St Albans Veolia driver has been awarded the Employee of the Quarter for his lifesaving CPR, saving his colleagues life on September 2.
The Veolia St Albans refuse crew were out on their routine round when loader Daniel Gardiner complained to the driver of feeling unwell.
The driver, Matko Spondreht, quickly to the side of the road and when Daniel became unresponsive, Matko, who prior to working for Veolia had trained as a nurse, took immediate control of the situation and put his medical training into action.
He instructed Scott, his colleague in the vehicle, to call 999 while Matko checked Daniel for breathing and a pulse. Upon finding neither, Matko laid Daniel out on the seats of the vehicle and started performing lifesaving CPR. After some time and the sustained efforts from Matko, Daniel regained consciousness and started breathing again.
Matko Spondreht, said: “Our primary focus is serving the community and looking after the area and people around us. I never once thought that would be one of the crew too!”
Daniel has made a full recovery and returned to work with a phased approach.
Councillor Paul De Kort, Leader of St Albans City and District Council said: I was delighted to meet Matko in person and thank him for saving his colleague Dan’s life. He is a true community hero.”
Operations manager at Veolia St Albans Municipal said: “We’re incredibly proud of our people who do a brilliant job for the local community week in and week out and our Employee of the Quarter award gives us a chance to recognise their everyday greatness.
“Matko’s heroics made this an easy decision and we are extremely grateful for the work of him and his team, going above and beyond for each other and the community.”
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