CPR
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He saved a man’s life using CPR in a B.C. park. A year later, he did it againNovember is CPR month, and according to the Canadian Red Cross, giving bystander CPR almost doubles the odds of survival for those experiencing cardiac arrest.HealthNov 24
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B.C. mulls making CPR training mandatory in high schools after student’s overdoseIn an open letter, her mother Caroline McIntyre, who is an emergency physician, said a 15-minute delay in her daughter receiving naloxone or CPR contributed to her death.HealthMay 21, 2024
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Junior hockey player to be honoured for saving drowning man’s lifeTy Hurley of the Kelowna Rockets pulled a fully clothed man from a hotel pool, then successfully performed CPR.CanadaFeb 28, 2024
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B.C. residents learn life-saving first aid in honour of 11-year-old Caleb KroffatThe annual training event is held in honour of 11-year-old Caleb Kroffat, who died suddenly outside of the Island Savings Centre in the Vancouver Island city.HealthFeb 19, 2024
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Cardiac arrest can affect you at ‘any age.’ What to know about risksEvery nine minutes a Canadian suffers a cardiac arrest outside the hospital and only one in 10 people will survive, according to a report by the Heart and Stroke Foundation.HealthFeb 1, 2024
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Ontario man grateful to hardware store ‘guardian angels’ for saving his lifeAn emotional John McKiernan returned to the Peterborough-area Home Hardware store this week to thank his 'guardian angels' who saved him after he had suffered a cardiac arrest.CanadaOct 3, 2023
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Bystanders pull man from water off Kingston’s Gord Downie PierAbigail Harrison, a Kingston woman who was one of several people who saved a man from drowning in Lake Ontario over the long weekend, urges others to get CPR training.CanadaAug 9, 2023
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2 men dead in Calgary house fireCalgary fire received multiple reports of a home in the 2800 block of 41st Street Southwest having heavy smoke coming from the basement window at around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.FireJul 26, 2023
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‘Hero’ stranger saves Calgary man’s life with CPRA Calgary woman was in the right place at the right time when a man suddenly collapsed from a heart attack. She jumped out of her car and saved his life with CPR.CanadaJun 26, 2023
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2-year-old girl dead after being pulled from Bow River near CanmoreThursday evening police were told about a missing toddler at the Bow River campsite and shortly after the search began, they found the girl in the river and started CPR.CanadaJun 9, 2023
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