STARS patient proud to be namesake of new Lethbridge show home
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A former Lethbridge elementary school principal is the latest STARS air ambulance patient to have a show home named in their honour.
For more than 40 years, crews with Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service — better known to many as STARS air ambulance — have taken to the skies of Canada to save lives.
“You never know when you’re going to need STARS,” said former patient, Broc James Higginson. “It could happen to you on your way home today. It’s really important that everyone knows that.”
In the summer of 2020, Higginson was working as the principal of a Lethbridge bilingual elementary school and getting ready for the day when things changed in an instant.
“I wasn’t feeling good. I figured I’d just get ready for work for the morning.
When Higginson didn’t show up to work, his colleagues contacted his family. They arrived and found him in life-threatening condition.
“He was unconscious. He had aspirated, so he was having difficulty breathing,” said Stephanie Mills, Higginson’s wife.
Unbeknownst to him, a brain tumour had grown in Higginson’s head and he’d had a seizure. After EMS arrived, he was rushed to hospital.
“When he was brought into the emergency room he had very, very low vitals,” Mills said.
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