Helicopter ER

2 seasons available

Helicopter rescues by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
Helicopter ER
S3 E8

A quad bike crashes with a car and three people are badly hurt; paramedics must decide who is most in need of a lifesaving flight to hospital; Lisa and Darren fight to save a violinist's career after his arm is badly injured in a rollover car crash.

Helicopter ER
S3 E9

An off-duty paramedic battles to save a fellow athlete experiencing a massive heart attack in the middle of a 10k run; a cyclist misses a give way sign and collides with a van and comes off worst; the team fly to a binman crushed by a passing bus.

Episode 1
S1 E1

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. The crew are called to rescue a man trapped under a tractor that’s plunged off a bridge and is in danger of sinking. Paramedic Paul is concerned his patient may go into cardiac arrest – and there’s a real chance he may drown if firefighters can’t free him. A high risk Rapid Sequence Induction is performed by the roadside and pilot Ian must negotiate network

Episode 2
S1 E2

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. A flying doctor is forced to perform a complex medical procedure in a farmyard after a teenage worker plunges through a roof, fracturing his skull. An Advance Directive refusing a blood transfusion adds to the medical challenge. The team are scrambled to a student cyclist knocked down on a busy road in York and a young girl with brittle bone disease slips o

Episode 4
S1 E4

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. A herd of cows go rogue and turn on their stockman, leaving him with life threatening injuries – and the chopper team are called to rescue him. An accident-prone climber presents a challenging and unusual situation for the team to assess. A horse rider is thrown to the ground threatening permanent paralysis but she’s worried about her modesty. And the table

Episode 7
S1 E7

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. The team race the clock after a 12-year-old boy plunges thirty feet from a dilapidated bridge and use treatment developed by combat medics. Pilot Steve must navigate a route through fog to reach a walker who has collapsed with hypothermia high in the Three Peaks. And a boy walking home from school is run over by a stretched limo. Gusting winds test pilot Ia

Family Horror
S1 E9

A family outing ends in horror after a seaside crash; the team rushes to find a victim's severed finger.

On the Way to School
S1 E10

The team scrambles to save the three young victims of a freak farm accident; tricky ravine rescue.

DIY Gone Wrong
S1 E11

The team rushes to save a man after a DIY accident; a wasp sting causes a cyclist to go into cardiac arrest.

Episode 12
S1 E12

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. A child is missing and a mother is trapped after their car is involved in an 80 mile-an-hour hit and run accident and there’s a dramatic rescue operation to airlift a badly injured climber from a narrow ledge half way up a 250ft cliff. A couple celebrating their Golden Wedding are involved in a serious crash and a mountain biker hits the deck and the severi

Always Look Both Ways
S1 E13

The crew responds to a train-car collision; the race is on to save a toddler who has fallen from an upstairs window.

Farmers, Falls and Floorboards
S1 E14

The team fights to save biker's leg after a freak accident; a farmer falls through rotten floorboards.

Episode 15
S1 E15

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. A runaway car mounts the pavement and collides with a pedestrian and two bikers are fighting for their lives after being thrown from their motorbike on a country road. The team are scrambled to a man who’s been badly hurt by an accident in a church belfry and a builder falls fifteen feet from a window.

Episode 16
S1 E16

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. Helimed 98 is scrambled to a bizarre crash on the A1 after a car careers off a bridge and bursts into flames. In the Dales, a cyclist is badly injured after colliding with a dry-stone wall on the incline, Buttertubs Pass. The team race to rescue a farmer after he’s trampled by his own cattle and in remote Bilsdale a motorcyclist collides with a car. And out

Episode 17
S1 E17

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. A driver falls asleep at the wheel, careering into a bus queue and killing a pensioner. The chopper is scrambled to save the woman’s friend. In North Yorkshire, a biker is badly injured after he collides with a wire fence. Paramedic Lisa is scrambled to help a 30-year-old mum after fun on a rope swing goes wrong. A cyclist is badly injured in the Yorkshire

Episode 18
S1 E18

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. There’s a major incident at a small airfield after a private chopper crashes, injuring five occupants. In the Yorkshire Dales, two Londoners on a cycling holiday are thrown thirty feet in a collision leaving one with critical injuries. Paramedics Lee and Al assist two people injured whilst taking part in the Marathon of the Mountains. A swimmer is felled af

