mate,
0:40:51 > 0:40:53you've got good gear on, which is always a bonus for me.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55I'm always pleased.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58OK. At least you had a soft landing.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Steven was taking this bend
0:41:00 > 0:41:02when his bike slid from beneath him -
0:41:02 > 0:41:05a common type of accident for motorcyclists,
0:41:05 > 0:41:09but getting him out of this ditch is going to be tricky.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Board in from the back.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Take him up the board and that'll just take this...
0:41:14 > 0:41:16Somebody take his legs and that'll take this bend out of him
0:41:16 > 0:41:18as we take him out.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21Yeah? What we're going to do is we're just going to ease him forward,
0:41:21 > 0:41:23drop the board in behind him, then take him up.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Somebody's just going to have to watch this ankle.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29If he can't stand it we'll supplement him with a bit of Nox.
0:41:29 > 0:41:34With numbness in his leg, he could well have a serious back injury.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Moving from this position could hurt.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40I'm just going to bend you in the middle, Steve.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Just do what you need to, lads.
0:41:46 > 0:41:47Super.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50It'll be ready, steady, move. Ready, steady, move.
0:41:52 > 0:41:53That's it.
0:41:53 > 0:41:54It's quite typical.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Nice day, the bikes have been away in the garages.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Bit of sunshine comes out, and of course, they want to get out.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Most bikers know it's vital not to remove a rider's helmet after
0:42:05 > 0:42:06an accident.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08It must be done with extreme care.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Well, that were relatively painless.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13I found your other headlight cover.
0:42:13 > 0:42:14Not much good, though.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Steve's condition is not life-threatening,
0:42:16 > 0:42:20and as getting him to hospital is not time-critical,
0:42:20 > 0:42:23he'll be taken to Hull Royal Infirmary by road.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26- You take care.- Cheers, mate.- Our mates are going to look after you.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28You did a marvellous job, you boys.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31All of us. It's a team effort, mate. It's always a team effort.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35Daz's initial assessment is that he's escaped serious injury.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37This chap's had a quite a significant off,
0:42:37 > 0:42:39as you can see from the state of his bike,
0:42:39 > 0:42:43but he's landed in some nice soft mud at the bottom of a ditch...
0:42:43 > 0:42:45in a really good position.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47He's got very, very minor injuries.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49I think above all else,
0:42:49 > 0:42:52he's got absolutely top-rate motorcycle gear on.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56He's got, you know, armour-plated trousers, good boots, good jacket.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00Lots of protection built into them. Quality helmet and gloves.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02I never ride my bike without it.
0:43:03 > 0:43:08Later in hospital, X-rays show that Steve had no broken bones,
0:43:08 > 0:43:09and within a few days
0:43:09 > 0:43:11he was back on his bike,
0:43:11 > 0:43:13just a bit battered and bruised.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17Darren, despite the risks,
0:43:17 > 0:43:21he says he's determined to carry on biking.
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