The victim was only in his 40s.
First responders received a 911 call on Sunday afternoon reporting a man in his 40s going into apparent cardiac arrest about 15 minutes in from the Grouse Mountain parking lot.
The call triggered a major response from District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services, BC Ambulance Service, North Vancouver RCMP and North Shore Rescue, all of which went to work on getting the man out safely, said assistant fire chief Scott Ferguson. Fire and rescue crews, paramedics and North Shore Rescue, including the team’s doctor, started making their way to the man on foot while a Talon helicopter was brought into the area for a quick extraction, if needed.
Bystanders were performing CPR on the man when the professionals arrived and took over with a defibrillator and chest compression machine. They carried him in a stretcher back to the trailhead where more medical professionals were waiting to assist.District of North Vancouver firefighters are called to the Grouse Grind, BCMC’s more developed sister trail to the top of Grouse Mountain, typically more than 20 times per year.
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