Episode 19
S1 E19

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. The team launch a desperate fight to save a patient who goes into cardiac arrest moments after they touch down. Two men are critically injured after they plunge through a factory roof. A motoring midwife is involved in a roll-over crash giving paramedic Matt a dilemma. A jockey walks back to the stables but the team fear his injury may be critical. Elsewher

Episode 20
S1 E20

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. A flying doctor is called to anaesthetise a driver left with severe head injuries after a shunt in the Pennines. Paramedic Ady is scrambled to save a biker bleeding to death and a jockey is struck down by a sudden - and serious - heart attack. On the M6 motorway, a highways officer is killed and Helimed 99 races to rescue his colleague. The owner of a fishi

Episode 21
S1 E21

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. The team have to straighten a biker’s broken leg in a busy street and a bus full of shoppers crashes after the driver is taken ill at the wheel and careers off the road. High up the dales a cyclist has hit a moorland sheep and both are injured. A personal airbag protects a horse rider’s neck and spine and a seemingly innocuous slip on wet grass has the team

Episode 22
S1 E22

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. A grounds worker is crushed against a tree in a freak accident. Paramedic Lisa launches a desperate fight to save his life. In South Yorkshire, the team are scrambled when car plunges ninety feet off a motorway flyover into a river. A cycle race ends in a painful crash and a fall from a ladder results in a tricky call out for Helimed 99. Meanwhile, high in

Episode 23
S1 E23

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. On the A1 motorway a lorry crash leads to a major rescue operation. A building worker plunges through a skylight and has to be lowered to the ground through a hole in the floor he’d just completed. Pilot Chris races to rescue a dog walker who has plunged into an icy canal. Paramedics Al and Lisa deal with a road accident involving a classic car. Another car

Episode 24
S1 E24

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. An articulated lorry is in collision with a car, trapping its elderly driver in the upturned wreckage. Paramedic Paul is called to a premature baby with breathing difficulties and there’s a desperate race for life saving treatment. A workman breaks his neck after he falls from a ladder. In the Yorkshire Wolds, a head-on smash leaves a passenger requiring a

Episode 25
S1 E25

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. Freak winter weather and a dodgy sat nav combine to cause a terrifying accident on a snowy hillside that leaves a disabled woman trapped. The team race to save a plumber who has severed major blood vessels in an accident with a Stanley knife. A visit to a Yorkshire Dales beauty spot ends in a nasty fall for one holidaymaker and nearby, a shopkeeper is struc

Episode 26
S1 E26

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. Paramedics Kit and Lisa are faced with a dilemma after they find a horsewoman with a serious head injury. On the Yorkshire Coast, an elderly cyclist is badly injured after a road accident. A Dales farmer faces losing his sight after a freak accident with a three-inch nail – and Sammy must fly him to specialists. Lisa must identify the cause and right treatm

Episode 27
S1 E27

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. A partially sighted pillion is injured as she is thrown from her boyfriend’s motorbike. A man falls down a flight of stairs and paramedic James must orchestrate a tricky rescue. A woman is struck down by a heart attack at her own birthday party. The driver of a van is distracted by his pet dog with disastrous results. The new chopper’s state of the art navi

Episode 28
S1 E28

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. Both choppers are scrambled to a head on crash and flying doctor Rob must perform a surgical procedure at the roadside. The team use their bird’s eye view to locate a motorcyclist on the busy A1. The helicopter is put to its best use – rushing an elderly heart patient to a specialist unit. Paramedic Tony attends to a young rugby player who has lost the powe

Episode 29
S1 E29

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. Helimed 99 is involved in a life or death race to reach a walker in cardiac arrest. A freak accident with a llama leaves a woman facing a terrible head injury. A day out in the Dales ends in an accident for one visitor requiring the local mountain rescue team And a boy’s holiday in the Yorkshire Wolds is ended by a footballing accident that leaves paramedic

Episode 30
S1 E30

Observational documentary series following the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service as its paramedics, doctors and pilots respond to emergencies. Paramedics Lee and Lisa scramble to a road traffic accident to save a badly injured biker and his wife. The team fight to treat a chauffeur trapped in his luxury car and a horseman is in agony after a hunting fall. The chopper swoops to bring pain relief to a cyclist and in the Dales, a new car dials 999 surprising both the owner and the police. Pilot Chris