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00:00People know that when the green uniform comes along, you're going to help them.
00:06It's absolutely my superhero costume.
00:09Do we have a pulse?
00:10Oh, you're being an absolute trooper.
00:14As soon as we arrive, they just know they're in safe hands and that we're going to do everything we can to help them.
00:19Oh, the poor little one.
00:21I wouldn't have guessed you were 104.
00:23I genuinely believe laughter is the best medicine.
00:27I feel weird.
00:30You're the dream team tonight.
00:32To know that you bring someone that's very unwell to hospital and they get better.
00:36It's one of the best feelings in the world.
00:38You're the toughest man I've ever met.
00:40Second to God, these people.
00:42That's it.
00:43No!
00:44You're doing so good.
00:46Let's get you in the ambulance, hey?
00:48I feel really proud to wear this uniform and I feel really proud to be a paramedic.
00:55On this episode of Paramedics...
00:58Can you swallow me?
00:59A family man suffers life-threatening burns after an oxygen bottle explodes in his face.
01:04They don't want your airway to kind of swell over.
01:08That's probably the biggest danger.
01:09Once someone's airway swells over due to a burn, it's almost game over for him.
01:14He's going to stab me!
01:16Bill is called to a vicious daylight stabbing.
01:20If someone is stabbed, they bleed internally and we can't stop that.
01:23Is this your first time in an ambulance?
01:25And will Laura win over a frightened young boy whose dream holiday has just been shattered?
01:33I'm thinking I might need to buy Jack's attention, so I reach for our ambulance teddy bear.
01:38There you go.
01:39And you can name it whatever you want.
01:41Just not Laura.
01:42It's not Laura.
01:53SA Ambulance, tell me exactly what's happened.
01:55My husband was going to work and he had a canister of oxygen in the baby's cup and it just flooded in his face.
02:04At the South Australian Emergency Operations Centre, a worried wife is on the line.
02:10Her husband is lucky to be alive.
02:13So what part of his body was burned?
02:15His face, his head, up his nose, all behind his ear, all the pins peeling off and everything.
02:21Anywhere else?
02:22His lips, hands and his face will burn.
02:25He's shocked at the moment from the look of it.
02:28We've got help organised for him.
02:29What I need you to do is call the burns for up to 20 minutes.
02:34So if you can get him in the shower under cold water, OK?
02:37Paramedic team Nia and Carlos have just clocked on and are dispatched lights and sirens.
02:45All right, so Carlos, we've got a 44-year-old male who's had an oxygen gas bottle explode in his face.
02:53The biggest concern is airway burns.
02:55Oh, absolutely.
02:56Because that can deteriorate so quickly and it'll be super, super hard to actually maintain an airway if it closes over.
03:04If you are exposed to burns in your nose, your throat, your mouth or just your face in general,
03:09your body's normal response is that it would naturally just swell up to try and combat the burns.
03:15And your body's basically attacking itself.
03:17That's what inflammation is.
03:19And just pain-wise as well, just like getting burned anywhere.
03:22Oh, absolutely.
03:22It just singes the nerves.
03:23I think it's saying that he's got burns to his face and his arms, so quite a significant portion of the body.
03:31Having that much pressure blow up in your face, we're talking about soft tissue injuries,
03:36especially to the eyes, to the nose, to the lips.
03:39It's active cooling, pain relief.
03:43You're clear.
03:43This guy's in serious trouble.
03:45Sheepers.
03:47Once someone's airway swells over due to a burn, it's almost game over for him.
03:52We are four minutes out now.
03:54Yeah.
03:59It's an ambulance.
04:00Tell me exactly what's happened.
04:02My little four-year-old was on the jumping pillow.
04:05Yep.
04:05And I think he's either been double-bounced or someone's landed on him.
04:09And he's hit his leg.
04:11Back at the emergency operations centre, an anxious mum has called in.
04:16I'm not sure if it's broken, but he's quite pale-shaking and in a severed his breath.
04:21All right.
04:22That helps to organise.
04:23So, Aaron, we're going to party two for a four-year-old male.
04:30Paramedics Aaron and Laura are on their way to the little boy who got into trouble while
04:35playing at a caravan park.
04:37Injury to leg, period broken, shaking tail and distress.
04:42Poor little guy.
04:43Poor little love.
04:45It's really sad when any kid hurts themselves or anybody at all, but especially a four-year-old
04:49that was just having fun.
04:50I wonder if he's jumped and kind of come off.
04:54Oh, he was on one of those big...
04:56Yeah, pillow jumping.
04:58Yeah, yeah, I know.
04:59Yeah, yeah.
05:00Sounds like it.
05:01Maybe the old double bounce.
05:03The old double bounce.
05:05I remember that quite clearly.
05:07Have I fallen off a few trampolines as a result?
05:10Absolutely yes.
05:11Is it a part of childhood?
05:13Again, yes.
05:16So, we want to go to Rick the Roblob...
05:19Roblobster cabin.
05:21Where?
05:23Rick the Roblobster cabin for...
05:26Roblobster, Roblobster, Roblob...
05:30Roblob...
05:30I can't do it.
05:32Roblobster, Roblobster, Roblobster.
05:34It's hard.
05:35It's not easy.
05:36Obviously, other concerns would be if he has come off from a height.
05:46Has he got any other injuries?
05:48Has he hit his head?
05:50This four-year-old boy sounds like he's in some next-level pain.
05:54He'd be so sad.
05:56If he's fractured his leg bad enough in a place that cuts off circulation,
06:00he gets neurovascular compromise,
06:01and that can create lifelong complications.
06:05This is the last thing they need on a family holiday.
06:14Number seven.
06:15Nii and Carlos have just arrived to treat a burn's victim
06:19after an oxygen bottle exploded in his face.
06:23My name's Nii. I've got Carlos.
06:24Is it Daniel?
06:25Daniel?
06:25Yeah.
