A 66-year old Delta man is doing fine and breathing after an off-duty Surrey RCMP officer performed CPR after an apparent heart attack. According to the police, the officer was on his way to work when he was flagged down. A male driver is experiencing medical distress inside his vehicle which was stopped in the […]
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Despite CPR, a man stranded in Cuba passes away at the airport. The incident occurred while the man was waiting for his flight home. Unexpected ordeal The travelers were stranded on Cayo Largo del Sur for several days after a runway at the island’s only airport has been damaged. The passengers flying back to Toronto
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For the second time this year, LaSalle police say life was saved by one of the officers using Naloxone. Police responded to a residence last month after a man went into medical distress in LaSalle. Police share that they were first on the scene, and saw a person attempting to perform CPR on the man
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A pair of teenage girls helped save the life of a man in cardiac arrest. Brooklyn Rogers and Chloe Cuff along with the parents were presented with the Rescuer Awards as recognition for their efforts in assisting John MacSween in the winter of 2016. In March 2016, Rogers and Cuff who were both 13-years old
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CPR was performed on two men who did not have vital signs after pulled out from a motel pool. The incident occurred at a motel in Scarborough. Watery ordeal The emergency crews were dispatched to the Grand Motel located near Kingston Road and West Hill Drive for a possible drowning. The officers who were the
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A hockey player was saved with an AED by the Abbotsford firefighters. The only thing that Lindsay Hickmott was sitting on a bench and getting ready to take his next shift. Life saved with an AED The only memory he recalls is waking up in an ambulance, struggling to breathe and wondering what happened. In
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A man received CPR after an apartment fire. The man has life-threatening injuries after a fire in an apartment building on Walnut Street in London. Apartment fire The emergency responders were called to the building at 85 Walnut Street over the noon hour. A neighbor noticed smoke coming out the door of a unit on
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The gun violence in Metro Vancouver has taken a devastating toll. It can be painful for the families of innocent victims. Unforeseen tragedy Darlene Bennett and her family are preparing for Christmas but it would not be the same. It was a hard experience for the family. Her husband, Paul Bennett worked as a nurse.
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A 35-year old dead despite CPR at Buffalo Pound Provincial Park. According to Moose Jaw RCMP, the man entered the water and started to struggle. Drowning incident The 35-year old man was declared dead after a drowning incident. The man who was from the Regina area was attending a family gathering at the beach area.
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A 15-year old died despite delivery of CPR after found unconscious in a Montreal pool. Mohamed Ndimurwanko was spending time with friends when at some point, he was at the bottom of the pool in Ahuntsic-Cartierville. The 15-year old boy’s father stated that he was trying to figure out how it could have happened. His
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A 12-year old boy shot with a pellet gun while sledding in Cloverdale park. The Surrey RCMP is investigating after 2 youths allegedly shot a boy with pellets. Shot by a pellet gun The 12-year old boy was at the park when he was shot with a pellet gun. Based on the Surrey RCMP report,
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A 23-year old man sustained a gunshot wound on his leg on a shooting incident. The police are investigating the second drive-by shooting on Sandpiper Drive in Abbotsford. According to Const. Ian MacDonald, the police received a call around 8:30 PM when residents reported gunshots fired in the 30700 block of Sandpiper Drive. The patrol
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A man with gunshot wounds in Vancouver died despite the delivery of CPR. The police were able to identify the man who was shot at a hotel in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Shooting ordeal The officers were called to the Savoy Hotel and arrived to find that someone utilized bear spray which made it hard for
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Automated bank machines and coffee shops are ideal sites for AEDs. These sites are suitable for the installation of an automated external defibrillator (AED) to help people who collapsed after a cardiac arrest. Availability of AEDs Cardiac arrest triggers the heart to abruptly stop beating due to an electrical issue and considered a medical emergency.
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The crisis teams helped families after a crash with a horse-drawn wagon. The incident occurred at Ochapowace First Nation which injured up to 15 people, mostly children. Based on the RCMP news release, Esterhazy RCMP responded to the incident. The crash occurred on a grid road off Highway 247 in the Round Lake region. Unexpected
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The Montreal Canadiens’ seasons seems to a serious of unfortunate events. It started to turn bad months ago with the injury to a star goalie Carey Pricethat. The latest incident involves an infant who was rushed to a hospital after being hit in the head by a souvenir puck at the team’s yearly public practice
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A 17-year old body was struck and killed on a Cape Breton highway. The mother of the boy says his son was bending over to tie his shoe as he walked home from a graduation party. Road accident According to Jenn Hanna, her son Joneil was at a graduation house party and started walking home
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A female inmate at the Correctional Centre for Women in Clarenville died. The purported cause of death was choking on food. Choking incident According to RCMP Staff Sgt. Larry Turner, the 27-year old was eating lunch inside her cell when a piece of sandwich end up lodged in her windpipe. He also added that a
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Newfoundland and Labrador’s health minister performed CPR to save a life. John Haggie, a doctor, was digging on a plate of fish at the Gander Legion which was part of the Festival of Flight of the town when a man collapsed. Timely CPR Haggie refused to talk to the reporters about the incident but the
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An Abbotsford man was alive after a deadly arrhythmia. When a sudden heart attack occurs, the ideal scenario is in a building with a paramedic and other healthcare professionals as well as a defibrillator. This was the case for an Abbotsford man who was alive after suffering a deadly arrhythmia at the Abbotsford Recreation Centre.
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