Danny O'Donoghue presents GP with a BBC 999 Award

A volunteer GP who saved a man's life by amputating his arm 100 feet up in the air has been given a BBC 999 award. 

Dr Hickman (centre) was presented with his award by Danny O'Donoghue and Amanda Byram

Dr James Hickman, a partner at the North Curry health centre in Taunton, Somerset, was given the volunteer award at the inaugural BBC 999 awards, screened last week, after performing his first amputation in January. 

He was presented with his award by Danny O'Donoghue of the rock band The Script and television presenter Amanda Byram at the ceremony last month after he saved the life of a 56-year-old engineer whose arm was stuck in machinery 100 feet in the air, at a mill. 

Dr Hickman, who has volunteered with the Somerset Accident Voluntary Emergency Service (SAVES) for 14 years, had to make the decision to amputate Rob Vine’s arm after rescuers tried for 45 minutes to free him without success.

Source: GP / Edited: DannyODonoghue.Net