1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,080 (SIREN WAILS) 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:05,280 WOMAN: People know that when the green uniform comes along, 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:06,560 you're going to help them. 4 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:08,400 It's absolutely my superhero costume. 5 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,240 WOMAN: Do we have a pulse? 6 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:11,360 Oh! (SIREN WAILS) 7 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,920 MAN: You are being an absolute trooper. 8 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,240 WOMAN: As soon as we arrive, they just know they're in safe hands 9 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:18,360 and that we're gonna do everything we can to help them. 10 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,720 WOMAN: Oh, the poor little one. (BABY CRIES) 11 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:22,880 I wouldn't have guessed you were 104. 12 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:24,320 (BOTH LAUGH) 13 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:26,640 I genuinely believe laughter is the best medicine. 14 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:28,800 I feel weird! 15 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:30,440 (BOTH LAUGH) 16 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:31,840 NHI: You've got the dream team tonight. 17 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,560 To know that you bring someone that's very unwell to hospital 18 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:35,840 and they get better, 19 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:37,640 it's one of the best feelings in the world. 20 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,120 You're the toughest man I've ever met. 21 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:41,720 MAN: Second to God, these people. 22 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:42,760 (SCREAMS) MAN: That's it. 23 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,080 No! Oh... AARON: You're doing so good. 24 00:00:45,160 --> 00:00:47,960 MAN: Let's get you in the ambulance, eh? 25 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,240 WOMAN: I feel really proud to wear this uniform 26 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,200 and I feel really proud to be a paramedic. 27 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,120 (SIREN WAILS) 28 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,400 (DASHBOARD CHIMES) (SIREN WAILS) 29 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,120 NARRATOR: On this episode of Paramedics, 30 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,360 Bill races to a woman who's been brought back from the dead... 31 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:09,840 ..after going into cardiac arrest. 32 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:11,520 BILL: Sat rate has dropped. 33 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,280 Our biggest fear is that her body does start to shut down again. 34 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,600 I don't think we can actually clear her neck. 35 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:19,240 A nasty fall at church... 36 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:20,920 My head's really sore. 37 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,320 ..could have life-changing consequences. 38 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:27,440 Worst-case scenario for Jennifer is that she's fractured her spine. 39 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,040 My head. Oooh. 40 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:30,880 We've just got to get out of here. 41 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:32,720 And Laura's driving skills... 42 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:34,280 Full throttle. Full tilt. 43 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,120 ..are put to the test... Momentum is your friend. 44 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,960 ..after rescuing an injured mountain biker. 45 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,200 Whoa! 46 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,840 (SIREN WAILS) 47 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,920 SA Ambulance. Tell me exactly what's happened. 48 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,560 MAN: (ON PHONE) 49 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:06,240 And what's your name? 50 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,680 How old is she? 51 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:11,120 Is her breathing normal? 52 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,560 At the South Australian Emergency Operations Centre, 53 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:19,720 a panicked man is on the line, 54 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,880 desperate to help an unconscious woman outside his house. 55 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:27,280 I need you to try and turn her over onto her back if you can. 56 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,000 Or at least into the recovery position. 57 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:39,760 WOMAN: (ON PHONE) 58 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:41,840 What's happening, Michael? 59 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:44,040 MICHAEL: (ON PHONE) 60 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,880 (DASHBOARD CHIMES) (SIREN WAILS) 61 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,000 It doesn't get any more serious than this 62 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,040 for intensive care paramedic Bill. 63 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,720 We are driving priority one 64 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:01,040 to a confirmed cardiac arrest of a 50-year-old female. 65 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:05,040 Cardiac arrest actually means your heart has stopped to a degree. 66 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,560 It won't actually be pumping out any blood throughout your body. 67 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:10,680 Every minute that you are in cardiac arrest 68 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:12,360 without any intervention being performed, 69 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:14,200 you lose about 10% of your brain 70 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,320 and potentially your heart muscle as well. 71 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:20,560 I'm driving to this patient who is in active cardiac arrest. 72 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:21,720 I'm already thinking 73 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,200 that there's not a great chance of their survival. 74 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,680 As Bill gets closer to the patient, 75 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:31,880 bystander Michael has started what he hopes is life-saving CPR. 76 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,280 So we're going to go one, two, three, four. OK? 77 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:39,800 A little bit faster. 78 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:44,360 You need to go 5cm deep. 79 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,280 You're doing really well. 80 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:49,320 We're coming very quickly. 81 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:54,400 (SIREN WAILS) 82 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:10,600 (LAUGHS) 83 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,560 Keep eating. (LAUGHS) 84 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,080 It's a quiet moment between jobs 85 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:20,560 and paramedics Olivia and Sally are watching the world go by. 86 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:21,960 Poor kid. 87 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,920 Sorry. I put him off his food. 88 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,120 Why? 89 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,360 I was watching him eat and then he went all shy. 90 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,440 (LAUGHS) 91 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,080 But the people-watching is over... (DASHBOARD CHIMES) 92 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,000 as a new job comes in. 93 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:39,360 Sally, we're going priority three to a 75-year-old lady. 94 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,000 Looks like she's fallen, hit her head, oh, in a church... 95 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:44,200 Oh! 96 00:04:44,280 --> 00:04:47,360 A head strike in this aged patient could be quite serious, Sally. 97 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:52,960 Being in your 70s, as we age, our brain shrinks a little bit, 98 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,240 so you've got a lot more space between the brain and the skull, 99 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,640 so hitting your head at that age puts you at a higher risk 100 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:01,760 for some kind of traumatic brain injury, 101 00:05:01,840 --> 00:05:03,200 bleed on the brain. 102 00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:05,480 Anything's possible. 103 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:06,960 This is the church? 104 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:10,640 Oh, yeah. Little kid's pointing. 105 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,960 Hello. My name is Olivia. Hi. 106 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:17,880 How did you end up here? 107 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,160 I went to get a bookmark from the altar 108 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:24,240 and I turned around and I don't know how... 109 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,520 I must have missed a step or something. 110 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,840 Yeah. Then I fell and hit the pew... 111 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:31,000 Oh... 112 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,520 ..and I think I got... on top of my head... 113 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:34,800 Yeah. 114 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:38,440 ..I think I've got a split... and my head's really sore. 115 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:39,320 Yeah. 116 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,280 The paramedics are immediately worried about 117 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:46,440 the large amount of blood coming from Jennifer's head wound. 118 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,480 I'm just going to touch your neck. You got any pain back here? 119 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,160 No. But I've got osteoarthritis in my neck. 120 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,200 You've got osteoarthritis in your neck? 121 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:58,680 We know that with osteoarthritis, joints become much more stiff, 122 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:02,880 so she's at a much higher risk for having some kind of fracture. 123 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,160 MAN: She's had about five falls in the past 12 months. 