Emergency response to someone hit by a train ( long version)

[@aguy698]

I see a lot of people complaining about the number of emergency resources on scene in the comments. I’m going to break it down so it’s easier for people to understand First of all, the ambulance car arrived has an APP onboard (Advanced paramedic practitioner) who are more trained in trauma, catastrophic haemorrhaging and other life threatening injuries. Secondly, the 2 fire engines arrive. I believe both are FRU (Fire rescue unit) trucks. Both have different rescue equipment to help stabilise and extract the patient. Ambulance personnel can’t extract patients unless they are a part of the HART (Hazardous response team) which didn’t attend this incident because LFB (London Fire Brigade) was already there and it wasn’t serious enough to need both. Then with all the police, they are BTP (British transport police) officers who police the railway and train stations. The BTP Pickup that arrived is an EIU (Emergency intervention Unit) which contains medical and rescue equipment specifically for railway rescues. BTP also have an EIU police fire truck for things like this but it wasn’t on this scene. The other BTP officers would be there for traffic, railway and pathway control making sure no one enters the scene other than emergency personnel. The second ambulance car contains a CCP (Critical care paramedic) who are also specially trained in trauma similar to an APP. However, they can do more clinical interventions compared to an APP which can drastically impact patient outcome. Afterwards, you see a white network rail van coming down the road with a brown and blue livery. These are civilians who are trained to work with emergency personnel and ensure that the scene is safe for emergency personnel. Such as ensuring surrounding tracks are shut off. The argument that this is too many people is invalid. There could be more on scene and it still won’t be too many. As previously mentioned, BTP EIU could have sent their rescue truck and LAS (London ambulance service) could have sent a HART team which would be an additional 2-3 vehicles. In this video, you don’t see the arrival of a DCA (Double crewed ambulance) which is a normal ambulance to transport the patient afterwards, which means either out of sight of the camera one arrived or one arrived after the video ends.

[@jpmulvey]

Thanks for this, The DCA was parked at the other entrance to the station along with another police car, but the body was removed about an hour later in a black private Ambulance .

[@ol6533]

You forgot Hems no mistaking those bright red coveralls

[@aguy698]

@@ol6533 I didnt even see anyone wearing coveralls in the video and if i did i might of dismissed it as network rail staff. Were HEMS on scene?

[@ol6533]

@ 9min 56s bottom right corner although now I’m thinking it’s a builder of some sort🫣

[@b.c3073]

London ambulance service’s critical care paramedics are called Advanced Paramedic Practitioners in Critical Care (APP-CC). What other trusts may call a critical care paramedic is an APP-CC in LAS. So, it’s likely the first vehicle on scene was either management or a solo responder paramedic on a car (I believe a solo paramedic as LAS tend to use other cars for management to my knowledge). The second car that turns up I agree is enhanced care, but they are called an APP-CC. 😊

[@LittleWing-35]

I hit someone with my train a year ago. I remember the day, time, turn number, every detail. Within about 2 seconds I had to say in my head, they’re going to die (they wanted to). I can still see them shaking with fear as I was doing 80mph towards them. The realisation of that or saying that in any walk of life or job is just something I couldn’t fathom. I’ve been on the railway for 13 years, it was my first one and I’ve been in and around that. I was there for an hour with my guard and I can tell you, the relief of seeing the above team / list walking down the track is something I can’t put into words. It’s like everything has lifted and there was a conclusion. After you’re left with an image, did that really happen? How do I go back after something like that? NHS PTSD really helped me and nights became easier and I love my job still and that was my worry, I wouldn’t want to go back. The above people Police etc. I can’t say how incredible they are

[@stoatsngroatsuk5012]

Well,done you for putting things into perspective! I responded to 3 in my railway career and for me was very difficult to deal with after the 3rd one. I changed jobs soon afterwards, so I really mean well done for putting things into the correct perspective! 🙏🙏👍

[@mrep9460]

Listen mate. I've been there. It was the thought of what would of happened to the driver that stopped me jumping infront of it. Your guy must of been really unwell, you probably did him a favour. I hope your okay and not to damaged mate.

