Ski A&E

  

Snapshots

Ski A&EAvalanche: Patrol teams work to prevent avalanches, using dynamite, train their rescue dogs, and desperately seek a 14-year-old boy who goes missing after skiing off-piste alone. [S]Sat, Dec 24, 1:35 amW50 mins
Ski A&EVarsity: It's the famous Varsity Week, when rival Oxbridge universities hit town for a downhill grudge match - alongside the usual dramatic backdrop of cases from the slopes of Val Thorens. [S]Thu, Dec 22, 11:00 pmW60 mins
Ski A&ELifts: There's a rare crisis in Val Thorens when one of biggest cable cars in the world breaks down, leaving up to 100 people dangling from a wire 50 metres above the mountainside. [S]Wed, Dec 21, 11:00 pmW60 mins
Ski A&EInsurance: Patients include Terri from Crewe, who ends up with more than 20 stitches in her shoulder, and Igor the Russian businessman, who refuses all medical assistance. [S]Mon, Dec 19, 11:00 pmW60 mins
Ski A&ESnowpark: The teams deal with the range of emergencies that occur in the Val Thorens snowpark, including a teenager who has concussion and a man who breaks his spine. [S]Sat, Dec 17, 12:10 amW60 mins
Ski A&ESpeed: Featuring people who pay the price for white-knuckle thrills, including a netball umpire who receives heartbreaking news and an elderly Canadian who stabs his face on a ski pole. [S]Thu, Dec 15, 11:00 pmW60 mins
Ski A&EPain: Ski Patrol and the medics deal with emergencies, including a heli-rescue from a mountain, a little boy with slashed fingers and a woman whose leg has, as one medic says, 'exploded'. [S]Wed, Dec 14, 11:00 pmW60 mins
Ski A&EWeather: The changing weather causes difficulties on the mountains as the teams rescue a man who has cut open his face and a woman who has fallen 13 metres without a helmet. [S]Tue, Dec 13, 11:00 pmW60 mins
Ski A&EIntro: Rescue and medical teams in a ski resort deal with extreme conditions and daily accidents on the slopes of the French Alps. A pensioner cannot remember what day it is. [S]Mon, Dec 12, 11:00 pmW60 mins