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So today I saved my friend's life
15 years ago
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There's no point in hating life...
Maybe, anyway.
As it happens, we were walking home from school and suddenly, without much warning, he collapses in my arms. So i make sure he's still alive and sure enough, he's still breathing, but he's shaking and having real difficulty. So I ask him "Do you need an ambulance?" and he squeezes my hand to say yes. So I stand up and run to the nearest house - No, the doors gated off and I can't get in. So I run over, pick him up and support him over to the nearby pub, to try and get a phone with battery - my mobile had none.
But the pub was shut. Thankfully, a student at my school was walking past and I asked if I could use his phone for an emergency. He more than helpfully agreed and in seconds I was talking to the ambulance service as a random passer by (who said he was a medic, who knows if he really was?) made sure my friend stayed awake.
About two minutes later, the ambulance appeared and none too soon. My friend had begun fitting and having real trouble breathing. So the paras - who were amazing and reinstated my trust in the NHS - made sure he was okay, then we got him into the ambulance and he asked for me to come with him. A quick phone call to his mom and dad, and a short trip later, he was sitting up in a hospital bed after making a full recovery and his parents gave me a lift home.
That's my good turn today, I suppose, but It was terrifying. I genuinely thought he was going to die. :/
As it happens, we were walking home from school and suddenly, without much warning, he collapses in my arms. So i make sure he's still alive and sure enough, he's still breathing, but he's shaking and having real difficulty. So I ask him "Do you need an ambulance?" and he squeezes my hand to say yes. So I stand up and run to the nearest house - No, the doors gated off and I can't get in. So I run over, pick him up and support him over to the nearby pub, to try and get a phone with battery - my mobile had none.
But the pub was shut. Thankfully, a student at my school was walking past and I asked if I could use his phone for an emergency. He more than helpfully agreed and in seconds I was talking to the ambulance service as a random passer by (who said he was a medic, who knows if he really was?) made sure my friend stayed awake.
About two minutes later, the ambulance appeared and none too soon. My friend had begun fitting and having real trouble breathing. So the paras - who were amazing and reinstated my trust in the NHS - made sure he was okay, then we got him into the ambulance and he asked for me to come with him. A quick phone call to his mom and dad, and a short trip later, he was sitting up in a hospital bed after making a full recovery and his parents gave me a lift home.
That's my good turn today, I suppose, but It was terrifying. I genuinely thought he was going to die. :/
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I don;t have to tell you, but don't take him or anyone for granted. Be grateful for every day.