[@bald_phoenix]

Can't imagine what that must be like. What an awful thing to go through. Fair play to you for carrying on and having to deal with something beyond your control.

[@Sean-tj5cu]

I hope you're doing okay. I can't begin to imagine that feeling. Do you still drive trains?

[@TheOneEnglishPatriot]

I can not say myself I understand what you’ve been through but I can only offer my deepest condolences for that to happen to you. My father is a Driver Manager and he has responded to these types of scenarios and worked with the REO (not sure how it is spelt) but he said that one thing he loves about the railway is the support offered for drivers in these situations. I hope you eventually come to peace with the fact you couldn’t have done anything to stop it even if you tried, it was their own decision and I am sure you took all the steps correctly by contacting the signaller and taking every necessary precaution to ensure yours and your passengers safety in that scenario.

[@paulcarter5337]

A great video showing the responses to a person hit on tracks, this is happening much more now and I feel for the emergency services who have to deal with incidents like this, more so for ambulance and fire who have to deal with the casualty on the tracks and also for police for when they have to go and tell a family or families that a person has passed away, after all these who work for emergency services are human and it must affect them so much I hope they all good and get the support they need

[@pj6641]

It's not just the emergency workers maybe spare a thought for the driver who killed or injured that person sometimes they can't carry on driving trains it's not pleasant for them as 9/10 they have took a life.

[@bloodclaat]

Maybe these depressed idiots should off themselves somewhere else. I know for a fact I'm not the only one who thinks this.

[@wertrocks123]

You forgot one very important person. The poor driver of the train who just witnessed death up close and personal whilst just trying to live his life and get by.

[@Thomashorsman]

it will be police body recovery officers who get the persons bits from the track

[@DR3ADER1]

I still don't feel any sympathy for the retard who thought it best to throw themselves into trains. They're apex predators of the transport world for a reason. Disrupting the days of thousands of people is one of the most arrogant things one can do.

[@Southern999Responses]

At 9:08 in the video, all those police cars are British Transport police, can we just appreciate how quick a response they all made to get here bare in mind they all came from the Croydon base

[@vahvahdisco]

All these people moaning about there being ‘too many’ emergency personnel attending - if they were in an emergency situation like a crash etc., wouldn’t they want to be rescued quickly but with the utmost care ? Think of the scenario if they didn’t have a comprehensive response - ‘I’m sorry sir, but we don’t send out all the available teams anymore due to people complaining, so despite that your legs are crushed by the dashboard, us two are just going to pull you out. Painkillers ? No, afraid not - there’s no one here that’s trained to administer morphine, I’m afraid. You’ll just have to put up with the pain !’ And the patient would subsequently sue the NHS for the loss of the use of their legs ! That’s why there is a full response to an incident ! And no, I’m nothing to do with the Emergency Services - it’s just obvious why they do !

[@scooby1992]

I am in the Emergency Services and couldnt have put it better myself .Sometimes alot of resources are sent to a job because of what it was reported as on the phone .If they are not needed they can soon be cancelled or sent back . I would rather have that scenario than have minimum resources and a massive job to sort out . Years ago I used to go to cardiac arrest cases and deal with them just me and a crew mate . This also meant having to move the patient and stopping CPR whilst we carried them down stairs and then doing one handed CPR in the back of a moving ambulance whilst holding on for dear life with the other hand . Looking back the patient wasnt getting the best chance . Those sort of jobs are resourced much better now , but to the passer by might look like overkill .

[@sebby324]

Rest in peace

[@BlairAndrews-h7b]

Having spent 24 years on railtrack coroners contract removing deceased persons off the track let me tell you, these guys are fantastic especially the train drivers. Ironically all services were offered help with the trauma of what they saw or witnessed apart from us humble undertakers. Personally i didnt need it but just to confirm. All these workers do a great job and please remember the vehicles you see here are all needed. So 2 appliances block a road? So what!!!!!

[@briankelly5816]

R.I.P. who ever you were😢😢

[@mymusicaccount805]

The person was a friend of a friend. It's crazy that this just appeared on my feed - I was a couple minutes in before I saw the date and realised. Out of respect for the family, all I'll say is that this was an incredibly tragic incident which wouldn't have happened in a better world.

