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Kevin Yakes saved the life of a man who overdosed with naloxone. The man overdosed on fentanyl-laced heroin. At the time of the incident, he saw a man in his early 20s slumped over a table at an overdose prevention site at the office of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users. Dangers of overdose […]
A baby girl who stopped breathing was given first aid. The American border officers were able to revive a baby girl who ceased to breathe while she and her mother were in line to cross into the United States. Timely intervention to save a life The U.S. Customs and Border Protection office stated that the […]
A 30-year old man was given CPR after snowboarding outside of the skin area in Whistler. Sadly, the man was killed. Dangers in the backcountry The Whistler resident was found facing down and buried in snow in the heavily forested area which was known to locals as the “Khyber Pass”. He was found by a […]
A man in his 20s received CPR after a failed attempt to save a dog. The man died after drowning in the Fraser River near Gladstone Park. Unsuccessful rescue attempt At around 10 PM, a man was heard screaming a few meters from the shore near a trail just off Marine Drive in southeast Vancouver. […]
A 37-year old stabbing victim was successfully resuscitated with CPR. He is fighting for his life after police found him without a pulse. Stabbing incident According to Insp. Dean Robinson, the officers found the may lying unconscious in the intersection at Main and Hastings streets around 1:300 AM and immediately performed CPR. They were able […]
A Metro Vancouver man who learned CPR recognized as hero for saving toddler. The incident occurred in a backyard pool in an upscale Surrey, B.C. neighborhood. Saving a life The 2 ½ year old boy, Brooklyn managed to go past a gate and fell into the pool. The mother pulled the unconscious youngster from the […]
A 76-year old man received CPR after found unconscious on Lake of the Woods in Hope, B.C. The kayakers discovered the body of the elderly man floating on the north side of the lake and brought him to shore. CPR was performed but the resuscitation attempt was not successful. Unforeseen ordeal in B.C. lake According […]
A 17-year old student involved in a drowning incident received CPR. A tight-knit North Vancouver international school is reeling after the death of one of their own over the weekend. Drowning ordeal Bodwell High School principal Stephen Smith stated that the small private school will check whether anything could have been done to prevent the […]
A West Vancouver nanny saved a child with CPR. The nanny saved the life of a 19-month old boy in the Horseshoe Bay neighborhood. Saving a life with CPR According to Sgt. Paul Skelton, the young boy was left alone for moments but that was all the time he needed to reach a backyard swimming […]
A 7-year old girl involved in a drowning incident received CPR. According to police in Nanaimo, B.C. stated that the child drowned at a popular local lake. Drowning incident According to RCMP Cpl. Ken Callaghan, a swimmer discovered the girl floating in the water for Westwood Lake, around five or six feet below the surface. […]