Alberta mother recounts tragedy of losing son after he went into cardiac arrest

Kim Reuther lost her teenage son 12 years ago to cardiac arrest. New data from the Heart and Stroke Foundation indicates nearly half of all cardiac arrest incidents happen in people under age 65. As health reporter Katherine Ward explains, the calls are growing to get more people trained in CPR and how to use automatic external defibrillators.

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