He’s the kind of doctor you want in an emergency for sure. I’ve had many ambulance rides (never in a helicopter though). Most of the paramedics are absolutely lovely, but not all.
I liked that too, the sense of comfort and reassurance given by human touch is very important. More so when you are in pain and needing to be comforted.
Seeing how they handled that old woman made my heart warm. My grandma passed away about 3 years ago due to a brain aneurism. While they were still trying to save her, they lifted her to another hospital a town away.. She always said she wanted to fly in a helicopter.. I really hope they held her hand all the way there like these men did that sweet old woman. Miss you grandma.. Rest peacefully in the clouds above 💕..
a person might have an life threatening allergic reaction to a pain killer and pain medication addiction is a very big problem in USA, can destroy families and careers.
Ok so, I have just binged watched the first season and the first 4 episodes of this season. I love this program, it’s one of the best I’ve seen. As a registered nurse, I love anything medical and I appreciate that this program doesn’t edit out all of the real scenes of actual injuries, like most other programs do, or they usually blur them out. This program is real and gives us, the viewers, a full perspective of what their jobs entail. These Dr’s, paramedics and pilots are amazing at what they do. Given that they could face absolutely any type of injury, outside of a hospital, they are clearly the best of the best in their field. I would love to do this type of work. These men and women are saving so many lives, people who wouldn’t have made it to hospital in time and need a much quicker intervention by a Dr, who is able to carry out procedures and give stronger pain meds than a regular ambulance paramedic. I don’t understand why they aren’t part of the NHS. Or at least partly funded by the government. Hopefully, due to this series, making more of the general public in the UK aware of their services and lack of government funding, more people will donate to this life saving service. Thank you so much for posting this series online for those of us who wouldn’t be able to watch it otherwise. Can’t wait for the next episode to come out. I hope they continue to make this documentary program for a long time to come. 😀🖤🖤🖤🖤
Generally NHS are harder to fund and staff because of the political interplays between policy makers and medical staff. Because the funds are coming through government koffers politicians have more say than they should in areas that they have very little long term experience in. A medical administrator is a nurse or doctor that couldn't handle the stess of or wanted to get out of the crush of base level medical care. Independently funded endeavours put the medical field outside the purview of political changes and wait times.
Completely agree! I’m sick of medical programs censoring injuries and surgery footage. I used to watch a Veterinarian program that showed the surgery, they explained the processes and what they where doing and it was extremely educational for aspiring vets and vet students! Although I can’t become a Vet due to my health, it was something I aspired to be since I was very little and I still enjoy learning about Animal Husbandry. All the sudden though they started censoring the injuries and surgeries and eventually just cut out the surgeries all together. Really disappointing to see such an important educational opportunity lost because of pressure from RUclips and other Hosting platforms.
The Hungarian doctor is so sweet and gentle with the elderly lady. Just precious. My boyfriend and I were puzzling over why ketamine is used so much in England (we're in the US) and I couldn't answer his questions. Someone said we don't have doctors in the field--only paramedics. It makes sense, in that case. And propofol would knock a person out almost completely, or more if enough were given. It's fascinating the differences between the two countries, and others besides.
And in Germany paramedics are allowed to give ibuprofen. Amazing isn't it? In such a case, paramedics would wait until a doctor arrives on scene without giving any analgesia, even if this would last more than 30 minutes because there is no clear law wich helps us to legally use narcotics like opiats or ketamin. If we would do that, we would getting sued.
I know it's a late reply but we use a lot of ketamine in Sweden as well. As paramedics we don't need doctors orders to administrate morphine, fentanyl, ketamine, propfol, bensodiazepam etc. We just report it to the doctor when we arrive with the patient to the ER and write it down in their medical record. We put chest tubes, intubate, administrate medicine and even have ECMO's in certain trauma ambulances and helicopters. They are literally rolling and flying OR's, ER's and ICU's. Paramedics in Sweden works very similar to these doctors and paramedics.
@@Musiknird am wondering how one knows if a person might be allergic or have adverse reactions, or if there is a contra indication with a medication that person is taking but isnot able to articulate it - are any of these pain meds reversable or are they just ready to assist with breathing?
The Brits are so self-controlled. All those relatives standing around each incident and they are staying out of the way and not screaming or even crying; they are very serious of course, but no hysterics. I worked emergency medicine, (in the USA), as an X-ray tech for 25 years and there were times we had to medicate a family member to keep them from trying to push in near the patient or because they were making so much noise the doctors and nurses couldn't hear each other.
It's a cultural difference for sure. Having worked in a tourist-heavy area of austria for a number of years, I could probably write a book on how vastly different people deal with those things, and yet there are patterns emerging along cultural lines. A russian family is just not going to be the same as a swedish family. That's not a judgement, just a fact of upbringing.
Please don't confuse that with a lack of caring though, believe me when I say us brits will fight anyone or anything to protect our loved ones but... Once they are being cared for by a person that knows how to care for them better, we'll step back and let them do their job.