06:26He was going to work, and I'm not up to see a selling kit.
06:29He's going to roll it up and open.
06:32Yep.
06:33And then it's winded up exploding when he's opened up the boot to check it.
06:37Okay.
06:37The man's distressed wife, Kelly, can't believe what's happened.
06:42How long has he been?
06:43He drove home.
06:44He drove home?
06:45Yes.
06:45Okay.
06:46And then when he got here, he was in shock.
06:48Hello, mate. How you doing?
06:49We find out that Daniel's driven himself home
06:52after a gasoline to explode in his face.
06:55To me, that is nuts.
06:57Is that your beard?
06:58There was, like, this random hair on the floor here.
07:01When I walk in, I can see clumps of his beard just on the bathroom wall.
07:06His eyebrows are off.
07:07His ears are burnt.
07:08He's clearly got facial burns.
07:11I'm going back to the car.
07:12There's smoke in your mouth.
07:13Okay.
07:14And then...
07:15You've definitely singed your beard there as well.
07:18Okay.
07:18That was about 15 or so minutes ago?
07:2015, 20 minutes ago.
07:21Okay.
07:22Even though he's doing the right thing with cooling himself off,
07:24I need to assess him straight away.
07:26All righty.
07:28Let me feel your pulse here, my friend.
07:31So, was the O2 cylinder...
07:32It just exploded in your face?
07:34I don't know.
07:35It's leaking.
07:36Yeah.
07:36I'm going to open up the door.
07:37Okay.
07:38Careful.
07:39That's good.
07:40Turn on that one.
07:41Can you swallow for me?
07:43Does that feel okay or does that feel a bit hard?
07:46No, it's more up my nose.
07:48Yeah, okay.
07:48Hearing that the back of Daniel's nose is quite sore,
07:52especially when he's breathing,
07:53raises my alarm bells quite significantly
07:55because this means to me
07:57that he has some sort of element of an airway burn.
07:59Take a deep breath now.
08:01Daniel can go from speaking to me,
08:03breathing fine,
08:04to his airway swelling over,
08:06not breathing,
08:06and essentially going to cardiac arrest.
08:09What's done the hurt?
08:10Oh, my face.
08:11Yeah.
08:12As Daniel's assessed,
08:14his shell-shocked family watch on.
08:17It wasn't long ago
08:18that Daniel headed off for a normal night's work.
08:22When I first got Dan's phone call,
08:24he said,
08:24I've had an accident.
08:25I went,
08:26what do you mean you've had an accident?
08:27And he's pulled up the driveway.
08:29His eyes were so big
08:30and he sort of started shaking up
08:32and that made me panic
08:33because he doesn't usually show a lot of pain.
08:36Because you've had that massive explosion in your face,
08:39I think it's a good idea to head up to hospital today, mate,
08:41just so they can monitor you.
08:42They don't want your airway to kind of swell over.
08:44That's probably the biggest danger.
08:46So the problem is that I can't actually see
08:48if Daniel has any burns down his airway.
08:51I need to watch him closely in case he deteriorates
08:53because if this does turn south,
08:56there's not much I can do.
08:58So we need to get into hospital very quickly.
09:08We want to go to a cabin.
09:09Paramedics Aaron and Laura
09:11have arrived at a caravan park
09:14to help a four-year-old
09:15on holidays with his family.
09:17Hello, my name's Laura.
09:19I've got Aaron.
09:21Hey, little man.
09:22Yeah, you've got a good thought, Stephen.
09:24Little Jack was playing with friends
09:26when it all went horribly wrong.
09:29A nightmare for parents Sarah and Steve.
09:32So what's happened today, guys?
09:34I'm a jumping cart.
09:35Yeah.
09:35Supposedly some of the other kids
09:38reckon he got double bounced.
09:39Oh, I said that.
09:40You did say that.
09:41I said double bounced.
09:42I don't know if the kids landed across here
09:45or he's straight-legged it or...
09:48Not sure.
09:48Don't know.
09:49So did they say he kind of cried straight away
09:51or was it straight away?
09:53And he hasn't obviously walked since?
09:55No.
09:56No.
09:56Kids in general are pretty prone to breaking bones.
09:59So that's, I guess, my initial thought.
10:00He's, like, broken his leg,
10:02especially if he doesn't want to, you know,
10:03walk on it or anything like that.
10:05I got him to put a little bit of pressure on it,
10:07but he was saying it was quite painful.
10:10And he was saying it was this left leg...
10:12He was saying across...
10:13..and across the front.
10:15Overwhelmed, heartbroken that he's hurt himself,
10:17that he was having the time of his life,
10:19and it's one of those freak moments that it happens.
10:22Steve felt purely responsible for it,
10:24but you can't help it.
10:25Kids are kids.
10:26You can't wrap them in cotton wool.
10:28Are you guys from here?
10:29No, we're from Melbourne.
10:30You can go for the gather round?
10:32I told you.
10:33We did say the gather round.
10:35The family are over in Adelaide
10:36to watch their Melbourne-based team play a football game.
10:40Steve and Sarah have spent a lot of money on the interstate trip,
10:44but it's ended in disaster.
10:46When were you guys meant to be going home?
10:48Wednesday.
10:49We'd had it booked for about ten months in advance.
10:53Jack was very excited for this holiday,
10:55and, yeah, the countdown for him is generally about three weeks out.
10:59Yeah, we're going to Adelaide today.
11:00We're going to Adelaide today.
11:01No, mate, we've got a couple more sleeps.
11:03How long, Mummy?
11:03How many days?
11:05It's hard to say if it looks deformed.
11:08Um, yeah, he said here.
11:10OK, on the outer side.
11:11I've never seen Jack this quiet.
11:13I've never seen him this pale.
11:15I've never seen him in that much pain.
11:19Oh, he's shivering.
11:21I know something is very, very wrong.