124 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,080 Oh, has she? OK. 125 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,000 Jennifer's husband Johnny is there 126 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,640 and the poor man looks concerned and upset. 127 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:13,520 He's clearly worried about his wife. 128 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,360 She's got cages in her back... in her spine. 129 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,840 What's... Disc cages. 130 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:21,800 Oh, disc cages. OK. Yeah. 131 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,480 SALLY: He tells us that she's got some spinal issues. 132 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:26,400 We'll have to explore that a little bit more, 133 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:28,760 but it's obviously really concerning him. 134 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:31,000 Can you wiggle? Wiggle the toes for me? 135 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,320 Given her medical history, alarm bells are ringing. 136 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,400 This just isn't a simple fall and hit to the head. 137 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:38,680 We could have something much more sinister going on. 138 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:42,960 I'm worried 'cause she's got osteoarthritis 139 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,160 that we essentially can't clear her spine. 140 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:51,920 (SIREN WAILS) 141 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:55,840 Intensive care paramedic Bill 142 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,640 is racing to a patient who has suddenly collapsed in a street. 143 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,800 Carolyn's heart has stopped 144 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,760 and she is now in a potentially fatal cardiac arrest. 145 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:10,440 MICHAEL: (ON PHONE) 146 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,400 Still on the line to the Emergency Operations Centre 147 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,040 is the man who found her. 148 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:23,760 Michael has never performed CPR until today. 149 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,920 Let the chest come all the way up between pumps. 150 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,880 As Michael desperately searches for her pulse, 151 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:35,440 a neighbour has also stopped to help. 152 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:37,040 WOMAN: (ON PHONE) 153 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:38,640 MICHAEL: (ON PHONE) 154 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:40,240 What's happening with her at the moment? 155 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:41,680 WOMAN: (ON PHONE) 156 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:43,720 MICHAEL: (ON PHONE) 157 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:45,160 So keep doing compressions. 158 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:54,920 Keep going until they tell you to stop. 159 00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:58,720 You're doing really well. 160 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:05,760 MAN: (ON PHONE) 161 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,760 The first paramedic crew are now at the scene 162 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:15,720 and Bill is only minutes from the life-and-death emergency. 163 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:17,080 BILL: In ambulance world, 164 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,480 we talk about something called the chain of survival 165 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:22,520 and bystander CPR is one of the most important links 166 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:23,760 in that chain of survival. 167 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:27,280 The most important minutes are those first few 168 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,160 and the fact that Carolyn has had bystander CPR 169 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:31,600 is nothing short of amazing. 170 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,000 As I'm driving down the street, I can see Carolyn. 171 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,480 I can see about five ambos doing CPR on her. 172 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:40,520 Bill will now lead the team 173 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,720 as they desperately try to keep Carolyn alive. 174 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:47,000 Yep. 175 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:48,800 Yep. Alright. 176 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:54,880 Meanwhile, a badly shaken Michael is still reliving the ordeal. 177 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:56,800 She's pulled up at the same time 178 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:58,960 I was pulling up in front of my property. 179 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,880 She had the window down and signalled out to me 180 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:04,400 and she said she wasn't well, 181 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,160 so my son and I went inside to get some water for her, 182 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:09,920 came back out, by which stage she'd collapsed 183 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,720 and hit her head on the ground 184 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:15,120 and her lips were turning blue and her ears were turning blue. 185 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:20,560 So I rang 000 and they talked me through compressions. 186 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:24,520 Right now it feels surreal that, you know, I had to do it. 187 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:26,200 But at the end of the day, 188 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,800 you've just got to get in and help, I guess. 189 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:32,680 Cool. 190 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:37,080 OK. 191 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,240 Oh, got ROSC? Fantastic. 192 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,720 I find out that she's had three shocks from our monitor, 193 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:44,560 so that's three defibrillations. 194 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,160 We were able to gain ROSC, 195 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,320 which is return of spontaneous circulation, 196 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:52,680 basically meaning that her heart has been able to be restarted. 197 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:54,320 Do you want this on? 198 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:56,120 WOMAN: OK. 199 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:57,520 We still don't know why 200 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:59,520 she's actually gone into cardiac arrest in the first place, 201 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,480 whether it be a heart attack given her age, 202 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:05,640 so not knowing this information is quite concerning, 203 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:06,960 but keeping her alive 204 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:08,720 and not letting her go back into cardiac arrest 205 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:10,560 is our most important job at the moment. 206 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:14,360 Yeah. I can do that. 207 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,000 To avoid another near-death episode, 208 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,240 the team need to take over Carolyn's breathing. 209 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,800 An intubation is one of the most dangerous procedures 210 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,080 paramedics can do. 211 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:28,240 Suction? Yep. 212 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,200 BILL: An intubation is a very high-risk skill. 213 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:32,960 If you can imagine you're in a hospital 214 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:34,880 with, say, an anaesthetist, 215 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,840 they're on a bed which can be put in the right height, 216 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:39,560 on the right angle, with the right lighting 217 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:41,480 before this skill happens... 218 00:10:41,560 --> 00:10:43,400 Suction if you need it. 219 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:47,120 ..so to perform an intubation in the middle of the road, 220 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:51,640 for someone who's just come out of cardiac arrest and is at high risk 221 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,600 is something that takes a lot of courage to do. 222 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:57,520 But we know that this patient needs it to be able to save their life. 223 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:59,400 So, on Ben's count. 224 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,680 'Cause she's got the osteoarthritis and she's older, 225 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,760 I don't think we can actually clear her neck. 226 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,240 NARRATOR: 75-year-old Jennifer 227 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,240 has had a potentially life-changing fall at church 228 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,120 in front of her loving hubby, Johnny. 229 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:23,760 Worst-case scenario for Jennifer is that she's fractured her spine 230 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,800 and that could affect her for the rest of her life. 231 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,160 Johnny would be devastated. 232 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:32,520 I could feel the split. 233 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:33,920 What does it look like at the top, Sal? 234 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,600 It's around there somewhere. 235 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:39,680 Oh. Yeah, I can see it there. 236 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:41,920 Just there. There we go. Yeah. 237 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,720 You might need a few staples in that. 238 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,360 'Cause you've got osteoarthritis... Yes. 239 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,840 ..it kind of elevates your risk 240 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:51,880 for, like, a bony injury to your neck. 241 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:53,080 Yes, I know. 242 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,760 So, what we're going to do is get you onto a board 243 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:57,960 and then get you onto the bed that way. 244 00:11:58,040 --> 00:11:59,400 OK. 245 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,720 I was worried that my skirt was falling down. 246 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:03,880 Oh, no. 247 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:05,840 You are completely covered up. 248 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:07,440 Incredibly modest. 