Chris Parsons encourages everyone that knowing how to perform CPR is a useful skill. Parsons is a street performer with the stage name Chris Without the Hat. While in Saskatoon to perform at the Fringe Festival, he had to perform CPR to help a man breathe again. Importance of CPR training According to Parsons, he […]
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Jose Guzman had a new lease on life after collapsing. The 42-year old businessman is supporting CPR training and access to defibrillators in public areas after suffering a heart attack while running at Crunch, formerly World Gym on Lauzon Road. Timely assistance A stranger came to his rescue. Dominick Matta, a 19-year old trained lifeguard
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A motorcyclist died despite CPR after losing control and flipped his bike in Etobicoke. The man who was in his 50s was declared dead in a healthcare facility. Road dangers The incident occurred at Norseman Street and Islington Avenue near Kipling Avenue. The man who was believed to be in his 50s did not have
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A 10-year old died despite CPR after a near-drowning incident. The incident occurred in a private lake in the Lanaudiere region. According to the provincial police, they received a call about an unconscious child in a body of water. Drowning ordeal The boy was quickly moved out of the water and the emergency services arrived
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Police officers attempted to save a man with naloxone and CPR did not wrong. This was discovered by Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU). Overdose concerns The SIU checks all deaths involving police in the province. In such cases, the officers were called to a Brampton house where they found a 36-year old man who is
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An elderly couple worries about the life of their son after the family hardly escapes a house fire overnight. The fire broke out at Vince Shoemaker’s wood-frame house on 116 Avenue and 140 Street where the family lived since 1954. The shoemaker had to drag his 83-year old wife up to the door as the
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A 2-year old girl is recovering after 2 Newark police officers executed first aid on her after nearly drowning in a backyard swimming pool. The police responded to a call in New Jersey on Sunday afternoon in around 90 seconds and greeted by the father upon their arrival. According to officer Shaquille Johnson, he came
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The mother of a woman found dead at a house in southern Alberta says she tried to revive her with CPR but was already dead. Dorothy Medicine Crane sobbed while testifying at the manslaughter trial of her son-in-law Allen Day Rider. Day Rider was accused of killing his wife, 22-year old Brittany Medicine Crane in
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A woman struck by a car died despite the delivery of CPR. A Winnipeg couple tried in vain to save a woman who was hit by a car on Henderson Highway. Saving a life with CPR Jonathan and Jen Millions dropped off their children at Montessori School and headed to work when the traffic suddenly
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Individuals suffering from a cardiac arrest in public are likely to be given CPR from bystanders in the city’s ethnic Chinese neighborhoods according to the latest research from the University of British Columbia. When CPR is needed The chances of survival once the heart ceases to beat without neurological damage is high when it occurs
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Steve Stewart and Steve parks helped save the 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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The Norfolk County OPP are searching for the Good Samaritan who saved a life. They are eager to thank the man who saves a life this week. Both paramedics and police were called to a house located on Robinson Street in Simcoe on Wednesday with reports of a man on the ground who is unresponsive
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A man died after a cardiac episode due to a lack of an AED. The employees have been pressing the office to get the device for years. The National Film Board is buying 4 defibrillators for its Montreal headquarters after the death of an employee earlier this week. Importance of AEDs in the workplace The
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The man who saved the life of Kitchener heart attack victim with CPR was an angel. For Jessica Burman Zinger, the man is a hero and angel who saved the life of her husband. Zinger thought her husband was going to die after he collapsed on the road outside a Kitchener coffee shop. Minutes before
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An Ottawa woman helped save the life of a jogger with CPR along with city workers. The incident occurred in Neil Nesbitt Park. Adele Gawley was driving home from Starbucks and while passing Neill Nesbitt Park, she saw a group of workers in orange safety vests huddled over the body of a man on the
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A Nanaimo man died despite delivery of CPR after he and his snowmobile fell from a hardened mass of snow. The incident occurred near Whistler’s Mt. Callaghan. The Whistler RCMP responded to a call at Mount Callaghan on a report about a snowmobile who stopped on a cornice before it collapsed. The man and his
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An Abbotsford man died while working on his vehicle when it fell on top of him despite CPR. According to Assistant Fire Chief Dave Rivett, the fire, police and ambulance crews responded to a report of a man who was trapped under his vehicle. Prompt intervention The call came from the wife of the man
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A St. John’s man was recognized for saving the life of his friend with the Heimlich maneuver. During the incident, his rapid thinking saved his friend’s life. Something wrong During a vacation in the Dominican Republic with his wife and friends, Lloyd Best performed the Heimlich maneuver on his friend Rosemary Jackman after a piece
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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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A fatal accident on Highway 125 raised safety concerns in the area. The 79-year old driver involved in the single-vehicle crash died in a healthcare facility. Road safety The man along with a 78-year old female passenger of North River was transported to the Cape Breton Regional Hospital. The woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries. During the
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