Enrolling in a training course on CPR can help save lives. People listen when paramedic Kelly Dashney speaks. She saves lives for a living. She has worked with the medical team staffing NASCAR and Formula 1 events. She also teaches at John Abbot College and instructs citizens on basic life-saving techniques. Importance of CPR training […]
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A 13-month old boy died despite first aid attempts after choking on food while eating at his daycare in Gatineau. Child in danger The incident occurred at around 11:45 AM at the CPE La Ribambelle in the Aylmer sector of Gatineau. When the staff saw that the boy was in distress, they attempted to resuscitate
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A 50-year old man went into cardiac arrest but saved with prompt delivery of CPR. Todd France might have missed on his chance to score during a breakaway early in the game at the Dorval Oldtimers hockey tournament but won a bigger battle just minutes into the 2nd period. Saving a life with CPR As
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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 though 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.
A St. John’s man was recognized for saving the life of his friend with the Heimlich maneuver. During the incident, his rapid thinking saved his friend’s life. Something wrong During a vacation in the Dominican Republic with his wife and friends, Lloyd Best performed the Heimlich maneuver on his friend Rosemary Jackman after a piece
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A drowning incident involving a 3-year old was given CPR. Sadly, the child died at a pool party in east Toronto. The incident occurred on Dallimore Circle near Eglington Avenue East and Don Mills Road. Watery ordeal A uniformed officer was the first responder on the scene and CPR was immediately performed on the child.
A 78-year old man died in an ice boat crash despite CPR. The incident occurred when his ice boat crashed on the Bay of Quinte. An ice boat is strikingly the same as a sailboat but equipped with skates or skis to allow it to glide over ice. Icy ordeal The ice boat seems to
A baby was revived with CPR by a constable. Halton Regional Police Const. Rick Buys was recognized as a hero by an Oakville family after reviving a newborn. The mother of the newborn was grocery shopping at the Real Canadian Superstore with her 2 children – 2-year old daughter and 6-week old Evan. While in
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There is an increase in the availability of an automatic external defibrillator (AED) in the public. These devices are readily accessible in public buildings but it is also important that the public are aware that it is easy to use. Safe device to use According to Chris Landry of Island First Aid Services, the device
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Toddlers were given CPR during an incident in a Laval pool. The police urges 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
Mark Smith was grateful for strangers who saved his life. For him, if it wasn’t for the intervention of an “angel”, he would not be alive. Smith got the chance to thank 2 of the people who rushed to his side when his heart abruptly stopped during a jog. Strangers on the rescue The 62-year
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The man who saved the life of Kitchener heart attack victim with CPR was an angel. For Jessica Burman Zinger, the man is a hero and angel who saved the life of her husband. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTyoscIM3ic&t=3s Zinger thought her husband was going to die after he collapsed on the road outside a Kitchener coffee shop. Minutes
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Patrick O’Brien performed CPR on a fan who collapsed before the game. The goalie for the Gander Flyers saved a life before the team took on the Corner Brook Royals. When a fan collapsed and unresponsive, the bystanders at the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League (NLSHL) game ran to the Flyers’ change room to get netminder
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Some Toronto police officers are expected to be equipped with naloxone but have expired first aid training. Naloxone is a drug that reverses an opioid overdose. Based on a new report, those who are chosen to administer the life-saving drug have expired first aid training. Based on the report, 44% of the officers who will
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The prompt delivery of roadside CPR saved the life of a baby girl. Geraldina Carvalho and David McEvoy both pulled over and delivered CPR until the arrival of the paramedics. Saving a life The 2 local heroes save the life of a 7-week old girl on the side of an Ottawa road. Both are urging
A P.E.I. doctor suggests CPR training to help those suffering from a heart attack. According to Dr. Des Colohan, P.E.I chief coroner, the keys in surviving a heart attack is to have someone who knows how to respond properly. Importance of CPR training Even married couples must take into consideration the fact that if his/her
The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) is investigating after Abbotsford police officers performed CPR. The incident involved performing the life-saving skill on an unconscious man who did not survive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTyoscIM3ic&t=3s On the line The IIO is a civilian-led agency responsible for investigating officer-related incidents of death or serious harm. The Abbotsford Police Department responded to a
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An 18-year old University of Toronto student died despite the delivery of CPR. The incident occurred during a trip to the school’s engineering camp. The student was found beneath a floating dock not long after he and his classmates jumped into a lake. According to his family, the second-year civil engineering student Anand Baiju, did
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A 45-year old Sydney woman died despite CPR after rescuing distressed swimmers stranded by a riptide. According to RCMP Const. Tammy Lobb, the Emergency Health Services paramedics, local firefighters and the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre responded to a report of a group of distressed swimmers at a beach in Broad Cove. Before the arrival of
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