249 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:10,560 And I will keep it that way, OK? No worries. 250 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:13,280 Poor Jennifer's worried that her skirt's up 251 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:15,240 and I'd be worried too if I took a tumble 252 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,040 that I wasn't flashing anyone, especially at church. 253 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:21,000 With such a tricky extrication, 254 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,080 a second crew has arrived to assist... 255 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:25,760 We're ready? Yes. I'm ready. 256 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:29,680 ..as Jennifer's worried hubby Johnny watches on. 257 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:30,960 On three. 258 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:32,440 One, two, three. 259 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:34,880 Oh! 260 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:36,560 Oh! 261 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:37,840 I've got it. 262 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:39,880 Oh! Oh... 263 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:41,840 It's really important that we move Jennifer slowly. 264 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:44,920 On the count of three, we're all going to lift up. 265 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,760 When you see us up, you just push the bed straight underneath. 266 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:50,840 We take our time... One, two, three. 267 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,520 ..because any sort of sudden movement could make things 268 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:55,000 a whole lot worse for her. 269 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:56,880 My head. Oh! 270 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,120 SA Ambulance. Tell me exactly what's happened. 271 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:07,720 MAN: (ON PHONE) 272 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:13,280 OK. 273 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:17,160 Back at the Emergency Operations Centre, 274 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,400 a call's come in from a young man in trouble. 275 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:22,320 OK. 276 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:25,800 Alright. I'm organising help for you now. 277 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:28,680 Don't move around unless it's absolutely necessary. 278 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,040 (DASHBOARD CHIMES) 279 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:33,480 (SIREN WAILS) 280 00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:35,080 Already on the road, 281 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:39,000 paramedics Laura and Aaron head to the unlucky rider. 282 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:40,520 He was mountain-biking. 283 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,080 Went over a 2m drop and hit his head and hurt his back. 284 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,720 Oh, OK. 2m. 285 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,120 It's a pretty reasonable drop. 286 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,360 Might have been going pretty quick if he was mountain biking as well. 287 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:53,040 Exactly. 288 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:56,160 When we hear about this guy that's fallen 2m off an embankment, 289 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,520 the obvious biggest concern for me is a head injury 290 00:13:58,600 --> 00:13:59,680 and a spinal injury. 291 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:01,840 But we also need to think, 292 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,560 does he have a fractured pelvis or any fractured legs? 293 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,600 Can he walk? Can he move? 294 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:09,880 (SIREN WAILS) 295 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,960 One of my friends actually just died a couple months ago 296 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:15,280 from a mountain bike accident. 297 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:17,720 Oh, my God, that's awful. Yeah, it was in the news. 298 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:21,720 He landed, went over the handlebars in the air, 299 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:23,600 landed on his head, snapped his spinal cord. 300 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,040 Extreme sports have the word 'extreme' in front of them, 301 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:29,680 I guess, for a reason. 302 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:33,200 And when events like that happen, 303 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,160 you get slapped in the face pretty hard 304 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,040 and reminded quickly that it is a split-second decision 305 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,320 that can change someone's life. 306 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:41,120 (SIREN WAILS) 307 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:45,400 I find it really hard with parks 308 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:46,480 because of all the different entrances. 309 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:51,360 With their patient unable to move, every second counts. 310 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,760 I got it on Google Maps. Keep going straight up here. 311 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,440 LAURA: I'm feeling stressed. 312 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,240 When we get dispatched to a national park, 313 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:01,560 it's one of the first things we think about... 314 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:02,880 Turn left. 315 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,400 ..getting in and getting out and actually finding the patient. 316 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:07,120 Straight? Yeah, yeah, yeah. 317 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:09,120 Straight, straight. 318 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:10,640 We don't really know where we're going into, 319 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:14,000 so all I'm thinking is we're not going fast enough. 320 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:18,200 I'm feeling a little bit of pressure 321 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,280 and, yeah, we're racing against the clock. 322 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,720 Have you got midaz sorted? Not yet. 323 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:35,600 Intensive care paramedic Bill and the team are intubating Carolyn 324 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,960 after she collapsed on the road and needed life-saving CPR. 325 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,720 Alright, so we've just got some gagging on the tube, 326 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:42,600 so we've got midaz. 327 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,680 We'll grab some fent for you as well. 328 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,160 The invasive procedure allows the paramedics 329 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:49,280 to take over Carolyn's breathing 330 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,880 in a bid to stop her going back into cardiac arrest. 331 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,120 Alright, so, adrenaline infusion. 332 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:56,720 What's her pressure? Do we know? 333 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,720 Yeah. Do you need that sedation? Yeah. 334 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:00,360 Got midaz right here. 335 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:08,520 Yeah, it sounds like she's intubated already. 336 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:09,680 Yeah. 337 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,000 BILL: Carolyn's been intubated successfully, which is fantastic. 338 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:15,320 We have stabilised her as best as we can. 339 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,000 Let's go through top to bottom, 340 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:18,280 make sure that we're set before we move. 341 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,960 So, airway's sorted. Breathing, you've listened, everything's happy. 342 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:22,560 Yep. Getting a positive end tidal. 343 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:24,360 Lovely. Have we listened to the chest auscultation? 344 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:25,680 We have. Cool. So that's clear. 345 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:27,640 Have we done a 12 lead? 346 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:31,440 You've done a 12 lead ECG? Have we got changes? 347 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,400 We do have some significant depression, 348 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:36,120 so we might have a posterior. 349 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,480 The ECG is showing warning signs 350 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:42,400 that Carolyn is now having another heart attack. 351 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,800 The pressure is mounting. 352 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:48,520 When we move her, she will start to get agitated again. 353 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:49,640 Yeah. 354 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,200 And we've still got four of midaz. 355 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,040 On one, two, three. Roll. 356 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:55,600 BILL: Our biggest fear for Carolyn 357 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:57,880 is that her body does start to shut down again 358 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:00,120 and her heart does give up and goes back into cardiac arrest. 359 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,160 After three. One, two, three. Lift. 360 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:06,760 And even though we are only ten minutes drive from hospital 361 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:08,000 on a lights-and-sirens drive, 362 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,400 this patient's still got a really long way to go 363 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:11,440 until we get there. 