Jason

respec to ur man! i went to a rave 9 months ago and found a lad OD'ed on drugs in a tent, literally had his tongue hanging out and was so blue! i phoned 999 and within 10 mins then had him in good hands! and after that me and him are now best friends lol
 
Geckovich said:
Had a similar experience myself a year or so ago.
I was working as a marshal at Leeds festival and I thought I found a body. 3 Days after the festival ended, before the cleanup crew got there, I was just walking about on my lunch taking in the destruction and found a guy in a tent. Took about 3 minutes to realise the guy was still alive (he was in a collapsed tent so it was a struggle to get close and still have room to move) and then 10 minutes and various anxious phone calls asking for help before I could wake him up.
Shook me to the core.

Just to give an idea of what the camp site looks like 3 days after the punters leave:

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Reading your post reminded me exactly how I felt then. You did a good thing in helping.
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holy christ!
 
One I keep thinking about was about 10 years ago when I arrived home from a gig about 1am in the morning.
I noticed my neighbours lad trying to get into the house while in a drunken state and the ground was covered in snow.
I got in, had something to eat, watched footie, other stuff and went to bed about 3am and just so happened to look through the window.
The lad was still there outside the house sitting on the front door step.
I rang up the neighbours and told them he was sitting outside and been there for 2 hours at least.
The ambulance came, took him away and the following morning his parents couldn't thank me enough for saving his life.
Turns out he wasn't drunk but diabetic and he very nearly died in the cold.
10 years on I now know what it's like to be diabetic and pass out so it hits me harder every time I see that front door opposite.

Nice one Gilly, most people would walk on by.
 
Cheers guys. Still feel **** for the fact that there's been a kid sleeping in the field for a week and that's the first time anyone's even noticed.

No matter what, he's been let down somewhere along the line.
 
Von Smallhausen said:
How do you feel now ?

And spot on. As said, many would walk away.
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I find it hard to believe that many would walk away from a potentially dead child in a field.

That isn't to take anything away from the fact that Gilly did the right thing and that it was a ghastly experience. Sorry to hear you had to go through that, Gilly.
 
Gilly said:
Cheers guys. Still feel **** for the fact that there's been a kid sleeping in the field for a week and that's the first time anyone's even noticed.

No matter what, he's been let down somewhere along the line.
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Totally mate but hopefully now someone is aware of him he may get the help and attention he needs.

Again, Top Job matey :cool:
 
dmpoole said:
Nice one Gilly, most people would walk on by.
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Indeed, nice one Gilly.

interesting point you made, too, dmpoole. It's quite often people mistake a diabetic person for a drunkard and it's quite sad and scary to think it could be fatal.
 
What did you actually do when you found him? Recovery position? Check vitals etc?

Sounds a really daft question but the amount of people I know without basic knowledge of CPR etc is alarming when I think of the amount of situations I hear people talking about. GJ on sticking with him though to make sure the ambulance got their and he got seen by them.
 
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