A six-year-old German girl died last night after suffering a pre-drowning on the beach in Langre (Cantabria). A surfer and a Red Cross lifeguard, who remained on the beach although the surveillance service had finished at 7.30 pm, found the child outside the breakwater offshore and took her out of the water to try to revive her.
The Emergency Management Center 112 of the Government of Cantabria received the warning call after 20.20 hours and mobilized a medical ambulance equipped with Advanced Life Support of 061, in addition to activating a large device.
He alerted firefighters of Santander, together with agents of the Local Police of Ribamontán al Mar, agents of the Civil Guard and the rescue team helitransported from the Executive for the difficult access to the beach and in case the emergency transfer of the minor to a hospital, as in the end it happened. He also requested the support of a German translator to explain his situation to his father.
The 061 medical staff proceeded to perform advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques . Once the aircraft doctor arrived in the area, he joined the relevant protocol with a cardiocompressor. Finally, the medical staff of 061 considered the urgency of their transfer to a hospital.
The Cantabrian government helicopter took the minor to the University Hospital of Cruces under the attention of the doctor of the Executive rescue team and the doctor and nurse of 061, while receiving advanced resuscitation at all times.
Once they arrived at the Cruces helisurface, the minor was transferred and attended to urgently. The group of psychologists was also mobilized to support his father , who had moved to the hospital along with two people doing the translation. Unfortunately, the girl died despite all the efforts of doctors to save her life , both at the scene of the accident, on the aircraft, and in the hospital.
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