A man was transported to RCH after sustaining a gunshot wound. The Mission police, fire and ambulance personnel responded to a call at Philbert Street for reports on a male suffering from a gunshot wound shortly after 3 PM. Shooting incident The victim was transported via air ambulance which landed in Mission Secondary School’s playing […]
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The death of Alex Joseph while being transported by B.C. Correction from Prince George to Maple Ridge has several unanswered questions. For more than an hour as they drove through Highway 97 in the back of B.C. Corrections van, the inmates pounded on the walls, shouting for help. They were worried that Alex Joseph was
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A 69-year old Deer Lake woman died despite CPR after pulled from Humber River. According to the RCMP, Geraldine Wiseman was down by a popular boat launch in the town to cool off from the heat. Dangers in the water Upon the arrival of the police, people were performing CPR on Wiseman. The woman was
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A man performed CPR on a victim of a deadly shooting incident. The man along with his neighbors attempted to ease the man’s pain before the arrival of the emergency crews. Shooting incident The police received a call from a housing complex in the Rundle Heights neighborhood after residents reported a fight. They found a
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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 in the
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A 15-year old died despite delivery of CPR after found unconscious in the Montreal pool. Mohamed Ndimurwanko was spending time with friends when at some point, he was at the bottom of the pool in Ahuntsic-Cartierville. The 15-year old boy’s father stated that he was trying to figure out how it could have happened. His
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Shannon Willner and her sisters took their mother shopping in Leduc for her Mother’s Days present when the outing turned into a disaster. Shopping ordeal Their mother became short of breath. When her lips turned blue, one of the daughters called for emergency assistance. While one sister was on the line with a dispatcher, Willner
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A 66-year old man died in an early morning fire on Appleton Avenue in Cote-des-Neiges. Around 70 firefighters responded to the call around 6:40 AM. Terrifying blaze The man who was the owner of the 2-story building was found unconscious in his 2nd-floor apartment. The firefighters performed CPR, but the man remained unconscious while on
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Toddlers were given CPR during an incident in a Laval pool. The police urge parents to take the necessary precautions around swimming pools after 2 Laval toddlers nearly drowned in a backyard pool. According to the Laval police, it remains uncertain how the 2-year old boys ended up in the swimming pool but both were
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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 in 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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Quick actions of a North Sydney teenager saved a best friend from drowning. Garrett Whittle and Matthew Williams have been friends for many years, but it grew stronger after an incident. The North Sydney boys just finished their final Grade 10 exam at Memorial High School in Sydney Mines and decided to go on evening
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Joanne Hildebrandt was saved by 2 lawyers when her heart stopped. David Piche was on the way to work when he saw a 47-year old woman lying in a snowbank in front of the Saskatoon Tower apartment building. Helping hand He initially believed that the woman was having a seizure. He called for emergency assistance
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A 16-year old Ottawa boy was revived with an AED. The rapid action by witnesses was instrumental in the survival of the boy. The quick action in delivering CPR and using a public defibrillator was essential. Importance of defibrillators The boy collapsed from a seizure while playing basketball at a school in Orleans. The boy
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A 64-year old woman died after a drowning incident. A community member was last seen swimming in the lake at night. The woman died after going for a late-night swim at Pukatawagan Lake. Watery ordeal The police responded to a report of a body in the lake, around 700 kilometers northwest of Winnipeg. Upon the
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Joyce King thinks of 2 strangers who saved her life with CPR. King is a 68-year old Beaconsfield resident who is recovering from a massive heart attack at a convalescence center in Montreal. Good Samaritans on the rescue At the time of the incident, King and her daughter exited Tim Horton’s restaurant and walked across
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An 81-year old woman involved in serious pedestrian collision given CPR. The Richmond RCMP are investigating the fatality on No. 1 Road and Tucker Road. The Mounties confirm that an 81-year old Richmond woman died in a healthcare facility after a pedestrian crash. Based on the news release, the woman was struck by a late-model
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A Bathurst police officer revived a newborn with CPR. Sgt. Karl Hachey was the first to respond when an infant ceased to breathe at his Bathurst home. When the newborn son of Camie Basque, Mickael stopped breathing, she thought his life was over. Basque had just finished feeding Mickael when she noticed that his lips
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An 8-year old died despite CPR after a canoe was swept away during a storm on Lac La Biche. The boy was canoeing with a 13-year old child when the storm moved in and the winds gained speed. Watery ordeal The family and friends lost sight of the canoe and called the police for assistance.
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A teenager who performed CPR to resuscitate a woman who suffered a heart attack was recognized for her life-saving effort. Erin Sachs together with her father delivered CPR to resuscitate Sandra Giffin after she suffered a heart attack after a bus ride. Importance of learning CPR Sandra Giffin and her husband Cris boarded a packed
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Two University of B.C. lifeguards were recognized for saving the life of a boy over the weekend. The lifeguards credited a vital piece of equipment that they utilized during the rescue. Rapid action to save a life The two staff members quickly rushed into action at a UBC pool when they saw Colton Boechler, 11-years
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