11:23All righty, what we'll do,
11:24we'll get him in the back of the ambulance, I reckon,
11:26and then we can go from there, have a good look.
11:28If he needs pain relief, we can give it to him then.
11:30On assessment, it's really hard to tell if something's broken,
11:34and particularly little bones.
11:35They can be easily fractured without any signs at all.
11:39Hey, little man.
11:42Hey, little man.
11:44Hi.
11:44If we left Jack here, he could have lifelong complications.
11:49He'd be in more pain.
11:50It wouldn't heal right.
11:52He needs to get an X-ray at the hospital
11:54and really work out what's going on.
11:58You're going to go on a fun little ride.
12:00Mum's going to come.
12:02The ambulance lights.
12:03Wee, wee, wee.
12:04As Jack wakes up, he's obviously in excruciating pain.
12:08So this poor little guy could potentially have
12:10a really serious fracture,
12:11and for him, that would mean a long time of recovery
12:15and an array of complications.
12:17You ready, mate?
12:18So brave.
12:25Lungs sound nice and clear.
12:27Upper and lower lobes are pretty good, which is good.
12:30Paramedics Nian Carlos, a worried 44-year-old Daniel,
12:34may have life-threatening burns to his airways.
12:37How long have you been under the water for?
12:39So, about 10 minutes.
12:4010 minutes or so.
12:42OK.
12:42I reckon we'll get you underneath the water again
12:44for another 10, right?
12:45They recommend around 20.
12:46It just helps with the recovery time and the pain as well.
12:49We always advise people to go under cold water.
12:52It helps remove the heat away from that injury
12:54and it also helps recovery long-term-wise as well.
12:58Chuck your face underneath there, mate.
13:01Is that feeling better under the water?
13:03Yeah.
13:04Yeah.
13:04Yep.
13:06So is that all scaling up up here?
13:08Yep.
13:08I can't imagine having something burnt or explosive in my face.
13:13Don't rub your face too much, mate,
13:15because you don't want to be taking more skin off.
13:17Daniel's aerobales are off.
13:18His ears are burnt.
13:20He's clearly got airway burn, but he's surprisingly calm.
13:23As Daniel prepares for hospital,
13:27his family is still coming to terms with his accident.
13:30See you later.
13:32Dan leaving and going in the ambulance.
13:34It was a little bit of a shock.
13:37For the kids, I think it was particularly bad
13:39because they got quite upset.
13:40Just have a seat here, mate.
13:41I don't know that I can imagine life without Daniel.
13:45Like, he's an integral part of the family.
13:49Bye, Carter.
13:51Bye, we took.
13:52Our main concern is that his airway is going to swell.
13:56Things can just escalate so quickly.
13:59And there's not much we can do,
14:00so we have to get him to hospital urgently.
14:02Do you like strawberries?
14:11Yeah, I reckon you do.
14:12I've got some Panadol here.
14:15That's going to help with your pain, OK?
14:18Paramedics Laura and Aaron are almost certain
14:21four-year-old Jack has broken his leg on a family holiday.
14:25Now, you all right to take that one?
14:27All of it?
14:30All done.
14:31You're a champion.
14:31Mum, Sarah, was inside
14:33while Dad, Steve, was keeping an eye on the kids
14:37at the campsite playground.
14:38When I first went up
14:40and he was on one of the other boys' back being piggybacked,
14:43I just thought maybe someone landed on his leg
14:46and it was like a cork or something.
14:49Can you straighten your legs or is that too painful?
14:53You don't want to straighten your legs?
14:54No, that's OK already.
14:56And then he kind of went white,
14:58so then I started to become a little bit more worried.
15:01You're all good?
15:02Yeah, thank you.
15:03He's not a quiet kid.
15:05Silence from him is definitely a key to something's up.
15:09Hey, Mum?
15:14Yeah?
15:14Have you got your swipe card on you?
15:17Oh, no, it just doesn't open.
15:18Oh, really?
15:19Yeah, like, if you're going out, normally it automatically opens.
15:21Oh, hey, there we go.
15:23I just saw a swipey thing there and...
15:25Never camped in your life?
15:27I have, but...
15:28I grew up with my dad camping,
15:31not in caravan parks because I actually camped.
15:33No hot water, no hairdryers, no showers
15:36and certainly no automated gates.
15:39I bet this wave wasn't on the holiday planning list.
15:43Oh.
15:44Is this your first time in an ambulance?
15:48And hopefully the last time, eh?
15:52It's hard with kids,
15:53but I do try really hard to make them feel comfortable.
15:56Would you like something to remember Adelaide by?
16:03But Jack is giving me absolutely nothing, just doughnuts.
16:06I'll show you and you can tell me if you want it.
16:09I'm thinking I might need to buy Jack's attention.
16:14Yeah, the sass teddy bear might just be exactly what he needs
16:17to start interacting with me.
16:19And you can name it whatever you want.
16:21Just not Laura.
16:23Just not Laura.
16:24There you go.
16:33At hospital today, Jack will get an X-ray,
16:36he'll get some more pain relief,
16:37and then from the X-ray, if it's broken,
16:39they'll decide whether or not they put it in a cast
16:41or if they have to operate.
16:44Mum's going to be right there.
16:46Jack seems really sweet.
16:49Cute little kid.
16:50I can't think of a worse way
16:52to spend the last night of holidays in hospital
16:54with their four-year-old son
16:56waiting to see what's happened.
16:57All right, let's get you in and get you seen to, hey?
17:01OK.
17:05You OK?
17:07You OK?
17:09Yeah, just me nose is sore.
17:11Your nose is sore.
17:12Up and then towards the back.
17:14Towards the back of your nose.
17:15Up, up.
17:17Paramedics, Nee and Carlos,
17:18are keeping a close eye on Burns' victim, Daniel.
17:21How bad is your pain out of 10?
17:24It's pretty high.
17:2510 out of 10?
17:27Close to it.
