Cool how this worked out.

[ZR]

A 50-year-old man who had a heart attack while playing recreational hockey on St. Patrick's Day was saved by teammates who started CPR and used a nearby defibrillator.

Paramedics received the call just before 9:30 p.m. Friday from the ice at Carleton University.

Dispatch informed the team of the location of the closest defibrillator, and one of the other players on the team applied the device to the man. When paramedics arrived a few minutes later, the man was awake and talking.

He was taken to The Ottawa Hospital and was in stable condition.

[SVOMACH1]

Nice when things have a happy ending.

[RedSN]

Amazing that something as simple as CPR and something as cheap as an emergency defibrillator can make such a difference.

Was taught CPR when I took swimming lessons as a kid. I should take a refresher course. It should really be taught in school.

[Blackmare]

Amazing that something as simple as CPR and something as cheap as an emergency defibrillator can make such a difference.

Was taught CPR when I took swimming lessons as a kid. I should take a refresher course. It should really be taught in school.

100%

[BOOOSTD]

Amazing that something as simple as CPR and something as cheap as an emergency defibrillator can make such a difference.

Was taught CPR when I took swimming lessons as a kid. I should take a refresher course. It should really be taught in school.

^^ x3

I still don't get why they haven't incorporated it into the phys-ed programs

[Stephen06GT]

^^ x3

I still don't get why they haven't incorporated it into the phys-ed programs

Because it makes too much sense.

[RedSN]

Another happy first aid success story:

http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/heimlich-hero-video-captures-student-calmly-saving-friend-s-life-1.3339304
https://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.3339312.1490367875!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_620/image.jpg

...Will Olson, begins to choke on a cheese curd. After several seconds his friend, Ian Brown, calmly walks over, put his arms around Olson's abdomen, and presses upward several times before successfully dislodging the food from Olson's airway. Brown learned the technique in a youth program put on by the La Crosse Police Department. He tells ABC News , "I was just doing what I was trained to do."

[ZR]

^ Thats amazing.