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Yahoo
23-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Driver's defibrillator push after colleague dies
A bus driver has installed life-saving equipment in a city centre at the spot where his friend and colleague collapsed and later died from a cardiac arrest. Carlos Santos, 39, from Cadbury Heath in Bristol, has worked as a bus driver for 18 years and is also a relief CCTV analyst and former Special Police Constable. In December 2024, his colleague Richard Dewdney suffered a heart attack and collapsed while waiting for his next shift at Broad Quay. "There were no defibrillators available on the system unfortunately," said Carlos. "The air ambulance critical team arrived. They worked on him for about an hour, but unfortunately he ended up passing away." Determined to prevent similar tragedies, Mr Santos and fellow drivers raised funds for a defibrillator. First West of England paid the shortfall and the device was installed outside Turtle Bay on Broad Quay, with a plaque dedicated to Richard. It was used within 12 hours of being installed due to a medical emergency nearby. Mr Santos has also founded BristolResus4All, a not-for-profit organisation working with Great Western Air Ambulance, Avon and Somerset Police, and Defibs4Bristol to install and maintain defibs across the region. He said his aim is to ensure no one is more than a three-minute return walk from a defibrillator. "I started to look into defibrillators in the city centre [but] there was not one available," he said. "I found out that around 15 defibrillators were already installed [in local areas], but they lacked maintenance." Mr Santos managed to get all the equipment working again, and found out his work has already helped save a life. "Only a few weeks ago, I met someone that actually survived the cardiac arrest due to me checking a public defibrillator," he said. "It was really good that I could meet him face to face and shake his hand." Mr Santos added: "It's so important to get more defibrillators made available and ensure existing ones are properly maintained because people have been dying unnecessarily. "It doesn't matter what age - it can happen to anybody." Follow BBC Bristol on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630. More on this story Business group installs sixth city defibrillator
BBC News
23-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Bristol bus driver's defibrillator campaign after friend's death
A bus driver has installed life-saving equipment in a city centre at the spot where his friend and colleague collapsed and later died from a cardiac Santos, 39, from Cadbury Heath in Bristol, has worked as a bus driver for 18 years and is also a relief CCTV analyst and former Special Police December 2024, his colleague Richard Dewdney suffered a heart attack and collapsed while waiting for his next shift at Broad Quay."There were no defibrillators available on the system unfortunately," said Carlos. "The air ambulance critical team arrived. They worked on him for about an hour, but unfortunately he ended up passing away." Determined to prevent similar tragedies, Mr Santos and fellow drivers raised funds for a defibrillator. First West of England paid the shortfall and the device was installed outside Turtle Bay on Broad Quay, with a plaque dedicated to Richard. It was used within 12 hours of being installed due to a medical emergency Santos has also founded BristolResus4All, a not-for-profit organisation working with Great Western Air Ambulance, Avon and Somerset Police, and Defibs4Bristol to install and maintain defibs across the said his aim is to ensure no one is more than a three-minute return walk from a defibrillator."I started to look into defibrillators in the city centre [but] there was not one available," he said. "I found out that around 15 defibrillators were already installed [in local areas], but they lacked maintenance."Mr Santos managed to get all the equipment working again, and found out his work has already helped save a life."Only a few weeks ago, I met someone that actually survived the cardiac arrest due to me checking a public defibrillator," he said."It was really good that I could meet him face to face and shake his hand."Mr Santos added: "It's so important to get more defibrillators made available and ensure existing ones are properly maintained because people have been dying unnecessarily."It doesn't matter what age - it can happen to anybody."
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
CEO of San Diego-based financial firm sentenced to prison for fraud
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The 30-year-old founder and CEO of San Diego-based financial company Ethos Asset Management, Inc. has been sentenced to 87 months in prison for running a multi-million dollar fraud. Carlos Manuel da Silva Santos, a Portuguese national, was found guilty of tricking borrowers into paying him more than $17 million in up-front loan fees for nothing in return, the United States Department of Justice said in a news release Friday. Santos admitted he and co-conspirators held Ethos out to the public as a 'full-service project financing' company that offered loans to prospective borrowers in exchange for an upfront fee as collateral for Ethos to use, according to his plea agreement. But when a borrower gave Ethos the upfront fee as collateral, the company never provided the funding on many occasions. 'To induce prospective borrowers to send Ethos an upfront fee as collateral and enter into loan agreements, Santos and his co-conspirators lied about Ethos' history of funding projects, the source of Ethos' money, the amount of capital available to disburse loans, and how Ethos used the collateral upfront fees,' the DOJ said. In August 2021, Santos also was able to have a borrower wire money as a collateral upfront fee by sending a bank statement that falsely represented Ethos having $100,304,447.46 when it did not. Santos admitted the financing scheme was international in places like the U.S., Brazil, Turkey and elsewhere. Since his arrest on Nov. 13, 2023, Santos has been in custody in Newark, New Jersey, after arriving in the U.S. from abroad. A restitution hearing will be held at a later date. If you believe you are a victim of Santos and his company Ethos Asset Management, Inc., contact Homeland Security Investigations at ethos-victim@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
