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Hubley was working at the mall last March when he was alerted to a collapsed woman.

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Morgan had suffered a heart attack. Hubley said that when he arrived, she was bleeding from her head and turning blue.

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Once it arrived, Hubley directed a bystander to continue CPR while he set up the machine.

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Paramedics arrived shortly and took over. Morgan was rushed to hospital 含羞草研究社� with a pulse 含羞草研究社� and given life-saving surgery.

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After Morgan recovered, she took Hubley out for dinner to White Spot.

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Morgan含羞草研究社檚 daughter, Donna, said the family will never be able to thank Hubley enough.

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The Morgan family submitted a to PAN last March, thanking both Hubley and 含羞草研究社渢he fact that the mall has an automated external defibrillator on site.含羞草研究社�

According to BCEHS, for every minute that passes without help, a person含羞草研究社檚 chance of surviving a cardiac arrest drops by about 10 per cent.

Hubley was named the Vital Link recipient; the primary care paramedic team included Jason Fenrich and Mark Rayfield, and the acute care paramedic team included Iku Yeh and Andrea Massey.

The award was presented by ambulance unit chief Andrew Billing.