PC praised for saving driver's life

A police officer in Worcestershire has been recognised by the Royal Humane Society (RHS) with a certificate, after saving the life of a motorist who had been seriously injured in a crash.

The incident happened in March last year near the main ring road towards St Mary's Church in Kidderminster.

PC Russell Bunce came across the casualty, who had suffered a cardiac arrest, by chance and immediately began CPR.

The officer said he estimated he and paramedics carried out chest compressions for about five to seven minutes, resulting in the man's life being saved.

Recounting the events, Bunce said: "I took the patient's pulse rate with the assistance of a bystander and calculated the rate, feeding the information back to the paramedic.

"I estimate we did CPR for five to seven minutes. I continued to monitor the patient's pulse while it was clear he was breathing again, and paramedics continued with their care before more medical experts joined the scene."

He then remained on scene for five more hours while a forensic investigation was carried out.

Bunce added: "It's an honour to receive this recognition from the RHS but we were just doing our job, and the biggest reward is knowing we helped save someone's life, working with the ambulance service. The man went on to make a good recovery."

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