Quick-thinking Nigel puts new first aid skills to use and saves man at Telford hotel
A quick-thinking guest at a Telford hotel who had just trained in first aid has been praised for his life-saving actions after a man suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed at the bar.
Painter and decorator Nigel Haseley was at the Cock Hotel, in Wellington, when a customer became unwell.
The 62-year-old, who had recently received first aid training, helped the the man by putting his new cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills to the test during the incident at the Holyhead Road site on Friday.
Cock Hotel licensee Peter Harden said: "The gentleman collapsed at the bar and he ended up on the floor with no pulse or heartbeat. This other guy came along, whom I knew, and said he just did a CPR course and he thought he could do something to help him."
"He rushed over and gave him CPR.The ambulance crew came really quickly within five minutes and were great.
"They told Nigel that since as he seemed to know what he was doing, he should carry on while they got their equipment set up. They took over once they got the gear ready.
"They took the gentleman away to hospital and I'm pleased to say that he's up and about in the hospital and is undergoing tests."
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The poorly man has not been named.
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman Jamie Arrowsmith said: “We were called to The Cock Hotel, Wellington, at 4.38pm on July 27 to reports of a patient in cardiac arrest. Two ambulances and a paramedic officer were sent to the scene.
“On arrival, crews discovered a man in cardiac arrest with good bystander CPR already taking place.
“Ambulance staff took over and also administered advanced life support, successfully managing to restart the man’s heart, prior to transfer to Princess Royal Hospital.
“Great credit goes to the bystander for being prepared to perform CPR on the patient as every second is vital when someone is in cardiac arrest. Undoubtedly, these actions helped to give the patient the very best chance of survival.”
CPR is an emergency procedure that combines chest compressions often with breaths until further measures can be taken.
