No Time to Drive
I’m just a lowly, unqualified health care assistant. I worked with people with a number of infirmities for many years. I also have been reading medical textbooks for most of my life. I have a few of these types of stories, but I’d like to share this one particular one with you. I was on a crowded bus one time.
I was the last one to get on and the bus was full, so I had to stand next to the driver. Something did not feel right, so I started looking at the driver and noticed that he was rather fixed in his focus. I moved forward and noticed that his face was asymmetrical.
I asked if he was okay and his reply sent chills up my spine: “You need to step back.” I realized that I was speaking to a man behind a locked anti-theft screen driving a bus full of about 50 people (mainly school kids) that was having a stroke.
I hit the bell for the next stop but had to reach through to help him move the wheel across whilst doing my best to ensure no one panicked. The driver realized that something was up by this point, and was going into shock.
I managed to unlock the door and then hit the engine isolation switch, whilst getting other passengers to call an ambulance. A tip here, if it is really an emergency, is to get several people to call for help, as eight calls get a faster response than one.
Thanks to a good, quick response and the right treatment, he was back at work a few weeks later. Story Credit: Reddit/Limited_By_Anxiety