Quick-thinking cadet

A CHETTISHAM youngster is up for a top national award for her quick-thinking at a three-vehicle road accident. Army cadet Jodi Page, 14, was with a group of fellow cadets returning home from a first aid competition in Leicestershire last year when they w

A CHETTISHAM youngster is up for a top national award for her quick-thinking at a three-vehicle road accident.

Army cadet Jodi Page, 14, was with a group of fellow cadets returning home from a first aid competition in Leicestershire last year when they witnessed the crash on the A47.

While other cadets controlled traffic, Jodi's attention was drawn to a female casualty in a nearby car.

Although the space inside was extremely limited, Jodi managed to support the woman's head to prevent further injury and comforted her while they waited for paramedics.

When the ambulance crew arrived, she briefed them about the situation.

Now she has been nominated for a St John Ambulance First Aider of the Year Medal.

She has already received a certificate from the organisation in recognition of her quick thinking.

Making the nomination, Colonel Roger Burgess OBE, commandant of Cambridgeshire Army Cadets, said: "Jodi is a key member of the County First Aid Team and has proven her reputation as a caring and committed young person - we are all very proud of her."

The nomination will be considered by the St John Ambulance panel in June and the result will be announced in July.