Sarah Randall, 22, moved in quickly to help the elderly man after he suffered an open fracture at the train station on Monday.
A quick-thinking Scots nursing student has been hailed as a "hero" for saving a pensioner's life as she returned from a holiday.
Miss Randall, from Barrhead in East Renfrewshire, took a dress from her bag and used it as a makeshift tourniquet and bandage to control the bleeding and stabilise the injury, using techniques she learned just weeks before on her course at the University of the West of Scotland. When paramedics arrived, she helped them realign the patient's leg, apply a pressure bandage, and safely move him on to a trolley for transport to hospital.
Miss Randall, who is entering her second year of the BSc adult nursing programme, said: "I did what I hope any nurse in training would do in that situation. I was just in the right place at the right time and I'm just glad I could help, and that the gentleman is receiving the care he needs. Andrew Girvan from the Scottish Ambulance Service, who was sent to the scene, said: "Sarah's actions at the scene were above and beyond what is expected of a student. Her quick-thinking and medical knowledge undoubtedly contributed to saving this man's life. I am deeply grateful for her assistance and confident that she will make an outstanding nurse."
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