Billybones, if you want to buy him a drink or two - why don't you buy him two rounds of (ahem) Sherry above? YOu'll kill two stones with one bird!
Remember all that this is dramatic 'cos it was caught on camera - and let's not detract that it was quite a piece of cool, calm thinking in an urgent situation. But... ambulance officers and emergency ward staff go through this almost 3 hourly everyday.