Dave Pearson

And we tried to do that.

I tried to keep it lighthearted because I could see.

that the guys were struggling.

There was, you know, I needed them to be obviously in a good condition to make sure I'm alive.

And I was taking my vital signs and I realised my heart was up around 200 beats a minute, which meant obviously I'd lost some blood.

My legs had gone numb and so had my hands and my arms were going numb and that's,

The body's shutting down what it doesn't need.

Some will say my head's always numb anyway, so it really doesn't matter.

But yeah, so I was cracking jokes with the guys and apologising for ruining the surf the afternoon.

But yeah, we were just trying to keep it calm enough until help arrived.

Yeah, and I guess that's obviously, you know, like I said, I've done first aid my whole life and when you realise the person you're looking after is not good, you've got to prepare yourself that maybe everything you do mightn't be enough.

And I said to the guys, if I don't make it, you know, you've tried your best and don't worry about it.

And I remember saying to my partner later on because it was –

probably nearly an hour or so before ambulances even turned up at the beach.

And I was laying there watching the sunset and I said, well, it's not a bad night to die anyway.

So once again, just trying to lighten the situation a bit.

And the paramedic, when she got there, she said, oh, let's see what you're like.

And she took my blood pressure and stuff and her face went white and

I just told her when I met her afterwards not to play poker.

She's not got a very good poker face.