00:01Scott Johnston is one of 70,000 people who suffer major traumatic injuries each year,
00:06having been left with a shattered pelvis, broken ribs, a punctured lung and a torn liver
00:11following a fall from a ladder in his garden in 2015.
00:15Over the past decade, Scott has given hope to more than 40 people with life-changing injuries
00:20as a day-one trauma support volunteer, and he features in a new video,
00:24encouraging others to share their messages of hope, which are being displayed in LGI.
00:28On day one, Professor Giannoudis, who started off the day one charity,
00:34came to see me, told me it was a fairly serious accident, but I was in a safe place.
00:40So I was fixed up by him and his team.
00:43There was a woman doing some research and she asked if she could ask me some questions.
00:48And being in that room, in that private space with this anonymous person,
00:52where I can just tell you that the floodgates just opened,
00:54I had been telling everyone, I'm fine, don't worry about it, I'm okay.
00:59And I think that's the case with a lot of patients.
01:02You conceal from everyone, including yourself, your fears.
01:06And just that vocalising of those fears, I think, is almost an acceptance of what has happened
01:14and probably the first stage to recovery.
01:16What trauma survivors and patients need is hope.
01:21You know, they need hope that they're going to recover,
01:25maybe not to 100% of themselves, certainly the best version of themselves.
01:30When you initially speak to them, you know, they're sounding quite down
01:33and they're obviously worried.
01:35But over the next weeks and months as you're speaking to them,
01:38you can actually hear that hope returning in their voice.
01:40And that, for me, gives me great satisfaction.
Comments