Steve Stewart and Steve parks helped save a life of a man. Certificates of commendation were presented to the 2 men along with Abbotsford Fire Rescue Captain Jim Durvin and firefighters Tom Dodd, Greg Herron and Scott Ellis. The awards were given at Abbotsford city council after an incident that occurred on April 17. Parking […]
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For Grandinetti, he could not recall what happened. The Sault Ste. Marie native suffered a heart attack and was found almost dead beside his vehicle in the parking lot of Rome’s Independent Grocer. Apparently, an unknown woman saw him and called 911. It was only minutes when the paramedics arrived on the scene. They started
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A 32-year old Cochrane man was killed in a dirt-bike accident. The incident occurred near Sundre involve a Rocky View County firefighter and a father of 2 young children. Justin Francis died after family members discovered the injured man and rushed him to meet the first responders. Tragic incident Justin was on a camping trip
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Maryam Basharat was saved thanks to the life-saving efforts of teachers. It was back in September 6, just 3 days after classes started when a grade 6 girl collapsed during gym class outside while running in which her heart stopped. Life-saving measures The sequence of events that occurred on that day led to the recognition
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A 20-year old man in Ramsay St. in Pierrefonds was shot. It was a quiet residential neighborhood with a few 3-storey apartment buildings and single-family homes. The street was cordoned off with police tape while investigators check the area. They thoroughly checked through garbage and recycling bins for bullet casings and other signs into the
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A timely effort saved the life of Michael Isely after suffering a heart attack. He was golfing at a charity event at Saskatoon Golf and Country Club when an unforeseen event occurred. On that day, he experienced a minimal degree of pressure in the chest but not alarming in any way. Isely brushed it off
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A Toronto woman helped save a life of a man in cardiac arrest. Alex Jade, 29-years old was working out at GoodLife Fitness club when a man collapsed on the floor. She noticed a staff member carrying an AED and casually walking towards a man lying on the floor. According to Jade, the man was
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An Ottawa police officer attempted to save a young man who drowned. According to the police officer, it is vital for those who witness emergencies to provide aid after seeing some people simply standing by and do nothing. Emergency concerns Det.-Const. Hussein Assaad was off duty at Lac Leamy with friends and family when they
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Dylan Duncan was waiting for a bus when he heard a call for help. Jessica Burman Zinger was asking if anyone knows CPR. Luckily, Duncan just learned CPR and was taught to always help people in need. According to Duncan, he had to help by calling for emergency assistance and delivered CPR. He was shocked
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The Ottawa paramedics credit a City of Ottawa worker and a bystander for saving the life of a jogger. The incident occurred near the intersection of Holitman and Foxfield drives in which a jogger collapsed when his heart ceases to beat. The jogger, a 60-year old man dropped on the ground and discovered by Troy
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A young girl called 911 after her babysitter was found unresponsive in a backyard pool. The York Regional Police stated that the members of Central York Fire Services were the first on the scene on Arnold Crescent. According to Sgt. John Loughry, a firefighter dove into the pool and dragged the woman out. The firefighter
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The mother of Kinew James who died of a heart attack at the Regional Psychiatric Centre (RPC) in 2013 wants an apology from a male nurse who offended her daughter while delivering CPR on the 35-year old. Unprofessional conduct At the coroner’s inquest, nurse Stacey Ryma admitted saying on the similarity on performing CPR on
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Mallory McCormick has been CPR certified for 10 years but she never imagined she would use it. This changed 2 months age when her boyfriend, Iain Fyfe woke up in the middle of the night gasping for breath. According to McCormick, we were sleeping, and he started going into heart failure. She knew there was
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While playing tag together with his friends on Wilfrid Walker school playground 3 years ago, Benjamin Fizzard collapsed unconscious to the ground. The consciousness of the 7-year old was restored without requiring CPR but was rushed to a healthcare facility and equipped with an internal cardiac defibrillator and pacemaker. The incident was dreadful, but his
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A lunchtime conversation by Rev. Diane Robinson on AEDs saved her life. A discussion on AEDs prompted her lunch partner to make a proposal to the church council to purchase an AED for the building. With the price tag of $2,000, it was daunting for the church, but the proposal was approved. It was late
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A doctor driving by the Edmonton Marathon on Sunday rushed to help a man who collapsed and ceases to breathe just blocks away from the finish line. The man was resuscitated by Dr. Tamara Kuzma who rushed from her vehicle to help a police office and administer CPR. According to a spokesperson at Alberta Health
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An Edmonton Remand Centre inmate was found unresponsive in her cell. This is the third death under investigation at the jail in less than 2 months. Alberta Justice spokeswoman Louise McEachern confirmed by email that the correctional staff performed CPR to the woman and police and emergency responders were contacted, but the inmate was announced
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The man killed in the latest homicide in the city at a downtown auto body repair shop has been identified as the business owner. According to a nearby business owner Ambesager Belay of CarProof Auto Repair, Ahmed Ahmed, 39-years old was gunned down inside his Aftermath Autohaus Inc. business around 9:20 AM. Commercial ordeal The
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A man who executed CPR on a victim of a deadly shooting ordeal says he and neighbors tried to lessen the man’s pain before the arrival of the emergency team. Police were called to a housing complex in the Rundle Heights neighborhood around 1:50 AM after residents reported a fight. They discovered a man experiencing
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The B.C. Coroners Service confirmed that 16-year old Comox Valley girl died. The cause is toxic shock syndrome during an overnight stay at Hornby Island last year. Sara Marie Manitoski went on a student trip to the Outdoor Education Centre in Tribune Bay Provincial Park. The grade 11 student complained to friends of experiencing menstrual
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