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The British Columbia Health Services or BCEHS launched PulsePoint. It is a phone application for bystanders that can help a person with sudden cardiac arrest. This new application aims to combat by alerting bystanders who are properly trained in CPR and a sudden cardiac arrest that happens in public places. Timely intervention An incident happened […]
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Multiple overdoses happened at Sarnia Jail and there were about 6 people sent to the hospital. The spokesperson for the Sarnia Fire Rescue Services stated in the news that according to him responders arrived at the jail around 5 in the afternoon and found one correctional officer and three inmates with the probability of being
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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 30-year old woman from Vancouver succumbed to her injuries after the incident. The woman was declared dead after a kayaking incident on the Vedder River in Chilliwack. Unforeseen ordeal in the water Based on the report by Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson, Cpl. Mike Rail, the police were present at the scene in Yarrow after they
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A 78-year old Sydney resident went into cardiac arrest during lunch hour at Casino Nova Scotia. The man was with his friend, Tom Farrell for their regular weekly lunch at the Celtic Junction Bar & Grille restaurant and trying out his luck on some of the machines. The turn of events turned into a scary
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A man killed at a railyard in Edmundston, N.B. was a 33-year old father of two. According to teamsters Canada, the man started working at CN as a conductor and foreman trainee. Danger in the railways According to Eric Collard of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, the man was killed by a railcar as
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Conception Bay South residents Gerry Stead and Alana Langdon were given the Rescuer Awards for saving a life. Their life-saving actions were necessary during an incident at the Topsail artificial turf soccer pitch. Timely action to save a life An 11-year old soccer player was attacked by a bystander and stabbed while engaging in the
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A 3-vehicle accident occurred in front of the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre. The accident occurred before 8 PM at the intersection of Wakesiah Avenue and Third Street. According to firefighters at the scene, a passenger in a Chevrolet Trailblazer were transported to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital with unidentified injuries. The driver of the Civic was examined
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Kenzie Lahey grabbed his chest, dropped to his knees and collapsed on the ice. Lahey, 14-years old was playing hockey when he was hit by a puck that resulted to heart failure. Life on the line The referee quickly called for help. The mother of Lahey ran out to the ice. She was joined by
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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. Timely intervention According to the RCMP, the crash occurred in a rural region in the northwest area of Hudson Bay.
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