17:28Close to it, OK.
17:29While stopped at the traffic lights,
17:31the auto electrician heard a leaking oxygen bottle
17:34in his car boot.
17:36When he got out and checked,
17:38it exploded in his face.
17:41It's pretty scary when things like that happen.
17:43I bet.
17:44My whole head was on fire.
17:46Your whole head?
17:48You were up.
17:48Yeah.
17:49Yeah.
17:50I'm here at the fire extinguisher.
17:52This happened at work.
17:53This didn't happen at home.
17:54No, no, no.
17:55This happened on the way to a job.
17:57Way to a job.
17:58I got called out at 7 o'clock.
17:59Yeah, right.
18:00Daniel's extremely lucky.
18:01The fact that someone was driving behind him
18:04with a fire extinguisher
18:05and happened to see that and help him,
18:08I think Daniel just needs to buy a lottery ticket.
18:11So we're going lights and sirens to the hospital.
18:14You got all the bells and whistles tonight?
18:16You're not, but I'm thinking worst-case scenario.
18:20I'd rather not be faced with that, to be honest.
18:24Daniel's kind of playing it down,
18:25but I'm still quite concerned.
18:27If his airway swells up and he can't breathe,
18:30his heart will end up stopping
18:31and would have to do compression,
18:32so it's almost like he's having a heart attack.
18:35All right, I'm going to take your blood pressure again.
18:37Just keep that arm straight for me, mate.
18:40How's your pain in your face?
18:42Still sore.
18:43Still sore?
18:44All righty.
18:45I might give you a bit more pain relief.
18:47Daniel seems OK at the moment,
18:50but that doesn't mean I'm still not concerned
18:51about the potential airway burns.
18:58All righty, my friend, let's go inside.
19:01Once Daniel gets to hospital,
19:02they need to watch him closely in case he deteriorates.
19:05They need to continue to manage his pain,
19:08continue active cooling,
19:09and potentially assess him for skin grafts.
19:13We need to get you one of those man-keenies
19:15that just cover the nipples.
19:17Then you'll be sweet.
19:17Daniel has a very long road to recovery.
19:21Burns, they just take a long time to heal.
19:24So I think he's going to be off work for a while
19:26and just resting at home with his family.
19:35So just tell me exactly what's happened.
19:37The boyfriend was sticking up for a girl
19:39that was getting beat up with a shovel.
19:40He's got a knife.
19:41The guy's got a knife now.
19:43He's coming at my boyfriend.
19:44A terrified woman is on the line
19:46to the emergency operations centre
19:48about a violent altercation.
19:51Oh, my God, he's going to stay with me.
19:56Intensive care paramedic Bill has been dispatched
19:59and police are also on the way.
20:02The details are a bit unclear at the moment,
20:05but we have been told that the police are attending
20:07and that the offender is still on scene with the knife.
20:11The stabbing case is really scary.
20:12I mean, I don't want to go to a scene
20:14that I feel is unsafe.
20:15You don't know who the stabber was.
20:17You don't know if they're still there.
20:18You don't know how bad the injuries are.
20:22I've had an update saying that
20:24we'll have a single responder ICP team leader
20:28that's going to be first on scene.
20:30They will give us a situation report
20:33on the nature of the injuries
20:34and how many patients we actually have.
20:37Any stabbing...
20:39Any stabbing is a high-priority case for us.
20:42Due to the nature of the injuries.
20:45So depending on where they've been stabbed,
20:46whether it be head, neck, chest, abdominal area or limbs,
20:50can be life-threatening.
20:53If you were to cut your carotid arteries,
20:55which run up the sides of your neck,
20:57you can bleed out within seconds.
20:59If you were to be stabbed in the chest
21:00and potentially get a knife into the heart,
21:03it could be even less.
21:04If someone is stabbed, they bleed internally
21:07and we can't stop that.
21:16Go, mate.
21:17Hello.
21:18He's upright talking.
21:19Yep.
21:20He's got a little puncture here and one there.
21:22Yeah, easy. Cheers, mate.
21:24Intensive care paramedic Bill
21:26has just arrived at the scene of a violent fight.
21:30Show us what's going on.
21:31As I arrive, I'm immediately thinking
21:33I'll probably have a stabbing victim on the floor,
21:35out the front with a pool of blood somewhere.
21:38But to my surprise, I don't actually find that.
21:40Have a look on your chest.
21:42Cool. Take a nice big breath for me.
21:43I'm looking at his body
21:44and I can see he's got lacerations everywhere.
21:47Whoever the assailant was was just slashing wildly.
21:50How's his leg feel?
21:51It hurts a little bit.
21:51Hurts a little bit?
21:52The two that I'm more concerned about
21:54is he's got a puncture wound in his sort of left shoulder
21:57and he's got a puncture wound in the inside of his left thigh,
22:00which is dangerously close to his femoral artery,
22:02which I know is going to bleed a lot.
22:04How's your feelings, your foot?
22:05Yeah, yeah, it's all right.
22:06Not too bad.
22:0727-year-old Anthony's playing down his injuries,
22:10but it's clear from local security vision
22:13he's lucky to have survived.
22:15Oh!
22:16Get it!
22:17Get it!
22:17Get it!
22:18Get it!
22:18Get it!
22:18Get it!
22:18Get it!
22:18Get it!
22:18Get it!
22:18Get it!
22:19Anthony tells Bill
22:22he was coming to the rescue of a female neighbour.
22:25So is this a friend?
22:27No, no, just a neighbour.
22:27He keeps fighting this woman and like...
22:30And you try to get involved or step in?
22:32Yeah, because my kids were sleeping and that,
22:34and then I was just...
22:35Yeah, you tried to intervene.
22:36You're trying to do the right thing.
22:37And then you come out there with some knives and that.
22:39What sort of knife?
22:40How big?
22:41It was like one kitchen knife like that.
22:43Serrated or is it one of those straight ones?
