A BUS station supervisor has told how he battled to save the life of a passenger after she collapsed during rush hour.

Billy Morrison sprung into action when he heard a thud at Buchanan Bus Station, which is Scotland’s busiest.

He found a woman lying unconscious in a pool of blood with a serious head injury at stance 57.

By the time Billy got to her, it was around four minutes since she had taken a breath.

For every minute without Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) survival drops by 10%.

The passenger survived thanks to Billy, another bus driver and a retired nurse, who happened to be at the station at the time and took turns giving her

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life-saving CPR until the paramedics arrived.

Although the woman did not want to go public, she told the Evening Times: “My gratitude to Mr Morrison and the nurse knows no bounds.”

This year, the bus station has seen three cardiac arrests but only one out of the three survived.

Billy, 55, who is from Bonhill in Alexandria, has backed our new campaign to create a city of lifesavers.

The Evening Times wants Glasgow City Council to be the first local authority in the UK to make it mandatory for pupils to learn CPR in secondary school.

Only one in 20 people in Scotland will survive a cardiac arrest - compared to one in four in Denmark, where it is part of the school curriculum. You are more likely to suffer a cardiac arrest in Glasgow due to the health and deprivation link but less likely to receive the CPR that could save your life.

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Billy, who was in the Navy for 31 years, said: “It was round about tea-time and I was at the left luggage lockers.

“I heard a thud coming over from the left and someone shouted for a life-saver.

“I immediately stopped what I was doing and ran over to stance 57.

“There was a lady lying there in a pool of blood. I checked to see if she was awake and conscious and there was no response so I started CPR.

“An off duty nurse who just happened to be there came from behind to help.

“We sussed out that she was unconscious and not breathing. She started doing CPR and I ran to get the defibrillator, got the pads on her.

“We were both taking turns to do CPR.

“We switched the defib on and shocked her and it said continue CPR.

“Then a bus driver called Tom McCauley, he did the next set. I put two breaths into her then analysed again and

“I shocked her again and then the paramedics arrived. By sheer chance they were doing a job nearby and arrived in four or five minutes.

“She then gave a huge sigh and started breathing.

“The paramedics told us to keep going with the CPR. Then an ambulance arrived and put the leads into their machine.

“They took her straight to the Golden Jubilee and I didn’t hear anything for about a day or two, then her husband came in to say thank you.

“I wasn’t there but the family sent a letter in saying, if it wasn’t for our actions she wouldn’t have survived.”

Billy, who is married to Anne,52, and has two sons, 26 and 28, is in the running for Frontline Employee of the Year at the Scottish Transport Awards, which are taking place in Glsagow on June 14.

He said: “My wife works as learning assistant at the Holy Redeemer Primary School in Yoker and they run a programme where they get a paramedic in to teach CPR.”

Michael Ferrie, Customer Services and Security Manager, said: “There is no doubt that Billy’s quick thinking and actions saved this woman’s life.

"It demonstrates perfectly, the importance of good training, and having the right equipment in stations to help deal with these situations, however rare, thankfully.

“All SPT bus and Subway stations have defibrillators on site, and all staff are trained in their use.

“Thanks to Billy, assisted by a member of the public to whom we also pass on our thanks, the lady who took ill is now recovering well.”