A teenage dirt bike rider who survived a horrific crash by applying a makeshift tourniquet as he lay injured and alone in bushland would have a bright future as a paramedic, his rescuers say.
Shaun Spinks, 14, was riding solo on a secluded track in the Gold Coast hinterland last month when he hit a tree at more than 100 kilometres per hour.
The impact knocked him out, broke his leg in two places, cracked his pelvis and a rib and tore a 10-15 centimetre gash in his leg.
