Sawed off arm saved by sausage rolls
- added September 30, 2008
- 0 responses
-
-
-
- JanaPokana
- added this
-
A gardener sawed off his arm in a freak chainsaw accident, but was fortunate enough to have a neighbour who saved the severed limb by putting it in a bag of sausage rolls.
John Stirling, 59, was cutting off branches in a tree in his garden in East Sussex, when he is thought to have slipped and sliced off his arm. Mr Stirling knocked on neighbour Steve Francis' door and told him: "Please help I've cut off my arm."
Shocked Steve, 49, said: "He wasn't screaming, he was as relaxed as can be. I didn't realise anything was wrong until I looked down and saw his arm was missing. I ran inside to call the ambulance and he sat outside on a stool. I came out and tied his arm up with a belt and towels, the ambulance people talked me through it. But through it all he sat there talking away like it was normal."
While paramedics were working on him Mr Francis put the arm in a plastic Tesco shopping bag. "I then put it in another bag with frozen pastries in to keep it cold," he added. The arm was cut off from below the elbow but surgeons may now be able to re-attach the limb.
John Stirling, 59, was cutting off branches in a tree in his garden in East Sussex, when he is thought to have slipped and sliced off his arm. Mr Stirling knocked on neighbour Steve Francis' door and told him: "Please help I've cut off my arm."
Shocked Steve, 49, said: "He wasn't screaming, he was as relaxed as can be. I didn't realise anything was wrong until I looked down and saw his arm was missing. I ran inside to call the ambulance and he sat outside on a stool. I came out and tied his arm up with a belt and towels, the ambulance people talked me through it. But through it all he sat there talking away like it was normal."
While paramedics were working on him Mr Francis put the arm in a plastic Tesco shopping bag. "I then put it in another bag with frozen pastries in to keep it cold," he added. The arm was cut off from below the elbow but surgeons may now be able to re-attach the limb.
-
-
-
-
- JanaPokana
- 1 month ago
Login/Registration is required to add a response
