The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

8 bd 3 Continued from page 1 talking to others. The 27-year-old George- Hills | Thursday, November 25, 2021 | £ she stopped outside their 2 house. "I was chatting with our meignbour and pesaidt was ing and then it was ike Tjuat turned off and I fell," Anastasi; said. “There were no warning s." Fortunately, Veronica was ina car seat which pro- tected her from the fall Anastasiya, though, experiencing ventricular fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat where the heart twitches, preventing it from pumping blood to the body. When the Kaczmareks were moving a year ago, they worried about buying a house on a busy four-lan« road with two young kids. They eventually decided they could not pass on the house. That would prove to be a fortuitous decision Chris Gi hi on the sidewalk. Giles got out of his car and rushed to her side. “She was in serious need immediate emergency treatment," he said. "She hadno me and she wasn't breat Giles, who served as a paratrooper i in the Canadi- worked asa police officer for 30 years, was trained in and had per- formed CPR before. He started performing chest compressions. Miles, justa few minutes from home when he made the call, rushed home. "There's just so much fear and anxiety,” he said. "You don't know what you're going to find wnat you get there." Giles continued to per- form compressions until paramedics and firefight- ers arrived and took over ating Anastasiya. "The EMS and firefight- ers, they provide the ad- vanced life-saving treat- ment she needed to give her a fighti chance," Giles said. "CPR, that's the bridge to get her there." November is CPR month and the Canadian Red Cross encourages people to et ti on how to ad- minister CPR. Paul Lamey, public safe- y education QUICK RESPONSE VITAL TO SURVIVAL: PARAMEDIC “There's nothing we can ever do to thank him enough, except explain how grateful we are." big difference in survival rates. “Every minute (without CPR) results in a seven to10 per cent decrease in the chance of survival." According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, eight out of 10 cardiac events happen outside of a hospital. Chest compres- sions ane can be effective in helping circulate blood and ¢ carry eon * e body. PR helps provide oxy edic services for Halton Region, said a quick response with CPR makes a That's crucial," Lame “If you're not sure about providing breaths, just use - Anastasiya Kaczmarek chest compressions." Anastasiya was in a co- ma for three days after- ward. “That was the darkest part of it," Miles said. "We didn't know how she was going to be cognitively.” part from memory loss around the incident, Anas- tasiya has made a full re- covery. She had surgery to implant a cardioverter defi- brillator. "T still don't have an an- swer about why it hap- pened, “ she said. Kaczmareks praieed the emergency re- sponse, from paramedics an on the scene to the doctors and nurses who treated her in the hospital. But both are sure without Giles stepping in rm CPR in those would not have been as pos- itive. ever do to thank enough, except explain how grateful we are," Anastasi- ya said. "I'm going to see my daughters grow up because of what he did." “There's nothing we can him STORY BEHIND THE STORY: November is CPR month. Each year, 35,000 Canadians go into cardiac arrest and knowing how to perform CPR properly can increase the chances of survival. With that in mind, we wanted to share how CPR was instrumental in saving a local woman recently. Magic Mixies - Ages: 6-8 yom READERS’ CHOICE 2021 Fitbit Luxe - Ages: 9-13 LAMONT ROOFING WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING YOUR LOCAL LAMONT “> Roofing 8 Aunisnat 905-703-4481 BUSINESS 2021 DURING COVID-19 TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION WE ARE HAVING A . HOLIDAY PRIZE <e : DRAW ENTRIES ACCEPTED NOV. 25TH TO DEC 11TH WINNERS ANNOUNCED DEC. 16TH € IN THE Savers SUBMIT ENTRY - PRIZES FROM THE TOP TOYS LIST OF 2021 ALEX LAMONT (OWNER) WILL PERSONALLY DELIVER TO THE WINNERS HOME SO AS TO ENSURE SOCIAL DISTANCING. ED R. W. VIS FOR LOCAL RESIDENCES ONLY : Proudly Serving Halton Hills and Surrounding Areas for 30yrs Faceboo © REPAIRS © STRIPS * RE-ROOFING ONE ENTRY PER CHILD PLEASE Submit entries to: kkosonic@starmetrolandmedia.com Lamont Roofing & Aluminium | c/o Kelli Kosonic | 905-873-7162 Sees, Liat