The easy accessibility of a public defibrillator and prompt actions by the Canada Games Complex staff and Thunder Bay paramedics were given credit for saving a man’s life. Helping hand Based on a release by the Superior North EMS officials, a 64-year old man collapsed while he was playing squash at the Canada Games Complex. […]
The eyes of Martin Dansereau’s glisten with tears while looking at his 21-year old daughter, Maslyn. He considers his daughter as a hero. After a workout on a treadmill in the basement of his house, Dansereau did not feel right. Before calling out of help, Dansereau collapsed to the ground. His daughter was studying upstairs
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In Thunder Bay, a group of paramedics aim on a fresh initiative to be launched this fall that can help change the trend on the low rate on CPR response in the city which will eventually save more lives. This aims on encouraging more individuals to help readily in case an individual is experiencing cardiac
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It was a big save for the goalie of Gander Flyers before the team faced the Corner Brook Royals. When a fan collapsed and loses consciousness, the bystanders at the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League game rushed to the change room of the Flyer’s to get Patrick O’Brien. O’Brien is a paramedic who was wearing half
A man collapsed on the road right outside a Kitchener coffee shop in Ontario. According to Jessica Burman Zinger his wife, she though he was having seizures and life seems to drain out of him and it was his heart. Unexpected dilemma Bystanders moved Burman off the road while a young man started to perform
After a swimming ordeal at Chocolate Lake, a man is in a severe condition in a Halifax hospital. The Halifax Firefighters responded to a call at Chocolate Lake around 5 PM to help the emergency health services with a cardiac arrest case. A man who was swimming and diving in the lake at Herring Cove
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On a sunny morning, Gordon Andrusiak went out for a brief jog close to Neil Nesbitt Park in Barrhaven. He was diagnosed with a heart condition but has been exercising regularly and eager to include jogging into his regimen. Unexpected ordeal In a short while, he was found by a group of workers wearing orange
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A man died while scuba diving together with 3 friends at Lake Diefenbaker. The victim, 46-years old drowned after losing contact with his friends around 180 meters offshore at Danielson Provincial Park boat launch. Watery ordeal After a call, the RCMP together with the local EMS and STARS arrived and located the man in the
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At Whistler Blackcomb, there was an unconscious snowboarder who was later declared dead. He fell in a site at the ski hill which has a difficult terrain. According to the statement given by the officials of the ski hill, the ski patrol responded to an emergency dispatch call on a 27-year old snowboarder who was
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Two flight crew members were credited for saving the life of a man at the Edmonton International Airport (EIA). The crew members utilized an automated external defibrillator (AED) when the man collapsed while getting off his flight from Phoenix to Edmonton around 4 PM on Wednesday. Airport ordeal According to Heather Hamilton, director of communications
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