Uniformed Hero nomination – PC Shazia Hussain

Uniformed Hero nomination – PC Shazia Hussain

PC Shazia Hussain administered life saving first aid after encountering a knife attack victim while she was off duty and out shopping.

The Staffordshire Police officer took off her scarf to make a tourniquet for a man with a six-inch laceration to his arm that had caused a potential arterial bleed.

She placed pressure on the wound while searching his body to find six further lacerations.

It was a high possibility that the offenders, who were clearly armed, could have still been in the area and Shazia put her life and safety at risk given the circumstances.

Shazia also managed to call 999 for the police and ambulance whilst dealing with what was an understandably chaotic scene now with a crowd forming.

There were more than 100 people at the scene but managed to keep everyone safe all whilst trying to keep the injured party alive.

She had been off duty in Wolverhampton collecting some items from a shop when she came across a man running with a member of the public shouting “he’s been stabbed.”

As she was off duty she had no PPE, no radio and no back-up.

Nominating PC Shazia Hussain as a Uniformed Hero in the Your Heroes Awards, a Staffordshire Police spokesperson said: “I believe that Shazia has shown that she has clearly gone above and beyond what was expected of her and this should definitely be highlighted.”