Memory Lane. Time For First Aid/.

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While was sitll living in Tustin at El Dorado Gardens I had gone down to get my mail. The tree trimming company was in my way so I stood there then suddenly the one side of the cage holding the man with his pruning machine lurched. He jerked at the lurch and let out a scream. I saw that he had practically cut his left arm off. They got the cage down but the men were dithering while he was losing blood fast. I finally could not stand it. I grabbed a towel from one of the men wringing his hands, made a tourniquet with a short thick branch and got the bleeding stopped.I yelled at these men standing there to call 91 as that man needed medical aid at once. So it was just five minutes and they were there . One of the para medics thanked me for putting on the tourniquet and I left.I was so glad that I had remembered my first aid training. I got a letter of thanks from the tree trimming company and learned that they were able to save his arm. That was a very scary time for us all.