Liquidshokk Posted 14 May, 2011 Share Posted 14 May, 2011 Just saw a girl dramatically collapse in Hedge end as I was driving passed and pulled over to help and call ambulance. She was very shook up and was hard to work out what lead to it as she had been running from something/one it seemed. Never been first on the scene of any emergency before and was surprised how much it got me shaking at the time and how much it's stuck in my mind since. Makes me wonder what it would feel like finding someone in a worse state. Have you been first on the scene before? What happened and how did u feel/handle the situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Red Posted 14 May, 2011 Share Posted 14 May, 2011 A few years ago I was behind a volvo towing a caravan under a bridge on the A31 at Ringwood. A lorry charged past in the outside lane and literary blew the caravan over, flipping the volvo too, which just missed the support for the bridge over. I screeched to a stand still and ran towards the car to get the folk out. The bloke behind me phoned the police who diverted traffic up the slip road and down the other side by-passing the carnage. No major injuries but the family were supposed to be getting a ferry from Poole so I assume they must have aborted their holiday. I think the automatic reaction is to do whatever you can to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 14 May, 2011 Author Share Posted 14 May, 2011 That must have been pretty dramatic. Must be quite common if a lorry can blow caravans over like that. Heard plenty of stories of people not stopping to help others. Once I realised it wasn't someone messing about I ditched the car and the adrenalin kicked in. Can only imagine the adrenalin in an RTA situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 14 May, 2011 Share Posted 14 May, 2011 Was on a night out in Coventry a few years ago, the taxi headed back up the Radford road ahead from the city centre and we saw a woman, mid twenties, collapsed on the pavement. The Taxi driver pulled over and I called 999. She was quite incoherent, drooling out of her mouth and had a cut on her forehead. Frankly I think she was wasted and had fallen from the embankment at the side of the road onto the pavement. The Police turned up with an Ambulance about 5 minutes later. As this happened a rather scary looking bearded man appeared and started rabbitting to the police. I let the professionals deal with things from there, the coppers took my name and I walked home. The b*stard taxi driver had however left his meter running.... cost me the best part of 17 quid, I was drunk, there were police there so I paid the **** without fuss and walked the rest of the way home. Was very odd, I never heard anything more about it but was a rather bizare occurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 14 May, 2011 Share Posted 14 May, 2011 My stepbrother is a firefighter and was first on scene when Alan Ball passed away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrollman no2 Posted 14 May, 2011 Share Posted 14 May, 2011 I was driving behind a car a few years ago on the north bound M3,when the car went out of control,drove across three lanes and went down an embankment and overturned several times,ending up on its roof. I pulled over, and went down to the overturned car and helped out the driver,while my mate phoned the police,who arrived within minutes.He was a bit confused,but was not too badly hurt.Seems he feel asleep at the wheel and didnt remember crashing. The police took my name and address and dealt with it from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 14 May, 2011 Author Share Posted 14 May, 2011 I was driving behind a car a few years ago on the north bound M3,when the car went out of control,drove across three lanes and went down an embankment and overturned several times,ending up on its roof. I pulled over, and went down to the overturned car and helped out the driver,while my mate phoned the police,who arrived within minutes.He was a bit confused,but was not too badly hurt.Seems he feel asleep at the wheel and didnt remember crashing. The police took my name and address and dealt with it from there. Must have been very surreal and not knowing if the person was alive or not must have got the heart beating!! Should imagine it all happened so quickly, as they say. In all the miles I do on the motorway in my job I always expect to see something like that but happy to say I haven't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrollman no2 Posted 14 May, 2011 Share Posted 14 May, 2011 I just wanted to get the driver out as quickly as possible,in case the car exploded.Guess ive seen too many films. I was involved in a very bad car accident many years ago,which involved me being thrown through a windscreen(thank god i kept my good looks lol) and i was lucky enough to have some people stop for me,so i hope i can be of some assistance to someone else in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey Posted 14 May, 2011 Share Posted 14 May, 2011 How did she 'dramatically collapse'......did she hold her out turned hand against her forehead and fall gracefully to the ground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 14 May, 2011 Author Share Posted 14 May, 2011 How did she 'dramatically collapse'......did she hold her out turned hand