[@jpmulvey]

I couldn’t find any news about this person. But sadly it’s almost a daily occurrence on the railways. I do wonder what traumatic events and desperation lead up to the moment where they take this decision. I feel great sympathy for his family and friends who have to come to terms with what has happened and why. The pain they feel that that person didn’t reach out to them. I feel for the driver, who sounded his horn and slammed on his breaks but could do nothing. And the emergency workers /responders who have no choice but to deal with the end result. And I’m sorry if this video brought up bad memories' of a sad day, it was posted to just highlight the huge number of people involved ,when this person thought no one cared.

[@gwilymjones1298]

Great video!! Only negative incan seenis how thosentwo fire engines completely blocked access for other emergency service vehicles attending the scene

[@Ravenclone_07]

With a 13 ton truck they are allowed to park anywhere if they see a spot big enough

[@gwilymjones1298]

@Ravenclone_07 I understand that, But my point is because of where and how they parked they caused other emergency service vehicles to have to park further away from the incident, costing valuable minutes

[@Jackt-i9b]

​@@gwilymjones1298so basically they stopped the police from parking right there who can't do anything for someone hot by a train anyway...what's your point the ambulance and the fire service are the main attendance in this so they have priority fuck where the police need to park they should've concentrated on. Closing that road so no more cars could get down it that's the main problem in this video not the fire appliances

[@TheSurferboi1992]

good job it's the fire fighters who are going to be doing the most work out of the lot them isn't it

[@stevemellor655]

Where I live, we seem to be getting more incidents of people getting hit by trains .

[@pj6641]

You find the run up to Christmas holidays is when a lot of suicides happen, we had a guy who jumped from a bridge at Thatcham Station recently we don't know if he hit the overhead wires or was hit by a train.

[@ajd8848]

@@pj6641 Strangely the peak is usually around spring/summer even in the UK when we lose a lot of daylight hours and SAD rates spike.

[@itsPumpks]

It's not popular to get hit by a train, the reason this is all over worldwide news when somebody get's hit is because it doesn't happen often.

[@DMBriffa]

@@itsPumpks Approximately 250 people die in the UK every year after getting hit by a train. Five a week is "often" in my book.

[@itsPumpks]

@@DMBriffa Yeah 250 people out of the 60M+ in UK. Either way make sure you don’t just use Google for your research.

[@ZX_64]

Which one was this there so many ppl getting hit by trains now

[@w.e.s9711]

Is that white van on the top right parked on double yellow lines, which in the end was blocking emergency service vehicles.. If that is, I sure hope they got a hefty fine.

[@AndresEspasandin]

No one can go on track until the mobile operations manager arrives

[@lolzlolz69]

Not true.

[@julianhweatherall2253]

I am a MOM (Mobile Operations Manager) and I’ve done loads of these (and ones in the past at Streatham Common).. the railway can use a “designated local person” to get trains stopped and traction current off… but it depends operational circumstances at the time. Network Rail Route Control can give authority for emergency services to access the track but the worry is always that is uncontrolled.. my one observation from this CCTV footage is that the 2nd LPB appliance parks up and completely knackers any decent access to the station entrance…

[@johnoneill5661]

I worked on the London Underground for over 30 years and had to deal with 11 incidents of someone being hit by a train and believe me you can't have to many police, paramedics, doctors or fire brigade on site to help.

[@cotterell1985]

Where was this please?

[@jpmulvey]

Streatham Common, SW London, UK

[@Pen-sq7bj]

was the police van related?

[@scottish.spotter999]

End of the day these incidents the more hands that are available to helo the better just think if a cpr job its tiring gaving multiple hands that can do cpr the better chance of that person making it each person has a role in each incident weather that is administering advance life support to these helping to move the person to the ambulance it may look like a lot if vehicles for one person but actually they all have a role in trying to save that persons life And support these that are involved in the incident Its not only a traumatic incident for the driver and passengers its also a traumatic incident for the crews that respond to it

[@kreekcraft1922]

9:24 the amount of cops and ambulance at scene at once fuck

[@pj6641]

Normal police usually attend first followed by the BTP British Transport Police as they are responsible for the investigation and no medical or emergency workers will be allowed on the tracks until the traction current 3rd rail or overhead wires have been deenergised.

