February 4, 2009
The BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) presented local business owners, a husband and wife team, with Vital Link Awards to recognize their actions which saved a customer's life.
On September 9, 2008, retired police officer Ted Hayward went into the local IGA for some fruit before heading to the gym. As he was leaving the store, he collapsed in the doorway. Owner Kristine Smith ran to him and noticed that he was grey, he did not have a pulse and he was not breathing. She immediately started chest compressions and told someone to call 911 immediately. Her husband Kelly arrived on the scene and took over chest compressions while Kristine performed the breaths until BCAS paramedics arrived.
The Vital Link Awards were presented to the Smiths on Feb. 4, 2009, at the IGA in North Vancouver by BCAS Superintendent Buck Black and the attending paramedic John Mckinlay. The patient, Ted Hayward was also present.
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