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Kamloops students learn what it takes to save a life
KAMLOOPS – Students at Westsyde Secondary in Kamloops have learned valuable skills that one day…
Penticton heart attack victim thanks life savers
PENTICTON - A Penticton man is effusive in his gratitude to the people who saved his life after he suffered a heart attack while playing pickle ball at the community centre gym. Gary Gierlich, 58, says his last memory before collapsing on April 16 was a feeling of dizziness. The next thing he remembers is waking up...
Automated defibrillators could be coming to a high school near you
KAMLOOPS - The foundation that brought first aid training to Kamloops secondary students could soon be bringing the automated defibrillators to local schools. The Advance Coronary Treatment Foundation is offering to help establish an automated external defibrillator program. It would be an expansion of the CPR training already in place and students at participating schools would...