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 death of Alex Joseph while being transported by B.C. Correction from Prince George to Maple Ridge has several unanswered questions. For more than an hour as they drove through Highway 97 in the back of B.C. Corrections van, the inmates pounded on the walls, shouting for help. They were worried that Alex Joseph was
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Defibrillators will be equipped in all Ottawa public elementary schools. This implementation is too late for one family but supports their mission for their son. It has been 8 months since 8-year old Griffin Martin collapsed and lost his life at his Orleans school. The pain for the family is still present but an “improvement”
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Three young girls rescued a 5-year old from drowning in northern Manitoba. The girls, only around 8 were skipping rocks on Friday close to their Grand Rapids home when they saw 5-year old Lakeisha floating face down in the water. One of the girls jumped into the water and dragged the child to the shore
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A 43-year old man died after sustaining a sting by a wasp, although his family claims that he had not showed any signs of an allergy. Daniel Koch was checking beneath a table to pinpoint a nest of a wasp at his property in Maple Grove when a wasp flew out and delivered a sting
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A man is found dead and a suspect is under custody after a hit-and-run crash in New Toronto neighborhood late Monday night. The police were initially called to Garnett Janes Road close to Ninth Street around 11 PM for a report concerning gunshots. Potential danger in the road Upon arrival at the scene, the officers
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Two strangers – Levi Ross and Dr. Erika Persson where in different cheering areas at the Edmonton Marathon. In no time, they both observed a man facing down on the pavement and acted. According to Dr. Persson, she was in the right place, at the right time and she recalled her first aid training. She
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