A man whose heart stopped while playing squash was saved. Terry Gray, 48- years old was playing squash at The Yellowknife Racquet Club with his friend Brooke Harker when he collapsed. According to Gray, his heart went into a bad rhythm and it placed me into cardiac arrest. Harker quickly delivered CPR and called out […]
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When Ottawa moved into Stage 3 of the COVID-19 reopening plan, the medical officer of health of the city stated that she has a “lot of hope for the future” as activities expand and more businesses open. People should realize that this is in their hands. When talking about being COVID-wise, it is wearing a
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An elementary school teacher saved the life of a student with the help of a 911 dispatcher. She took her students out for a recess break. The children were playing and one suddenly fell to the ground. The student whose identity and school was not revealed for privacy reasons had gone into sudden cardiac arrest.
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The use of face masks or coverings in indoor, publicly accessible settings became mandatory in the City of Toronto. Most of the GTA is moving in the same direction this week. Anyone above the age of two without a medical condition that prevents them from doing so must wear some sort of facial covering when
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An 82-year old man is in a serious but stable condition after paramedics performed CPR to revive him. The incident occurred at a store in Ottawa’s west-end. The paramedics responded to a call for an unconscious man at a Giant Tiger on Merivale Road at around 1:20 PM. Upon arrival, the paramedics performed CPR on
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The Durham Region will make it mandatory for residents to wear face masks within public indoor spaces by the end of the week. It will join a number of other GTA municipalities that have already announced similar policies. It was announced by Durham Region Chair that all residents would be required to wear masks or
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An 84-year old woman was given CPR after a fire broke out in a duplex in Montreal’s Riviere-des-Prairies borough. The Montreal fire department received a call at around 12 PM about a blaze at a home, situated on Sylvain-Garneau Street. Upon entering the residence, the firefighters found the lifeless body of the woman in the
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The Ottawa Public Health is in conversation with senior city officials about requiring non-medical face masks inside business premises. The details will likely be released by the end of the week according to a statement by the city’s medical officer of health. The city is considering making masks mandatory in indoor spaces where people have
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Preventive measures such as physical distancing have been adopted by Quebecers since the outbreak of the COVID-19, but the wearing of reusable masks appears to be the least popular among them based on a new poll. The poll which was released by the Canadian Medical Association also suggests young people are less likely to wear
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It has been over 3 months since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Lockdowns were issued and the public was told at first to stay home and only go out for essentials, to maintain physical distancing whenever possible, to wash hands for 20 seconds with soap and water, and not avoid mingling with
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The event recognizes the bystanders who utilized a public defibrillator to bring paramedic Mark Carr back to life. Increasing awareness of AED availability At the Quispasmis qplex, a small metal cabinet that contains a portable defibrillator is equipped with a plaque saying, “This AED helped save a life on October 14, 2017.” It was that
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The medical officer of health of Ottawa is in talks to make non-medical face masks mandatory in public indoor spaces. The neighboring health units have gotten together and now preparing protocols to have orders in place to institute mandatory masking, particularly where people enter in public places – businesses and so on. On Monday, the
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The employees of a Red Deer Scotiabank were recognized for saving the life of a man after a heart attack. The man was at his usual bank to pay a bill. He paid the bill, joked around with the bank teller, and started walking out of the building. As he passed through the door, he
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A man sustains machete injuries and a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his back. The incident occurred while fighting off a man breaking into his property in Red Deer. The 23-year old victim surprised the assailant who was armed with a machete and a small-caliber firearm. The thief entered the garage and a struggled ensued. Encounter
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The requirement to wear a cloth mask inside public places in Ottawa could come into effect. The parameters of the requirement to wear a face mask will be issued at a joint press conference by the Medical Officer of Health of Ottawa. The requirement will fall under the emergency declaration of the province and it
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Several teams came out for a ball hockey tournament aimed at increasing awareness of the importance of CPR training. This was brought about by an incident months ago when a local player collapsed on the rink. A 19-year old teen who was an avid player was forced to watch the game from the sidelines after
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A 44-year old man is alive due to the prompt actions by a group of bystanders. The man was playing hockey at the Bell Sensplex when he experienced sudden cardiac arrest right after 7 PM. The witnesses say he dropped on the ice while skating. According to Jonathan Reuther, a facility supervisor at the rink,
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The B.C. Centre for Disease Control released information about the different types of face masks. It also maintained that wearing one is not a substitute for other methods of controlling the spread of COVID-19. According to the BCCDC, the most effective actions people can take are physical distancing, washing their hands and staying home if
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A 13-year old girl was brought to the Alberta Children’s Hospital after struck by a vehicle in Langdon. According to the EMS, the vehicle that struck the girl left the scene. The teenager was flown to the healthcare facility by STARS Air Ambulance in a severe but stable condition with a possibility for a head
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Travelers passing through Vancouver International Airport are taking extra precautions in the wake of B.C.’s first presumptive positive case of COVID-19 by wearing face masks. The provincial health ministry announced that a 40-year old man is in self-isolation at his house in the Vancouver Coastal Health region after returning from a trip to China. He
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