364 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:13,160 Sat rate has dropped. 365 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,080 (BEEP) WOMAN: SA Ambulance. 366 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:20,560 So, tell me exactly what's happened. 367 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:21,680 WOMAN: (ON PHONE) Oh... 368 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:23,480 MAN: (ON PHONE) 369 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:29,840 Oh... 370 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:32,480 OK. 371 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,480 NARRATOR: At the Emergency Operations Centre, 372 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,520 a very worried neighbour is on the line. 373 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:41,000 WOMAN: (ON PHONE) Oh! 374 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:43,200 WOMAN: We're going to have help come very quickly, OK? 375 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:44,440 Oh! 376 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,520 (SIREN WAILS) 377 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,640 Intensive care paramedic Dan 378 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:57,160 is now on his way to the critically ill 89-year-old. 379 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,000 Apparently, she's short of breath 380 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,520 to the point that she's gasping for air, 381 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:02,960 can barely talk. 382 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:07,800 So it would seem that her pneumonia has worsened 383 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:09,600 and at her age, 384 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,120 she probably doesn't have a lot left in the tank to fight it. 385 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:14,320 With the recent pneumonia, 386 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,640 I'm concerned that she's got an acute lack of oxygen 387 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,000 to all her vital organs, including her brain. 388 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:23,000 But to truly be gasping for your last breath 389 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:26,120 must be absolutely frightening. 390 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,760 Sort of see it their eyes - they're obviously very grateful 391 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,360 for when you arrive and help them out. 392 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,520 BEN: Let's have a look at you. When did this start? 393 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,920 Paramedic Ben and intern Audrey 394 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,800 have arrived just ahead of Dan and are urgently assessing Helen 395 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:48,400 to work out what's causing her breathing difficulties. 396 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:49,920 (WOMAN CALLS OUT) 397 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,280 BEN: She looks as sick as a person can look. 398 00:18:53,360 --> 00:18:56,360 You can feel her heart is going like a drum. 399 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,040 Before I even take her blood pressure or her pulse, 400 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:02,520 I already know that I need an intensive care paramedic. 401 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:04,200 DAN: Hello, guys. 402 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,280 This is Helen. 403 00:19:06,360 --> 00:19:11,280 With no sign of a lung infection and Helen complaining of chest pain, 404 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:14,360 the team are worried the grandmother could have a heart problem. 405 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:16,960 There you go. That will probably explain it. 406 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:18,080 Oh, yeah. 407 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:19,960 Rapid AF, is it? 408 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:23,080 That'll probably affect her BP and chest pain. 409 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:26,240 Helen's heart is in the dangerous rhythm 410 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:30,880 atrial fibrillation, also known as AF. 411 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,000 Darling, I know you're in pain. 412 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:38,640 Helen's heart rate is pushing right up in the high 100s, 413 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:44,880 which means that her heart is working harder but less efficiently. 414 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:48,560 BEN: You can have a lay down on your side. 415 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:50,000 That's it. Have a lay down there. 416 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:52,080 That's it. 417 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:55,520 When the heart fails, the body will fail. 418 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,320 You're alright, my love. 419 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:58,880 We're going to look after you, alright? 420 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:13,000 Oh, God. Am I going to follow him down there? 421 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:16,040 Yeah. We'll work this out. 422 00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:17,520 Paramedics Laura and Aaron 423 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:21,320 are searching the bushland for their injured patient. 424 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:22,880 Maybe just stay here 425 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,120 because it doesn't look like much room there. 426 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:28,560 The 20-year-old man was riding with friends 427 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,160 when he crashed down an embankment, hitting his head. 428 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,400 Are we going to be able to get back up? 429 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,040 Alright. 430 00:20:38,120 --> 00:20:40,640 AARON: We're in a 2.5-tonne ambulance. 431 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,960 It's getting steeper and we can't just go down. 432 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:46,760 We have to get back up and out. 433 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:48,280 Oh, yeah. We'll be alright. 434 00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:50,600 Easy. 435 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,240 My name is Laura. Hey. Hudson. 436 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,840 Hello, mate. How are you? 437 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:02,600 Oh, probably a bit better than you. 438 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:04,800 When we arrive, I see our patient 439 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:06,200 lying in the middle of one of the fire roads. 440 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:08,720 And first of all, he's not down an embankment, 441 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,200 so that thought's gone through my mind. 442 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:12,760 So how did you get here? 443 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:17,360 Yep. 444 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:21,880 Yep. 445 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:23,960 Take some regular breaths in and out for me. 446 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:28,160 I might start taking some of your... Vitals. 447 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:32,040 You're protective... Oh, yeah. Totally, yeah. 448 00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:33,240 It's good you got your protective stuff on. 449 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:34,920 Yeah. I knew I was gonna crash. 450 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,680 You have cracked your entire helmet. 451 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:38,640 You have hit that hard. 452 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:40,280 I'll show you the photo if you want. 453 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:41,600 When we go to a mountain bike accident, 454 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:43,840 the first thing we look at is the safety gear. 455 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,640 And I see Hudson's helmet and it's completely cracked through. 456 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:47,600 It's split open. 457 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:49,680 If you didn't have this on, 458 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:51,320 you would have been a whole different man. 459 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,080 It did. 460 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,280 You've got no significant pain in your legs or anything like that? 461 00:21:58,400 --> 00:21:59,520 Yeah. 462 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:01,480 AARON: When Hudson tells me he's got a lot of pain in his back, 463 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,680 I'm worried about spinal fractures or any spinal injury. 464 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:07,040 Can you lift each arm up? 465 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:08,640 Alright. 466 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:10,640 Perfect. You got good control. 467 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:12,680 You don't have any tingling in your legs? 468 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,160 Any pins and needles? Nothing... Altered sensations? 469 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:16,720 Anything like that? Cool. 470 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:20,920 After a thorough assessment, Aaron is satisfied there's no spinal injuries. 471 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:25,880 Hudson is now cleared to be moved to the stretcher. 472 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,720 Alright. I think we might sit him up. 473 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,200 Mmm. That will hurt, but... 474 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:31,920 we can also give you pain relief at the same time. 475 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,400 It will. It will sort of make you, depending on.... 476 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,000 We're giving Hudson penthrane, or the green whistle. 477 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:41,800 It's a minor form of pain relief 478 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:43,720 that helps take the edge off everything. 479 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,120 It's going to relax his mind from the situation 480 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,560 and just make his journey to the ambulance 481 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,840 a bit more comfortable. 482 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:52,520 Alright, when you're ready, we'll help you up. 483 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,040 So, take your time. (GROANS) 484 00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:05,640 BILL: So, we've had a rate drop. 485 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,920 Intensive care paramedic Bill is worried 486 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,600 61-year-old Carolyn is about to go back into cardiac arrest. 