[@Perseus7567]

Looks like they all got stuck in traffic together. It'd be unusual for them to all bunch up in to such a large multi-service convoy so traffic would be my guess.

[@ultra_vires]

Almost like it's a train station with thousands of people per hour, and a difficult / dangerous rescue requiring specialist equipment. Should have probably just sent a PCSO and a natal-nurse?

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

Why do you feel the need to add the ‘f’ word to your comment. Moron!

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

The parking of the first fire truck and the second ambulance response car, shows a distinct lack of foresight and consideration.

[@ZX_64]

BTP causing rolling in full force

[@znkok9147]

i literally got home from heathrow and my train from heathrow to stratford terminated at paddington because of this

[@johnrundle2902]

Sad we get 1 bite of the cherry and some people want to leave before their ripe 😢

[@ivortoad]

Not many dog walkers turned up 🤔

[@nickLivingstone-v1e]

Bless the police and ambulance and fire because they all came to help who ever it was Didn't help me when I was raped asa mid 11 uts fucked my life up but . met a v Guy. That makes me happy in love

[@nickyevans83]

Where's the one under that just looks like a normal household street i can't see a rail line or any trains or any signs of a one under save for the large scale response

[@Pen-sq7bj]

this road already looks bad

[@Hello7651]

9:55 so this was the thumbnail picture

[@N17LAD]

Why don't the mods, vet the idiot,responses LFB,have a man next or tending the tender all the time, when the specailist turn up I their fire engine to tent up and set up scafolds and podiums to cross tracks, they would be radioed to move. Was at the scene of a one under northern line southbound, this summer, unofficial PHOTOG.

[@mattkaythetimelord]

Is this comment even written in English?

[@Jacob.Weirdo]

​@@mattkaythetimelordNo 💀

[@davewhite768]

What?

[@HeronAct-uj4sp]

Are you having a stroke?

[@cornelfrancis7615]

Another 'internet armchair expert emergency service personnel'. 🥱🥱🥱

[@robnewman6101]

Action Stations.

[@kreekcraft1922]

14:18 wtf is the siren lol

[@jaredlb101]

I think it's the two-tone.

[@fireappliances6653]

@@jaredlb101hi-low siren

[@Gary_Fairbrother]

I was wondering that. It sounds like a fire engine, but a third one never showed up.

[@tgm9991]

@@fireappliances6653 so 2-tone then

[@Justmebeingme123]

2 tones

[@rossmurrayfam1568]

OUCH!

[@byronchavarria4954]

UK

[@kreekcraft1922]

12:01 love the way cop on the bike just drives past without going at the scene 😂😂😂😂😂

[@BucksBlueLightVids]

That wasn't a Police Officer

[@Hello102Stuff]

that wasnt a police officer, it was someone with a hi-vis jacket on

[@peeterl.2016]

What a dumbass you are.

[@aguy698]

That’s just a random guy on a bike 🤦‍♂️

[@alex_asd_1227]

In typical fashion in london the police arrive so late

[@pj6641]

You probably find that the police arriving late as you put it was the BTP British Transport Police and they cover a vast area of the rail network.

[@cornelfrancis7615]

Another expert who knows better.

[@alex_asd_1227]

@@pj6641ok then. Yes or no. If they are BTP where does it say it on the vehicle? Cause last time I checked if it was, it would be put on the vehicle but then saying that, quality doesn’t help.

[@BenofYoutube]

​@@alex_asd_1227Roof number 👀 but you should probably have known this being such an expert, or is it you just like making stupid comments?

[@fdama]

Those sirens sound like toy sirens 😂. Maybe they should use grown up ones.

[@Thomashorsman]

they sound like normal sirens

[@dha12oks]

Better than most out there 😂

[@itsPumpks]

The reason they sound bad is because it's the video audio.