22:45One was like a serrated one,
22:47and then one was just like a big, thick one.
22:49So I'm looking at this guy and I'm thinking,
22:51mate, you are so lucky you haven't copped a knife across the throat.
22:54Because if you'd have cut both your carotid arteries
22:56and possibly your windpipe,
22:58this would be a much different circumstance.
23:00You'd be bleeding out within minutes.
23:03An ambulance has now arrived
23:05to transport Anthony to hospital
23:07to make sure there's no underlying damage
23:09from the stab wounds.
23:11Yeah, so shuffle back a little bit because you're a big dude.
23:13The stab wounds are really interesting to deal with.
23:16When you get told a knife is about that big,
23:18you don't actually know the diameter of it.
23:20And when you pierce skin with a knife,
23:23that skin can actually close over really well.
23:25I tend to leave my X-ray vision goggles at home.
23:28It could be bleeding on the inside,
23:29which would potentially lead into a cardiac arrest.
23:31Look how dusty that car is inside.
23:41Oh, my God.
23:43That guy's driving in a desert.
23:46Aaron and Laura are back on shift,
23:48waiting for today's first job.
23:50Look, look, on the right.
23:51Look at his car.
23:52And something has caught the attention of car fanatic Aaron.
23:56Speaking of, what car are you driving at the moment?
24:00Because you sold yours.
24:01I sold one, yeah.
24:02I've got a Yaris.
24:04I've got a Yaris.
24:06What are you, fresh out of high school?
24:08On your peas?
24:09Yeah, I know.
24:10I love telling people that I drive a toy to Yaris
24:13and just get that little...
24:16What?
24:17That meme of The Simpsons
24:20when the guy's bullying him
24:21and he gets out of his mini minor
24:23and he's like,
24:24this is all I could afford.
24:26Are you making fun of me?
24:27For the size of my car?
24:31I'm 6'4
24:32and being in a two-door Yaris is...
24:35It's cosy, but I really like it.
24:37No, I got a little GR Yaris.
24:40It's like a sporty, racy Yaris
24:42that I'll take up to the track.
24:44Some people spend money on their holidays
24:46and have kids
24:48and for me it's all about the fast cars.
24:50So it's OK.
24:52It's...
24:53Cos it's a GR.
24:54It's cool.
24:56It's an ambulance.
24:58Tell me exactly what happened.
24:59I've got a daughter who's allergic to eggs
25:01and she's had some egg powder.
25:03She's just showing signs of, you know,
25:05poppy eyes, heavy breathing.
25:08At the emergency operations centre,
25:11a call has come in from a distressed dad
25:13whose toddler is struggling to breathe.
25:16I've got an epipel here.
25:17I'm calling to make sure to administer it or...
25:20How old is she?
25:21She's two and a half.
25:22You think she's having an allergic reaction?
25:24Yeah.
25:24I want you to admit to her now.
25:26Two, three.
25:28Oh, no, darling.
25:31She's just done it, yeah.
25:32All right.
25:33So I do have help organised.
25:34I'm with her, OK?
25:35All right, Laura, we're going in part of two.
25:38So a two-year-old...
25:40Aww.
25:41..and they are appearing to have an allergic reaction.
25:44Aaron and Laura's quiet start to the day is over.
25:48Another frightened family need their help.
25:51Allergic reactions can start off really benign,
25:53anywhere between a rash or an itch,
25:55but then suddenly, before you know it,
25:57you're in full-blown anaphylaxis.
26:00And if it is a true anaphylaxis,
26:02it's life-threatening, 100%.
26:05Yep.
26:06Get away swelling, get the wheeze,
26:08you can't breathe, the yellow blood pressure.
26:11And that is not only terrifying for her and the parents,
26:14but also us.
26:15Yep.
26:16For a two-year-old to have an allergic reaction
26:18and potentially lead to their throat closing over,
26:21they could die so quickly
26:24and there's nothing you can do about it if you're not there.
26:36Aaron, mate, how are you going?
26:37Is it your daughter?
26:38Yeah, she's two years old.
26:39She's allergic to egg.
26:41She's allergic to egg?
26:42Yeah.
26:46Hello, how are you going?
26:47Good, how are you?
26:49My name's Aaron.
26:49Hello.
26:50This is Laura.
26:51Hi, mate.
26:52Hi.
26:53What a cheat.
26:54Um, so she had a pancake.
26:56Right.
26:57We found out later if she had egg powder.
26:59Oh, OK.
27:00She said her tongue felt funny.
27:01Right.
27:02She just vomited everywhere
27:03and her eyes started sneezing and fucked up a bit.
27:06Oh, they have, haven't they?
27:07Yeah, we gave her the EpiPen.
27:09Good.
27:09Good work.
27:10Is that the first time you've given it?
27:11Yeah, it is, yeah.
27:12No doubt when we see Charlotte
27:13that she's suffering from anaphylaxis.
27:16I had my hand on her chest
27:17and the breathing of her eye
27:17that just seemed a little bit croaky.
27:19No, fair enough.
27:20Yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:21It's very, very lucky
27:22that they had the EpiPen.
27:24on standby
27:24and that they used it so promptly.
27:27Our friend gave her the pancake.
27:29Right.
27:29It wasn't from us,
27:30so we sort of weren't aware of it
27:32until after.
27:33Yeah, she just rang.
27:35She feels awful.
27:36Right now,
27:37that friend would be feeling so guilty.
27:39She hasn't purposely done it,
27:41but she's caused this to happen.
27:42and she's probably feeling awful.
27:46Do you want to listen to your breathing?
27:47Oh.
27:49You ready?
27:50Do you want to shut up?
27:51No, it's okay.
27:53Oh, sorry.
27:55Charlotte must be looking at me
27:56in this uniform,
27:57this big guy standing over her.
27:59No wonder she pushed me away.
28:01At least she'd be thinking,
28:02who's he?