487 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:14,760 Get the arm out, actually. 488 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:17,680 Oh, beautiful. 489 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:18,800 Just there. 490 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:20,400 Did you get it after this side? 491 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:21,600 I think so. 492 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,920 Basically, she was driving, stepped out. 493 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,680 Someone's witnessed her go into arrest. 494 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:30,840 The critically ill patient was found on the street 495 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:36,240 and local resident Michael restarted her heart with CPR. 496 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:37,920 The hero is still watching on 497 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:42,240 as Carolyn continues to fight for her life. 498 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,480 You don't expect to see that every day. 499 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,120 We got the lady's ID out of her car. 500 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:49,840 You know, I don't know if it was helpful, 501 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:51,840 but at least I was talking to her by name and saying, you know, 502 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:53,720 "Carolyn, can you... Can you help out? 503 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:55,280 "Can you stay with us a little bit?" 504 00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:58,080 Happy to get up a little bit? Yeah, yeah. 505 00:23:58,160 --> 00:23:59,480 You go. I'll come with you. 506 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,760 The ambos have told me that we've given her the best chance 507 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,040 of getting through the night, so hopefully she'll be OK. 508 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:10,800 Our rate is... 509 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:14,160 Let's get her blood pressure going. 510 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:17,240 Where's that adrenaline infusion going? 511 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:18,600 That was sitting just there. 512 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:19,960 Is it there? Yeah. 513 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:21,680 Beautiful. He's got it going. 514 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:23,960 So, Ben, do you just want to go through top to bottom, 515 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:25,840 make sure we've got everything sorted before we move? 516 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:26,680 BEN: Yeah. 517 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,280 I've just started the adrenaline infusion at five mikes a minute 518 00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:33,360 because we have had a rate drop. 519 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:34,640 Let's quickly check that post the move. 520 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,680 MAN: Yeah. Cool. 521 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:38,360 Yep. Sounds good. 522 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:40,480 Yep. That sounds good. 523 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:42,680 And let's get sats on. Yep. 524 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:46,560 In someone that's come back from the dead and is post-cardiac arrest, 525 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,560 they're going to be our most unstable and unpredictable patient, 526 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:54,040 so changes in anything in terms of their heart rate could be vital. 527 00:24:54,120 --> 00:24:56,920 Bill, Ben, you're good? Happy whenever, mate. 528 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,360 BILL: Keeping Carolyn alive 529 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,280 and not allowing her to go back into cardiac arrest 530 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:03,040 is our most important job right now. 531 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:04,520 BP's down a bit. 532 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,480 (SIREN WAILS) 533 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:10,760 WOMAN: Yep. 534 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:14,600 Are you ready? One, two, three. 535 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:17,680 And back. One, two, three. 536 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:19,920 There we go. 537 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,200 NARRATOR: Paramedics Sally and Olivia 538 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,680 are preparing to move 75-year-old Jennifer 539 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,760 after a nasty fall at church 540 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,760 left her with possible head and spinal injuries. 541 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,960 As Jennifer's loaded into the ambulance, 542 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,080 worried hubby Johnny... 543 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:40,200 Can I swap...? Yeah, absolutely. 544 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:44,800 ..just wants to be as close as he can to his beloved wife. 545 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,160 Just I'm shaking half the time. 546 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:48,640 You a bit shaky? You shouldn't drive. 547 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:49,720 Yeah. She's OK. 548 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:51,360 Yeah. I know it looks like a lot. 549 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,320 But it's just...as a precaution. Yeah. 550 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:59,360 We just want to make sure that we will handle her appropriately. 551 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:00,440 Alright? 552 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:02,960 I'm looking at Johnny 553 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:06,520 and he knows that one day one of them's not going to be there 554 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,360 for the other. 555 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,240 And in this moment, he probably thinks it's Jennifer. 556 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,680 He's probably thinking, "What am I going to do without my Jenny? 557 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:14,840 "I can't live life without her." 558 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:21,080 How bad is your pain in your lower back and in your hand 559 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:22,120 out of ten? 560 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:23,920 Eight for my back. 561 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,040 OLIVIA: For Jennifer, I would be worried 562 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:28,840 that if she had a lower back or neck fracture, 563 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,640 that she might not be able to live at home anymore. 564 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,880 And for Jennifer, that could be life-changing. 565 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,440 You'd better tell my husband which hospital. 566 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:39,600 He's sitting in the front. Oh, Johnny! 567 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:42,480 Oh, darling. 568 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:43,800 He's up here with me. 569 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,280 Oh, goody. 570 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:47,720 SALLY: We've got Jenny in the back and we've got Johnny up the front. 571 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:51,760 I don't know, darling. 572 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:53,360 And they're calling out to each other 573 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:54,960 to make sure that each other's OK. 574 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,600 Oh, really? 575 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,760 So she saved the best for last. 576 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:09,040 Every day's a good day with her? 577 00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:12,600 Aw! That's beautiful! 578 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,240 That is so cute. 579 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,360 Johnny? Yes, love. 580 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:18,200 They're so in love with each other. 581 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:19,800 Brings a little tear to my eye. 582 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:21,640 Johnny and Jen. 583 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:26,400 Only one good thing about her? 584 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:30,360 She's got osteoarthritis in her fingers 585 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,320 and when she points at me, they bend the other way. 586 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,760 (LAUGHS) 587 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,160 He's telling her stories about me. 588 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,000 He definitely is. 589 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,320 Oh, naughty boy. That's alright. 590 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,440 You can give him a little clip behind the ears or something. 591 00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:49,520 (WOMEN LAUGH) 592 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,760 You can certainly tell that there's three decades 593 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,320 of marriage right here, just with their banter. 594 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:55,680 Love that. 595 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:59,440 That kind of restores my faith a little bit in love. 596 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:03,440 I'm recently divorced. 23 years, I was married for, with five kids. 597 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:07,000 And if Johnny and Jen can find love for a second or third time, 598 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,120 then I think there's hope for me yet. 599 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,200 How's your pain if it was an eight out of ten before? 600 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,200 Oh, it's quietened down. 601 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:17,640 OK. 602 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,040 At the hospital, Jennifer will get a really thorough assessment. 603 00:28:22,120 --> 00:28:24,800 Just watch your step. 604 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:30,360 Given the way Jennifer fell, given how many risk factors she has, 605 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:33,240 it would not surprise me at all to learn 606 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,720 that Jennifer's done quite a significant spinal injury. 607 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:39,080 JOHNNY: It's me, love. Hello, darling. 