A British truck driver saved a motorcyclist’s life. According to him, everyone should get first aid training.
33-year-old Jamie from Chapel-en-le-Frith (Derbyshire) was driving his truck on the A54 when he noticed several cars that stopped at the accident site with a motorcyclist. He got out of the truck and moved towards the injured man.
I wasn’t the first person on the scene, but I asked around if anyone was first aid trained and nobody was, so I knew I had to help,” said Jamie in an interview for buxtonadvertiser.co.uk.
The 33-year-old in January took part in the Driver First Assist course, which offers basic first aid training prior to the arrival of an ambulance.
Before the help arrived, he cleaned the motorcyclist’s airway and made sure that his neck was supported.
A course for every trucker?
So many people wanted to help but didn’t know what they were doing and they could easily have done more harm by moving him. The course I went on was brilliant and I think it should be mandatory for anyone applying for a truck licence, as we really are there when these things happen,” he emphasized.
– If a patient has to wait ten or 20 minutes for professional medical help they might not make it, but even doing the basics can make all the difference. If it was me injured in a crash I would feel better knowing more road users had this knowledge,” he adds.
Driver First Assist was founded by businessman from Chapel-en-le-Frith, David Higginbottom in 2013. The program received a subsidy from the Department of Transport in the amount of 70 thousand pounds to train as many drivers as possible.
We give people the knowledge and power to save lives. What Jamie did on the roadside proves the value of the training we offer and its importance” said David Higginbottom.
Great to see the fine work of @Driver1stAssist in action. Well done to Jamie for applying his first aid skills https://t.co/37TEFgR1Ep
— @PhilMartin_DfT (@PhilMartin_DfT) August 17, 2018
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