I can relate so well to Dr Pam - I was in my mid 40s when I got into the air ambulance business as a doctor! We ran a 24 hour helicopter and fixed wing service, covering Gauteng (Transvaal) in S Africa. Some of our FW flights were into other provinces as well.
I got to go up in our rescue helicopters twice. First time during our initial training, we had to repel out of a chopper at about 150 feet. The second time I was working alone, and asked to go on the chopper to a cattle station about 110 nm away. I wasn't flight certified, but "no worries. We're not flying over water"!!! As an aviation geek I was excited. Ten minutes into the flight, with an ambient temperature of 37C degrees and the confined space I was ready to land. Needless to say I never applied to work up being a flight paramedic, but did do some aerial retrievals from PNG in the Lear Jet aerial ambulance.
I’m 41 and have just started my nursing course. I struggle with the basic stuff like doing manual blood pressures. I have no idea how you guys do all the assessments so quickly with all the noise and emotions involved. It’s been great to see how you guys handle this. It gives me confidence.
At around 19 minutes, the abnormal hand movements are called decorticate posturing, and they're a sign of pretty serious interference between the brain and the spinal cord. At around 20 minutes, you can see the tech touching the patient's feet - he's looking for what's called a babinski reflex. When he gets to the right foot, you can see the patient's foot start to flex upwards, another sign of pretty serious brain injury
I hope that gentleman is still enjoying life and his lovely wife. I have a friend with a similar problem and he's making the most of his time with his family. Love your family, you never know how long you have them or they you💜
A couple of years ago, me and my boyfriend have been involved in pretty serious car accident. After the fire department arrived to get him help he was unconscious and had those moves you are describing. Diagnosis was a blood cloth in brain, ruptured carotid and concussion. He was flown to the hospital by air ambulance and spent 4 days in medical coma and total about 4 weeks in hospital. Today he is absolutely okay (with some minor insensivity to heat and touches and oversensitivity to cold on his back), but it took whole year to recover. Doctors say its miracle that he survived and on top of that is absolutely okay. (Sorry for my english, it's not my native language)
Don't think it's that wierd.. it's the scense of no controll in an airplane or helicopter.. if you are on the ground eith bullets flying, you can flee or atleast try to do something about it.. when you are up in the air & the aircraft is dropping from the skie, there is nor mutch you can do.. Dont't underestimate the scense of helplessness, can be worse to some people.. the fear of not being able to do anything about a crisis..
My gramps was a medic in WW2. They werent allowed to carry weapons. Talk about a place you shouldnt be without a gun! But he HATED flying. He said he had to fly once and bet that if anyone went and found the small plane they flew in that his massive indents in the seat ahead of him (from his hands) would still be there decades later. The other time was he was very very sick. They had him on a medical plane and he said "I was so sick/half dead the plane could have crashed and I wouldn't of cared." :)
I live in the USA, worked on Fire Dept. and Life Squad for many years. I watch these and other videos and wonder why our citizens who are involved in serious accidents are left without pain relieving drugs to help them with extrications from vehicles, or accidents involving broken bones. What ever the case may be. As emergency response our hands our tied. Yeah we can call the hospital to ask but most times it’s just load and go with out any regard to the pain. The hospital will deal with the pain when patients arrive. We need to be more aware of what the patient needs. I just don’t understand why people have to suffer in America. This has nothing to do with drug abuse. It’s about there’s time when it’s necessary.
@@Angie-Pants I had a surgery that involved a bone saw cutting back bone in my face... they sent me home with Tylenol and Ibuprofen and nothing else for a six week recovery. I spent a week in absolute agony. This is the counter to the over-use of opioids... now they're just not giving proper pain relieving drugs, even when it's obviously appropriate.
Yup. I've gone to the hospital with horrible kidney stone pain and tlon the ambulance ride they told me they couldn't give me anything. Only the doctor could. I was in agony. I had to wait in the emergency room out back on a bed to be seen. Once the doctor checked me off as having been seen THEN I got medication for the pain. Most of the time that I've been in the ER it's been like purgatory with people crying and groaning in agony.
Margaret and that Hungarian paramedic😍 *swoon*. Sometimes all u do need is someone to hold yr hand💗. Also pretty neat they got pads of paper in their pants. Hmm, smart😊
I think everyone should have to watch stuff like this before they get there licenses. Maybe it would impact the way they drive and the chances they take with their life and others. You guys do an awesome job! I pray you guys stay safe while your out there taking care of others.
The discoverer(s) of ketamine deserves a Nobel prize. As well as the doctors and paramedics obviously. Absolutely amazing how they work and keep their nerves.
There are hundreds of other narcotics you know that right? Propofol to name a common one , good thing with ketamine is that the Patient keeps breathing
@@peterzingler6221 I know, and I don't say there are no other drugs to be used. Nonetheless, ketamine is one that is specifically used in these circumstances and doing a real proper job. The big advantage it provides, in reference to for example propofol, is that the patient is mostly still awake.
