What action would you take?

[TWR]

Daily Mirror, 25 May people pass as a person is on the floor in a bus shelter, passer's by think he was drunk! what action would you take?

[squarebear]

And was he drunk? What's the story?

[4getmenot]

I know this because I have stopped to help people. Even stopped when I saw what I thought was a dead body when it was just me and a mate at 2am, drove up wound down window and poked him from car.

[TWR]

It did not state if the person was drunk, but ONE person tried to help but unfortunately the person died.

[daffy654]

Is this the guy who laid dying/dead in the street for 2 hours before anyone tried to help/called an ambulance?

[society]

Knowing the way I'm always busy, most likely I would not have seen him.

[redcrx]

weve had a similar post here today where this was mentioned.

If i felt it was unsafe to approach the person then i would at least call either the police or an ambulance.

Squarebear, the man died http://www.metro.co.u...hoppers-walk-past-him

[daffy654]

It seems the man had a heart attack, he had asked for help before collapsing as he had chest pains. People thought he was drunk because he was pale and sweaty.

[4getmenot]

thats disgusting even if someone feared he may be dangerous they should have still called police to deal with it. Or was it that they thought he was a sleeping tramp.

[daffy654]

http://www.dailymail....hoppers-walk-him.html

///"Councillor Stephen Goldspink said his wife had been in the Eastfield Post Office and someone told her the man had asked for help in the area earlier after complaining of chest pains."///

[TWR]

That's the society we live in today 4getmenot. a lot of people cannot be bothered, Sad life isn't it.

[LoftyLottie]

I would definitely stop and investigate and if the person was drunk would still call paramedics/police. My son did this outside a pub where everyone was just ignoring the unconscious person. Yes, he was drunk, but the paramedics were happy to be called and got him up and running again. Even if drunk, people can die.

I honestly don't understand how people would pass by someone who is helpless enough to be out cold in a public place.

[4getmenot]

even if he did look like he was drunk what excuse is that, if he was asking for help he could still be drunk and having a heart attack.

[squarebear]

Yes I too would try and help as I have done in the past. I would just say something like, "Are you alright mate". If I get abuse then I would leave but if I got no response or a "no, I'm not", I would phone for help.

[DEN53]

Daffy - I don't know why but your avatar freaks me out - everytime I see it I think of spiders.............(:0 (

[john1066]

The person concerned could be a diabetic in a coma and if not treated immediately could die. Believe me because i am a diabetic but fortunately it has never happened to me..Never leave a person who has passed out.999 on your mobile is the best option...

[McMouse]

A friend of mine was in the police many years ago and as a young probationer was taken out on night patrol by an experienced colleague. Right by the county boundary they came across the body of a rough sleeper. Rather than do all the paper work the older copper said the best thing would be to drag the body the few yards into Kent and let them deal with it. A hour or so later they returned to the spot and found the body had been dragged back. There's the police for you.

[smudge]

I wouldn't hesitate to stop & help anyone who looked as though they'd collapsed, even if they were drunk - mind you, only in daylight!

If it was dark, I'd stand a little way away, but phone 999 - best to be cautious, you just never know these days!

[redcrx]

McMouse, many years ago, the bodies of suicide victims in the thames would be pushed from Met to City or vice versa for very same reason. Allegedly :)

My dad knew of a man, many years ago, who was walking through a park one day when he felt something go pop in his head. He immediately sat down on a bench and held his head in his hands. He stayed like that until a passerby asked if he was OK. He said no, please help me. They called an ambulance and he was taken to hospital where it was found that he had burst a blood vessel or something (whatever it was he had managed to save himself by keepig calm and very still).
If no-one had stopped he would probably have died too

[rowanwitch]

My friend and I stopped to help a man who was having an epileptic fit when we were student nurses....we were told off by our college for doing this, despite both holding first aider certs at the time from previous employment... was ok though friend was asked out by one of the attending paramedics... not a totally wasted exercise and the man we helped never knew because he'd lost consciousness...