Pocket Lifesaver: David's Heart Attack Survival

0:00Eight months back, a 45-year-old train engineer from Hinton, named David McKay, be the heart attack that hit him hard and bad on July 21st. What saved him? Pills from a SM heart card, he snagged three years earlier at an Edmonton Honda dealership on the south side. Those cards pack four aspirants to stop clots, and three nitroglycerin tabs to open up blood vessels and boost flow. McKay popped them when pain shot from his armpit to neck, ignored in acids, then collapsed, but bounced back quick enough to call for help. The card came from an idea by James Stewart, who teamed with University of Alberta researchers back in 2018. Running remote camps in the Rockies, he needed a way to keep finicky nitroglycerin stable against air, light, and most materials, landing on a unique polymer blend that's refillable and slips right into your phone case. This week, McKay finally met Stewart and the team, crediting the card for skipping him a triple bypass. Stewart's crewfields over 200 calls from folks saying it saved their lives, stressing

1:03it for spots where help takes longer than 10 minutes. Word spreading on these pocket lifesavers, made right here in Edmonton proof that Smart Prep turns close calls into comebacks every day. That's your update from Vancouver News today, powered by AI.