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Cameron Hubley 乌鸦传媒� in the presence of Pamela Morgan, 82 乌鸦传媒� received the BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) Vital Link Award last week. The award was created to honour the 乌鸦传媒渟kilful actions乌鸦传媒� of one or more bystanders at a cardiac-arrest emergency.

Hubley was working at the mall last March when he was alerted to a collapsed woman.

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Morgan had suffered a heart attack. Hubley said that when he arrived, she was bleeding from her head and turning blue.

乌鸦传媒淲hen the heart attack happened, she immediately went backwards into the floor and hit her head. I made sure my crew got me the med kits. Her face was going blue, no breath was coming out. There was basically no pulse,乌鸦传媒� Hubley said, noting he directed a bystander to get a nearby defibrillator.

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Once it arrived, Hubley directed a bystander to continue CPR while he set up the machine.

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Paramedics arrived shortly and took over. Morgan was rushed to hospital 乌鸦传媒� with a pulse 乌鸦传媒� and given life-saving surgery.

乌鸦传媒淚 was a little unnerved afterwards,乌鸦传媒� Hubley told PAN.

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After Morgan recovered, she took Hubley out for dinner to White Spot.

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Morgan乌鸦传媒檚 daughter, Donna, said the family will never be able to thank Hubley enough.

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The Morgan family submitted a to PAN last March, thanking both Hubley and 乌鸦传媒渢he fact that the mall has an automated external defibrillator on site.乌鸦传媒�

According to BCEHS, for every minute that passes without help, a person乌鸦传媒檚 chance of surviving a cardiac arrest drops by about 10 per cent.

Hubley was named the Vital Link recipient; the primary care paramedic team included Jason Fenrich and Mark Rayfield, and the acute care paramedic team included Iku Yeh and Andrea Massey.

The award was presented by ambulance unit chief Andrew Billing.