Off-duty Hamilton paramedic steps in to save life
By Julia Chapman, CBC News
Posted: Jul 22, 2012 5:30 PM ET
Last Updated: Jul 22, 2012 5:29 PM ET
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An off-duty Hamilton paramedic stepped in to help save an elderly man's life Saturday afternoon.
Hamilton paramedics professional standards manager Carmen D'Angelo said at about 4 p.m. Saturday, an 85-year-old man who was camping with family at the Flamboro Valley Camp Ground near Waterdown suffered from cardiac arrest.
The man's son started CPR, but a female off-duty paramedic who was at the camp ground by chance took over to help, said D'Angelo.
The man regained a pulse and started breathing on his own. He was transported to Hamilton General Hospital.
D'Angelo said he checked in with the hospital Sunday and the man is "doing fine."
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