608 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:42,080 Just pop your arms across your chest for us, Jen. 609 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,440 No matter what the outcome is of this fall, 610 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,400 it'll be a really tough road ahead. 611 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:47,880 Come this way. 612 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,320 I really do hope that she recovers quickly 613 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,920 and gets back home to Johnny as soon as possible 614 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,600 so they can keep hanging shit on each other. 615 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:00,000 SALLY: You're right. Watch your shoulder there. 616 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:06,920 Have a seat on there, big fella. 617 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:11,640 Paramedics Aaron and Laura are treating 20-year-old Hudson 618 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:13,720 after he crashed off his mountain bike. 619 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:15,720 LAURA: It's going to be a bit bumpy, alright? 620 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:21,600 With the young bike rider on board, it's now Laura in the hot seat. 621 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,640 We've just got to get out of here. I wish you luck. 622 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:27,920 Well, you're in the back with me and Laura's... 623 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,000 Laura's driving. I mean, we're fine. 624 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:31,880 I don't know about that. 625 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,000 I'm a bit nervous. 626 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:35,400 Are you good to go? 627 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,640 And... Turn around. 628 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:42,080 What did I tell you? Yeah. 629 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:45,960 To get out, the road is quite steep and narrow 630 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,000 and quite rocky and slippery. 631 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:53,600 I feel like of high from this. Whoa! 632 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,040 It's probably open. (LAUGHS) Sorry, guys. 633 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,960 I think you gotta actually go pretty quick up that big hill. 634 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,400 OK. Just 'cause it's pretty steep. 635 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:05,040 Full throttle. Full tilt. 636 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,720 All I'm thinking and telling Laura 637 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:11,600 is just put your foot to the floor and get us out of here. 638 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:16,200 Oh... 639 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:21,400 OK. Yeah. We're good. 640 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:22,680 There we go. 641 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:27,080 You know, Hudson, never a doubt in my mind. 642 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,440 Thankfully, it was a lot easier than I envisioned. 643 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:37,480 Have you been riding your bike long? No. 644 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:38,680 No? Not at all. 645 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,920 Are you gonna get back on it again? Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. 646 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,360 You know what, though, I've just remembered, 647 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,000 that I don't reckon Laura can ride a bike. 648 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:47,840 (LAUGHS) Am I right? 649 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:49,440 You're not wrong. (LAUGHS) 650 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:53,360 I can ride it straight. I just don't really like steering. 651 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,000 I get that. 652 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:56,280 So, what she's saying is... Yep. 653 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:59,040 ..she can't ride a bike. LAURA: I can ride a bike. 654 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:00,360 I'm just not very good at it. 655 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,120 We just arrived. 656 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:09,800 Yeah. You go in. I'll be back in a sec. 657 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:11,480 Take your time. 658 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,480 Can't ride a bike? (LAUGHS) OK. 659 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:18,760 As we get Hudson to hospital, 660 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,440 he's gonna need X-rays to rule out any minor fractures. 661 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:22,880 Hudson, we're going in. 662 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:24,600 I think at this stage, 663 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:28,160 the likelihood of internal bleeding is quite small. 664 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,960 But let's face it, Hudson can count his lucky stars. 665 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,480 He got away lightly. 666 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:34,880 All good. 667 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,440 BEN: Your pain out of ten, ten is the worst pain... 668 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:46,000 What would you give it? Ten. 669 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:47,200 Ten. Alright. 670 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,600 There's definitely irregularities there. It's going to be AF. 671 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,040 Dan and Ben have just discovered 672 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:55,240 89-year-old Helen is in atrial fibrillation, 673 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:59,080 a dangerously fast and irregular heart rhythm. 674 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,440 Joe there. Is that your neighbour? 675 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,120 WOMAN: Outside. Yeah. He's waiting for you outside. 676 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,320 Next door neighbour Joe called for an ambulance 677 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,920 when Helen phoned him, gasping for breath. 678 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,880 She was bent over, doubled over, 679 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:16,240 sitting on the edge of the bed. (IMITATES GASPING) 680 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:19,680 I said, Helen, "Are you right?" 681 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,440 She said, "Oh, I can't breathe properly. 682 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,000 "I can't breathe properly." 683 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:26,160 He's a good next door neighbour, looking after you. 684 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,040 I know. 685 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,440 Your heart's going very, very fast 686 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:32,440 and they can fix that at the hospital. 687 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,200 Alright, let's have this arm. We're going to lift you up. 688 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,360 I know you don't feel good. 689 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:41,280 By the time we get out there... Alright. 690 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:42,920 Are we ready to slide our way out? 691 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:47,200 DAN: It's one thing for us to take blood pressures, heart rates, 692 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:51,280 but we have to remember that when somebody is so anxious 693 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:52,720 and distressed, 694 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,240 probably the best treatment we have is the way we talk to them. 695 00:32:56,320 --> 00:33:00,480 Do you reckon you can shimmy your bum just onto this little bit here? 696 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,960 Ready? One, two, three. Nice. Cuddled by a British gentleman. 697 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:05,440 Oh... Alright. 698 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:08,200 Gentleman's a stretch. Yeah, it is, it is. 699 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,240 Fake it till you make it, I say. (LAUGHS) 700 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:11,520 Well played. 701 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,120 Alright, we'll get you up and about. 702 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:17,560 Is that OK, sitting like that? Yeah? 703 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:18,880 It's not too hard on your breathing? 704 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:20,240 Oh... 705 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:23,880 Helen urgently needs treatment to stabilise her heart rate. 706 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:25,560 Little bump, love. 707 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:27,320 I can see how scared Helen looks. 708 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,680 and I just want to let her know it's going to be OK. 709 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,680 But deep down, she knows she's unwell, 710 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:36,320 I know she's unwell, so we need to move as quickly as possible. 711 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,080 You're alright, my love. You're alright. 712 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,600 DAN: How do you feel your breathing is going? 713 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:48,680 Not good? 714 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:54,480 NARRATOR: Paramedics Dan and Ben 715 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:58,760 are preparing to take 89-year-old Helen to hospital. 716 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:02,160 The grandmother has an irregular racing heartbeat 717 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:05,760 that's starving her body of vital blood and oxygen. 718 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:09,760 Let me just grab your arm here. That's it. 719 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:11,360 Oh... Little blood pressure. 720 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:13,160 Oh... 721 00:34:13,240 --> 00:34:16,600 With Helen's blood pressure still worryingly low, 722 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:19,360 Dan prepares to boost it with additional fluid, 723 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,880 but suddenly there's an unexpected change. 724 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:24,520 Oh. 725 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,960 As you know... That heart rate's a little bit better. 