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B.C. to require all schools to be equipped with AEDs, naloxoneThe mandate requires the tools to be in all high schools by the end of this year, while elementary schools must carry the equipment by September 2026.EducationAug 7
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Education minister backs AED deployment in B.C. schoolsThe comments come as a group of students from Vancouver's Point Grey Secondary fights to have one of the devices installed across their school district.EducationJan 3
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B.C. student who saw friend die says its ‘ridiculous’ school won’t accept AEDTobias Zhang's friend died at school of a cardiac arrest. He says the district won't allow him to donate a piece of equipment that could have saved the teen.EducationNov 29, 2024
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Order of Excellence for Alberta woman who turned tragedy into life-saving advocacyKim Ruether is to be recognized during a ceremony in Edmonton in October, when she is to receive the Alberta Order of Excellence from Lt.-Gov Salma Lakhani.CanadaSep 29, 2024
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Trent University adds 37 defibrillators at Peterborough, Durham campusesTrent University says an AED has been successfully used twice in the last 10 years in Peterborough. Among the 37 AEDs added include four in outdoor climate-controlled cabinets.HealthJun 10, 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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A Canadian is in cardiac arrest every 9 minutes, says report. Do you know how to help?A report said only four per cent of Canadians can identify when someone is experiencing cardiac arrest. This leaves people experiencing it much more vulnerable to death.HealthFeb 1, 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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Kamloops RCMP seize stolen firefighting gear, make 1 arrest'The items stolen were directly related to local wildfire response,' RCMP said, adding that they had been called to multiple similar thefts this week.CrimeAug 23, 2023
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