28:02What's he doing?
28:05What's this?
28:06Is that Stitch?
28:07Is that Stitch?
28:08Oh.
28:10She doesn't know.
28:10I'm just trying to help her.
28:12She's a little bit raspy
28:14in the chest still.
28:15Yeah.
28:15But she gets really good air entry
28:17through there,
28:18which is good.
28:19But the thing is,
28:20recurrent reactions, I guess.
28:22Particularly on multiple explosions.
28:24It can get worse over time.
28:26With Charlotte,
28:27despite her having the EpiPen,
28:28I'm always on high alert
28:30for subsequent reactions.
28:31You never know when it comes,
28:32you never know what the symptoms
28:33are going to be,
28:34and more importantly,
28:35you never know how fast
28:36they're going to come on.
28:37We're not out of danger just yet.
28:41He only had maybe a quarter of it
28:45off the pancake.
28:47Paramedics Aaron and Laura
28:49are monitoring two-year-old Charlotte
28:51after she suffered an allergic reaction
28:53to eggs in a pancake.
28:55We've got to be onto it
28:57in a situation where,
28:58you know,
28:59there's people around
29:00and, you know,
29:01they just tend to give kids food.
29:03A family friend unwittingly
29:05gave her the treat
29:06before Dad Shane
29:08had to administer an EpiPen.
29:10I've got a little sticker
29:12that goes on your toe.
29:14When did you find out
29:15she was allergic to eggs?
29:16When we gave her scrambled eggs.
29:18Having your own child
29:21allergic to eggs
29:22would be a nightmare.
29:24Every single thing
29:25basically has egg in it.
29:26Every bakery product,
29:28every pancake mix,
29:30you name it,
29:30you would have to cook
29:31so carefully
29:32and it would be
29:33on the forefront
29:34of your mind 24-7.
29:35The insights of our day,
29:38our cricket club
29:38just won the premise.
29:40That's awesome.
29:42I'm feeling you.
29:43Let's go back to the celebration.
29:45Memmies, I bet.
29:47Yeah.
29:48A part of me is thinking,
29:49come on, Renee,
29:50let Shane go back
29:51to the cricket club
29:51and celebrate with his team.
29:53No, Daddy or Mommy?
29:55No, Daddy?
29:56Daddy?
29:56Daddy?
30:00You've just been
30:01thrown under the bus, mate.
30:02But when something
30:05like this happens,
30:06your daughter's
30:07your first priority.
30:08We'll rush there
30:09so you're home
30:10in four hours.
30:11You'll be at the
30:12cricket club
30:13in four hours
30:14and 30 minutes, mate.
30:16We've had to
30:17work around the toys,
30:19I think.
30:20Hey, darling.
30:21Is that better?
30:21You'll see it after.
30:23Yes, Bob.
30:25Is that what you said?
30:25This off.
30:27I thought you said
30:28yes, love.
30:31Did a two-year-old
30:32just tell us to piss off
30:33or am I just imagining that?
30:37Sorry, man.
30:37I'm just getting this out
30:38just in case
30:39she has a big relapse.
30:40I want to be prepared anyway.
30:43I constantly
30:43keep looking at Charlotte.
30:45If she shows
30:45any signs of itchiness
30:47or shortness of breath,
30:48I'd be drawing up
30:49another EpiPen
30:50and administering
30:51it straight away.
30:53Does she snore
30:53when she breathes?
30:55Um, she snores.
30:56Yeah, yeah.
30:56Sometimes.
30:57Is that normal?
30:57Yeah, cool.
30:58All right.
30:59All good.
31:00If we were to leave
31:01Charlotte at home today,
31:02there is a potential
31:03that she could have
31:03a delayed
31:04or a second reaction
31:05leading to a second
31:06bout of anaphylaxis.
31:08Definitely something
31:08we need to be
31:09on the lookout for
31:10and why we need
31:11to take people to hospital.
31:13You wonder what
31:14they're dreaming about,
31:15don't you?
31:16It's like that.
31:16Probably egg powder.
31:18Charlotte's parents
31:19have done
31:19absolutely everything
31:20right today.
31:22You know,
31:22they've reacted quickly,
31:23they've used their EpiPen
31:24and they've called an ambulance.
31:26Tick, tick, tick.
31:26Charlotte's parents
31:29have potentially
31:30saved Charlotte's life.
31:33But next time,
31:34it might be worse
31:35and that's the fear
31:36they'll be living with.
31:44What's the yellow sample?
31:46You only did it once.
31:46Yeah, fair enough.
31:47Intensive care paramedic Bill
31:49is preparing
31:50to take 27-year-old
31:52Anthony to hospital.
31:53Pop this one around
31:54your voice,
31:54everything that's wrong.
31:55The good Samaritan
31:56was viciously stabbed
31:58when he tried
31:58to break up
31:59a neighbourhood fight.
32:00You know,
32:01you're a pretty brave dude
32:02to intervene.
32:04The Lord's watching over me, eh?
32:06Yeah, you're religious?
32:07Yeah.
32:08Yeah, when you need to be?
32:09Yeah.
32:09Yeah?
32:10This one's going to pop there
32:11just on your tummy
32:12and just make sure
32:12that it's not on your wounds.
32:15All this is doing
32:16is just looking at your heart.
32:17So as you can see here,
32:18she's racing pretty quick
32:19but, I mean,
32:20you have just been
32:21stabbed multiple times
32:22so that would be
32:23pretty normal for you.
32:25Worst case scenario
32:25for Anthony today
32:26is that he could actually
32:27get a collapsed lung
32:28from the stab wound
32:29in the chest
32:29or he could have
32:30actually punctured
32:31the artery
32:32that's in his thigh
32:33and he could be bleeding
32:34on the inside
32:34that I can't actually see.
32:36So we need to get
32:36to hospital and fast.
32:38Did you take any medications
32:39at all?