@@amandahudson431 I don't think so. In the UK, they have doctors on scenes and I think they're the only ones who can administer ketamine. We don't have doctors in the field here.
Love Dr's Dion, Pam, Jane, Stuart, Arkos and others make it delightful to watch them do their work. They seem so cool, calm and collected but they admit their hearts are racing and brains multitasking.
Such wonderful bedside manner. Empathy, sympathy, care. I told my son yesterday I am dying. He was worried about who would clean up after I died. I don't know what I did wrong.
So sorry to hear this Debbie. Your son's reaction isn't your fault. Loads of things that happen over a person's life affect whether they have empathy and if they do, whether they can show it. Hoping he was just overwhelmed at first and is present with you during your last days. Prayers for you.
It does get easier over time, when you reflect back on the happiness and not the sadness. I lost my mom in 2016 and miss her alot, but now I'm able to smile at all the great things she did for me and let the sorrow fade.
No such thing as "just an anybody" every person is just as important as the next, paramedic, pilot, doctor, plumber, garbage collector, shop keeper, teacher etc etc cant do without any of them. JUST is such a derogatory term. You are all awesome well done!!!
Horses have it out for our spleens. My mum fell off one and was trodden on when she was a young adult but she didn't go get checked out. She suffered in pain for 10 days before her spleen actually ruptured and she was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery and many units of blood. She also shocked doctors many years later when they scanned her for something else and discovered her spleen had regrown because they must have missed a tiny piece that contained a stem cell (at least that is the theory).
It’s possible she is one of the estimated 30 percent of ppl who have an “accessory spleen”. They are small but they can sometimes grow and function after the loss of the spleen.
Hello John, one of my close friends has beat the prognosis of a brain tumor and amazed his doctors at Stanford Medical School Hospital in California with his progress and strength. May our good Lord bless you with many trouble free years and a success story worthy of the medical journals. In the Name of the Father, the Son and The Holy Spirit.
Oh boy I had to fan myself after seeing that first broken leg. Felt a bit woozy from it. Still love this show though. But it's bits like that that truely make me realize I can never work in the medical field. I CANNOT deal with broken bones.
My sister loves blood and gore. She is a nurse and will run toward gushing wounds. I love brains, but I do not do blood and gore, which is why I'm a school SLP and not a nurse. She and I have both had bad bone breaks. She wanted to see more, I couldn't look. But I had an ortho who was a lot like Dr. Pam, she was amazing.
"I can't concentrate on my instrument flying when I've got a doctor crying in the back" xP Oof... feel bad for the guy who got the cancer diagnosis.. hope he lives more than a year.
Thoroughly love this series. So well made (congrats to all the film crew and editors) with inspiring, humble and amazing professionals. And the bravery of the poor accident victims too.
Like someone said no bureaucracy more control they probably organized it that way on purpose for that reason. Also people who donate are choosing where their money goes, instead of just giving it to the gov't as taxes and crossing your fingers they don't blow it on lavish banquets and golf memberships.
@@unitforce7417 It's a bit tricky. While the air ambulance is subject to the state it is being operated by diffferent organizations. These organizations are being paid mostly by the statutory health insurances but do have another income stream. For the ADAC Air ambulance it's the ADAC sponsoring equipment and pilots while the DRF has its additional income stream through donations. The state police maintains and "sponsors" pilots as well for units being deployed by the Fed. Ministry of Interior, building and community as well as by the federal office of civil protection and disaster prevention. So the most significant part of funding, which is necessary to run the services at a +/-0 rate is being paid by the patients insurance the rest is are donations and membership rates.
You are so amazing !, brave, professional, caring, what else super your families must all be so proud of you , you have such a purpose in life Bravo and thank you !
One of the most common reasons that people die after a traffic acxident, is unnecessary suffication.. so please people remember, if you are on a scene of an accident before paramedics have arrived, MAKE SURE that, the people hurt, airways are clear! If they sit in the chair with their cheek agains their chest, lift the cheeck upwards! So the airway is not obstructed! Many many more lives would be saved if this was a common knowledge! Many times people die bcs they are left, lying/sitting unconsious with the airway disturbed in some way, by the people who are there to help, totally unneccessary deaths.. don't just look if a person is breathing, you need to make sure that someone unconsious is atleast able to breath in the scense that nothing is blocking the airway!
The only thing I'd worry about here is, what if there were neck injury? Moving the head could be very dangerous. Though I guess being dead is far worse. I really don't know what the right answer is for this one, though I hear your concerns and I don't disagree.
Besides the fact that these people save lives every day what's even more amazing is that the Air Ambulance Service is funded (as far as I am aware) by DONATIONS & not by the Government. The NHS is severely under funded & patients can wait for hours before getting normal ambulance service as well as waiting even more time on a bed in a Hospital corridor before seeing a Dr. in A&E (ER). As far as Ketamine goes, I haven't heard of it being used here in the US (sadly), all I know is that people abuse it as a recreational drug, I'm sure someone out there knows more. The UK has the best Real Life (Reality) unscripted shows on any TV - 24 hours in A&E, 24 hours in Police Custody, Ambulance, Police Interceptors, Helicopter Heroes, 999 What's Your Emergency - just to name a few!! Thanks for posting the show & keep doing it.
