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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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A toddler from Mission daycare was given CPR after she fell into a swimming pool. The Fraser Health Authority dismissed the license of a Mission daycare after the accidental drowning incident that resulted in the death of one of the children. Water safety The 23-month old girl was reported missing by the owner of Melissa’s
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A 2-year old Mission girl died after she was found unresponsive in a backyard pool despite CPR. The toddler was missing from daycare on Hawthorne Ave. The child was later discovered in the underground pool at a neighboring property, under a solar blanket. Watery ordeal According to RCMP Staff Sgt. Steve Crawford, the police received
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Five citizens were recognized for saving the life of a man with CPR who jumped off the Mission Bridge. The 5 citizens – Roger Williams, Martin Hanle, Jessie Garrison, Ron Thomas, and Heather Hanle were acknowledged by the Abbotsford Police Board for their heroic efforts. Watery ordeal They were in vehicles when they saw a
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A 23-year old man was given CPR after experiencing cardiac arrest. The incident occurred in the Byward Market parking garage. The man was quickly transported to a healthcare facility. Cardiac arrest The police found the man at the bottom of the stairs of the garage at Byward Market Square and Clarence Street shortly before midnight.
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The officers did not commit any offense. The provincial police watchdog determined that the RCMP officers did not commit any offense when a man was shot and killed at the Departure Bay ferry terminal. Doing the right thing The suspect who was being arrested shot himself in the head at the same time the 2
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A victim of a house fire received CPR. A senior was declared dead after a house fire on Dundas Street. It has been confirmed by BC Coroners Service that it is investigating the death of a woman in her 70s. The fire crews were called to the house just before 1 AM after reports of
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Dave Pineau’s wife delivered CPR on a 90-year old man who collapsed at a Winnipeg McDonald’s. The family of an elderly man who died of a heart attack after collapsing at a Winnipeg McDonald’s restaurant and those who tried to save him stated that defibrillators should be placed in restaurants. Accessibility of defibrillators According to
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A Shelburne County lobster boat captain was given CPR after he was pulled overboard. Based on the report by Barrington RCMP, Larry Wayne Sears, 64-years old was hauling lobster pots along with 2 crew members when the trawl line became ensnarled in the hauler. When he attempted to clear the line, he was dragged overboard.
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N.S. rolls out a program to alert people with AEDs of a nearby cardiac arrest but many are left unlisted. Marc Butler almost died on a soccer field as his friends performed chest compressions and players pounded on doors of a nearby recreation center trying to reach a defibrillator inside. Unlisted defibrillators Fraser Allen stated
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A 3-year old boy strapped into a car seat atop an ATV carrying rack was successfully revived with CPR. During the incident, the vehicle was submerged in a slough and the child was dangling underwater. The crash occurred in a rural area around 16 kilometers northwest of Hudson Bay. There were 7 people traveling together
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Chris Lynch and John Sweitzer saved Doug Cairns with CPR when he collapsed in his driveway. The 2 sanitation workers were recognized for saving the life of a man. Saving a life Chris Lynch and John Sweitzer were working in a residential neighborhood when Sweitzer noticed that a man he always greeted was sprawled in
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A father was charged for the overdose death of his daughter. He attempted to revive the child using wires from a lamp as a makeshift defibrillator. Unforeseen ordeal Jonathon Hope informed the paramedics who responded to his southwest Calgary house that he performed CPR on his daughter for 5 hours. The paramedics notice a dismantled
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Two passersby resuscitated a man with CPR after struck by a truck in Pitt Meadows. Jeremy Scholing and Matt Burnett, both 23-years old heard the crash as they were driving home to Abbotsford along the Lougheed Highway. They immediately pulled over and ran to the prone man who was not breathing. Burnett and Scholing attempted
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An elderly woman died when a house fire occurred despite the immediate delivery of CPR. The Calgary Fire Department stated that a woman who was found inside the front door was transported to a healthcare facility but she died of her injuries. House fire The incident involved a fire at a single-family house in northwest
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A man in his 30s entered his car when he was shot. According to the police, a suspect involved in fatal daylight shooting in the west-end of Toronto was “lying in wait” for the victim. The emergency crews were called to the area of St. Clair Avenue West and St. Clarens Avenue, near Lansdowne Avenue
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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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In one study, a cardiac arrest victim is likely to be given CPR from bystanders in the city’s ethnic Chinese neighborhoods. Victims of cardiac arrest in public can be given prompt CPR from bystanders in Chinese neighborhoods. The chances of surviving a cardiac emergency without sustaining brain damage are relatively high if it occurs within
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The 20-year old man shot in Abbotsford on Canada Day died of his injuries. The case is now handled by the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT). The victim was identified as Tanner Henderson. Shooting claims a life Tanner was shot in the head and died the next day. The shooting occurred at around 6:15 PM
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A 60-year old Ladysmith man is recovering from a gunshot wound. He was hit in the leg by an errant bullet while playing golf. According to Nanaimo RCMP, the man just finished his round at Winchelsea View Golf Course in Lantzville when he felt a sudden sharp pain in his lower calf. According to the
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