Viennese of the week

An emotional reunion

Viennese of the week: paramedics Musti (left) and Alex (right)(Bild: Berufsrettung Wien)

A motorcyclist survived a traffic accident with serious injuries. Now there was a moving reunion with the two lifesavers.

It was October 2, 2023 when a Viennese woman was riding her motorcycle near Schwedenplatz in the evening. However, she suddenly crashed and suffered several fractures, the combination of which was life-threatening.

"At the start of our shift, we were alerted to a traffic accident where resuscitation was already underway. And when we arrived at the scene, we found the lady unconscious. She was bleeding all over and it was dark. We then tried to get her into our vehicle as quickly as possible so that we could take better care of her and treat and stabilize her, and then we also anaesthetized her," say Musti and Alex, who were in the ambulance service that evening.

Now, nine months later, the Viennese woman visited the Mariahilf rescue station to say thank you and to meet the two men who looked after her back then. "Because of people like Musti and Alex, people like me can survive. I just want to say thank you!" said the woman, who wishes to remain anonymous. The courageous paramedics of the Vienna Professional Rescue Service - our Viennese of the week!