against her forehead and fall gracefully to the ground? I assume you asked that as a joke, but I kid you not that is exactly what she did and why I said it! Ive never seen anyone faint before, apart from fake fainting by Gillian mckeith in I'm a celeb, and was surprised it was exactly like that!!! (hence why I initially thought she was messing about) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey Posted 14 May, 2011 Share Posted 14 May, 2011 I assume you asked that as a joke, but I kid you not that is exactly what she did and why I said it! Ive never seen anyone faint before, apart from fake fainting by Gillian mckeith in I'm a celeb, and was surprised it was exactly like that!!! (hence why I initially thought she was messing about) I therefore conclude that she was indeed 'acting' ..........go me!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 14 May, 2011 Author Share Posted 14 May, 2011 I therefore conclude that she was indeed 'acting' ..........go me!!!!!! Give that girl an oscar... The way she made her face go as white as a sheet and shake like she was fitting was very realistic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 14 May, 2011 Share Posted 14 May, 2011 Decent of you to have stopped and helped, liquid. Years ago, I was driving home up past cobden bridge when I saw a girl running hell for leather up the hill, so I pulled over and opened the passenger door to ask if she was ok. Before I could say anything she jumped in the car and screamed for me to go, which I did, turned out she was running from her violent ex. She asked me to drop her at a place in warsash,so I did. Seemed bizarre at the time but there you go. Another time me and my mate were out in the van when we saw a guy laying face down on the pavement. Slammed on the anchors and piled out, turned out he was trying to turn off his water stopcock in the pavement hahahaaaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey Posted 14 May, 2011 Share Posted 14 May, 2011 Give that girl an oscar... The way she made her face go as white as a sheet and shake like she was fitting was very realistic! To be quite serious now, I really do hope that what you saw was not as 'serious' as you first thought........and I mean that most sincerely folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 14 May, 2011 Author Share Posted 14 May, 2011 Decent of you to have stopped and helped, liquid. Years ago, I was driving home up past cobden bridge when I saw a girl running hell for leather up the hill, so I pulled over and opened the passenger door to ask if she was ok. Before I could say anything she jumped in the car and screamed for me to go, which I did, turned out she was running from her violent ex. She asked me to drop her at a place in warsash,so I did. Seemed bizarre at the time but there you go. Another time me and my mate were out in the van when we saw a guy laying face down on the pavement. Slammed on the anchors and piled out, turned out he was trying to turn off his water stopcock in the pavement hahahaaaa Hahaha, classic.... The stopcock story that is..not the first one :-S Off original topic but talking of people jumping in your car unexpectedly I was sat outside my place once and a real dodgy crim type jumped in my car and then realised he'd got in the wrong car! To this day I'm still amazed that I let him get that far when I saw him coming and didn't make any attempt to get him out and just carried on with what I was doing with my phone! He could have been up to anything and made me realise that you don't always react like you think you would in unusual situations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 14 May, 2011 Author Share Posted 14 May, 2011 To be quite serious now, I really do hope that what you saw was not as 'serious' as you first thought........and I mean that most sincerely folks She was left in safe hands as there were two council community support officers nearby who joined me in making sure she was ok and a pcso soon arrived. She was talking and refusing an ambulance by the time I went back to my car which was dumped in the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 14 May, 2011 Share Posted 14 May, 2011 Hahaha, classic.... The stopcock story that is..not the first one :-S Off original topic but talking of people jumping in your car unexpectedly I was sat outside my place once and a real dodgy crim type jumped in my car and then realised he'd got in the wrong car! To this day I'm still amazed that I let him get that far when I saw him coming and didn't make any attempt to get him out and just carried on with what I was doing with my phone! He could have been up to anything and made me realise that you don't always react like you think you would in unusual situations! My old man got carjacked in Spain - Some mush just came and sat in the car whilst they were at a petrol station, pulled out a bottle of petrol and a lighter and just said 'go'. Lucky old bill then stopped the car because they thought it was stolen, then realised the matey was a wanted car thief and arrested him. Lucky escape! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 14 May, 2011 Share Posted 14 May, 2011 From a different perspective but referring to the sense of shock, my youngest was here for a few months and was a surfer dude with his buddies. Couple of months ago they were out (4 of them) having (insert some surfer dude words for awesome time in mega waves). They heard shouts of alarm 3 were together, they paddled over on their boards & saw 2 guys in "distress" in 7ft waves. Son's 2 mates paddled and grabbed the guys. Son looked around saw someone face down nearby. Paddled over 120kgs of wet lump not moving. He had to get off his board and dragged him onto the beach. The guy was dead (big story in the UK press about it at the time). The lads have no choice but to leg it (last person to touch anyone who dies here can be arrested for manslaughter even IF you try and help unless you are a certified paramedic). He gets home and utters the words - Dad, I had to pull a dead guy out the sea today. That took one hell of a lot of effort to come to terms with and on my behalf simply to find something to say. In the end we sat for a couple of hours talked it through and he realised he did everything he could and should never get cut with what if's/if onlys. His buddies came round and were very down as well. It's the shock of being there and as my lad said - "You suddenly realise nobody else is coming". Liquid - you've done the right thing mate although in an odd way - the shaking & on the mind stuff stops when you talk about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 14 May, 2011 Share Posted 14 May, 2011 A few years back, next door neighbour came running round saying that she had seen another neighbour collapsed on his living room floor. I legged it round, kicked his back door in, and we both tried to save him, i did the chest thing , she did kiss of life. Unfortunately he was already dead. So the 5 broken ribs I gave him, didn't make any difference :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 15 May, 2011 Share Posted 15 May, 2011 It's happened several times to me. The worst one was when I was living in Orpington back in the day. I lived on the by-pass (40 limit) and an open top sports car was hacking it down the road well in excess. He hit the bollard surround about 50 yards from me and lost control and went straight into a concrete lamp post. There was no-one else around and as I ran up to the wreck I could see that there was nothing that could be done for him. His car had one of those old-type steering wheels with a wooden surround, which had broken off and the three metal arms of the steering wheel had gone straight through his chest and out of his back, leaving him impaled and, unbelievably, not dead. He was gone though before the ambulance came. I have never felt more helpless in my life; there was simply nothing I could have done. A second time was a few years later on the same road. It was boxing day and I was walking the dog at night and it was pouring down. I looked up the road to see what I thought was a car speeding towards me. The two headlights I saw though were from two motorbikes racing each other. They went past me and the one on the outside clipped the same bollard surround that the car had all those years before. His bike went over on its side and he came off. The bike went what seemed about 100 yards down the road on its own and the rider seemed to travel about fifty yards. I ran back home, dropped the dog off and called 999. before running back to the scene. The biker was in a bad way and his 'mate' had turned round, looked at the scene and then ridden off. There wasn't a lot I could do except make him comfortable and luckily a car stopped with a Doctor in it. He performed an emergency tracheotomy on the guy as his throat was crushed, using his penknife and the outside of a bic pen which I had. Unfortunately this wasn't enough and the biker died before the ambulance arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Finch of Maycomb Posted 15 May, 2011 Share Posted 15 May, 2011 I have been the first on scene lots of times, because of circumstance and because of my job, but only once has someone died when I was there. My gf and I were driving along the M5 really late at night. As we were going along the carriageway, we saw another car on the other carriageway, unbelievably, sat in the fast lane not moving and on fire. We pulled over to the hard shoulder and I called the fire brigade. I saw a shape in the seat but I was too far away from him and the fire had caught hold pretty strong by then to do anything. Unbelievably, all this time another car didn't come along either carriageway until the fire brigade showed up, and by then the car had exploded. It was surreal, being on a motorway with no one else around, with another car on fire. I had forgotten all about it, in fact, until reading this thread. All the others are me calling for an ambulance because people have had seizures, or because of street or pub fights. I have seen a few car crashes but often there are loads of other people around so I don't stop. I saw a motorcycle crash last summer which was pretty horrible, the guy was wearing a basketball t shirt so he was all grazed to hell. Although I wasn't the closest I got their first because no one else moved, not even the driver and passenger in the car that hit him, which I thought was terrible. I got first aid trained last year but I feel no better prepared to help anyone. In the times I have been in first aid situations since I always panic and forget everything and just call the ambulance immediately anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essruu Posted 15 May, 2011 Share Posted 15 May, 2011 A few years back, next door neighbour came running round saying that she had seen another neighbour collapsed on his living room floor. I legged it round, kicked his back door in, and we both tried to save him, i did the chest thing , she did kiss of life. Unfortunately he was already dead. So the 5 broken ribs I gave him, didn't make any difference :-( You gave him five broken ribs and did his back door in while she kissed him? Kinky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Finch of Maycomb Posted 15 May, 2011 Share Posted 15 May, 2011 You gave him five broken ribs and did his back door in while she kissed him? Kinky. We have a new candidate for funniest poster on TSW. But its not Essruu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 15 May, 2011 Author Share Posted 15 May, 2011 It's happened several times to me. The worst one was when I was living in Orpington back in the day. I lived on the by-pass (40 limit) and an open top sports car was hacking it down the road well in excess. He hit the bollard surround about 50 yards from me and lost control and went straight into a concrete lamp post. There was no-one else around and as I ran up to the wreck I could see that there was nothing that could be done for him. His car had one of those old-type steering wheels with a wooden surround, which had broken off and the three metal arms of the steering wheel had gone straight through his chest and out of his back, leaving him impaled and, unbelievably, not dead. He was gone though before the ambulance came. I have never felt more helpless in my life; there was simply nothing I could have done. A second time was a few years later on the same road. It was boxing day and I was walking the dog at night and it was pouring down. I looked up the road to see what I thought was a car speeding towards me. The two headlights I saw though were from two motorbikes racing each other. They went past me and the one on the outside clipped the same bollard surround that the car had all those years before. His bike went over on its side and he came off. The bike went what seemed about 100 yards down the road on its own and the rider seemed to travel about fifty yards. I ran back home, dropped the dog off and called 999. before running back to the scene. The biker was in a bad way and his 'mate' had turned round, looked at the scene and then ridden off. There wasn't a lot I could do except make him comfortable and luckily a car stopped with a Doctor in it. He performed an emergency tracheotomy on the guy as his throat was crushed, using his penknife and the outside of a bic pen which I had. Unfortunately this wasn't enough and the biker died before the ambulance arrived. Whoah. Someone needs to move that bollard!! Did you hold it together alright seeing that guy like that in front of you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 15 May, 2011 Author Share Posted 15 May, 2011 I have been the first on scene lots of times, because of circumstance and because of my job, but only once has someone died when I was there. My gf and I were driving along the M5 really late at night. As we were going along the carriageway, we saw another car on the other carriageway, unbelievably, sat in the fast lane not moving and on fire. We pulled over to the hard shoulder and I called the fire brigade. I saw a shape in the seat but I was too far away from him and the fire had caught hold pretty strong by then to do anything. Unbelievably, all this time another car didn't come along either carriageway until the fire brigade showed up, and by then the car had exploded. It was surreal, being on a motorway with no one else around, with another car on fire. I had forgotten all about it, in fact, until reading this thread. All the others are me calling for an ambulance because people have had seizures, or because of street or pub fights. I have seen a few car crashes but often there are loads of other people around so I don't stop. I saw a motorcycle crash last summer which was pretty horrible, the guy was wearing a basketball t shirt so he was all grazed to hell. Although I wasn't the closest I got their first because no one else moved, not even the driver and passenger in the car that hit him, which I thought was terrible. I got first aid trained last year but I feel no better prepared to help anyone. In the times I have been in first aid situations since I always panic and forget everything and just call the ambulance immediately anyway. I assume the person was dead from the crash and didnt try to escape? At least they were unconscious and didn't burn to death trying to get out. Shudder. Just remembered I did have to call for an ambulance last year as saw a car going into the back of another (whilst the offender was looking at me at the junction opposite!) and whilst I thought it was nothing but a slight bump the woman in front was whailing and couldn't get out. The woman at the back went to get out but for some reason didn't and ended up being cut out and stretchered into an ambulance like the woman in front. Because of my position I was coned into my road so had to watch the whole incident unfold from a slight bump to road closure for 3 hours involving 3 fire engines, 4 ambulances and what seemed like 20 police cars all blocking the road and preventing the ambulances from getting away easily. Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 15 May, 2011 Share Posted 15 May, 2011 Whoah. Someone needs to move that bollard!! Did you hold it together alright seeing that guy like that in front of you? I was about 12 or 13 at the time. It was more macabre than anything. I never had any nightmares or flashbacks afterwards although it was probably the catalyst for me to study medicine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 15 May, 2011 Share Posted 15 May, 2011 I was about 12 or 13 at the time. It was more macabre than anything. I never had any nightmares or flashbacks afterwards although it was probably the catalyst for me to study medicine. Are you a doctor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCholulaKid Posted 15 May, 2011 Share Posted 15 May, 2011 Was driving through Grand Canyon National Park a few years ago - dead of night. Caught an elk in the headlights in front of us (massive things if you've never seen one). Anyway, slowed down and stopped while it ambled across the road. Just as it got past our car another car came flying over the hill on the other side of the road towards us. Ploughed straight into the elk - elk smashed through the windscreen then was catapulted over the top of the car into the road beside it. To say it was a mess would be an understatement. The people in the car were actually OK - few cuts and bruises and a ****ed car aside. The elk however......was still alive although with two broken front legs. Two other cars had pulled up in the meantime and everyone stood around debating what to do with a clearly ****ed but still conscious elk. Some mental geezer decided to put it out of its misery by chopping its head off and proceeded to pull out a massive knife and walk towards the elk. We managed to convince him there must be a more humane way as the clearly terrified elk tried to haul its body away. Another bloke had a gun on him - so it was decided he would do the job. Two shots to the head later.....****ing horrific. I'm not sure whether the fact I had been smoking Canada's finest most of the evening helped or not. Camping in the Grand Canyon should be on everyone's 'to do' list though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz Posted 15 May, 2011 Share Posted 15 May, 2011 A fortnight ago, I was driving back home around 11pm, was coming though our village when I saw a lad of 14-15 getting the cr4p kicked out of him on the ground by the village hall. I didn't realise what was happening at first until I was almost alongside it, but I hit the horn loud and it made both the lads run off in different directions, one down the side of houses and the other onto the pitch black playing fields. By the time I'd stopped, both had gone, all that was left was a small pool of blood on the pavement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 15 May, 2011 Share Posted 15 May, 2011 I wish I could tell you All about the time I came across a smashed up Merc late one night in a Paris underpass, but I can't risk any repercussions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 15 May, 2011 Share Posted 15 May, 2011 Are you a doctor? I studied medicine at Charing Cross Hospital but never practised. Instead I went into IT and eventually went back to Uni to study Law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 15 May, 2011 Share Posted 15 May, 2011 As a kid, I recon I was about 8 or 9, I was walking down the road at night with my mum and we saw what looked like a dog lying on the pavement. On closer inspection it was a man, still breathing but unconciouss. Whilst wondering whether to call an ambulance, I saw a note tucked into a clear pocket on his jacket that said "Attention, I am an epileptic, please do not move me or put anything in my mouth, I will come round eventually, just make me as confortable as possible." or words to that effect. After getting a householders attention, we covered him with a blanket and when he did come round, the householder made him a cup of tea. It seems like an everyday thing now, but at the age of 8/9 it was quite scary. At work I used to be a first aider, and people fall down the escalators all the time, like they're flipping lemmings. One such incident I had to deal with was a lady who had fallen backwards and cracked her head open on the edge of the step (solid metal). I ran for the first aid kit, whipped out whatever gauze and bandages I could find, and tried to stem the flow of blood which was gushing from her head. It was a massive cut and there was very little I could do for her. Eventually the paramedic that rides his bike around Heathrow was first on the scene, and he did his best to cover the cut but it wouldn't stop bleeding. The paramedic sent her to hospital, and I felt sorry for her, but she missed her dream holiday to South Africa. I hope she was insured. I was covered in blood! Gross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 15 May, 2011 Author Share Posted 15 May, 2011 As a kid, I recon I was about 8 or 9, I was walking down the road at night with my mum and we saw what looked like a dog lying on the pavement. On closer inspection it was a man, still breathing but unconciouss. Whilst wondering whether to call an ambulance, I saw a note tucked into a