Kim Ruether

 Kim Ruether works in Diagnostic Imaging and lives in Fairview, Alberta. In 2012, Kim’s 16-year-old son, Brock, was at his school volleyball practice when he collapsed and died of cardiac arrest. Although an AED was at the gym doors and placed at his side, it was not used. Kim founded Project Brock Society in Brock’s memory, which is focused on training, awareness and management of cardiac arrest in schools. Kim advocated for emergency call taker change, resulting in ‘Brock’s Law’ which has impacted over 29,000 dispatchers around the world. She is a farmer, mother, researcher and CPR instructor. She joined the Alberta Health Services EMS Science and Research team, which is working to collect cardiac arrest data with the aim to improve survival rates.