In Grossenbrode in the district of Ostholstein, a twelve-year-old saved his father’s life. According to the police, the 36-year-old suddenly became unconscious while swimming in the Baltic Sea. Police and DLRG praise the boy’s reaction – and the behavior of the bathers.
It was actually a relaxed afternoon on Wednesday on the Baltic Sea beach in Grossenbrode near Fehmarn (Ostholstein district). According to the police, the 36-year-old vacationer from Sauerland and his son went into the water together. Shortly thereafter, however, the father lost consciousness – probably due to an illness. The twelve-year-old reacted immediately: he held his father’s head above the water until lifeguards from the DLRG and other beach visitors brought him safely to shore.
DLRG: Junge did everything right
“The boy definitely did everything right by securing his father’s airway,” says Kai Möller, the head of the DLRG in Grossenbrode. “That’s absolutely the right thing to do, keep the patient afloat until help arrives, if I can’t pull him out myself, which was the case here, because the son couldn’t physically do it on his own.”
Father is resuscitated on the beach
The DLRG sent a boat crew to the two, and some bathers also came to help. “At the same time, two lifeguards were positioned on land, who stood at the water’s edge with the medical equipment in order to continue the treatment there,” reports Möller. The vacationer was resuscitated right on the beach. Helpers and beach visitors formed a privacy screen and cleared the beach section so that a rescue helicopter could land. The 36-year-old was taken to a hospital. The father of the family is now out of danger, according to the police.
Police praise the behavior of the bathers
Overall, the operation was “picture perfect,” says police spokesman Maik Seidel. Several bathers recognized the emergency situation and helped, beach visitors followed the instructions of the emergency services. “That’s how it should always be. The rescue workers can work freely, the man is helped and he survived the whole thing,” says Seidel.
Source : Tagesschau
