TWO workers at a housing company have been praised for the way they used newly-acquired first aid skills to help an injured man thought to have fallen from a building.

Josh Doyle, 21, from Queensbury, and Sam Johnson, 22, from Odsal, are both environmental services operatives for Yorkshire Housing. They were working in Manningham when they came across a young man who was staggering, bloody and slipping in and out of consciousness.

Luckily for the man, the pair had only recently completed the mandatory first aid training required for the housing company's front line staff.

The workers were told the man had fallen from the roof of a three storey building when they came across him on Friday.

Now their boss has praised them for their quick thinking in a "stressful situation" and using the skills they picked up in the training session last month.

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The pair encountered the man while they were working on Parkfield Road at lunchtime.

Mr Johnson said: "We had recently done our first aid training and couldn’t believe we have had to use it so quickly.

"This young man was staggering about with an injured arm and bleeding from a bad wound to his head, he was drifting in and out of consciousness.

"We talked to him as much as possible to keep him awake. He had fallen from the roof of a three-storey building.

"We just followed our training using a first aid kit from our van and called for an ambulance. The paramedic thanked us for doing a good job.”

The man was taken to Bradford Royal Infirmary with facial injuries, and the ambulance service called the police.

The victim told officers he had been assaulted by a group of men, and had been running from then when he was found by the good Samaritans. However, police say his injuries were consistent with a fall, likely from a building.

There was no complaint made to the police and so the man was released.

Yorkshire Housing’s Environmental Services Team Leader Rob Agar said: "I’m really proud of Josh and Sam. They responded very well in a stressful situation. Their first aid training was immediately put to good use.

"They knew how to bandage a head wound; keep the man upright, talked to him throughout and called for help."