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economist sunsuntribune news saturday april 3 2004 11 heart machines guide users from page 1 trained in first aid as heart alive targeted responders the machines can be used by virtually anyone brad meekin general manager of emergency response services said machines guide users stepbystep we know we cant control that if bystanders panic or fail to respond to a cardiac arrest but for every person who wants to take the initiative thats great he said if you have the courage to go for ward and do it the machines will walk you through it meanwhile through a partnership with york regional police targeted responders are alerted to an emergency in a regional building through an over head page once someone has called 911 mr meekin said hes thrilled to see the program launched after years of planning it is exciting to see it move from goal to reality said mr meekin adding the region is leasing the machines which cost 2500 per year per machine to ensure they can be updated if technolo gy changes maybe one day you will save a life maybe the life that is saved will be yours medical officer of health dr helena maybe one day you will save a life maybe the life that is saved will be yours brad meekin general manager york emergency response services jaczek said as many as 40000 canadians including 1000 york resi dents die every year from sudden car diac arrest a heart attack victims chance of sur vival decreases 7 to 10 per cent every minute from the time of the attack until the first shock of a defibrillator is admin istered the first four minutes are absolute ly vital in terms of surviving our ambu lance response time is in the order of 10 minutes the ambulance may not get there dr jaczek said im just so excited to see the proj- ect launched formally after so many years in the works the machines have been installed in two regional buildings in georgina two in markham nine in newmarket two in richmond hill four in vaughan and one in wwtchurchstouflville staff photobill roberts york regions new heart alive program was launched at regional headquarters thursday advanced care paramedics and heart alive instructors mark mitchell left and lome cowx demonstrate cpr on a training duinmy raptors gm bounced the york region man who was atop the toronto raptors is looking for work thestrugglingnbateam fired general manager glen grunwald thursday a stouffvillearea resident the popular mr grunwald also lived in aurora and markham during his 10 years with the club he took over as gm in 1997 moving up from assis tant gm the raptors made the playoffs for the first time and advanced to the 2001 eastern conference finals but have been on a steady decline since they were 30- 44 heading into a game last night as with any expansion situation the first nine years of our franchise had their shares of ups and downs he said the disappoint ments of these past two sea sons will not overshadow what has largely been a suc cessful six years with files from torstar network the markham skating club proudly presents ice show 2004 2004 featuring guest skater ken rose 2003 canadian junior mens champion and the elite edge open synchronized skating team 2004 canadian champions friday april 16th at 800 pm saturday april 17th at 200 pm 800 pm sunday april 18th at 200 pm markham village community centre highway 7 markham road tickets 15 available after 400 pm in the arena lobby or by calling 9054714319 for more information log onto wwwmarkhamskatingclubcom greater toronto airports authority notice the greater toronto airports authority will be opening the new terminal 1 for operations effective april 6 2004 the last flights out of the current terminal 1 will be on april 5 2004 as of april 6 airline operations at toronto pearson international airport will be as follows air canada and star alliance partners international and domestic canada flights alitalia air jamaica we are proud to honour outstanding women from each of our municipalities throughout york region not just because of 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