A Clarenville man was given recognition for saving the life of a man while working at the Hebron Gravity Base Structure site. Adrian Tarrant of Clarenville together with Jamie Budden and Ashley Perham were among the recipients to receive an award for their acts of bravery. The trio worked together to save the life of […]
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The victims of a head-on crash were given CPR. The incident involved a pickup truck and a car that collided head-on in north Oshawa. Timely intervention The emergency crews were called to the region of Simcoe Street North and Coates Road East at around 9 AM for multiple reports of a crash. The pickup truck
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The residents in Saddle Ridge are grieving after a 5-year old boy, Raheel Uddin after being pulled from a retention pond. The emergency crew was notified of a missing child in the community of Saddle Ridge near 88th Avenue and 60th Street N.E. around 4:30 PM. The police reported that Uddin died sometime after being
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Defibrillators will be equipped in all Ottawa public elementary schools. This implementation is too late for one family but supports their mission for their son. It has been 8 months since 8-year old Griffin Martin collapsed and lost his life at his Orleans school. The pain for the family is still present but an “improvement”
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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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Steve Sawatzky was given CPR when he went into cardiac arrest. Around 2 dozen Winnipeg firefighter-paramedics took turns in delivering CPR on one of their own for almost an hour after he collapsed at a work barbeque at Tinkertown. After facing issues with the on-site automated external defibrillator (AED), his co-workers took turns in performing
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An Oakville man was given CPR after a single-vehicle crash. When a pickup truck veered into a ditch, an off-duty nurse performed CPR but the man died in a healthcare facility. Vehicular ordeal The police west of Toronto are investigating a single vehicle crash in Oakville, Ont., that claimed the life of a 50-year old
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A man who went into cardiac arrest was given CPR by Good Samaritans in Edmonton. Dragomir Vujnovic, 57-years old had joined marathons, team ultramarathons and biked more than 200 kilometers to raise money for cancer research. Action of Good Samaritans He was out for a run in Edmonton’s river valley. All he recalls was leaving
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A 26-year old Abbotsford man drowned after jumping into Cultus Lake from a cliff. According to Chilliwack RCMP, a friend of the victim called 911 to report that his friend jumped into the lake and did not resurface. Dangers of cliff jumping Based on the statement of the police, the fatal jump was recorded by
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A man with gunshot wounds in Vancouver died despite delivery of CPR. The police were able to identify the man who was shot at a hotel in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Shooting ordeal The officers were called to the Savoy Hotel and arrived to find that someone utilized bear spray which made it hard for everyone
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In a press release, a young man died several weeks after the incident at Mission Leisure Centre pool. The young, international studied died several weeks after a serious incident at the Mission Leisure Centre. On April this year, a near-drowning incident occurred at the center. Water safety The lifeguards removed the young international student from
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3 London overdoses incidents that happened over a four-hour period. According to London police, there were 3 people who were overdosed in three separate incidents. These three people who were overdosed with fentanyl survived with the help of bystanders. Each of these incidents was provided with first aid and CPR before police and emergency medical
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A woman named Nicki Galley and her husband Matt Duke never expected that this day would forever change their lives. The two rode on their motorcycle and went for a ride. In a distance, they saw something in the ditch. Unforeseen ordeal in the wild According to the husband of Nicki, they tried to avoid
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Six people are dead following a head-on collision near Jasper, Alberta on a Tuesday evening. Bystanders provided first aid and CPR on the victims. Fatal collision According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the collision happened at around 5 in the afternoon on Highway 93 at Honeymoon Lake. It is about 60 kilometers south of
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A defibrillator or an automatic external defibrillator is already available in public buildings in Prince Edward Island. According to Chris Landry of the First Aid Services of the Island, he wants all people on the island to know how to use the defibrillator. Easy access to defibrillators Some people on the island have been using
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A woman is dead after falling from a balcony of a five-story apartment building in downtown Calgary. According to the police they are trying to arrest the woman due to a drug-related search warrant. Deadly fall The woman was asked to surrender by the police before she was found on the ground severely injured. Some
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Steve Stewart and Steve parks helped saves the life of a man. Certificates of commendation were presented to the 2 men along with Abbotsford Fire Rescue Captain Jim Durvin and firefighters Tom Dodd, Greg Herron and Scott Ellis. The awards were given at Abbotsford city council after an incident that occurred on April 17. Parking
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The Mounties confirm that an 81-year old Richmond woman died in a healthcare facility following a pedestrian crash. Based on a news release, the RCMP stated that the woman was hit by a late-model Mercedes SUV at around 6:30 PM in the area of No. 1 Road and Tucker road. Tragedy on the road The
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The players in an old-timer’s hockey league helped save a teammate’s life. One of the players suffered a heart attack in one of the dressing rooms at Pitt Meadows Arena Complex. His teammates delivered CPR and rushed to find a second defibrillator after discovering that the batteries in the first device were dead. On the
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A 23-year old Prince Rupert woman died on Texada Island on Saturday. It was around 6:20 PM when the RCMP were called for a possible drowning incident at Shingle Beach were the Diversity Festival was performing. According to the police, the woman was seen climbing a rocky bluff and it is believed that she fell
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