The Saint John hockey team’s athletic therapist has a portable AED. According to the team’s certified athletic therapist, they have a protocol in place if a player collapses on the ice. Proper assessment and delivery of CPR The hockey player’s gear must be removed before delivering CPR and using an automated external defibrillator (AED). This […]
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Ian Flynn was assisted by colleagues to save a life. A casino security officer was recognized for taking command when a patron collapsed with a heart attack. He performed CPR and directed the use of a defibrillator until the man was loaded into an ambulance. CPR on the line Flynn is the CPR trainer for
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A 22-month old boy was revived with CPR after he was pulled from an icy creek. Gardell Martin and 2 of his brothers were outside playing when he fell into the stream that runs through their 5-acre property. He was swept away by the rapidly moving current. Icy ordeal His 7-year old brother, Greg ran
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A toddler was unresponsive in a taxi with his parents which prompted CPR. A dispatcher with Jiffy Cabs was able to assist the father while performing CPR to save the life of the child. Saving a life while on the line Passengers and drivers with Jiffy in St. John’s heard over the radio as Jay
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A Calgary 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
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A Halifax first aid instructor urges Nova Scotia companies to invest in CPR training. This aims on reducing the likelihood of heart attack deaths. Increasing cases of death from cardiac arrest In Canada, an individual who suffers a cardiac arrest outside a healthcare facility have a 5% chance of survival. There is a higher success
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A 64-year old man was saved with rapid response and a defibrillator while playing squash. The availability of a public defibrillator and the quick response by the staff at the Canada Games Complex and Thunder Bay paramedics were recognized for saving the life of a man. Saving a life with an AED Based on a
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A toddler found floating in a public pool was given CPR. A 2-year old was rushed to a healthcare facility after she was found floating in a public pool in St-Leonard. Watery ordeal The near-drowning incident occurred at around 6 PM at the Piscine Ferland on 6020 Lavoisier Boulevard. The life guard dove into the
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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 travelling together
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Retired nurse David Knowles was under cardiac arrest during a CPR class. He was teaching first aid to a group of churchgoers when his pulse started to race. Time to act When he asked a student, Karol Chew, to assist him to lie down on the floor and place his legs up on a chair,
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The low bystander CPR rate urges paramedics to find a way to save lives. An organization of paramedics in Thunder Bay hope a new initiative being launched this fall will turn the tide on the low rate of CPR response in the city to save lives. The Superior North Association of Professional Paramedics plans to
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The 4 work colleagues who saved the life of Edmonton man were recognized by the Emergency Medical Services officials. For Manny Rodriguez, he considers himself a lucky guy. Work colleagues on the rescue Before work started, the long-time employee at All Weather Windows was laughing and chatting with fellow employees. According to Rodriguez, the shift
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A father is teary eyed as he look at his 21-year old daughter who saved his life. On the day Martin Dansereau collapsed, he just finished a workout on the treadmill in the basement of his house when he did not feel right. Before Dansereau could call out for help, he collapsed. His daughter was
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The firefighters in Calgary are under training to perform CPR on animals. The training of the new program also include the administration of oxygen which was announced a day after the crews rescued 8 animals from a house fire. Need for pet CPR According to fire Chief Bruce Burrell in a release, it is vital that firefighters have
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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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Jerry Laird had no pulse onstage which prompted the crowd to perform CPR. A Charlottetown man suffered a heart attack while playing onstage at a local bar. After the incident, he owes his life to the people in the audience who helped. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTyoscIM3ic&t=3s Two women in the crowd who had medical training hopped on stage
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Burton’s Laurie Ouellette was saved by a nurse with CPR. She suffered cardiac arrest in a restaurant while visiting family in Ontario. If not for the rapid response of an off-duty nurse and a series of coincidences, the Burton woman would not be alive today. Turning blue Ouellette, 57-years old was with her husband visiting
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A 52-year old snowmobiler died despite CPR after a cornice collapsed under his snowmobile in Whistler. Based on the news release, the Whistler Search and Rescue were sent to Mt. Callaghan after reports of a snowmobiler who had fallen in the area. The man identified as Karl Baker was a founding member of Nanaimo Search
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An 81-year old woman involved in serious pedestrian collision given CPR. The Richmond RCMP are investigating the fatality on No. 1 Road and Tucker Road. The Mounties confirm that an 81-year old Richmond woman died in a healthcare facility after a pedestrian crash. Based on the news release, the woman was struck by a late-model
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A middle-aged man was revived after a cardiac arrest episode despite a malfunctioning defibrillator. The players in an oldtimer’s hockey league helped in saving the life of their teammate last week. The man suffered a heart attack in one of the dressing rooms at Pitt Meadows Arena Complex. His teammates performed CPR and rushed to
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