32:40Two cigarettes,
32:40right?
32:42Never had speed
32:43or meth
32:43or anything like that?
32:44Nah.
32:44Yeah, nah.
32:45Been there, done that.
32:46So I got me sent to jail.
32:48Yeah, fair enough.
32:48How much time have you done?
32:49It's three years,
32:50nine months I did.
32:51Shit.
32:51Yeah, for my first time.
32:53Really?
32:53Yeah.
32:54Far out.
32:54What was that for?
32:56Aggravated armed robberies.
32:57Far out.
32:58Yeah, I used to think
32:58it was gangster
32:59and cool to go to jail,
33:00you know?
33:00Yeah.
33:01And then when I went there
33:01it's not what you think.
33:02Nah.
33:03Yeah, it's eye-opener.
33:05Yeah, right.
33:06How so?
33:07Well, I met a lot
33:07of old bikies
33:08that used to be in clubs
33:10and all they want to do
33:11is get out
33:11and work
33:12and be with their family.
33:13Far out.
33:14And then they see
33:15young people like me
33:15that come in and out,
33:16you know?
33:17And they try to teach you
33:17lessons so they don't
33:18come back in.
33:19Yeah.
33:19Well, I mean,
33:20well, it sounds like
33:20you've turned yours
33:21around completely.
33:22Yeah, well,
33:23if I didn't do the amount
33:23of time that I did
33:24and do the time
33:25with the people that I met,
33:27I wouldn't have the mindset
33:28I have now, you know?
33:29Yeah, far out.
33:30Yeah.
33:31When he says that
33:31he never wants to go back,
33:33I really believe him.
33:34He's clearly,
33:34he's spent some time in there,
33:35not enjoyed it
33:36and reflected heavily on it.
33:37Just like,
33:38just to appreciate
33:39what you've got,
33:40you know?
33:40Yeah.
33:40And don't take anything
33:41for granted.
33:42Yeah.
33:43You're like the nicest people
33:44in the world, eh?
33:46Oh, much appreciated, man.
33:48No, we sat all the time
33:49when I was back in jail
33:49and see it on the news.
33:50Yeah, yeah.
33:51Because that's when a lot
33:51of that ambulance stuff
33:52was going on,
33:53people were taking ambos.
33:54Yeah, heaps.
33:54It was disgusted.
33:55It still happens.
33:56Yeah.
33:57I think it was yesterday
33:57there was an ambro,
33:58they got assaulted.
34:00I think they got spat at
34:01and punched
34:01and a few other different things,
34:02so it's pretty nasty,
34:03but...
34:04That's disgusting.
34:05If you compare
34:06being punched and spat at
34:07compared to having a knife
34:08pulled on you,
34:09I'd prefer the,
34:10the spit
34:11and the low-grade punch
34:12compared to a knife
34:13held to my chest
34:14and my stomach
34:14and my neck.
34:15Yeah.
34:16To know and to hear
34:17that even people
34:18behind bars get upset
34:20when ambos get assaulted
34:22or get injured in any way,
34:24it's quite reassuring
34:25to know that being in green,
34:27everyone's got your back.
34:28Have you seen your neck?
34:30Oh, no.
34:30I've looked at it possibly.
34:31Yeah, all right.
34:32So, look, I mean,
34:33I can show you if you want.
34:36If you...
34:37Oh, yeah.
34:38Oh, yeah?
34:39Yeah, it's pretty decent.
34:41Good.
34:42You're lucky.
34:45All right, we'll shoot
34:46into the hospital.
34:47We've got to have you looked at.
34:51Give him a couple of bumps
34:52on the way out.
34:53At hospital,
34:53they can actually x-ray his chest
34:55to make sure
34:55that he hasn't got
34:56a collapsed lung
34:56or the beginnings
34:57of bleeding inside of his chest
34:59or within his thigh.
35:03Anthony's taken
35:04his second chance at life
35:05and he wants to have
35:06a positive outlook
35:07on life now.
35:08But today could have
35:09been very different.
35:10A millimetre either side
35:11of his throat
35:12and he could have cut
35:12his carotid arteries
35:13and he could have died.
35:14Is bomb method everywhere
35:24and your eyes
35:24are just sneezing
35:26and done a bit?
35:27Oh, they have,
35:28haven't they?
35:28Two-year-old toddler
35:30Charlotte suffered
35:31a severe allergic reaction
35:33We gave her the Epi-Pen.
35:34Good.
35:35After a family friend
35:36mistakenly gave her eggs
35:38in a pancake mix.
35:40It's hard for you guys
35:41because there's eggs
35:41in a lot of things,
35:42isn't it?
35:42Yeah.
35:43All this
35:44on the same day
35:45Dad Shane's cricket team
35:46won the premiership.
35:48Oh, congratulations.
35:50That's awesome.
35:51I'm feeling you.
35:52To the celebration.
35:53But with the possibility
35:58of Charlotte suffering
35:59a secondary allergic reaction
36:01Shane left the festivities
36:03on ice.
36:04Gotta make sure
36:04she's alright.
36:05That's it.
36:06Kids sort of come first
36:07don't they?
36:07Sure.
36:09After being monitored
36:10for four hours in hospital
36:11Charlotte was given
36:13the all clear to go home
36:15and Shane made it back
36:17in time to join
36:18in the cricket celebrations.
36:21Time to know
36:22if a kid's landed
36:23across here
36:25or he's straight legged
36:26at all.
36:27And he hasn't
36:28obviously walked since.
36:29No.
36:30Six weeks ago
36:31four-year-old Jack
36:32shattered his left leg
36:34when he landed awkwardly
36:36on a jumping pillow.
36:37Are you guys from here?
36:39No.
36:39You can go for the gather round.
36:41For the family
36:42of passionate AFL fans
36:44it brought their
36:45much-awaited
36:46interstate holiday
36:47to a sad end.
