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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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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A 51-year old man died after guiding a group of snowmobilers when his machine accidentally rolled over. The snowmobile of the man rolled into a creek bed. According to RCMP, the 51-year old man was guiding a group composed of 5 other snowmobilers in an area north of Sicamous when his machine accidentally rolled and
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A teenager who performed CPR to resuscitate a woman who suffered a heart attack was recognized for her life-saving effort. Erin Sachs together with her father delivered CPR to resuscitate Sandra Giffin after she suffered a heart attack after a bus ride. Importance of learning CPR Sandra Giffin and her husband Cris boarded a packed
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A man dropped off at the Sheldon Chumir Health Centre with a gunshot wound to the head was identified. The man is a 22-year old and identified as Itgel Baatarsuren of Calgary. According to the police, the man who dropped off Baatarsuren at the health centre fled in a white Pontiac G5. The victim was
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The coroner investigate the case of drowning involving an 18-year old near the Beaconsfield shoreline. The young man drowned in Lake St. Louis just meters from the Centennial Park shoreline. The witnesses reportedly heard the man shout out for help after falling into the water but he slipped beneath the waves before help could arrive.
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A Radisson Heights resident was rudely awakened early morning by sounds of gunfire. She woke up and discovered a hole in her bedroom wall. The police received a call to a fourplex in the 2700 block of 10th Avenue S.E. Upon the arrival of the police, they discovered that the shot originated from an adjacent
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A woman was hit by a bullet in a possible drive-by shooting in west Edmonton. A single bullet moved through the vinyl siding of a west Edmonton house back in 2015. The bullet pierced through the drywall, crossed a meter of floor space and ripped through the mattress and memory foam before hitting the back
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Volunteers who utilized automated external defibrillators are protected according to Lakes MLA Keith Bain. Just recently, Bain’s amendments to the Volunteer Services Act aims on protecting a volunteer who uses an automated external defibrillator during emergency situations from lawsuits has passed with all-party support. The new amendment will also extend protection to organizations whose AED
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Quick actions of a North Sydney teenager saved best friend from drowning. Garrett Whittle and Matthew Williams have been friends for many years, but it grew stronger after an incident. The North Sydney boys just finished their final Grade 10 exam at Memorial High School in Sydney Mines and decided to go on evening swimming.
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A 3-vehicle accident occurred in front of the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre. The accident occurred before 8 PM at the intersection of Wakesiah Avenue and Third Street. According to firefighters at the scene, a passenger in a Chevrolet Trailblazer were transported to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital with unidentified injuries. The driver of the Civic was examined
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A woman helping the car crash victims lost her phone. A Vancouver Island woman hopes that her phone would be returned after it was stolen while helping in a car crash in front of her home over the weekend. Unexpected loss during a rescue Based on the reports of RCMP, Anne Marie Behan was at
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An 8-year old boy, Linden Baglo was hit and died in Nanaimo. The incident occurred while he was riding his bicycle. Based on the report by Nanaimo RCMP, the incident occurred around 11:40 AM in 1000 block of Nelson Street. Firefighters, police and B.C. Ambulance responded to the scene while several Good Samaritans and first
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The emergency crews are at the site of a crash in Chestermere that left one individual with serious injuries. There were 3 patients who were transported to a healthcare facility while Highway 1 going eastbound was shut down. Tragic road accident The paramedics were called to the scene on Highway 1 and Highway 791. There
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The fire crews rescued a man after he sustained an injury while pruning a 40-feet tree. Based on the reports of the Calgary EMS, the incident occurred in the 3600 block of 1st St. N.W. The bystanders called the emergency crews while the injured man waited for help in the tree. Up on a tree
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The City of Fernie shut down its operations on Friday to grieve the deaths of co-workers after an ammonia leak at the local ice rink. According to the BC Coroners Service, the men who died include Wayne Hornquist, Lloyd Smith and Jason Podloski. Deadly gas Based on the reports, 2 of the men worked for
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A 21-year old Abbotsford man was saved from drowning by 3 passers-by after his car went into a water-filled ditch. Watery ordeal According to Abbotsford Police Const. Ian MacDonald, the man was travelling in a 1992 Honda Civic when he turned east onto Clayburn Road heading to Highway 11. The vehicle hydro-planed through some water
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A 15-year old Abbotsford girl, Catherine Schoeman died during a church youth outing. The incident was confirmed by a park manager and later in the day by Princeton RCMP Sgt. Barry Kennedy. Skiing accident According to Kennedy, Catherine Schoeman was skiing at the park with a 73-member church group. They had their first run of
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