Victoria | Good Sams rescue man from house fire in Glen Iris
A man was treated for smoke inhalation and minor burns after he was rescued from a Glen Iris house fire. On February 12 at 2.45pm, firefighters responded to calls of a fire on Station Avenue near...
View ArticleNew South Wales | Little heroes save two-year-old from drowning in pool
Two year-old Florrie Butler will have three heroes to look up to when she grows up – her two sisters and her neighbour. Florrie Butler was wearing her floaties and having fun playing in the backyard...
View ArticleNew South Wales | Man rescued after falling from jet ski – Penrith
A man was rescued from the Nepean River after falling from his jet ski yesterday, thanks largely to the quick thinking of a friend and two other members of the public. Shortly before 5pm (Thursday 14...
View ArticleNew South Wales | Paramedics respond to series of difficult call-outs
A boy has died after his trail bike was involved in a collision on a property in the state’s west this morning (Sunday 14 April 2013) About 11.45am the 11-year-old boy was riding his trail bike on a...
View ArticleVictoria | Good Sams rescue woman and dog from fast-moving apartment fire in...
Firefighters have blamed an unattended candle for a fire at a Swan Street apartment. A young lady and her dog were rescued from her Richmond balcony after fire broke out this morning. The woman was...
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Alberta | Man credits off-duty AHS staff, AED for saving his life
A local man credits the fast actions of off-duty Alberta Health Services (AHS) staff and access to an automated external defibrillator (AED) for saving his life after going into cardiac arrest at a...
View ArticleEngland | SECAmb paramedic praises leisure centre staff
A Sittingbourne paramedic has praised the efforts of leisure centre staff which led to the successful resuscitation of a 60-year-old man. The staff went to the aid of the man who had collapsed and...
View ArticleBritish Columbia | Good Sams rescue 14 people from frigid waters of Lake...
A Victoria PD (VicPD) member, his 15 year old daughter, and a Youbou resident are being credited with saving the lives of 14 people after coming to the aid of an overturned vessel on Lake Cowichan....
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England | Dame Helen Mirren celebrates London Ambulance Service awards
Dame Helen Mirren presented awards to volunteer life-savers at a City Hall ceremony on Sunday 9 June. The London Ambulance Service awards, which were attended by over 200 people, recognised the...
View ArticleNew Zealand | Good Sams safely stop bus travelling wrong way over Auckland...
Monday, 26 August 2013 – 4:48pm, Waitemata At around 1pm today police were called to reports of a bus travelling north in the southbound lanes over the Harbour Bridge. Minutes earlier the passenger...
View ArticleVictoria | Good Sams rescue teenager from house fire in Brighton
Two passers-by smashed a window to gain entry and rescue a teenage boy from a house fire in Brighton. The fire started in the kitchen about 1.30pm on Wednesday 13 November and although not a big fire,...
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NZ | Waikato river rescue linked to Hamilton hit and run
Waikato Police say it may be some time before they establish the most appropriate way to formerly acknowledge the actions of officers and members of the public following two incidents that left a...
View ArticleNew South Wales | Ashcroft victim reflects on horrific mauling by dogs
For a man who was mauled to within an inch of his life by three frenzied dogs, Rob Nelson is looking remarkably well. The 50-year-old made headlines in May when he suffered horrific injuries as he was...
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Western Australia | Gift first aid kits gift for Good Sams
When a light plane crashed into an oval in South Lake it was only a matter of seconds before help arrived. Pilot Tony White and his passenger Ralph Lerch suffered severe burns and serious injuries...
View ArticleOntario | Toronto woman survives cardiac arrest thanks to Good Sams and AED
Toronto Emergency Medical Services’ Safe City Program and the Mikey Network announced today that a woman in her 60s is alive today because bystanders were willing to step up and help. The woman is now...
View ArticleBritish Columbia | Good Sams come to aid of Mom and toddlers trapped in...
A Mom and her two young children have a couple of motorists to thank for coming to their aid, after the vehicle they were travelling in clipped a logging truck and ended up on its roof, with them...
View ArticleUK | Off-duty paramedic hailed as hero shared credit with Good Sams
Following a serious RTC which happened on Saturday on the A66 between Penrith and Keswick, North West Ambulance Service arranged for ITV The Border to interview Paramedic Graham Green, who, at the...
View ArticleNZ | Girl pulled from flooded river in Blenheim
Police say a tragedy was averted in Blenheim today when members of the public came to the aid of a young girl being swept down the Taylor River. Police were alerted to the incident about 8.45am where...
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New South Wales | Courageous surfers reunite with man rescued from rough seas
(L-R) Andrew Sheehan, NSW Ambulance Commissioner Ray Creen, Brendon Gillen and Jonathon Friend Two courageous surfers were awarded NSW Ambulance’s highest community honour on 10 June 2014 after...
View ArticleConnecticut | Governor signs legislation protecting Good Sams for...
Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) Commissioner Pat Rehmer and other state and local officials, today held a bill signing ceremony for...
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