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A 51-year-old man who went into cardiac arrest while competing for his second-degree karate blackbelt was saved in what Ottawa paramedics are calling a textbook case of the “chain of survival” working.
The man, who was not identified, was competing as part of a day of celebration at Kanata’s Black Belt Excellence Martial Arts Academy when he collapsed to the floor, not breathing and without a pulse, according to Steven Leu, operations superintendent with the Ottawa Paramedics Service.
“The academy was packed with people and they sprung into action to start CPR on their friend.” While CPR was ongoing, someone called 911 and was told that there was a defibrillator across the parking lot in a city community centre.
Someone ran to get the defibrillator which was activated by a dentist from the same strip mall who came to help.
When the paramedics arrived, the victim was breathing, had a pulse and was starting to regain consciousness.
By the time they were getting him into the ambulance, Leu said, the man was arguing with paramedics about whether he needed to go to the hospital.
He was taken to Queensway Carleton Hospital in serious but stable condition and transferred to the Heart Institute.
Leu calls it a “fantastic news story because everything worked the way it was supposed to work. This is the way the system is supposed to work.”
Without bystander intervention and access to defibrillators, the survival rate from sudden cardiac arrest is grim.
Up to 40,000 cardiac arrests occur each year in Canada, about 85 per cent of them outside of the hospital. Only five per cent survive a cardiac arrest outside of hospital. The chance of survival doubles when early CPR in combination with defibrillation is used.
Saturday’s incident was an excellent illustration of what happens when the key elements of what is known as the “chain of survival” work, said Leu. They include: Early notification of 911, early bystander CPR, early defibrillation and early paramedic care.
The City of Ottawa maintains a database of publicly accessible defibrillators. When 911 receives a call about cardiac arrest the closest available defibrillator is identified. The public can register their defibrillators on the database at 613-580-2424, ext. 22452. The city also offers CPR classes at www.ottawa.ca.
Leu said he spoke to the people involved and thanked them for what they did.
“A group of friends and bystanders and interested people contributed to saving this guy’s life.”
epayne@postmedia.com
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The man, who was not identified, was competing as part of a day of celebration at Kanata’s Black Belt Excellence Martial Arts Academy when he collapsed to the floor, not breathing and without a pulse, according to Steven Leu, operations superintendent with the Ottawa Paramedics Service.
“The academy was packed with people and they sprung into action to start CPR on their friend.” While CPR was ongoing, someone called 911 and was told that there was a defibrillator across the parking lot in a city community centre.
Someone ran to get the defibrillator which was activated by a dentist from the same strip mall who came to help.
When the paramedics arrived, the victim was breathing, had a pulse and was starting to regain consciousness.
By the time they were getting him into the ambulance, Leu said, the man was arguing with paramedics about whether he needed to go to the hospital.
He was taken to Queensway Carleton Hospital in serious but stable condition and transferred to the Heart Institute.
Leu calls it a “fantastic news story because everything worked the way it was supposed to work. This is the way the system is supposed to work.”
Without bystander intervention and access to defibrillators, the survival rate from sudden cardiac arrest is grim.
Up to 40,000 cardiac arrests occur each year in Canada, about 85 per cent of them outside of the hospital. Only five per cent survive a cardiac arrest outside of hospital. The chance of survival doubles when early CPR in combination with defibrillation is used.
Saturday’s incident was an excellent illustration of what happens when the key elements of what is known as the “chain of survival” work, said Leu. They include: Early notification of 911, early bystander CPR, early defibrillation and early paramedic care.
The City of Ottawa maintains a database of publicly accessible defibrillators. When 911 receives a call about cardiac arrest the closest available defibrillator is identified. The public can register their defibrillators on the database at 613-580-2424, ext. 22452. The city also offers CPR classes at www.ottawa.ca.
Leu said he spoke to the people involved and thanked them for what they did.
“A group of friends and bystanders and interested people contributed to saving this guy’s life.”
epayne@postmedia.com
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