Maybe the government in the UK should buy and run ambulance helicopters like we have in Australia. Queensland, NSW and Victoria all have their own helicopters for ambulance and some police work. Has England ever considered dividing the counties into different states?
dancincrow ketamine is used here in the US. When my son was barely 2 years old and needed emergency surgery in the ER they used Ketamine. It’s also used as a date rape drug here unfortunately ...they call it “Special K”. It’s wonderful when used correctly
I just love the bedside manner of medical personnel in the U.K.. It's different from some other places. I would prefer all be that observant, friendly and careful with the patients.
5:50 Ketamin is basically the only common narcotic/analgetic that doesn't affect breathing in usual doses. That is why it is so popular for trauma patients without the need for an intubation.
Unless being older, the elders can get affected with the breathing if given ketamine. That’s why they didn’t want to give any while the old man was stuck in the car, they didn’t want to take that risk.
steve is the most polite person in pain I've seen. He was so sweet.
I would have been freaking out . Steve did a great job with all that pain .✝️💜☮️
The Hungarian Doctor was so gentle with the elderly woman. So nice to see.
He’s the kind of doctor you want in an emergency for sure. I’ve had many ambulance rides (never in a helicopter though). Most of the paramedics are absolutely lovely, but not all.
@@meganemmahumphreys absolutely!
“Holding someone’s hand..it can be as important as the medications we gave”
I liked that too, the sense of comfort and reassurance given by human touch is very important. More so when you are in pain and needing to be comforted.
That statement had me in tears... amazing
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Seeing how they handled that old woman made my heart warm. My grandma passed away about 3 years ago due to a brain aneurism. While they were still trying to save her, they lifted her to another hospital a town away.. She always said she wanted to fly in a helicopter.. I really hope they held her hand all the way there like these men did that sweet old woman. Miss you grandma.. Rest peacefully in the clouds above 💕..
a person might have an life threatening allergic reaction to a pain killer and pain medication addiction is a very big problem in USA, can destroy families and careers.
"Look away mate, dont look." Immediately looks, pretty sure that's me in a nutshell.
That's any one being told to look away from a horrific injury on themselves.
@@gorgeousfreeman4836 I mean it gets the adrenaline goin so it cant be all that bad.
Me too even when I get shots I have to watch. I can't look away and not know when it's coming.
@@lemonsqweezy9532 except adrenalin increases bloodpressure, which can increase bleeding
Anyone else notice how Doctor Pam's voice is super soothing, reassuring and calm?
Yes
You can see the concern in that horse's eyes. He knows what is going on, bless him. He didn't mean harm.
“You shouldn’t tell a lady’s age.” This woman was in severe pain due to her broken hip. And yet... XD
So British!! I can imagine my mum saying the exact same thing even if she was in agony
Ok so, I have just binged watched the first season and the first 4 episodes of this season. I love this program, it’s one of the best I’ve seen. As a registered nurse, I love anything medical and I appreciate that this program doesn’t edit out all of the real scenes of actual injuries, like most other programs do, or they usually blur them out. This program is real and gives us, the viewers, a full perspective of what their jobs entail. These Dr’s, paramedics and pilots are amazing at what they do. Given that they could face absolutely any type of injury, outside of a hospital, they are clearly the best of the best in their field. I would love to do this type of work.
These men and women are saving so many lives, people who wouldn’t have made it to hospital in time and need a much quicker intervention by a Dr, who is able to carry out procedures and give stronger pain meds than a regular ambulance paramedic. I don’t understand why they aren’t part of the NHS. Or at least partly funded by the government.
Hopefully, due to this series, making more of the general public in the UK aware of their services and lack of government funding, more people will donate to this life saving service.
Thank you so much for posting this series online for those of us who wouldn’t be able to watch it otherwise. Can’t wait for the next episode to come out. I hope they continue to make this documentary program for a long time to come. 😀🖤🖤🖤🖤
Generally NHS are harder to fund and staff because of the political interplays between policy makers and medical staff. Because the funds are coming through government koffers politicians have more say than they should in areas that they have very little long term experience in. A medical administrator is a nurse or doctor that couldn't handle the stess of or wanted to get out of the crush of base level medical care. Independently funded endeavours put the medical field outside the purview of political changes and wait times.
Completely agree! I’m sick of medical programs censoring injuries and surgery footage. I used to watch a Veterinarian program that showed the surgery, they explained the processes and what they where doing and it was extremely educational for aspiring vets and vet students! Although I can’t become a Vet due to my health, it was something I aspired to be since I was very little and I still enjoy learning about Animal Husbandry.
All the sudden though they started censoring the injuries and surgeries and eventually just cut out the surgeries all together. Really disappointing to see such an important educational opportunity lost because of pressure from RUclips and other Hosting platforms.
