A Yellowknife man whose heart stopped while playing squash was saved. Terry Gray, 48- years old was playing squash at The Yellowknife Racquet Club with his friend Brooke Harker when he collapsed. According to Gray, his heart went into a bad rhythm and it placed me into cardiac arrest. Harker quickly delivered CPR and called […]
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A mail carrier felt pressured on following instructions to help an unconscious woman with white powder on her. According to a City of Winnipeg spokesperson, the 911 operator was following standard emergency protocols by instructing the mail carrier to perform CPR on an unconscious woman. Timely instructions Corey Gallagher was delivering mail to a south
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Steve Sawatzky was at Tinkertown when he went into cardiac arrest. Around 2 dozen Winnipeg firefighter paramedics took turns in performing CPR for nearly an hour after Sawatzky collapsed at a work barbeque. Unexpected incident Sawatzky was sitting at a picnic table at the amusement park, surrounded by his colleagues when he went into cardiac
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Automated externa defibrillators can save a life of an individual with an abnormal heart rhythm. Sadly, there were cases of incidents involving the device that resulted to a deadly outcome. During the past 5 years, there were hundred of reports where defibrillators failed to work. Based on the documents, 9 patients died when a defibrillator
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The Winnipeg School Division board chair in favor of plan to keep allergy medication in cabinet. The Winnipeg School Division chair is in favor of making EpiPen available to all students at schools to stop anaphylactic shock in case of an unexpected allergic reaction. An EpiPen cabinet holds an emergency EpiPen and triggers an alarm
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Abdulla El-Astal was playing in a futsal tournament when he collapsed on the bench. A weekend indoor soccer tournament almost took an unexpected turn. Abdulla El-Astal, 15-years old was playing in a year-end futsal tournament which is a version of indoor soccer at Sir Robert Borden High School on Greenbank Road. Cessation of breathing The
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An emergency room doctor is recognized for using an automated external defibrillator (AED) to save a life. The device was used to save the life of a passenger on a Winnipeg transit bus. Dr. Doug Eyolfson was on the bus on Portage Avenue when the heart of another passenger ceased to beat. At that time,
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A boy, 18 years old drowned on a class trip near Minden, Ontario. The boy was an engineering student of the University of Toronto. According to his uncle, the boy does not know how to swim, why did he go to the lake. Watery ordeal The boy died after gone missing while swimming in Gull
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A first nation woman is dead after being hit by a pickup truck as she was trying to cross Route 102. According to Martel of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the woman is from Kingsclear First Nation. Paramedics, firefighters and the RCMP’s Keswich detachment responded to the area. They found the woman unconscious and unresponsive.
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A baby was saved from the fast response of witnesses at the scene of a fatal head-on collision in rural Saskatchewan. According to Gibson, the fire and rescue chief, the baby named Winston was in one of the vehicles. Bystanders immediately provided first aid and CPR to the victims. “It’s the biggest relief you want
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A boy, 15 years old is dead after a hit-and-run incident in Lockport, north of Winnipeg. According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police the incident happened on a Friday night when 2 boys, both age 15 were riding on their bikes on the shoulder of Donald Road near Highway 9 in the municipality of St.
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A man is dead after being shot outside of a townhouse complex. The shooting incident happened near 1500 Caldwell Avenue, off Marivale Avenue about 3:30 in the afternoon. According to the police, they found the victim outside the townhouse complex. Paramedics immediately provided first aid and CPR on the victim while on the way to
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A Calgary police officer who was shot this week is steadily recovering in a healthcare facility. Const. Jordan Forget sustained 2 gunshot wounds and a collapsed lung. According to Les Kaminski of the Calgary Police Association, he visited Forget twice in the hospital and seems to be doing fine. The 5-year veteran of the police
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A boy died and his brother and mother are in critical condition after a shooting in a suburban Denver parking lot. Aftermath of shooting incident The Westminster police released a statement indicating that a man not related to other 3 victims also sustained a gunshot wound but expected to survive. According to department spokeswoman Cheri
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A golfer ended up with a gunshot wound to his leg while participating in a tournament in northwestern Alberta. According to RCMP, the man was playing south of Grande Prairie on Saturday afternoon when he ended up with a wound on his leg. Dealing with a gunshot wound A witness brought him to a healthcare
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A 5-year old child was wounded after several gunshots were fired at a house in northern Saskatchewan. The RCMP were called to a home on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band reserve. Shooting incident According to the officers, a bullet went through the wall of a house and hit a child inside. There were other
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CPR was quickly performed on a man who collapsed at Cape Breton Fiddlers Run finish line. A man running in the Cape Breton Fiddlers Run half-marathon was transported to a healthcare facility by ambulance after he collapsed 10 feet away from the finish line. Timely delivery of CPR The runner appeared to stumble and fell
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A 66-year old Delta man is alive after an off-duty Surrey RCMP officer performed CPR. The man apparently suffered a heart attack. According to the police, the officer was on his way to work when he was flagged down near 56 Avenue and 144 Street in Surrey. CPR assistance A man was in medical distress
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A homicide team was on the scene after 2 were shot in the 14300-block of Crescent Road. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is on the scene of a double shooting in South Surrey. Shooting ordeal leaves 2 injured According to a Surrey RCMP news release, one person passed away due to his injuries. Based on
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A 13-year old Montreal boy is in critical condition after found at the bottom of the swimming pool after a high school gym class. No one noticed the absence of the grade 8 student when his class left the pool deck and it was the next group that found him. According to a school board
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