A team of women at a polling place saved a life. These women helped save a man who was suffering a heart attack while voting in the nation’s capital. According to WTOP-FM, a 75-year old retired custodian at Barnard Elementary School collapsed on Tuesday while voting in a polling place within the school. The election […]

Automated bank machines and coffee shops are ideal sites for AEDs. These sites are suitable for the installation of an automated external defibrillator (AED) to help people who collapsed after a cardiac arrest. Availability of AEDs Cardiac arrest triggers the heart to abruptly stop beating due to an electrical issue and considered as a medical

Citizens were given Abbotsford Police Board commendations. Five citizens received commendations from the Abbotsford Police Board for saving the life of a man who jumped off the Mission Bridge. Roger Williams, Jessie Garrison, Martin Hanle, Heather Hanle and Ron Thomas were given credit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTyoscIM3ic Rescue attempt The first 4 were in vehicles when they saw

A resident was holding the suspect on the floor in an attempted home invasion. A 19-year old man is in a severe condition in a healthcare facility after a reported home invasion earlier today on McKenzie Road in central Abbotsford. Timely intervention According to Sgt. Judy Bird, police were called to the scene. Upon arrival,

A 39-year old man was found unresponsive on Boxing Day. A man who was serving a life sentence for a gang-related murder died on Boxing Day at Pacific Institution in Abbotsford. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJFX-H-NVlc Timely assistance According to assistant warden Claude Demers, Gurwinder Mann, 39-years old was found unresponsive in the institution’s hospital. The staff members quickly

Life-saving efforts can help save a life. On the 7th yearly Survivor Day which was organized by Essex-Windsor paramedics, the first responders were reunited to those that were brought back from clinical death. Prompt intervention The 1st Survivor Day presented 5 survivors. The timely action of bystanders to execute CPR, available of public-use defibrillators (AED),

The 4 members of the Balmoral school faculty were honored for helping a student. Maryam Basharat was running outside along with her class when she fell and suffered a cardiac arrest. School tragedy Jillian Wright, a grade 8 and 9 teacher was on her knees and tried to check if the student had a pulse

A collision took the lives of 6 people including 2 journalists from the United States. The accident occurred on the Icefields Parkway close to the Honeymoon Lake campground. A van transporting 5 family members from Louisiana and Texas were heading north when it crashed with a southbound vehicle. Both vehicles caught fire. Devastating ordeal All

The death of a 32-year old man is still under investigation. The police were able to identify the victim as Clinton Roderick Roasting. He was shot outside Rundle Heights house. Although the emergency team arrived, the man died despite efforts to revive him. A man residing nearby attempted to perform CPR on the dying man

In bad times, around 30 people were rescued from dangerous waters off Long Beach. In a good year, there are around at least 8 rescues near Lovekin Rock. It was the area where Ann Wittenberg, a 52-year old Ottawa woman drowned on the wedding day of her daughter. It was also the same site where

An emergency call to the Simon Fraser University campus security added to the paramedics’ response time. The initial call from the scene of the emergency on Burnaby Mountain was made around 7 PM to the campus security. The campus security officers called 911 for help while on the way to the patient. The 6 campus

A 3-month old girl was revived and recovering in hospital after emergency response. A 911 ambulance dispatcher coached bystanders on how to perform infant CPR. Bystander CPR is one of the initial links in the chain of survival. It is vital for dispatchers to find someone to do it. Even if a person has not

Rapid action of bystanders and arena staff revived a man suffering from cardiac arrest. A 48-year old man went into cardiac arrest while he was playing hockey at the Minto Sports Complex. Bystander action The bystanders started to perform CPR after a man collapsed while others where instructed by a paramedics communications officer to the

A carver was moving door to door to sell his carvings when he ended up saving a life. Just in time According to Thomas Nibgoarsi, he was walking around the community of around 2,300 people when he saw a young girl waving her arms and begging of help. He initially though it was not a