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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 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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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
Regina woman helps save two lives in two months performing CPR Read More »
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
Close call prompts family to fundraise for AED at school Read More »
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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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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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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