Warsaw. He fainted and hit his head in a metal basket. Intervention of the City Guard

A man with diabetes fainted on Bankowy Square. Falling, he hit his head tightly on a metal trash bin. He probably suffered a brain shock. Passers -by alerted the city guard patrol. The victim was assisted by an officer who is a rescuer of qualified premedical assistance.

The dangerous situation occurred on Tuesday, March 18 around 17.30. The City Guard describes that during the intervention at Bankowa Plac to Patrol a woman ran up who noticed a fainting older man near the gate of the capital city hall. An officer who was a rescuer of qualified premedical assistance approached the victim.

The man hurt his head

“With a metal heavy trash, he lay on his back, bleeding abundantly from the eyebrow arch, about a 60 -year -old man. The watchtower quickly assessed the situation, called an ambulance and started rescue operations,” the city guard says.

A young man, a third year student of emergency medical rescue, soon joined the guard. “They acted like a harmonious team. Two, they broke the bleeding and saved the victim. As they determined, the man suffers from diabetes. While waiting for an ambulance, the 60 -year -old began to reveal the symptoms of brain shock. No wonder – his fall was so violent that he hit his head with a metal basket, he fell to the ground” – they say officers.

The man was provided and covered with a thermal blanket. The ambulance took the victim to the hospital.

The man fainted at the banking square

100 guards with rescue qualifications

“In the Warsaw City Guard, 100 officers already have rescue rights. Last year, the guards undertook one and a half thousand interventions related to saving human health and life” – they summed up.