clear pocket on his jacket that said "Attention, I am an epileptic, please do not move me or put anything in my mouth, I will come round eventually, just make me as confortable as possible." or words to that effect. After getting a householders attention, we covered him with a blanket and when he did come round, the householder made him a cup of tea. It seems like an everyday thing now, but at the age of 8/9 it was quite scary. At work I used to be a first aider, and people fall down the escalators all the time, like they're flipping lemmings. One such incident I had to deal with was a lady who had fallen backwards and cracked her head open on the edge of the step (solid metal). I ran for the first aid kit, whipped out whatever gauze and bandages I could find, and tried to stem the flow of blood which was gushing from her head. It was a massive cut and there was very little I could do for her. Eventually the paramedic that rides his bike around Heathrow was first on the scene, and he did his best to cover the cut but it wouldn't stop bleeding. The paramedic sent her to hospital, and I felt sorry for her, but she missed her dream holiday to South Africa. I hope she was insured. I was covered in blood! Gross. Reminds me of when I was around that age and was hanging around with this new friend who didn't tell me he was epileptic and came over my house to play crazy frog on the Amiga.. Next thing I know he's fitting in the bathroom and my mum had to help him. Scared the sh!t out of me! I rode around our estate asking anyone I could find if they knew where he lived. Found out and notified his parents that he'd been "bouncing around on the bathroom floor" and the first thing the asked was wether he'd been playing games... That confused me somewhat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 15 May, 2011 Share Posted 15 May, 2011 I studied medicine at Charing Cross Hospital but never practised. Instead I went into IT and eventually went back to Uni to study Law. Are you a lawyer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimond Geezer Posted 15 May, 2011 Share Posted 15 May, 2011 (edited) I have been "first on scene" a few times twice by coincidence the others by design (although not technically first as I was called as part of an emergency response team). I've been trained in first aid since a young age, through the Red Cross, Youth Organisations & at work. The first occaasion was when a player from our team had a heart attack in a pre-season friendly, myself & another chap gave CPR until the ambulance arrived, sadly he died, the second was (again football related) a player in our 5-a-side team was punched, then kicked in the head as he fell, he was unconscious & bleeding heavily, I dealt with him again until the ambulance crew got there. His attacker got put away for 3 months. I have been trained as a Hamphire Ambulance (as it was then) First Responder, this is a voluntary position, usually in rural locations. When a member of the public calls 999 & requests an ambulance, a First Responder is also paged, and immediately responds, usually arriving long before an ambulance, we are trained to use de-fibulators & oxygen, as well as the usual first aid techniques. I used to work out in the sticks & have been called to several incidences ranging from a child with an injured foot at a school to an old feller in the throes of a heart attack, he survived. I also went to a case where a decorator had fallen off a ladder, & broke his leg, someone had called the local GP, and as soon as I arrived he took a back seat saying something like "I haven't done emergency first Aid for about 30 years, I'm sure you're better qualified than me", which I found out from the ambulance crew was rather unusual for a GP, they generally pull rank, even over experienced paramedics. I also called the fire brigade when the boiler room a my local school caught fire, I was probably about 11 years old then, that was quite exciting. Edited 15 May, 2011 by Dimond Geezer bad speeling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 15 May, 2011 Share Posted 15 May, 2011 Are you a lawyer? Yep. Human Rights Discrimination and Employment law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 15 May, 2011 Share Posted 15 May, 2011 I was on a fishing holiday with a friend in Ireland. We met this unemployed guy who sold us some worms and we had a chat and ended up doing a bit of night fishing for eels on the banks of the Shannon - he used to sell them for a bit of additional cash. Anyway, said friend goes back to the tent pitched nearby and we continued fishing, which was quite hilarious every time we got another eel and he tried to get them to stay in the bucket... Anyway, all of a sudden in the dark he has a fit and starts writhing and gibbering, and I'm afraid he'll grab me and we'd fall into the river, which there was deep and flowing swiftly. Then, as suddenly as it started he stopped, came round and said 'Sorry bout dat' and all was calm again. If he hadn't have told us in the pub earlier about his fits I'd have been even more terrified than I was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1976_Child Posted 16 May, 2011 Share Posted 16 May, 2011 I was at home watching Sky Sports News when West Ham collapsed. Their fans at the DW stadium looked like ghosts. Poor petals. Crying and blubbering. Not a pretty sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbury Posted 16 May, 2011 Share Posted 16 May, 2011 It was well known you are a superbly educated, erudite and humane person with a vast range of skills that put most of us to shame. However these facts in now way mitigate against using the phrase 'back in the day' when talking about your upbringing in Orpington for god's sake. Unless, that was Orpington, LA where you're straight outta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimond Geezer Posted 16 May, 2011 Share Posted 16 May, 2011 I was at home watching Sky Sports News when West Ham collapsed. Their fans at the DW stadium looked like ghosts. Poor petals. Crying and blubbering. Not a pretty sight. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 16 May, 2011 Author Share Posted 16 May, 2011 It was well known you are a superbly educated, erudite and humane person with a vast range of skills that put most of us to shame. However these facts in now way mitigate against using the phrase 'back in the day' when talking about your upbringing in Orpington for god's sake. Unless, that was Orpington, LA where you're straight outta. Random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted 16 May, 2011 Share Posted 16 May, 2011 Just saw a girl dramatically collapse in Hedge end as I was driving passed and pulled over to help and call ambulance. She was very shook up and was hard to work out what lead to it as she had been running from something/one it seemed. Never been first on the scene of any emergency before and was surprised how much it got me shaking at the time and how much it's stuck in my mind since. Makes me wonder what it would feel like finding someone in a worse state. Have you been first on the scene before? What happened and how did u feel/handle the situation? I hope you took a bath and washed all your clothes and shoes on a 90 degree cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upwind Posted 16 May, 2011 Share Posted 16 May, 2011 I had the misfortune of being 'first on scene' whilst serving with the military in The Netherlands. The Dutch police had requested the assistance of NATO troops to search for a missing boy in an area of marsh and woodland. We spent the best part of four hours trawling over the area and were about to call of the search when we (myself and others) discovered the half naked body of this young boy on the edge of a field. The worse thing I recall was walking back to the RV point and hearing his mother's howls when she was informed of the find. Nightmare scenario...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 16 May, 2011 Author Share Posted 16 May, 2011 (edited) I had the misfortune of being 'first on scene' whilst serving with the military in The Netherlands. The Dutch police had requested the assistance of NATO troops to search for a missing boy in an area of marsh and woodland. We spent the best part of four hours trawling over the area and were about to call of the search when we (myself and others) discovered the half naked body of this young boy on the edge of a field. The worse thing I recall was walking back to the RV point and hearing his mother's howls when she was informed of the find. Nightmare scenario...... Poor kid. I assume it's safe to say his death was no accident?! :-S Edited 16 May, 2011 by Liquidshokk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 16 May, 2011 Author Share Posted 16 May, 2011 i hope you took a bath and washed all your clothes and shoes on a 90 degree cycle. WTF????.... .....You mean 30 won't do it??? Not even going to ask what your latest avatar is about.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upwind Posted 17 May, 2011 Share Posted 17 May, 2011 Poor kid. I assume it's safe to say his death was no accident?! :-S I guessed the same - he was naked from the waist down and there was some severe bruising.......................not the best afternoon of my life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpb Posted 17 May, 2011 Share Posted 17 May, 2011 I was rubbish! An old boy collapsed whilst cutting his hedge opposite the school I was teaching at - the office phoned for an ambulance and I rushed to help. I thought he was dead, rang the door of his house and told his wife. The ambulance then arrived and took away the 'body' - a week later he was up and about again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 17 May, 2011 Author Share Posted 17 May, 2011 I was rubbish! An old boy collapsed whilst cutting his hedge opposite the school I was teaching at - the office phoned for an ambulance and I rushed to help. I thought he was dead, rang the door of his house and told his wife. The ambulance then arrived and took away the 'body' - a week later he was up and about again. Waaaah! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 17 May, 2011 Share Posted 17 May, 2011 Yep. Human Rights Discrimination and Employment law. Poor JillSaint didnt stand a chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 17 May, 2011 Share Posted 17 May, 2011 I was on a fishing holiday with a friend in Ireland. I've been on one of those! They are great fun! EDIT: My mistake. I've just noticed you said "fishing". I haven't been on one of those holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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