@@katydid5088😮
Greetings from the USA, u guys are heroes don't stop what u do
The Hungarian doctor is so sweet and gentle with the elderly lady. Just precious.
My boyfriend and I were puzzling over why ketamine is used so much in England (we're in the US) and I couldn't answer his questions. Someone said we don't have doctors in the field--only paramedics. It makes sense, in that case. And propofol would knock a person out almost completely, or more if enough were given.
It's fascinating the differences between the two countries, and others besides.
In the states we(paramedics) can use fentanyl as an analgesic. Not quite the same as ketamine, but can usually do the job to take the edge off
And in Germany paramedics are allowed to give ibuprofen. Amazing isn't it? In such a case, paramedics would wait until a doctor arrives on scene without giving any analgesia, even if this would last more than 30 minutes because there is no clear law wich helps us to legally use narcotics like opiats or ketamin. If we would do that, we would getting sued.
I know it's a late reply but we use a lot of ketamine in Sweden as well. As paramedics we don't need doctors orders to administrate morphine, fentanyl, ketamine, propfol, bensodiazepam etc. We just report it to the doctor when we arrive with the patient to the ER and write it down in their medical record. We put chest tubes, intubate, administrate medicine and even have ECMO's in certain trauma ambulances and helicopters. They are literally rolling and flying OR's, ER's and ICU's. Paramedics in Sweden works very similar to these doctors and paramedics.
@@Musiknird am wondering how one knows if a person might be allergic or have adverse reactions, or if there is a contra indication with a medication that person is taking but isnot able to articulate it - are any of these pain meds reversable or are they just ready to assist with breathing?
Honestly my favourite show on RUclips, and it's free! Keep up the good work!
CraftSized same
The Brits are so self-controlled. All those relatives standing around each incident and they are staying out of the way and not screaming or even crying; they are very serious of course, but no hysterics. I worked emergency medicine, (in the USA), as an X-ray tech for 25 years and there were times we had to medicate a family member to keep them from trying to push in near the patient or because they were making so much noise the doctors and nurses couldn't hear each other.
It's a cultural difference for sure. Having worked in a tourist-heavy area of austria for a number of years, I could probably write a book on how vastly different people deal with those things, and yet there are patterns emerging along cultural lines. A russian family is just not going to be the same as a swedish family. That's not a judgement, just a fact of upbringing.
@holly Rockwell. Yeh we British are way less dramatic that u Americans. So unessacary🙄
Please don't confuse that with a lack of caring though, believe me when I say us brits will fight anyone or anything to protect our loved ones but... Once they are being cared for by a person that knows how to care for them better, we'll step back and let them do their job.
Eloise Probert Yes you Brits are so smug and sanctimonious, rivalling only the French. :/
@@praetorxian where u from then love?
I am so addicted to this show. Thanks for making them. And God bless all of these air ambulance workers.
The camera work, music and technical work is excellent in this series, it contributes at least 50% to the story.
Pam is the nan we all wish we had . She is such a gentle soul
I can relate so well to Dr Pam - I was in my mid 40s when I got into the air ambulance business as a doctor!
We ran a 24 hour helicopter and fixed wing service, covering Gauteng (Transvaal) in S Africa.
Some of our FW flights were into other provinces as well.
I got to go up in our rescue helicopters twice. First time during our initial training, we had to repel out of a chopper at about 150 feet.
The second time I was working alone, and asked to go on the chopper to a cattle station about 110 nm away. I wasn't flight certified, but "no worries. We're not flying over water"!!!
As an aviation geek I was excited. Ten minutes into the flight, with an ambient temperature of 37C degrees and the confined space I was ready to land. Needless to say I never applied to work up being a flight paramedic, but did do some aerial retrievals from PNG in the Lear Jet aerial ambulance.
I’m 41 and have just started my nursing course. I struggle with the basic stuff like doing manual blood pressures. I have no idea how you guys do all the assessments so quickly with all the noise and emotions involved. It’s been great to see how you guys handle this. It gives me confidence.
@@Toby3610 Hey Danielle, how is your training going?
Binged watch every episode. My new favorite RUclips show is #AIRAMBULANCEER.
At around 19 minutes, the abnormal hand movements are called decorticate posturing, and they're a sign of pretty serious interference between the brain and the spinal cord.
At around 20 minutes, you can see the tech touching the patient's feet - he's looking for what's called a babinski reflex. When he gets to the right foot, you can see the patient's foot start to flex upwards, another sign of pretty serious brain injury
thats really interesting - thanks :)
I hope that gentleman is still enjoying life and his lovely wife. I have a friend with a similar problem and he's making the most of his time with his family. Love your family, you never know how long you have them or they you💜
A couple of years ago, me and my boyfriend have been involved in pretty serious car accident. After the fire department arrived to get him help he was unconscious and had those moves you are describing. Diagnosis was a blood cloth in brain, ruptured carotid and concussion. He was flown to the hospital by air ambulance and spent 4 days in medical coma and total about 4 weeks in hospital. Today he is absolutely okay (with some minor insensivity to heat and touches and oversensitivity to cold on his back), but it took whole year to recover. Doctors say its miracle that he survived and on top of that is absolutely okay. (Sorry for my english, it's not my native language)
Thank you for taking the time to teach us.
