A Birmingham, U.K.-based paramedic who bled a 93-year-old woman's radiator while on callout to her husband has been praised on social media for going above and beyond to help others.
Karl Williams and his colleagues, who work for West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS), were called to an elderly couple's home on March 5, when they noticed the couple's central heating had stopped working, forcing them to use an electric heater.
After assessing the patient, an elderly man who was unwell and had been slowly deteriorating, the ambulance crew spent 10 minutes bleeding the radiators in the house before taking him to hospital, where he underwent further assessment.
"The woman was too elderly and frail to come to hospital with her husband," 28-year-old Karl told HuffPost UK. "It was late at night and cold, and she was going to be at home alone. She couldn't thank us enough. It almost made me cry. It was then that I realised just a small thing like that has such a positive impact on a person's emotions, wellbeing and health."