36:48Alrighty.
36:49What we'll do
36:49we'll get him in the back
36:50of the ambulance I reckon.
36:51Jack was admitted
36:52to hospital
36:53where X-rays confirmed
36:55he'd suffered
36:56a nasty leg fracture.
37:01Guys!
37:04Back home in Melbourne
37:05Jack's full of beans
37:06despite sporting
37:09a leg cast
37:10from the tip of his toes
37:11to the top of his thigh.
37:13No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
37:15Immediately after
37:16the X-ray was taken
37:17we asked
37:18whether he was able
37:19to use crutches
37:20and they said no.
37:21Yeah, okay
37:22we're going to do
37:22some drying.
37:23And we said
37:24what's the option
37:24and they said
37:25carrying or bum shuffling.
37:27Good job, mister.
37:29Happily for Jack
37:30he's well on the way
37:31to making a full recovery.
37:33You're doing so well
37:35getting around.
37:36The next steps
37:37for Jack
37:38are
37:39tomorrow
37:39he gets his cast off
37:41which is exciting
37:42for him
37:43and then
37:44basically
37:45he's not allowed
37:45to do any
37:46jumping on the trampoline
37:48you know
37:49just sort of
37:49jumping off things
37:50for around
37:51about another six weeks.
37:53We need to keep this
37:54straight, alright?
37:56Supposedly
37:56it'll heal perfectly fine
37:58because he's on
37:58the younger side.
38:00Is that fine?
38:01The young family
38:02looking forward
38:03to little Jack
38:04being back up
38:05and running.
38:06A footy match
38:07I think is definitely due
38:08once the cast comes off
38:09as a big reward
38:11for Jack
38:12for being so brave.
38:15Alright, ready to go?
38:17We're very, very grateful
38:18to the paramedics
38:19thank you
38:19for looking after our boy.
38:23It was like a
38:24one kitchen off lot.
38:2527 year old Anthony
38:27was lucky to be alive.
38:29How's his leg feel?
38:30It hurts a little bit.
38:31After intervening
38:32in a neighbourhood fight.
38:34Oh my God
38:35I'm scared of my boyfriend!
38:38With stab wounds
38:40to his neck
38:40chest and leg
38:41Bill rushed him
38:43to hospital.
38:44These are like
38:44the nicest people
38:45in the world, eh?
38:47Oh, much appreciated man.
38:49It's quite reassuring
38:50to know that
38:50being in green
38:51everyone's got your back.
38:53Fortunately
38:54Anthony's wounds
38:55were superficial.
38:57He was treated
38:57and went home
38:58later that day.
39:00You've singed
39:00your eyebrows
39:01and your beard
39:02and also you've got
39:02burns onto your ear
39:04as well.
39:0544 year old Daniel
39:06was on his way
39:07to work
39:08when a leaking
39:09oxygen bottle
39:10exploded in his face.
39:12Can you swallow
39:12for me?
39:13Does that feel okay
39:14or does that feel
39:14a bit hard?
39:15More up my nose.
39:16With his head
39:17on fire
39:18miraculously
39:19a passing motorist
39:21stopped
39:21and put the flames
39:22out with a fire
39:23extinguisher.
39:24They don't want
39:25your airway
39:25to kind of swell over.
39:27That's probably
39:27the biggest danger.
39:29Knowing how quickly
39:30airway burns
39:30can escalate
39:31me and Carlos
39:33were on high alert.
39:35That was that next day.
39:36That's when
39:37that skin started
39:37coming off.
39:38Incredibly
39:39Daniel was cleared
39:41of airway burns.
39:42This is where
39:43it looked nasty.
39:44But six weeks on
39:45he and wife Kelly
39:47still can't believe
39:48how lucky
39:49he was to survive.
39:51It was pretty scary
39:52that was.
39:53Stinging lips
39:54stinging ears
39:55neck
39:55you wake up
39:56and the pillow
39:56stuck to your ear
39:57and the sheet
40:00stuck to your neck
40:00is just horrible.
40:03Still
40:04with the scarring
40:05now it's not
40:05the greatest.
40:07I know it could
40:07have been a hell
40:08of a lot worse
40:08but count your
40:09lucky wishes
40:09and continue on.
40:11I'm still here
40:11so that's probably
40:12the best thing
40:12you know.
40:14Worry about that
40:14little bit at the top.
40:15I can't see it.
40:16No you can't.
40:17Still looks sexy
40:18I reckon.
40:19Absolutely darling.
40:21Even though
40:21the kids are happy
40:22to have dad home
40:23the jury's still out
40:25on his new look.
40:26Who thinks dad
40:27should grow his beard
40:28back?
40:30You?
40:30Two?
40:31Three?
40:33Sorry Eden
40:34you're outvoted.
40:37That night
40:38when they went up
40:38to the Burns unit
40:39they actually
40:40clean shaved
40:41his head
40:41and his beard
40:42completely off
40:43so when I walked
40:44in the next morning
40:45I was like
40:46oh what have they done?
40:50Honestly
40:50I think he needs
40:51a hair bag
40:52because I like
40:53a bit of hair.
40:54Just looks more rugged.
40:56Let's go with that.
40:58Toot.
40:59Miss Skrill
41:00did a fart
41:00that smelt
41:01like peanut butter.
41:03Grateful to be
41:04back at home
41:04with his family
41:05Daniel knows
41:07how much he owes
41:08the good Samaritan
41:09who saved his life.
41:11I never got to
41:12say thanks
41:13for him to actually
41:14realise how much
41:15a hero he was.
41:17Thanks a lot mate
41:18you know
41:18you did a bloody good job.
41:19after two years
41:22I never got to
41:33or give up
41:33you primeiro
41:33I never got to
41:34and he might
41:35like
41:36a hero
41:37Anch overhead
41:37you
41:38need to remember
41:39being
41:40that
41:40he needed
41:42doing
41:42things
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