Bathers and water rescue rescue 83-year-olds

Created: 08/03/2022, 19:58

An 83-year-old man was saved thanks to attentive and helpful bathers and the lifeguards.

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The rapid deployment of a member of the Starnberg water rescue service - supported by two other bathers - probably saved the life of an 83-year-old man in Kempfenhausen on Tuesday evening.

Kempfenhausen

- Around 6.30 p.m., a bather came to the rescue station in Kempfenhausen and announced that a man had swayed out of the water and was now slumped in his chair, the Starnberg water rescue service said.

A water rescuer immediately made her way to the bathing area to the 83-year-old and had the land rescue service informed via the control center.

When she got to the man, he was no longer responsive.

Since his breathing had already stopped, she began to revive him.

She was supported by other bathers, including a doctor and a helper who also works as a first responder for the fire brigade in his free time.

Paramedics took over the patient and took him to the hospital.

There his heart began to beat on its own again.

"The 83-year-old probably owes his life to the quick and courageous action of everyone involved - especially the communicator, who immediately recognized the situation and set the rescue chain in motion," says the spokesman for the water rescue service, Oliver Jauch.

The water rescue service would like to encourage bathers: Anyone who observes an emergency should, in addition to calling 112 as soon as possible, also contact the helpers at the nearest water rescue station directly.

"Even if the members of the lifeguards are at the water rescue station outside of normal working hours, they are immediately ready for action," assures Jauch.