726 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:29,280 I look at the monitor 727 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:34,040 and her heart arrhythmia has naturally gone to a lower rate. 728 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:36,560 And I'm thinking "I've just won the lotto." 729 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:38,520 So, what are we at now? 112. 730 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:40,120 112? Perfect. 731 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:43,640 Oh, yes. Your pulse is better too. 732 00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:46,080 And how would you say your breathing is now? 733 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,720 A little... Little... Little... 734 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,240 Little bit better. You're talking a lot better now. 735 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:53,640 This is good. 736 00:34:53,720 --> 00:34:55,920 Let's go, mate. 737 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:57,960 It's amazing, she's far more comfortable. 738 00:34:58,040 --> 00:34:59,920 She's not as short of breath 739 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:01,680 and we can have a good old conversation. 740 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,960 (LAUGHS) I hope my grammar is correct, miss. 741 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:13,000 What subjects did you love teaching? Drama and English. 742 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,160 Drama. Oh, and now English... 743 00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:18,560 My son, he is struggling, learning 'Macbeth'. 744 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:21,120 (LAUGHS) Yeah. 745 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:23,000 Did you like your Shakespeare? 746 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:24,600 No, not particularly. No. 747 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,720 I found him quite dull in parts. Yeah. 748 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:32,640 It's a dreadful subject to have to try and teach any kid. 749 00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:34,400 DAN: Here I am, making assumptions 750 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:37,360 that Helen would be all for Shakespeare 751 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,360 with her teaching background. 752 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,560 But no, she was on the side of my son. 753 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,160 I reckon I would have enjoyed your class. 754 00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:47,560 Most of them did. 755 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:49,840 There was a couple that, no matter what you did, 756 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,000 they're going to be smartarses. 757 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:55,320 (LAUGHS) Absolutely. 758 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,520 Yeah. That would have been me. 759 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,760 At hospital, doctors will closely monitor 760 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,800 the feisty 89-year-old's heart 761 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:08,680 to make sure it doesn't go back into a dangerously fast rhythm. 762 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:12,240 Absolutely. 763 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,160 Beautiful. 764 00:36:16,240 --> 00:36:18,040 That's a good aim. 765 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:19,800 A very classy girl. 766 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:24,000 DAN: I really hope that Helen can recover from this 767 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,920 and can make it to that 90th birthday 768 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:30,320 and have that glass of champagne with her family and friends. 769 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,000 I count myself privileged 770 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:35,200 that I was able to meet her and to have those chats. 771 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,200 I've met a real gem in Helen. 772 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:38,720 Let's do it. 773 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,760 Let's get you inside. 774 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:42,120 OK. 775 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,400 (SIREN WAILS) 776 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:51,000 So adrenaline fusion's going. That bag's full. 777 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:55,520 Intensive care paramedic Bill is frantically working on Carolyn 778 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,640 to stop her going back into cardiac arrest. 779 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:01,880 So, yeah, we have dropped our pressure. 780 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:05,000 We are down to 80. Let's up that, I reckon, to 15. 781 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:08,920 Our blood pressure of 80 may not be that low, 782 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,360 but for someone that's come back just from cardiac arrest, 783 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:13,880 100 would be the lowest that I'm happy with, 784 00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:16,360 because we know that the lower the blood pressure is 785 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:17,800 in patients that are post-cardiac arrest, 786 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:19,240 the worse the outcome. 787 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:20,760 Sats at 98. 788 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,360 We need to increase that blood pressure with either fluid 789 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,760 or increasing that adrenaline infusion that we've got running. 790 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:29,280 So if she does rearrest, we do have the arm there. 791 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:33,880 Yep. 792 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:34,960 Sounds good. 793 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,040 We're prepared for anything to go wrong with Carolyn 794 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:38,320 on the way to hospital. 795 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:39,600 Good work, guys. 796 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:42,120 We've all got our roles and they're all really important, 797 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,200 from the driver getting us there safely 798 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:48,000 from the person at the airway seat, making them still breathing 799 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:49,920 and for me, with medications and blood pressure management 800 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,720 is all part of the puzzle to keep Carolyn alive. 801 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,080 She's a very lucky lady. 802 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:57,560 It was lucky that she was witnessed by bystanders 803 00:37:57,640 --> 00:37:59,000 and then they actually called 000. 804 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:01,280 Unbelievable. Good on them. 805 00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:05,840 Carolyn. You're doing very well, Carolyn. 806 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:07,320 You're currently in the back of an ambulance. 807 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,400 We're taking you to the hospital. 808 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,400 When you've got someone who's unconscious, 809 00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:15,320 at the end of the day, I'm still sitting next to someone's mum, 810 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,000 I'm still sitting next to someone's sister, 811 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,760 someone's daughter, someone's friend. 812 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:21,840 Ben's sitting just behind you. 813 00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:23,360 If it was one of my family members, 814 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:25,080 I'd want to make sure 815 00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:27,120 that my family member's being looked after properly, 816 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,920 being talked through everything that's happening to them. 817 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,160 Alright. We're pulling up now. 818 00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:34,320 I'm just making sure that I'm being another good human being 819 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:35,160 to another 820 00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:38,480 and helping her through this awful time in her life. 821 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:43,240 We just need to monitor and we're good. 822 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:46,360 There's just sats up. Yep. 823 00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:49,040 BILL: It's hard to tell what the next steps in hospital will be 824 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:50,720 because we don't even know why 825 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,120 Carolyn has gone into cardiac arrest in the first place. 826 00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,720 But she will be seen in Emergency. 827 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:03,320 She will be seen by cardiac doctors, neurology doctors and the works. 828 00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:06,800 And she'll probably spend a long period of time in ICU 829 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:09,320 and hopefully, with all my fingers and toes crossed, 830 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:10,800 she will have a positive outcome 831 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,320 and walk out of hospital some day in the near future. 832 00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:25,320 I'm worried that we essentially can't clear her spine. 833 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:27,480 NARRATOR: Paramedics Sally and Olivia 834 00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,760 feared 75-year-old Jennifer... 835 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:31,640 My head feels sore. 836 00:39:31,720 --> 00:39:36,000 ..could have head and spinal injuries after a nasty fall at church. 837 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:38,760 JOHNNY: She's had about five falls in the past 12 months. 838 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,080 Hubby Johnny feared the worst... 839 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:46,000 He's probably thinking "I can't live life without her." 840 00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:49,840 ..and just wanted to be by the side of the woman he loves. 841 00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,440 Every day, it's good. Every day, it's good. 842 00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:54,800 Aw! That's beautiful! 843 00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,040 Fortunately, at hospital, 844 00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,240 Jennifer's spine was given the all-clear 845 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:01,760 and her head wound was stapled together. 