Thank you for taking the time to explain this to us. Fascinating!
My favorite content on youtube. Thank you for the new episode!
I had to grin over the army doctor. He doesn't mind bullets and bombs, but flying bothers him!
Don't think it's that wierd.. it's the scense of no controll in an airplane or helicopter.. if you are on the ground eith bullets flying, you can flee or atleast try to do something about it.. when you are up in the air & the aircraft is dropping from the skie, there is nor mutch you can do..
Dont't underestimate the scense of helplessness, can be worse to some people.. the fear of not being able to do anything about a crisis..
And he flies in helicopters for a living
My gramps was a medic in WW2. They werent allowed to carry weapons. Talk about a place you shouldnt be without a gun! But he HATED flying. He said he had to fly once and bet that if anyone went and found the small plane they flew in that his massive indents in the seat ahead of him (from his hands) would still be there decades later. The other time was he was very very sick. They had him on a medical plane and he said "I was so sick/half dead the plane could have crashed and I wouldn't of cared." :)
@@ingridakerblom7577 Makes lots of sense
A flying doctor who hates to fly.
I live in the USA, worked on Fire Dept. and Life Squad for many years. I watch these and other videos and wonder why our citizens who are involved in serious accidents are left without pain relieving drugs to help them with extrications from vehicles, or accidents involving broken bones. What ever the case may be. As emergency response our hands our tied. Yeah we can call the hospital to ask but most times it’s just load and go with out any regard to the pain. The hospital will deal with the pain when patients arrive. We need to be more aware of what the patient needs. I just don’t understand why people have to suffer in America. This has nothing to do with drug abuse. It’s about there’s time when it’s necessary.
Seriously. I broke my ankle and wasn't given anything until I got to the hospital, and they only gave me Tylenol.
@@Angie-Pants I had a surgery that involved a bone saw cutting back bone in my face... they sent me home with Tylenol and Ibuprofen and nothing else for a six week recovery. I spent a week in absolute agony. This is the counter to the over-use of opioids... now they're just not giving proper pain relieving drugs, even when it's obviously appropriate.
It's probably a financial issue, like everything in the states.
Yup. I've gone to the hospital with horrible kidney stone pain and tlon the ambulance ride they told me they couldn't give me anything. Only the doctor could. I was in agony. I had to wait in the emergency room out back on a bed to be seen. Once the doctor checked me off as having been seen THEN I got medication for the pain. Most of the time that I've been in the ER it's been like purgatory with people crying and groaning in agony.
I agree about holding the injured hand, it give comfort when they are terrified. Nothing compares to human contact.
Every single one of these people are angels. They care so much about these total strangers and just want to help them anyway they can.
Margaret and that Hungarian paramedic😍 *swoon*.
Sometimes all u do need is someone to hold yr hand💗.
Also pretty neat they got pads of paper in their pants. Hmm, smart😊
translation for the British: notepads in their trousers.
Bless these people they are nothing short of angels
I think everyone should have to watch stuff like this before they get there licenses. Maybe it would impact the way they drive and the chances they take with their life and others. You guys do an awesome job! I pray you guys stay safe while your out there taking care of others.
I cant get enough of this show and all the hardworking, loving crew!!!
You guys & girls definitely set the bar!!
krissy hake dgmb
This is a serie i LOVE SO MUCH i check every 5 min or so if i have enough time left to enjoy... you know that feeling? U dont want it to end!
😉🙏
The discoverer(s) of ketamine deserves a Nobel prize. As well as the doctors and paramedics obviously. Absolutely amazing how they work and keep their nerves.
There are hundreds of other narcotics you know that right? Propofol to name a common one , good thing with ketamine is that the Patient keeps breathing
@@peterzingler6221 I know, and I don't say there are no other drugs to be used. Nonetheless, ketamine is one that is specifically used in these circumstances and doing a real proper job. The big advantage it provides, in reference to for example propofol, is that the patient is mostly still awake.
Anyone know if they do that in the US? I know for surgery maybe but I mean in an accident
Oh, that Ketamine stare.
@@amandahudson431 I don't think so. In the UK, they have doctors on scenes and I think they're the only ones who can administer ketamine. We don't have doctors in the field here.
Love Dr's Dion, Pam, Jane, Stuart, Arkos and others make it delightful to watch them do their work. They seem so cool, calm and collected but they admit their hearts are racing and brains multitasking.
We don't have these awesome shows where i'm from. Thanks for posting these!
you all do a fantastic job. We all have to thank you. And this is one charity I give donations too. You all save so many lives.
you are doing an incredibly good job. I am also a nurse and work on an intensive care station in Germany. it's so great to watch you. Thank you
Such wonderful bedside manner. Empathy, sympathy, care. I told my son yesterday I am dying. He was worried about who would clean up after I died. I don't know what I did wrong.
