An Australian tourist who suffered a cardiac arrest was given CPR. The tourist died after a snowmobiling accident in Whistler, B.C on New Year’s Day. Snowmobiling incident The RCMP stated that the 65-year old was on a guided snowmobiling tour on Blackcomb Mountain when he somehow failed to make a turn and went over an […]
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A man about 20 years old was found dead at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre. Paramedics responded to a call from the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Center at about 1:50 in the afternoon that a man is found in medical distress in his cell. The man had no vital signs. Paramedic immediately provided first aid on the man
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A group of bystanders witnessed a crash incident but were not prepared to witness and they are more willing to provide help. One used a jacket to keep warm a severely injured man and shield him from his dead wife that is seated next to him. Another bystander called the emergency numbers. These bystanders waited
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An elderly hit by a flying puck received first aid before taken to a healthcare facility. The incident occurred when the elderly was struck in the head by a flying puck at Rogers Arena. Flying puck injured a bystander The freak accident occurred a minute before the end of the second period when Las Vegas
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A toddler who was found in a backyard swimming pool was given CPR. The child wandered away from a Fraser Valley daycare. Watery ordeal The 23-month old girl went missing from a home daycare in Mission. The incident triggered an intense police search of the neighborhood. She was later found in a nearby pool and
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An off-duty New Westminster police officer is recognized as a hero for performing CPR. He performed the life-saving technique on a man who collapsed at a local hockey rink. Getting CPR training Const. Curtis Heath was at Planet Ice waiting for his own team’s game to start when he noticed a commotion on the ice.
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Victims of Montreal fire given CPR. A 7-year old boy and 3 adults died after a five-alarm fire tore through a Montreal triplex. Tragic ordeal The fire started on the bottom floor of a building in Montreal’s Verdun neighborhood shortly after 5 AM and the flames rapidly spread to the second floor. Two adults –
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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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A 15-year-old boy is dead after a hit-and-run incident that happened near Lockport, Manitoba, in Winnipeg. According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, two 15 year old boys were riding their bikes on the shoulder of Donald Road near Highway 9 in the municipality of St. Andrews when a vehicle suddenly change its direction off
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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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