Nasty bus crash on Lewes Rd yesterday

[Doc Lynam]

Found out today my Mum was one of the first on the scene having seen the whole thing from her car. Apparently the girl had a very large hood over her face, looked the wrong way down the road and just stepped out infront of a rapidly moving bus. My Mum rushed to the scene having over 30 years nursing experience, 10 in A&E and proceeded to do what she could. Another nurse in the traffic jam assisted, by chasing the Ambulance on the phone as the girl was in such a bad way and transfering information to my mother via a specialist on the phone. She had very shallow breathing and a very faint pulse and when the ambulance arrived the proceeded to treat her in the street for two and half hours before they could move her to a helicopter that had arrived. Needless to say my Mum was shaken by the whole thing and worries if she could had done more. To me she's a hero and i'm very proud of her and others who assisted this girl.

 

[vegster]

Very sad when this happens, lets hope the fast work by everyone means she pulls through. Mrs V was at the nearby school for a training day and two of her colleagues were nearby when it happened, they were very distraught.

 

[The Hon Sec]

I'm sure your mum was brilliant and it was very fortunate for the victim that someone with her skills was nearby!

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

I'm sure your mum was brilliant and it was very fortunate for the victim that someone with her skills was nearby!

seconded, lets hope all parties get through this ok

 

[dougdeep]

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1097...s_accident_which_left_teen_fighting_for_life/

 

[clippedgull]

Let's hope she pulls through and big credit to the people that were able to assist. Thoughts to the bus driver too, he/she must be pretty shaken up.

Airlifted to hospital by a charity funded helicopter service. These lifesavers really should be government funded.

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Let's hope she pulls through and big credit to the people that were able to assist. Thoughts to the bus driver too, he/she must be pretty shaken up.

Airlifted to hospital by a charity funded helicopter service. These lifesavers really should be government funded.

This - the Air Ambulance do a brilliant job, you never know when you might need it.

Your mums and the other passers by actions could have saved her life. In the face of a traumatic incident for all, the public went straight to help - humankind at its best.

 

[mickybha]

There i a notice at the spot today asking for witness's

 

[The Wizard]

Let's hope the young girl pulls through, I'm sure your mums help within seconds of the accident & the air ambulance have given her every chance possible to make a recovery, well played your mum! It's nice to know there are people courageous enough to get involved in traumatic situations for the sake of others.

The bus driver must be distraught too, horrific for both. I'm sure he/she who was driving the bus will be offered some help though, you'd hope so anyway as I can't imagine how dreadful that must be.

 

[Easy 10]

Well done to your mum, it sounds like her swift actions have given this poor girl a fighting chance. Its so incredible how a split second of carelessness can have such disastrous consequences.

If, as your mum said, this girl simply looked the wrong way before stepping out, I can remember doing EXACTLY that on my way to the Amex a few weeks ago. I was walking northwards up Lewes Road and reached the Sainsburys gyratory at the Bear Road junction. Headphones in, world of my own, I looked left and there was no traffic coming over the junction, and for some reason I just had in my mind that I was crossing a one-way street (actually I think its because Newmarket Road, which is the road I crossed immediately before Bear Road, is indeed a one-way street).

Anyway, I didn't even bother looking right. I just stepped out and reached the other side of the road totally without incident. But then something made me glance back over my shoulder, and I realised that it was in fact a two-way street I'd just crossed. Buses, the lot coming down the other way, from the direction I hadn't even checked. It was just pure blind luck that there'd been nothing coming from my right when I'd stepped out, because if it had, I would've been wiped out for sure. It made my blood run cold. Just an idiotic split-second lapse on my part.

We beat Leicester though, and luckily I was there to see it.

 

[albion534]

It's natural for people to think they could do more, what your mum did was heroic. And she should be proud of what she did!

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Your Mum is an Angel. Be proud of her as she saved a life.

 

[Doc Lynam]

Thanks guys for your lovely messages this is one of the few threads i will pass her way!

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Heroine.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Your Mum is an Angel. Be proud of her as she saved a life.

She is indeed.

But you should probably avoid speculating on whether lives have been saved. Sometimes people don't make it, no matter how much people try to help them.

 

[Doc Lynam]

She is indeed.

But you should probably avoid speculating on whether lives have been saved. Sometimes people don't make it, no matter how much people try to help them.

You are right of course my Mum honestly wasn't sure she would survive the day as she went into cardiac arrest shortly after the ambulance arrived. But the point is she and other didn't think twice they assisted.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

You are right of course my Mum honestly wasn't sure she would survive the day as she went into cardiac arrest shortly after the ambulance arrived. But the point is she and other didn't think twice they assisted.

Of course, I wasn't suggesting for a second that her actions were anything less than commendable, and good on her (and the others)

Only suggesting to other posters that perhaps- and I think from what you say, your Mum knows this as well as anybody- the girl's injuries were obviously extremely serious, and that until further information comes to light, making assumptions as to the outcome may be best avoided.

 

[Doc Lynam]

Of course, I wasn't suggesting for a second that her actions were anything less than commendable, and good on her (and the others)

Only suggesting to other posters that perhaps- and I think from what you say, your Mum knows this as well as anybody- the girl's injuries were obviously extremely serious, and that until further information comes to light, making assumptions as to the outcome may be best avoided.

Agreed

 

[Lady Whistledown]

On a similar note, I once got a call to a "suspected cardiac arrest in Western Road, Brighton. The operator said someone was having CPR carried out.

When I arrived, the injured party was sitting up. It was only when I saw his face I realised it was one of our regular street drinkers, who for some reason likes to play dead every now & again. Likes a bit of attention.

A keen passer by had seen him go down, leapt into action, & started chest compressions. He said excitedly to me "I learned it years ago but that's the first time I've ever had to use it. It was incredible, I only did one compression & he came back round". He was (understandably) so proud.

I never had the heart to tell him that this pissed old ******* was faking it & had obviously sprung back into life the second it felt like chest compressions might do some damage

So I thanked him for his assistance as the paramedics treated the old soak, and praised his quick thinking, as I didn't want him to think twice if he came across a genuinely I'll person in future.

For what it's worth, ER fans, CPR (unless something really magical happens) won't start someone's heart again once they've arrested. All it does is keep the blood- and thus oxygen- circulating into the brain until the heart can be shocked back into restarting using a defibrillator. It's only on TV where people start chest compressions and the victim miraculously rises from death's door moments later to ask for a cup of tea and the football scores.

 

[zeetha]

Sorry to say that the girl died

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