9 years ago

Breaking the 'bystander effect' and saving lives

Without the intervention of a random stranger, Ken Kipping would not have made it to his 70th birthday, after suffering a severe thrombolytic stroke on the street in Noosa Heads. As a father of five, a former Townsville football coach, and more recently a Federal Government Veterans Affairs advisor under Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard, Mr Kipping said the 2015 accident took him by surprise. "When I went around and to see him the car behind me went slow, and I thought they might've stopped but they didn't," Mr Collins said. "What I would say is that if you're in that scenario is to just look a little bit closely — at least take a double take and try and process the scene in a little bit more detail — and try and decide whether that person is really a risk to you, or whether you should go up and help," Dr Sharman said. If you've got a gut feeling that something's not right, you never know, you might save somebody's life," Mr Collins said.

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