[@dereckjtbear2175]

All these resources for one idiot on the tracks,Goes without saying I know nothing of the situation but why was someone on the tracks in the first place...?

[@ivortoad]

Perhaps the person decided to move from the adjacent Platform?

[@scooby1992]

Perhaps the 'idiot' as you call him or her was ending their life . That is more likely than an accident .

[@kreekcraft1922]

1:09 ok why is fire trucks at the scene of a hit person by a train need fire and rescue woooow idk why

[@jpmulvey]

Our fire service provides the heavy lifting and cutting equipment, and always turn up to these type of incidents

[@leenisp8nis909]

Maybe the rescue part of the name might be a hint

[@Ksknight100]

Wow! You really have to ask?

[@HMStrainspotter]

I know from experience unfortunately the fire crew turn up to help the passengers on the train safely get off just incase they have to use a ladder to get off the train and also they screen off where the body is so the passengers don't get traumatised

[@ACELog]

I can now understand why fire services sometimes attend what might be considered an ambulance case. I know it's not rail related, but my 99-year-old mother had a fall at home. The ambulance paramedics didn't want to evacuate her on their chair because they suspected a spinal injury. So, the called the fire brigade, who could evacuate her with the minimum of body movement. So, it's likely similar here - if there's any doubt about someone's injuries, then likely more emergency services are called to start with.

[@EBOB-tu8on]

How can someone gets hit by a train ???? Never on time or the new ones they don't use because they ordered wrong wiper blades. New triangle setup doing nothing cost over £1billion and government gives payrise mmmmmm

[@Giantdwarf00]

It's the time of year. Some people struggle a lot at this time of year.

[@foxyrainbowsord-gs3bz]

As the other person mentioned, it could have been a deliberate attempt to end their life. There are also cases when someone has been pushed in front of a train. People too close to the edge of the platform and lost balance or tripped to close to the edge when a train is approaching and being stuck. There are also cases where someone has dropped an item like a wallet or phone on the track and went to retrieve it, resulting in the train hitting them. There are a number of way they could have been hit, more than I mentioned here. Unfortunately, it has become a part of life, but you can not really blame a company or the government when it is a outside force causing a person strike and not them.

[@enthusiastisch1922]

Was he Indian? Because trains are their worst nightmare lmao

[@Ukfamine2025]

Police only turned up to look for the dead persons phone to check for mean words.

[@scooby1992]

Congratulations . You have won the stupid comment of the thread award .

[@davidwilliams5581]

Yes because 6 cop cars going to look for just a mobile phone you muppet

[@marktucker208]

All those people for one thing. No wonder there are never any ambulances or police when you need them. I mean seriously, think about it. Do you really need all those people attending the scene?

[@MrHabushi]

Yes.

[@rossnolan2883]

Stupid question

[@paulsp2693]

@marktucker208 exactly in London, it's one hour waiting window for police and ambulance.

[@gordonmcmillan5556]

Let’s hope you never find yourself involved in an incident and discover what they all do

[@sdgsdgsdgsd3]

Just incase it's needed, plus thee fire service might have something network rail don't have,

[@paulsp2693]

Poor resource managment,why there is need for 20 emergency staff?

[@MrHabushi]

Providing emergency medical care to the casualty if required, making the scene safe, extracting the casualty/deceased from the scene, body recovery, scene protection and inspection, passenger welfare, gathering driver and witness statements, and reducing disruption to the railway network. Until it's classified it's considered as a potentially suspicious incident.

[@sdgsdgsdgsd3]

Incase it's needed and also incase it's a criminal element

[@pseud420]

Everybody who ends up loitering at overpopulated scenes get sent away usually. They show up, they are doing a job, and then they leave. If they're there, they're working.

[@MaxJames597yompfitness]

Maybe for India

[@jammyg1779]

someone was hit by a train.

[@ST-gj2tk]

О organisation……..

[@aguy698]

O Organisation.... Do you mean "0"?🤦‍♂

[@DefaultMale_]

What an awful driver sat in the cyclist reserve. the white lines are there for a reason - they allow large vehicles to make turns