Tracey Webb and her husband Keith were driving friends home to Tavistock late on 11 May when they saw two cars that had just crashed badly.

   The couple had only completed their first aid training on the previous day, but they didn’t hesitate(犹豫) to act. Tracey said, “ We stopped our car, and our friend Drew called 999. I ran to the cars first and check the people. Both drivers were very shocked, but they were up and walking around. However, there was a front seat passenger trapped in one car so I asked Drew to also call for a fire truck.

 “ I shouted to Keith to help the drivers, then climbed into the back seat of the car and sat holding the head of the trapped passenger, a 17-year-old boy. Both his legs were caught under the dashboard(仪表盘). The car was full of broken glass. The passenger’s head was covered in glass and tiny cuts.”

  Tracey added, “He was crying in pain, so I kept talking to him to calm him down. Following my first aid training, I checked for signs of injury and asked some of the boy’s medical history to pass on to the doctors.

  “ An ambulance(救护车) came first, and the doctors said I was doing exactly the right thing. I sat holding the injured passenger’s head upright and still for another 20 minutes and finally handed over to a doctor just before the firemen cut off the roof of the car.”

  Throughout the process, the couple both stayed calm and focused on what they had learned during their first aid course.

“ If I had not taken my first aid training, the situation could have been very different that night. We saved a life,” said Tracey.