A 28-year old man who was severely injured in a car crash received CPR. The man is in a serious condition after being trapped underneath a vehicle that crashed into a water-filled ditch. Deadly crash Just before 1 AM, the RCMP were called to Dogwood Avenue near 232nd Street in Maple Ridge. A vehicle had […]
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A Surrey cyclist received CPR after struck by SUV. A cyclist succumbed to his injuries after being hit by a sports utility vehicle in Surrey. Danger on the road According to RCMP, a Ford Escape was driving near 108th Ave. and 142nd St. when it struck a man on his bicycle. The victim was thrown
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An Australian tourist who died after a snowmobiling accident was given CPR. The incident occurred in Whistler, B.C. on New Year’s Day where the man suffered a cardiac arrest. Snowmobiling accident According to the RCMP, the 65-year old was on a guided snowmobiling tour on Blackcomb Mountain when he somehow failed to make a turn
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Snowmobilers were given CPR after an avalanche. Backcountry enthusiasts are warned to be careful the day after 2 deadly avalanches occurred in B.C. Avalanche incident The first slide occurred on Monday evening near Blue River, around 200 kilometers north of Kamloops where an experienced group of seven people were out snowmobiling. According to Alan Hobler
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A person was given CPR after a fire incident at a homeless shelter. The incident occurred in downtown Vancouver. Unforeseen ordeal A fire broke out in a fourth floor room at a former Quality Inn on Howe St. According to Vancouver Fire and Rescue assistant chief Joe Foster, the crews found a person in the
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A new Smartphone application called PulsePoint which aims to prevent missed lifesaving measures such as CPR and first aid by alerting users when a person is in cardiac arrest in public places. It teaches users or any CPR trained bystanders on what to do and shows a map and pinpointing the location of public defibrillators.
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A dispatcher named Colin Terry recalls one sunny day when he received a call. He knew in the tone of the voice that there was an emergency situation. Wendy Swain who is an Elementary School teacher took her students out to take a recess break. The children were all playing when suddenly one of students
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A 43-year old New Brunswick man died after a single wasp sting. According to family, the man did not have any signs of an allergy. Severe allergic reaction Daniel Koch was looking under a table to find a wasp’s nest at his property in Maple Grove, N.B. when a wasp flew out and stung him
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A woman died despite immediate delivery of CPR after apparent drowning. The RCMP are investigating a suspected drowning that occurred in an isolated lake on Nova Scotia’s eastern shore. Watery ordeal Based on the police report, two men found a 57-year old woman in a lake on West Side Indian Harbour Lake Rd. in St.
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The new system for dispatching 911 calls will not always deploy first responders. According to 2 fire chiefs in rural Princeton, the new method of dispatching first responders to medical calls puts lives at risk. Update on response will not save lives Hayes Creek Fire Chief Rob Miller recalled a recent experience when his members
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Two Okanagan teachers were given honors by the British Columbia Emergency Health Services. During gym classes about a few months ago a 13 year old student named Dilshaan Dhaliwal went into cardiac arrest. Two teachers Steve Podomorow and Mike Russo were present in the area and they immediately provided CPR and an AED or the
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Two soccer parents Alana Langdon and Gerry Stead were given recognition by the Canadian humanitarian charitable organization for providing CPR and first aid to a boy who was stabbed in the neck. The incident happened on a soccer field in Conception Bay South. They were given Rescuer Awards for performing life saving measures such as
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A man, 50 years old is declared dead in the hospital after regional police officers provided CPR at a home in Main Street in Brampton. SIU investigates the incident. In news, according to the Special Investigation Unit, the police receive a call from a house around 11 in the evening and tried to resuscitate a
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When Pierre Lachapelle went into cardiac arrest, he was successfully revived with CPR at a south shore CLSC. Successful revival It took up to 8 shocks from an automated external defibrillator (AED) followed by a shot of adrenalin before Lachapelle was revived. He went back to thank the people who brought him back. Lachapelle had
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Young brothers quickly performed CPR to save their grandmother who was having a cardiac arrest. Grayson Wu, 7-years old knew there was something wrong with his grandmother when she did not answer after asking for a snack. His grandmother was unconscious on the cough. According to Grayson, she was grunting a little. The brothers were
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Auto mechanic Cross Scott performed CPR from the comedy show, “The Office”. He never had any formal CPR training but watching the show helped save a life. There are several reasons to watch the TV comedy “The Office” but learning how to save a life is not usually one of them. “The Office” TV show
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A 3-year old boy was given CPR in a drowning incident at a family pool in Brossard. Sadly, the boy did not make it. The child was discovered unconscious in a pool on Tardif St. He was rushed to a healthcare facility where he was pronounced dead. Watery ordeal The father of the boy administered
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A man running in the Cape Breton Fiddlers Run half-marathon was given CPR after he collapsed. The man collapsed around 10 feet away from the finish line. The runner seemed to stumble and eventually collapsed to the ground. A doctor and other medical personnel present on the site quickly ran to the man who was
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A young British Columbia hockey player died despite CPR after slamming into the boards. This occurred during a game in Metro Vancouver. Noah Trulsen, 22-years old was playing with the Bolts in an adult recreational league in Langley when he might have caught an edge while moving forward to the bench for a line change.
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A woman died from drowning despite the immediate delivery of CPR. The RCMP are investigating a possible drowning that occurred in an isolated lake on Nova Scotia’s eastern shore. According to the police report, 2 men found a 57-year old woman in a lake on West Side Indian Harbor Lake Rd. in St. Mary’s, N.S.
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