Good deed for the day

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

We were stuck behind a young lad in a Saxo VTR at a notorious accident black spot on Friday. The junction is a minor road meeting a main road, which is used heavily by HGV's and motorbikes. The young lad was revving his engine to show off to his then girlfriend. He had never heard of "Think Bike!!". He looked either direction and then just pulled out infront of an unsuspecting biker on a Triumph 1400 V4. The biker was flung atleast 100 metres down the road into a large Goat Willow narrowly missing a road sign. He had extensive injuries all over (mostly broken bones and soft tissue injuries). As my dad is a paramedic and was on duty that day i called him direct and was luckily on the way to said crash. I told him what had gone down there and requested air ambulance and what to do as i waited for him. The biker had a collapsed and punctured lung which required me to do a chest drain or else he would have been in a very bad way when the ambulance arrived. My dad was very proud of me as although i only have a first aid certificate (3 day) he had shown me how to perform a chest drain. I pretty much saved the mans life. I visited the biker this evening and he is well on the road to recovery and my dad was there saying that i was the one who saved his life. He (the biker) told me that when he is well enough we shall go for a pint as a way of saying thanks. My dad has already given me an award of commendation for the job. Incase your wondering what happened to the driver of the Saxo he was only suffering from shock and was left with members of the public. His girlfriend dumped him on the spot for driving like an idiot all the way back from the shops. Good Karma i think.

 

outstanding.

 

Saving a life is as good as it gets:thumbup1:

[Andy Collins]

Wow! Nice one R/Matt

[David Humphries]

Well done 'indeed' Matt

 

 

 

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[easy-lift guy]

Matt, Really proud of you!. You were in the right place at the right time. Stay safe.

elg

[APC]

Driving to Winchester this morning I see's a filler cap for what I guessed was for a chipper lying in the road in my town. Picked it up, called my mate who lives down the road from me, to ask if his, as it looked familiar. He didn't answer so I dropped it outside his house. Carried on to Winch. He called me, worked out it was his (by which time he's spashed diesel all over the road). To save him coming off his job, I swung back by his and picked it up and dropped it off where he was working. That's my good-turn for July.

[Dave D]

Post you good deed for the day here, if you feel you may have done one.

 

I Just stopped at car accident not sure how long ago it had happened, but a car had proper hit a lamp post at a busy junction, with a guy still at the steering wheel I pulled over to check he was all right. No one had bothered to stop to see if he was OK turns out he was just shaken up, so I called the police so they can get the car lifted, and sort the lamp post.

 

Most annoying thing is every one was slowing down to have a good look, causing more traffic and nearly another accident. I can't work out the cars that must have seen it happen just driving off:thumbdown:

 

good on you justin, you really have to wonder at some peoples lack of action.

 

not a patch on yours, but my good deed today was to give up my seet in the waiting room of the hospital to a little girl with a broken leg, and just for good measure i put a few quid in a donation box towards a worthy cause and had a good chin wag with a couple of old boys whilst i was there, put a few smiles on faces.

[rgsltd]

fixed a old disabled ladys gate today as she cudnt open it and was her only way out the house just tightened the hinges up and it was good as new