'My patient helped to save my life'

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2023-09-19 09:36:47  • 1 min

Ambulance worker meets patient who helped save his life

Ambulance worker meets patient who helped save his lifeClose

An ambulance worker has met up with the patient who helped save his life after he had a cardiac arrest in his vehicle.

Shaun McBride was preparing to take 72-year-old Tommy Stewart from Glen O'Dee Hospital in Banchory to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary when he collapsed.

Mr Stewart - an amputee who uses a wheelchair - was strapped into the vehicle, but was able to call for help, before a nurse performed CPR.

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