A 3-year old boy was given CPR after a near drowning incident. The child is in a healthcare facility with life-threatening injuries after a near drowning incident in Lucan-Biddulph. Watery ordeal The Middlesex Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Middlesex-London Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the Lucan-Biddulph Fire Department responded to the incident. The child was found […]
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The meeting was part of “Safe City Day” which encourages residents to learn life-saving procedures such as CPR. Heart attack For the first time since his heart attack, John Turco was surrounded by the people who saved his life. The 51-year old was grateful as he shook their hands. Turco was at the city hall
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Margaret Bell rescued a man struggling in the water. According to the firefighters, Bell went beyond when she ventured into the Glenmore Reservoir to rescue a man. The man was struggling in the water might have gone unnoticed and drowned. For Bell, she knew what she had to do. Bell lives in the southwest community
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Several Calgarians were recognized for their heroic efforts by the Calgary Fire Department. Among these 22 Calgarians is a 55-year old woman who pulled a drowning man out of the Glenmore Reservoir. Margaret Bell was out on a walk when she noticed a paddle boat in the water near Calgary Canoe Club which was unusual.
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A 59-year old man died despite CPR after a suspected drowning. The incident occurred at Port Hood Beach in Cape Breton. Drowning incident According to Inverness County RCMP, they received a call to the beach. A man was swimming with his wife when 2 lifeguards observed that they were having difficulty. According to Paul D’Eon,
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The bystanders revived a 15-year old who collapsed with an AED. The incident occurred while the boy was playing futsal at Sir Robert Borden High School. According to the paramedics, without the actions of the bystanders, the outcome would be a poor one. Importance of AEDs An automated external defibrillator (AED) that was stationed at
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A 35-year old dead despite CPR at Buffalo Pound Provincial Park. According to Moose Jaw RCMP, the man entered the water and started to struggle. Drowning incident The 35-year old man was declared dead after a drowning incident. The man who was from the Regina area was attending a family gathering at the beach area.
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The family had first aid and CPR training taken separately, but they saved a life together. The Keats family from Dover were recognized for their efforts in reviving a man who nearly choked to death. Tony Keats provides home support for the man who has autism. When the man was eating lunch, he started to
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A man in his 50s with traumatic injuries was given CPR. The man was found by Toronto police officers with severe trauma at a Scarborough shopping plaza. Wounded man According to the police, the paramedics were performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), but the man lacked any vital signs when he was loaded into an ambulance. The
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A man in his 50s died in an industrial accident. The Ministry of Labour launched an investigation after a man fell from a height. Workplace dangers According to Const. David Hopkinson, the Toronto police received a call about a man having fallen at an industrial site near Eddystone Avenue and Oakdale Road. The Toronto Paramedics
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A woman named Danielle Kane together with her boyfriend was having dinner at an Italian Restaurant on Danford Avenue. They heard sounds like fireworks down the street. The wait staff of the restaurant told us that there was a gunman in the area and we should go inside. A terrified woman entered the restaurant and
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A rugby player, named Brodie McCarthy, 18 years old died during a rugby tournament at the David Voye Memorial rugby tournament. He died from a head injury. The New Brunswick coroner’s office is investigating the cause of the death. Unforeseen ordeal According to the principal of the school, Seana Evans-Renaud, it was just a normal
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A girl, 8 years old was saved by police officers after she was struck by a train near Gage Park. She was taken to the hospital with severe condition. Timely rescue Two Hamilton police officers are given recognition by paramedics by saving an eight-year-old girl. The girl was struck by a train in Hamilton. The
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Hockey Canada requires all organizations which manages more than 500,000 players to have training in first aid and CPR in its minor leagues. There were eight deaths of minor and major junior league hockey players caused by cardiac arrest on the ice or at the rink. Why CPR training is a must A 16-year-old player
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A pilot project in Ottawa is teaching first aid and CPR courses to a group of five young people throughout Canada. The goal of this course to train these young people in first aid and CPR and when they return to their communities, they will teach their skills on to other people in the community.
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Naloxone kits will be provided to more than 1,000 police officers, but has no proper basic training in first aid on the force. Naloxone is a medication used in blocking the effects of opioid especially with overdose. According to Chief Mark Saunders, he made this promise at a meeting of police services board. It is
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A respiratory therapist who provided CPR on an old man has concerns with how the medical emergency was managed on a WestJet flight. Unforeseen ordeal Brittany Lardner who works at the Foothills hospital in Calgary was in the flight from Honolulu to Calgary when she heard flight attendants asking if there was a nurse or
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Boblo Island ferry crew Deckhand Vinny Allen and Captain Kevin Nashkewa were at the dock on Dalhousie Street after midnight when they heard a commotion in the water. They heard a man crying for help and rushed and helped the man. they threw on the water a life ring and pulled him to the shore.
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A police medical training saved a man’s life from severe injuries. Police responded to a call in Esquimalt at about fast midnight and found a man severely bleeding. The two responding police immediately provided first aid to the victim. These two police officers have specialized medical training and were able to save the life of
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For a Langley senior, he was saved by “angels” who performed CPR. Wilf Driedger believes that he would not be around if not for the rapid action of 2 strangers. It was pure fate Luck, fate and the heroic efforts of Maryrose McConnell and Dave Patrick who Wilf calls “angels” were responsible for saving his
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