February 23, 2012

City News Toronto: CPR Lesson Turns Into A Real Life MIKEY Rescue

Hero teachers save student's life with a MIKEY

Tom Hayes from City News Toronto, reports on the quick thinking teachers at Silverhorn Collegiate Highschool that used a MIKEY to save a 17 year old student. The MIKEY was placed at the school through our Mikey’s Young At Heart School Defibrillator Program. Part 1 (5:30 Newscast) Part 2 (6:00 Newscast)

Silverthorn Teachers Use A MIKEY To Save A 17 Year Old Student’s Life

Sharon McConnell and Sean King Save Student's Life with a MIKEY AED

In an amazing case of serendipity, Sean King was teaching his 9th Grade class CPR, when he noticed fellow teacher Sharon McConnell cradling a Grade 12 basketball player whose heart had stopped. The two teachers used a MIKEY defibrillator and CPR to restore the teen’s pulse before emergency crews arrived.  The young man is currently recovering. The Toronto Star [...]

GO Hero Uses A MIKEY Defibrillator To Save A Passenger’s Life

Mikey defibrillator used to save GO passenger

As the GO train pulled in to Union Station, George Koshil, who had been scheduled for coronary artery bypass surgery in late October, collapsed and went into cardiac arrest on Platform 12. Lucky for him, GO customer service ambassador Derek Thompson was there.  After Koshil stopped breathing, Thompson fastened a Mikey (portable Automated External Defibrillator) [...]

A Close Call and The Heros That Answered It In Aurora

MIKEY defibrilator

Earlier this month, we received a letter that touched all of our hearts.  It was the kind of happy news we love to get here at The Mikey Network.  We wanted to share it with you, the Mikey family,  because you make this happen.  Your support allows us to place AEDs where they are needed.  Your support [...]

Saved by that ‘MIKEY Miracle’

Saved By A Mikey Variety Village Press Conference

News Release – ‘Saved by that MIKEY Miracle’ By Kevin Connor, Sun Media July 10, 2008 Daniel Terbenche can’t help but think how access to a defibrillator could have saved his father’s life the way one saved him after a recent cardiac arrest. The 63-year-old Terbenche was exercising in January at Variety Village in the [...]

Man Saved At the Toronto Racquet Club By A Mikey Installed Just 6 days Prior

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  On November 2, 2006, the Toronto Racquet Club was the scene of a Mikey in action. One of the visiting Toronto & District league players, 36-year-old Sam Webster, came off the court at the completion of his match, collapsed and went into sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Within seconds, CPR was initiated. There was no [...]