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News Coverage of Officer Andrew Rosbrook’s Memorial Run

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Andrew Rosbrook Team MikeyLast Thursday September 26, one of our MIKEY “saves”, Toronto police officer Andrew Rosbrook, took part in the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Run from Toronto to Ottawa. When Andrew collapsed during a Marathon five months ago, fellow police officer, Laurie McCann, was one of the first people on scene. He and Laurie are both ran to honour and give thanks to fallen officers and their families.

Constable Andrew Rosbrook and The Mikey Network saw a lot of news coverage during the run. Here’s our news roundup:

CTV Toronto – Officer running 460k to Ottawa once suffered cardiac arrest

CBC – Cop Up and Running Again After Near Fatal- Collapse

Global News – National Peace- Officers Memorial Run Begins Today in Toronto

CBC – Toronto cop running again

Global News – Hundreds Take Part in Run Ride to Honour Fallen Police Officers

Huffington Post – Cop Up and Running Again

Yahoo Finance – Toronto Police Officer to Run a Three Day Relay Five Months After Rebounding from Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Digital Journal – Toronto Police Officer to Run a Three Day Relay Five Months After Rebounding from Sudden Cardiac

City News – Toronto Cop on Moment His Heart Stopped Beating

City News – Toronto Cop to Run Relay After Facing Death

Global News – Run to Remember

680 News – National Peace Officers Memorial Run Begins Thursday

 

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Police officer running a three day relay, five months after rebounding from sudden cardiac arrest

Mikey NetworkConstable Andrew Rosbrook (second from right) suffered sudden cardiac arrest while running the Toronto Half Marathon in May 2013. He was saved by fellow runner/Toronto Police Detective Constable Laurie McCann, a doctor and two paramedics using a MIKEY defibrillator.  Prior to the 2013 National Police Officers ‘Run To Remember’, on Sept. 26/13, from Toronto to Ottawa, Andrew and Laurie connected with Mikey Network Chairman and President of Heathwood Homes Hugh Heron (at right) and Executive Director Morty Henkle. (Photo: Nicola Betts)

Nearly five months after suffering sudden cardiac arrest during Toronto’s Half Marathon, Toronto Police Constable Andrew Rosbrook is on a team of over 250 law enforcement professionals participating in the National Peace Officers’ Memorial ‘Run To Remember’ which started today.

His commitment to run his 4th relay, is in part because of a MIKEY defibrillator.

The 460 km ‘Run to Remember’ started at 9am from the Ontario Police Memorial site at Queens Park in Toronto. The three-day relay ends in Ottawa where the annual Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Service happens on Parliament Hill.

In May, 2013, as Rosbrook was about to finish his race, he collapsed with no sign of breathing or heartbeat. In seconds, Det. Const. Laurie McCann with an off-duty doctor and a paramedic trainee performed CPR until paramedics arrived with a portable MIKEY.

After being shocked once, Rosbrook’s heart began beating.  He was then taken by ambulance to Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital where a stent was placed in his left descending artery which had become completely blocked. Three days later he was released, and a month later he was running again.

Said Mikey Network Chairman Hugh Heron, “Const. Rosbrook is our 16th save. His miraculous recovery has allowed him to participate in a sport that he loves, and is true testimony to his second chance at life.”

Mikey NetworkRUNNING IN SEPTEMBER AFTER CARDIAC ARREST IN MAY

Toronto Police Const. Andrew Rosbrook (l) and Mikey Network Chairman and President of Heathwood Homes Hugh Heron believe defibrillators should be as accessible as fire extinguishers.  While running the Toronto Half Marathon in May 2013, Const. Rosbrook was saved following sudden cardiac arrest by a team using a MIKEY defibrillator. (Photo: Nicola Betts)

In a recent Facebook post Rosbrook said, “I am doing this run not only to give thanks to fallen officers and support their families, but to illustrate and highlight the awesome benefit of AED’s, the crucial role MIKEY played in my survival and recovery and my hope that one day they’ll be as commonplace in our society as fire extinguishers.”

Rosbrook will be participating in the relay with Const.  McCann, now a good friend, who helped save his life five months ago.

Gymnastics Energy Receives a MIKEY

mikey defibrillator donation

Michelle Tucker, Recreational Program Director of Gymnastics Energy with Cotie Drinkwater, Owner and General Manager of TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® Niagara Region and Morty Henkle, Executive Director of The Mikey Network

We’re pleased to announce that one more MIKEY has been placed in a public space.

Michelle Tucker, Recreational Program Director of Gymnastics Energy in St. Catharines ON accepted a MIKEY donated by Cotie Drinkwater, Owner and General Manager of TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® Niagara Region.

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We’re so please to see more MIKEYs being placed where the public is most in need of them. Defibrillators should be as common as fire extinguishers and available in all public places.

Thank you to Cotie Drinkwater and TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® Niagara Region for their generous donation.

Toronto Police Officer Gets A Second Chance At Life Thanks To A Fellow Police Officer, A Doctor, & A Paramedic Using A MIKEY

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toronto police officer saved with defibrillator

Const. Andrew Rosbrook (R), and Det. Const. Laurie McCann (L), who helped save his life.

We just received some amazing news that we have to share. Tonight on The Mikey Network Facebook page, Officer Andrew Rosbrook, left this note telling his story.  Andrew’s story starts rough, but ends in the best, most inspirational way.

Just 5 months after collapsing from Sudden Cardiac Arrest at the Toronto Half Marathon, Andrew will be running in the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Run, from Toronto to Ottawa. He expects to run between 80 and 100 kilometres!

Here is Andrew’s story in his words:

” On May 5th, 2013, while nearing the finish of the Toronto Half Marathon, I collapsed. Within seconds, a police officer, two off duty doctors and a trainee paramedic were on scene. They rolled me over and realized I did not have a pulse and was not breathing. For close to seven minutes they performed CPR and AR on me.

Twice they thought they could feel a pulse and twice they realized that my heart was not pumping on its own. Two paramedics on bicycles arrived carrying a portable AED which had been provided by the Mikey Network. The pads were applied and I was shocked once. My heart started and I was transported to St Mikes Hospital where a stent was introduced to my left descending artery, which had become completely blocked.

After three days I was released from hospital and within a month I was running again. As an avid and experienced competitive runner, it would have been unimaginable for me not to run.

On September 26 (Five months after my cardiac arrest) I will be part of a team of 250 police officers and law enforcement professionals running from Toronto to Ottawa to honour those officers who have given their lives in the line of duty. We shall arrive in Ottawa on September 28. I expect to run somewhere in the region of 80 to 100 kilometres in the three day period.

I am doing this run not only to give thanks to fallen officers and support their families, but also to illustrate and highlight the awesome benefit of AED’s, the crucial role they played in my survival and recovery and my hope that one day they will be as commonplace in our society as fire extinguishers.

I have included the link for the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Run, which has a Toronto Star article about my collapse. If you see us running through the streets of Toronto or Ottawa or along Highway 2, pause for a moment and give us a cheer. Oh and I apologize if you are the one stuck behind us in traffic. https://www.facebook.com/460km

As a very poignant footnote, the police officer who helped save me, Laurie McCann, has become a very good friend and running partner of mine and will be running with me to Ottawa. “

We know you will join us in supporting Andrew as he runs in the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Run. His story is an inspiration to all of here at The Mikey Network.