So sorry to hear this Debbie. Your son's reaction isn't your fault. Loads of things that happen over a person's life affect whether they have empathy and if they do, whether they can show it. Hoping he was just overwhelmed at first and is present with you during your last days. Prayers for you.
My only complaint is that there just aren't enough episodes of this wonderful program!!!
When you watch this often…...the crue becomes your hero's and friends……………...I love those people!
This little old lady makes me miss my dear mother who passed a few months ago...she was 90 :(
It does get easier over time, when you reflect back on the happiness and not the sadness.
I lost my mom in 2016 and miss her alot, but now I'm able to smile at all the great things she did for me and let the sorrow fade.
No such thing as "just an anybody" every person is just as important as the next, paramedic, pilot, doctor, plumber, garbage collector, shop keeper, teacher etc etc cant do without any of them. JUST is such a derogatory term. You are all awesome well done!!!
Brilliant touching episodes. So much respect for these heroic ppl. Thanks so much for these uploads 🙏
Love this show! Thank you so much for the regular uploads!!
Great series. I really like Pam, she's amazing.
Mel Mazing Pam is fantastic 💕
Horses have it out for our spleens. My mum fell off one and was trodden on when she was a young adult but she didn't go get checked out. She suffered in pain for 10 days before her spleen actually ruptured and she was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery and many units of blood. She also shocked doctors many years later when they scanned her for something else and discovered her spleen had regrown because they must have missed a tiny piece that contained a stem cell (at least that is the theory).
It’s possible she is one of the estimated 30 percent of ppl who have an “accessory spleen”. They are small but they can sometimes grow and function after the loss of the spleen.
That’s like a medical miracle
The human body can do so many things, it’s truly amazing! owo
Hello ALL 😁,
Just want to say, Thank you to all the Air Ambulance fantastic human beings for well, being FANTASTIC !!!! 💓
The Hungarian doctor is so kind and gentle and has the kindest voice, holding her hand melted my ❤ US Sept 2021
Hello John, one of my close friends has beat the prognosis of a brain tumor and amazed his doctors at Stanford Medical School Hospital in California with his progress and strength. May our good Lord bless you with many trouble free years and a success story worthy of the medical journals. In the Name of the Father, the Son and The Holy Spirit.
Is that Hungarian doctor single? Because he is totally lovable 😋
Agreed!
He's wearing a wedding ring on his right hand which is common in Europe including Denmark.
He does say he is married, one time he was in UK it was his wife's birthday.
Thank you so very much for this show. What great people doing a fantastic job. Keep'm coming please!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍
I am these people are so thankful for these people who help them
Oh boy I had to fan myself after seeing that first broken leg. Felt a bit woozy from it. Still love this show though. But it's bits like that that truely make me realize I can never work in the medical field. I CANNOT deal with broken bones.
emilieloveskiwi lol it’s moments like those that assure me I want to work in the medical field 😂😂
My sister loves blood and gore. She is a nurse and will run toward gushing wounds. I love brains, but I do not do blood and gore, which is why I'm a school SLP and not a nurse. She and I have both had bad bone breaks. She wanted to see more, I couldn't look. But I had an ortho who was a lot like Dr. Pam, she was amazing.
@@ambercooper7690 my surname is adams as well. lol
michael adams nice lol
"I can't concentrate on my instrument flying when I've got a doctor crying in the back" xP
Oof... feel bad for the guy who got the cancer diagnosis.. hope he lives more than a year.
I know,I was dying laughing when he said that.
I shattered my hip on Thursday just got out of hospital love nurses and doctors and patients in my unit. Like how I was treated
Thoroughly love this series. So well made (congrats to all the film crew and editors) with inspiring, humble and amazing professionals. And the bravery of the poor accident victims too.
Handsome, sweet, Hungarian doctor.
I love these people. All of the crew, they are amazing.
this has been my favorite series!
Why isn't the air ambulance support by the government? They're saving lives.
Like someone said no bureaucracy more control they probably organized it that way on purpose for that reason. Also people who donate are choosing where their money goes, instead of just giving it to the gov't as taxes and crossing your fingers they don't blow it on lavish banquets and golf memberships.
In Germany there is
@@unitforce7417 It's a bit tricky. While the air ambulance is subject to the state it is being operated by diffferent organizations. These organizations are being paid mostly by the statutory health insurances but do have another income stream. For the ADAC Air ambulance it's the ADAC sponsoring equipment and pilots while the DRF has its additional income stream through donations. The state police maintains and "sponsors" pilots as well for units being deployed by the Fed. Ministry of Interior, building and community as well as by the federal office of civil protection and disaster prevention.
So the most significant part of funding, which is necessary to run the services at a +/-0 rate is being paid by the patients insurance the rest is are donations and membership rates.
@@boahneelassmal ich glaub sonst hat kein land helis vom Ministerium is ja schon mal was
Unitforce Österreich ...
Margery is incredible for a 95 year old woman!!
Oh boy..
