On February 25, 2015, personnel from units 205 and 219 responded to a call concerning a road accident involving first responders at the corner of Sherbrooke Street and Saint-Hubert Street. Upon arrival at the scene, firefighters from stations 5 and 19 observed the motionless body of man inside the vehicle. Firefighters from truck 205 pulled the man from the vehicle and immediately began resuscitation with assistance from the team from unit 219. Three shocks were administered to the man, who was then transported to hospital, where he was resuscitated. For six days, the 43-year-old man received specialized cardiology care under anesthesia. Just as intensive care personnel began to raise concern about his brain condition, the patient, Mario Perron, came out of his coma, and rehabilitation has since begun.

On May 25, 2015, in conjunction with the Semaine nationale des services préhospitaliers d’urgence (National emergency medical services week) and three months after Mr. Perron suffered his cardiac episode, Urgences-santé invited the firefighters from stations 5 and 19 to come and meet him. “Each of the emergency first responders had a critical role to play, and this was an eloquent demonstration of the chain of survival,” said Martine Cyr, head of quality assurance and development with the SIM’s first responders and specialized operations division (Division des premiers répondants et des opérations spécialisées).

Congratulations to firefighters Stéphane Jacques (5-3), Jean-Sébastien Cyr (5-3), Alexandre David (5-3), Benoit Bergevin (19-3) and Stéphane Mercier (19-3), lieutenants Jean-François Thibault (5-3) and Sylvain Duval (19-3) and Captain Serge Dessureault (19-3).

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