A man is in stable condition at the Kelowna General Hospital after being saved by RCMP officers.
On Saturday morning, officers with the Castlegar RCMP were approached in the detachment parking lot by a group of people looking for help.
A man had collapsed while preparing for the local market and he was found unconscious in his RV. Two on-duty officers found the 53-year-old inside his vehicle, carried him outside and began doing CPR on him.
The officers had an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) with them and while one of the officers performed CPR, the other prepared the AED.
The machine was attached to the man and activated.
“It would appear that the quick actions of others combined with the preparedness and training of our officers and the quick response by BCAS, the male was sufficiently stabilized until he was able received further medical treatment,” stated Sgt Laurel Mathew, Detachment Commander of the Castlegar RCMP.
After the officers did CPR and used the AED, BC Ambulance Services arrived on scene and took over.
The man was taken to the Kelowna General Hospital and is now in stable condition.
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