That Hungarian doc!
I have a crush hah!
"When you have some bullets and bombs chucked in your general direction" Laughing so hard.
He was in the military tho.
Holy shit. I can't even bare looking at bones sticking out of legs in movies.
That's why they can be dehumanized easily. They see much worse than that
I really like these videos. Thank you for sharing them with us 😍😍😍
You are so amazing !, brave, professional, caring, what else super your families must all be so proud of you , you have such a purpose in life Bravo and thank you !
Do I hear Ser Jorah Mormont's voice narrating? Just another reason why I love this particular series.
Yep, Iain Glen!
Thank you for what you do!! Bless you and keep you safe.
shitstorm: "you with us ?... oh no guys she's not with us" - my friends when im 5 drinks down
Poor fella in the car vs truck smash, really felt for him with his injury
One of the most common reasons that people die after a traffic acxident, is unnecessary suffication.. so please people remember, if you are on a scene of an accident before paramedics have arrived, MAKE SURE that, the people hurt, airways are clear! If they sit in the chair with their cheek agains their chest, lift the cheeck upwards! So the airway is not obstructed! Many many more lives would be saved if this was a common knowledge! Many times people die bcs they are left, lying/sitting unconsious with the airway disturbed in some way, by the people who are there to help, totally unneccessary deaths.. don't just look if a person is breathing, you need to make sure that someone unconsious is atleast able to breath in the scense that nothing is blocking the airway!
The only thing I'd worry about here is, what if there were neck injury? Moving the head could be very dangerous. Though I guess being dead is far worse. I really don't know what the right answer is for this one, though I hear your concerns and I don't disagree.
It's the ABC's.
A= airway
B= breathing
C= circulation
Yes but if you're not an expert it's not recommended. Only do it when you know it wont cause further brain injury by moving the head.
Besides the fact that these people save lives every day what's even more amazing is that the Air Ambulance Service is funded (as far as I am aware) by DONATIONS & not by the Government. The NHS is severely under funded & patients can wait for hours before getting normal ambulance service as well as waiting even more time on a bed in a Hospital corridor before seeing a Dr. in A&E (ER). As far as Ketamine goes, I haven't heard of it being used here in the US (sadly), all I know is that people abuse it as a recreational drug, I'm sure someone out there knows more. The UK has the best Real Life (Reality) unscripted shows on any TV - 24 hours in A&E, 24 hours in Police Custody, Ambulance, Police Interceptors, Helicopter Heroes, 999 What's Your Emergency - just to name a few!! Thanks for posting the show & keep doing it.
Maybe the government in the UK should buy and run ambulance helicopters like we have in Australia. Queensland, NSW and Victoria all have their own helicopters for ambulance and some police work. Has England ever considered dividing the counties into different states?
dancincrow ketamine is used here in the US. When my son was barely 2 years old and needed emergency surgery in the ER they used Ketamine. It’s also used as a date rape drug here unfortunately ...they call it “Special K”. It’s wonderful when used correctly
@@Capkirk, thanks for the update, that's good to know.
I think that Pam so Awesome Thank you Pam
Boy..this show shows everything
Incredible what they can do in the field now.
I just love the bedside manner of medical personnel in the U.K.. It's different from some other places. I would prefer all be that observant, friendly and careful with the patients.
New subscriber from The Netherlands. Hero's!!!
I love your channel so much. Thank you for your hard work and awesomely interesting content! ❤
Much love and respect for what you do.
Love these documentaries
That compound fracture of the femur is the worst leg break I think I've ever seen
Love this series!!
My heroes, in a world full of fake fame and fake heroes.
More heros than you know.
favorite documentary
Wow that first accident was quite hectic 😱😱😱
Bless his heart ❤️ ❤❤ that knee looked horrible 😢
Another great episode
You guys are awesome and such beautiful country
HERO'S all of them
These men and women are true heroes from Matthew over the pond in New York
5:50 Ketamin is basically the only common narcotic/analgetic that doesn't affect breathing in usual doses. That is why it is so popular for trauma patients without the need for an intubation.
Unless being older, the elders can get affected with the breathing if given ketamine. That’s why they didn’t want to give any while the old man was stuck in the car, they didn’t want to take that risk.
What a kind man. ( The Dr from Hungary)
Thanks heroes 💖
Flying angels of mercy......
Great team
I hope John feel better soon I hope he doesn't die because that be so sad
All the way from South Africa 🇿🇦
I love the UK pleasantries.
"have I been swearing? I don't know."
"you'll need an operation to set it straight."
"oh dear. Oh dear dear dear."
Ketamine is such a strange drug. "AAAAAAARRRRGGHH AAAAAAAHHH- Oh, hello. Where am I? AAAAAH AHHGGHRRGHH!!!"
I find it cool that they have Jorah from GoT as the narrator.
Love this series
Dr Pam: Please wear your seatbelt in the ambulance❗️❣️❗️ You’re way too precious to take such chances❗️❗️❗️🤗❤️
💗 Compassionate medics!