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Bystanders honoured for life-saving efforts in 2022 New West cardiac event

Stephen Ang was playing basketball at Queensborough Middle School when he collapsed and went into cardiac arrest.
Jess Balzer
Jess Balzer
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[From left to right] Kyle Dolan (Emergency Medical Call Taker), Calvin Guan (Emergency Medical Dispatcher – Preceptor), Aksel Taylor (Primary Care Paramedic), Max Bibby (Primary Care Paramedic), Shaun Gallagher (Advanced Life Support Paramedic), Braden Tanis (Primary Care Paramedic), Alexander Hurst (Advanced Life Support Paramedic), Jodi Bender (Paramedic Specialist), Janis Treleaven (Honour Guard), Scott Norris (Nominator, Practice Educator), Aaron Manalo (Award Recipient), Lloyd Dy (Award Recipient), Peter Thackwray (Award Recipient), Landon Dy (Award Recipient), Stephen Ang (Patient). BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS)

BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) is honouring four bystanders who jumped into action when a man went into medical distress in New Westminster last year. 

Stephen Ang was playing basketball at Queensborough Middle School (833 Salter St.) on March 31, 2022, when the 38-year-old collapsed and went into cardiac arrest. 

Landon Dy, Lloyd Dy, Aaron Manalo and Peter Thackwray — all Richmond residents — immediately began life-saving efforts.

Landon Dy spoke to a BCEHS emergency medical call taker, while Lloyd Dy and Manalo performed CPR. 

Thackwray applied an automated emergency defibrillator (AED) until medical personnel arrived and took Ang to the hospital for treatment. 

"We would like to recognize all involved in this event for their life-saving efforts," BCEHS said in a news release. 

BCEHS presents Vital Link Awards to honour the skillful and quick-thinking actions of one or more bystanders at a cardiac arrest emergency. 

"Such actions are a vital link to a patient's successful survival," the organization explained. 

Nominations are made by BCEHS staff and presented to citizens throughout B.C.