June 17, 2008
Kaye and John Halstead were having breakfast on September 14, 2007, when John appeared unresponsive at the table, as if he had drifted off to sleep. "I called his name and shook him a little bit, but he didn't respond, so I called 9-1-1," Kaye Halstead recalled. "The BC Ambulance Service dispatcher was very helpful; he told me to put my husband on the floor, tilt his head back, and to listen for any breathing. All I could hear was a little gurgling. The dispatcher then talked me through the steps of CPR, which I continued until the BCAS paramedics arrived."
On June 16, BCAS Superintendent Richard Chick, BCAS Regional Medical Director for the Lower Mainland Dr. Karen Wanger and BCAS Emergency Medical Dispatcher Shaun Hansen presented a Vital Link Medal to Kaye Halstead for her role in saving her husband's life through dispatch guided CPR.
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