CPR
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest shows access to defibrillators can save lives: expertDamar Hamlin's cardiac arrest on the field during Monday Night Football may serve as a wake-up call for many Canadians, says a spokesman for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.HealthJan 4, 2023
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