846 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:04,240 Much to Johnny's relief, 847 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,000 the couple were able to return home later that day 848 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:11,400 and are looking forward to making more loving memories together. 849 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,080 WOMAN: I need to lie down. 850 00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,360 Paramedics Dan and Ben were called to 89-year-old Helen 851 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:20,920 after she began fighting for breath. 852 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:22,000 DAN: Rapid AF, is it? 853 00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,080 That will probably affect her BP and chest pain. 854 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:27,400 They discovered she had a dangerously irregular heartbeat, 855 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:29,760 starving her body of oxygen. 856 00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,000 BEN: Your heart's going very, very fast 857 00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:33,680 and they can fix that at the hospital 858 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:35,920 But once in the ambulance... 859 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,160 That heart rate's a little bit better. 860 00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:41,000 ..the feisty Helen made a remarkable recovery. 861 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:44,440 Absolutely. 862 00:40:47,240 --> 00:40:50,200 Beautiful. That's a good aim. 863 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:57,680 So we want to have a cheers to Mum. I'm going around, get emotional. 864 00:40:57,760 --> 00:40:59,480 Happy 90th birthday, Mum. 865 00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:01,080 ALL: Cheers. 866 00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:05,120 Sadly, Helen didn't make it to her milestone birthday, 867 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,160 but today her family have gathered 868 00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:10,400 to share precious memories of a special lady. 869 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:15,400 Today is a celebration of her life. It was nearly 90 years. 870 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:20,680 Mum came good initially 871 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:25,800 but the body was starting to let her down and she passed away. 872 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,640 She would be loving this. 873 00:41:28,720 --> 00:41:31,400 She'll be looking down, I reckon. 874 00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:35,520 She'd come out with some quirky things sometimes 875 00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:38,360 and inappropriate stories. (LAUGHS) 876 00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:44,320 I will miss her tremendously. 877 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:48,720 I just wish she was here. 878 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:50,000 That's all. 879 00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:52,760 That's all. 880 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:56,640 You have cracked your entire helmet. Oh. 881 00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:57,720 You have hit that hard. 882 00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:00,680 20-year-old Hudson flew off his mountain bike 883 00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:02,280 in a national park, 884 00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:05,920 crashing down a 2m embankment, smacking his head. 885 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:07,920 It did. 886 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:12,080 While it was a close call for the not-very-coordinated bike rider, 887 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:14,640 Aaron and Laura still needed to get him to hospital 888 00:42:14,720 --> 00:42:16,560 for a thorough check-over. 889 00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:17,720 Take your time. (GROANS) 890 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:22,960 And once in the ambulance, there was more thrillseeking 891 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:26,520 as Laura used her off-road skills to get them out of the bushland. 892 00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:30,800 I feel kind of high from this. Whoa! 893 00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:35,400 At hospital, scans showed no head or spinal injuries 894 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:38,640 and after three weeks of rest, 895 00:42:38,720 --> 00:42:42,200 Hudson was soon proudly back in the saddle. 896 00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:45,520 So we're going to go one, two, three, four. 897 00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:50,000 Four months ago, frightened bystander Michael called 000 898 00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:55,040 when he found 61-year-old Carolyn suffering a cardiac arrest. 899 00:42:56,480 --> 00:43:00,120 Michael's heroic CPR saved her life. 900 00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:04,120 MICHAEL: She's got a breath. 901 00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:07,480 Have you got midaz sorted? 902 00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:11,720 Intensive care paramedic Bill led a major response team 903 00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:15,320 to get the critically ill grandmother to hospital. 904 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:18,720 But there were major fears Carolyn wouldn't survive the ordeal. 905 00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,560 BILL: You just never know what the outcome may be, 906 00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:24,400 whether Carolyn will live or whether she will die. 907 00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:26,720 As ambos, we always hope for the best 908 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,000 and I'll remember her face forever. 909 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:33,320 It's a really great reminder to live every day as well as you can 910 00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:36,200 because you never know what's around the corner. 911 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:38,840 And for Carolyn, that was definitely the case. 912 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:42,640 Hello. Hello. 913 00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:45,520 How are you? Good. How are you? 914 00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:47,760 A lot better now. (BOTH LAUGH) 915 00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:51,720 In hospital, Carolyn's life hung in the balance for days 916 00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:55,120 with the odds stacked against her. 917 00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:58,000 BILL: Carolyn really is a miracle. 918 00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:01,880 To be able to see that she's here and hug her 919 00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:04,040 is something special and something I'll never forget. 920 00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:06,760 You're looking fantastic. Thank you. Thank you. 921 00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:08,360 Looking very different to the last time I saw you. 922 00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:09,880 I know. That was a big day. 923 00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:12,440 Absolutely. Not that I remember it. 924 00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:14,240 (LAUGHS) Yeah, well, I remember it very clearly. 925 00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:16,080 Yeah. At least one of us does. 926 00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:19,400 Carolyn now has an internal cardiac defibrillator 927 00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:22,280 and is well on the way to a full recovery. 928 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:25,280 So there's someone else that was there on that day. 929 00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:26,720 His name was Michael. 930 00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:30,520 He's the guy who actually saved your life and called 000. 931 00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:31,960 Yeah. Would you like to meet him? 932 00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:33,240 I would. 933 00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:34,680 He's just behind you. 934 00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:37,920 Hi, Carolyn. How are you? 935 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:39,800 Oh, I'm so pleased to see you up and about. 936 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:42,000 Thank you. 937 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:45,320 I'm glad I could do my little bit for you. 938 00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:47,120 Thank you. 939 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:49,720 I wasn't going to cry. 940 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:52,320 Oh, I think there's always a big chance that was going to happen. 941 00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:54,200 Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. 942 00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:56,560 CAROLYN: I know without Michael I wouldn't be here. 943 00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:59,640 It's just really still raw, emotional for me. 944 00:44:59,720 --> 00:45:03,080 And I think it's always going to be. Mmm. 945 00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:05,880 I know it's been a while, but I just needed the time. 946 00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:07,040 Of course you did. Yeah. 947 00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:08,880 Yeah. But we're doing really well now. 948 00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:11,080 Thank you so much. 949 00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:12,400 I actually don't see myself as a hero at all. 950 00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:15,160 Being able to meet Carolyn was really emotional. 951 00:45:15,240 --> 00:45:17,120 She couldn't stop saying thank you 952 00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:19,560 and that sort of does make you feel a bit proud. 953 00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:23,160 Bill, I thank you so much. That's alright. 954 00:45:23,240 --> 00:45:25,880 Michael, you are my guardian angel. 955 00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:28,400 Well, I did what I could for you and... 956 00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,320 Yeah, we'll always have that connection. 957 00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:32,600 Absolutely. Absolutely. We will. 958 00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:36,880 I'm going to be here hopefully to see my granddaughter grow up 959 00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:39,960 and to spend more time with my family 960 00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:43,920 and...yeah, I'm just alive. 961 00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:48,480 (LAUGHTER) 962 00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:51,480 Thank you. Thank you so much. 963 00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:54,520 Captioned by AI-Media ai-media.tv