A 17-year old was killed despite CPR. According to the mother, his son was hit and died on a Cape Breton highway while he was bending over to tie his shoe while walking home from a graduation party. According to Jenn Hanna, her son Joneil was attending a graduation house party in Leitches Creek. He […]
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A 45-year old Sydney woman died despite CPR after rescuing distressed swimmers stranded by a riptide. Unforeseen ordeal on the water According to RCMP Const. Tammy Lobb, the Emergency Health Services paramedics, local firefighters, and the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre responded to a report of a group of distressed swimmers at a beach in Broad
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A defibrillator or AED saved the life of a Windsor man. He emphasizes that everybody should learn how to use the device. Andrew Brown suffered a massive heart attack after playing hockey at Belle River Arena. Luckily, the 51-year old man was saved by his teammates. Life-saving defibrillators His teammates immediately performed CPR and utilized
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An Ottawa recreational hockey player is thankful for the quick action of his teammates and an automated external defibrillator for saving his life after a heart attack on the ice. Brent Bradley, 61-years old collapsed while playing in a men’s league game at the Kanata Recreation Complex in west Ottawa. The players including an off-duty
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Belongings were scattered across the road and traffic on Gateway Boulevard was closed to one lane after a collision. According to Sonya Lambert, a man was standing up while pedaling his bicycle and a trailer carrying possessions when his tires became stuck on the curb. Road accident A vehicle driving in front of Lambert hit
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A hiker received CPR after a fall at Lynn Headwaters Regional Park. The 28-year old man went into cardiac arrest while he was hiking near Norvan Falls in Lynn Headwaters Regional Park. Sadly, the man was declared dead. An incident in the wilderness The man was airlifted out of the area in critical condition. The
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A Toronto man is thankful for the paramedics who performed CPR to save his life. After his heart attack, John Turco was surrounded by the people who played a role in saving his life. The 51-year old was choked up as he shook their hands. Timely intervention Turco stated that he would not be alive
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Paramedics helped victims of a school shooting in La Loche. Cousins Kalvin Jones and Darryl Morin recalled the call was responded to an emergency at Dene High School. Upon entering the site, they knew that the shooter was still in the building. Jones was performing CPR on a wounded person when the door abruptly opened,
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An employee in the government building was killed. A man who has difficulty in getting permits for work on his property was responsible. He paced the hallway with his head in his hands until police arrived to bring him to custody. The gunman walked inside the Paradise Township municipal building. He asked for the victim
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When Pamela Morgan collapsed, she was lucky that someone saved her life. A South Surrey security guard was recognized as a hero for his quick action. He was given credit for saving the life of a senior at Semiahmoo Shopping Centre. Cameron Hubley was given BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) Vital Link Award. The award
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Wilf Driedger would not be alive without the timely action of 2 strangers. It simply shows that it was not his time. Luck, fate and the heroic effort of Maryrose McConnell and Dave Patrick was responsible for saving the life of the 70-year Murrayville resident. For Wilf, the 2 persons are ‘angels’ and gratefully thanks
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A shooting incident occurs at Crown Court. The victim of a shooting incident in Abbotsford eventually succumbed to his injuries. The incident occurred at around 9 PM on Crown Court, a cul de sac north of Charlotte Avenue which is situated west of Clearbrook Road. Shooting ordeal According to the witnesses, they heard several shots
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CPR was given to a jail inmate who was found unresponsive in his cell. The inmate was hospitalized after the ordeal in his cell at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, but he passed away. Unexpected ordeal The 29-year old was found around 9:30 PM. The staff quickly initiated CPR and called the paramedics. The
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Two passerbys performed CPR on a man struck by a truck in Pitt Meadows. Matt Burnett and Jeremy Scholing who were both 23 heard the impact of the crash as they were driving home to Abbotsford along the Lougheed Highway. Road accident They quickly pulled over and ran to the prone man who was not
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A 3-year old boy is recovering after a crash in the water. The child was strapped into a seat atop an ATV carrying rack which was submerged in a slough. The child was dangling underwater. ATV accident According to the RCMP, the crash occurred in a rural region in the northwest area of Hudson Bay.
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A Montreal man learned a lesson on life and death after a drowning ordeal in the St. Lawrence River. Luckily, he was saved by a couple on their Sea-Doo. Timely water rescue Benjamin Spiridonov was surfing on the St. Lawrence River close to Habitat ’67 when the safety cord on his boat broke away. He
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A 32-year old man received CPR after involved in an ATV crash. Sadly, the man from Saltsprings, Antigonish County was declared dead in a collision incident. ATV accident The police stated that they responded to a motor vehicle collision at the roundabout on Beech Hill Road. The driver of the ATV lost control of the
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A victim of a crash in Richmond was given CPR. Both speed and alcohol are potential factors in the overnight crash in Richmond. Deadly crash The Mounties believe that both alcohol and speed were contributing factors in an early morning crash in Richmond, B.C. Two young women were hospitalized and triggered almost 2,000 power outages.
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A man who overdosed was saved with shots of naloxone. The Surrey RCMP are crediting officers for the rapid use of naloxone in saving the life of a man outside of the Surrey detachment. Unforeseen case of overdose According to the police, an officer arriving at 14355 57 Ave. detachment was alerted that a passenger
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A man who was pulled from Fraser River was given CPR. The Ridge Meadows RCMP is investigating a case of sudden death. Watery ordeal A Coast Guard hovercraft searched the site where a man was pulled from the Fraser River along the Haney Bypass at 225 Street in Maple Ridge. The man was found not
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