“Thank you isn’t nearly enough” - finding the good Samaritan who saved his life
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What happened to Brian Boyd on the Dublin street?
Journalist Brian Boyd, good morning. Hi, Brendan. Brian, people might recall we spoke to you last week. So not to put too fine a point in it, you dropped out in Darniebrook about a month ago. You have no memory of it. But as far as you could find out afterwards, a woman, a doctor came along and basically brought you back to life. She declined to tell the emergency services on the scene or anyone her name. You were hoping last week that you could find her just so you could thank her. So would you like us to fill in some of the blanks for you? Very much so, please. Okay, so bear with us. Laura Madden, good morning.
Good morning, Brendan. Hi.
Hi. Now, Laura, you were not that doctor, but you were there. Ironically, I think you were on the way to a medical appointment when you came upon the scene.
I was. I'm expecting a baby now in June, so... I was on my way to my own prenatal appointment, driving past when I spotted, it turns out it's Brian, unconscious on the footpath. So I pulled over to see if I could be of any assistance.
So what was happening at that point and how did you become, how did you become involved?
I was driving past and I spotted Brian. He was face down, not moving on top of his bike. And there was a number of people standing around him. So I pulled my car in to see if I could help. And I met the doctor that I can't remember her name, unfortunately, saying I can't find a pulse. So I said, okay, I'll assist you to help to turn him over because I'm a physio. And I assisted her to turn him onto his back. He wasn't breathing in a normal pattern and we couldn't find a pulse. So we decided to start CPR at that stage.
Okay, so that involved, the doctor was doing the CPR and you did mouth-to-mouth, is that correct?
Yes, so the doctor started chest compressions and I suppose I was conscious of my own condition, I probably wouldn't have been as effective as her. And I have a pocket mask in my car that's made it through three cars with me. And I was able to grab that and deliver breaths to Brian in between her compression cycles.
Okay. And were you having success?
I suppose with CPR, he didn't come back around at that stage.
Who were the key individuals involved in saving Brian's life?
He was still unconscious. And I started just mentally taking notes of how many cycles of CPR We were doing so. That doctor did two cycles and then another two male doctors arrived and they were happy to swap in. It's essential to have people swap in for CPR cycles because it really is very physical. So they swapped in and delivered a further eight cycles of CPR while I stayed at Brian's head and delivered breath. And then the ambulance arrived, they were able to put in an airway that would be more effective than my pocket mask.
Okay. So what did you do then?
How did Laura Madden become involved in the rescue effort?
I stepped out of the way and I linked with the head paramedic or the person in charge of taking notes because It's really important that we're giving all the details to the hospital. Unfortunately, only about 10% of people survive an out-of-hospital arrest. So I had actually asked somebody to start a timer so we could have an accurate record of how much time Brian was down. But they had left when I went looking for that information. So I was able to relay that we had done 10 rounds of CPR um and breath in between and then obviously the ambulance arrived and they started applying the defibrillator and giving shocks and medications okay brian how are you feeling so far hearing all that did that dizzy dizzy and thrilled um i mean thank god it was laura laura thank you seems redundant but i'm so glad it was you and uh
Best of luck with your baby. You sound like a really remarkable mum. So this is two layers of luck you've had so far, Brian, right?
That the original doctor, who we do not know who she was, and she clearly wants to stay out of this. And then the fact that Laura knew and came along and knew all the ancillary things that she knew how to do and had that piece of equipment and everything else, right? So... Let's take it on another bit, Brian, right? Dr. Cahill de Buclair, good morning. Good morning, Brendan.
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