Off-Duty Heroism: B.C. Nurse Honoured for Saving Friend's Life
Bystander CPR and AED use can raise cardiac arrest survival by 50 per cent, paramedics said as they recognized Lara Kesteloo.
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Off-duty heroism: B.C. nurse honoured for saving friend's life
BC Emergency Health Services presented a letter of commendation and challenge coin to recognize the lifesaving actions of Lara Kesteloo, who jumped into action when a friend and fellow nurse, Skye Maynard, had a cardiac arrest event two years ago. In September 2024, Kesteloo and Maynard were working out at the gym when Maynard began feeling chest pressure, then suddenly collapsed, having a seizure leading to cardiac arrest. “I thought I just go…
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Goldstream News GazetteWoman celebrated for giving life-saving CPR in Saanich
While working a job where one is typically a witness to the worst days of peoples lives, it’s a “real pleasure” to celebrate the stories with a happy ending. On Thursday, July 30, Saanich-based paramedics presented Lara Kesteloo with a BCEHS commendation letter and challenge coin for saving the life of her friend who collapsed from cardiac arrest in September 2024. That fateful day, Kesteloo and her friend Skye Maynard were running in Saanich as…
A sequence moved the community of Villa Adelina, in the Buenos Aires party of San Isidro. A policeman patrolling the area discovered that a baby was drowning and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers (CPR) to save him. His actions were grateful for the baby’s family on social networks, who said that the cash “was his angel.” The event occurred on July 17 during the morning. During a family meeting, the one-year-old, identified as Mil…
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