CPR and AED

The brother of a Sydney man who died of a suspected drowning stated that his sibling was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Unforeseen ordeal in the water According to Gerald MacDonald, Greg MacDonald, 59-years old and his wife, Sharon were standing together, holding hands in waist deep water at the lifeguarded beach […]

Rifle-toting police gathered in a Baltimore suburb where a female office was fatally shot. The police are searching for suspects believed to be armed after witnesses reported gunfire and seeing the officer run over by a Jeep. The officer was badly injured. Several people attempted to keep her alive but she was later declared dead

A 21-year old man drowned in Lac St-Pierre in Val-des-Monts in the Outaouais. The man was at a friend’s party on private land when he decided to perform a somersault into the lake around midnight. Watery ordeal The man did not surface and according to the MRC des Collines police Sergeant Daniel Parizeau, none of

A man is dead and a woman in serious condition after a three-car-crash on the Malahat. According to the British Columbia Emergency Health Services they were sent to the northbound lane of the Vancouver Island near Aspen Road of Victoria. They confirmed one person is dead. The dead man has been identified as David James

A mail bomber was arrested for attempts to murder his ex-wife and two lawyers from Winnipeg. The bombs were sent through a mail in 2015. The man named Guido Amsel was sentenced to life imprisonment. First aid for victim According to Constable Paul Barker, he was on patrol when he received a report of a

The Consumers’ Association of Canada urges the Senate to include medical supplies and AED or automated external defibrillator to be considered in legislation that will result to a new bill of rights of airline passengers. Need for more defibrillators This was suggested by one of the passengers aboard a WestJet flight from Hawaii to Calgary

A large contingent of emergency crews responded to a house fire at 17808 93 St. At the site, 2 young teens were pulled out from a house fire. Timely rescue of teens The Edmonton Fire Rescue Services Deputy Chief Scott MacDonald stated that 2 young teenagers were quickly transported to a healthcare facility after the

Residents of Edmonton’s Lago Lindo neighborhood are devasted after a fire. The incident started as a cooking fire that tore through a house and hospitalized 3 people. The fire started in the kitchen of a single-family house at 17808 93 St. The fire was due to over-heated cooking oil left unattended for a few minutes.

A 21-year old Saskatchewan woman died after a large lawn mower fell on her in the Town of Dewberry maintenance yard. According to Sgt. Juan Huss, speaking on behalf of the Kitscoty RCMP, a man who was walking by saw the woman trapped under the large tractor mower. He ran across the street to the

The Summerside Police Department has a defibrillator in one of its patrol cars. One officer hopes it will get 3 more machines in the next budget year. According to Cpl. Jason Blacquiere, police often arrive before the paramedics during vehicle accidents and other medical emergencies. Around 85% of cardiac arrest cases in Canada occur outside

A victim of a deadly Vancouver shooting incident was identified. The Vancouver Police have identified a man who was killed after a shooting in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Unforeseen crisis The officers were called to the Savoy Hotel and arrived to find that someone utilized bear spray which made it hard for everyone inside to breathe.

The man was running toward the finish line at Jasper Avenue and 103 Street when he collapsed. A doctor who was driving by the Edmonton Marathon rushed to help the man who collapsed and ceased to breathe just blocks away from the finish line. The man was resuscitated by Dr. Tamara Kuzma. She rushed from

The city police are investigating a sudden death at Edmonton Remand Centre. According to Staff Sgt. Angela Kemp, the officers were called to the jail as response to a death of a male inmate. Death within the cell At around 10 AM, a male inmate was discovered to be unresponsive in his cell. The staff

A city police officer who fatally shot a man with a hunting knife during a traffic stop was cleared of any wrongdoing. Vitaly Saving, 55-years old was shot dead in southwest Edmonton after a confrontation with an officer. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) released the findings of the investigation. Finding the truth According

A woman named Cassandra Panyter working in the Pro shop rushed to help a man having a cardiac arrest. She is also a trained lifeguard. It was only her first week in the job. She saw a man taken to the clubhouse in a golf cart. Another person called an ambulance. The man was having

A Winnipeg man rushed to help an indigenous man having a heart attack in a downtown sidewalk during rush hour traffic. There is roughly a chance a bystander will attempt to provide first aid or CPR to save a life before paramedics shows up. Because the victim is an aboriginal man lying on the street,

A mail carrier named Corey Gallagher was delivering mails to an apartment building when he found a woman unconscious and lying in the lobby. According to Gallagher he thought the woman was just intoxicated and passed out. He found white powder on the dress of the woman and thought she had an overdose of fentanyl.

A 78-year old Sydney resident went into cardiac arrest during lunch hour at Casino Nova Scotia. The man was with his friend, Tom Farrell for their regular weekly lunch at the Celtic Junction Bar & Grille restaurant and trying out his luck on some of the machines. The turn of events turned into a scary