Mt Druitt Fire and Rescue NSW crew revive man at Glendenning traffic lights

Four quick thinking firefighters revived a man after finding him unconscious and not breathing in the driver’s seat of a car while en route to a different job.

Four quick-thinking Fire and Rescue NSW heroes, who were on their way to a smoke call, stopped en route after finding a man unconscious in the driver‘s seat of a car. What they did next saved his life.

It was just another day on the job for Mt Druitt Fire and Rescue crew Mark Hunter, David Scholes, Sinisa Kukor and James Fenech.

Mt Druitt FRNSW crew Mark Hunter (left), David Scholes (middle), Sinisa Kukor (right) and James Fenech (took the photo) who revived a man in Glendenning.

Just after 3pm on January 6, the team became concerned about an unconscious man behind the wheel of his car at traffic lights at the corner of Rooty Hill Road and Lamb Street.

The team noticed an unconscious driver at traffic lights on the corner of Rooty Hill Road and Lamb Street just after 3pm on January 6.

“We were on our way to a fire call when we came across a single car motor vehicle accident at a set of traffic lights,” station officer James Fenech said.

“We stopped to make sure no one was injured and noticed the man was unconscious so we contacted the communications centre and told them we’d be staying.”

While grabbing their trauma kit and defibrillator, one of the Mt Druitt crew spotted a bystander who was already on the phone to the ambulance and helped share real-time information with paramedics.

“The crew got to work with the kit and defib and stayed with the patient till the ambulance arrived,” Mr Fenech said.

“There was one shock administered from the defib and CPR thereafter. The patient started breathing and the ambulance arrived,” he said.

An ambulance and a CareFlight helicopter, with a doctor on board, took the revived driver to hospital for further treatment.