CPR saves Kan. man who blacked out underwater

Man was conscious when he was taken by American Medical Response to local hospital but was in serious condition

July 05, 2012 06:45 AM

The Topeka Capital-Journal

TOPEKA, Kan. — Cardiopulmonary resuscitation likely saved the life of a man Wednesday afternoon after he blacked out while swimming in a private pool in the Lake Sherwood community.

Emergency personnel were dispatched about 4 p.m. to a location near S.W. 43rd and Aylesbury on a report of a possible drowning.

Shawnee County sheriff’s Deputy Jesse Julian said a 47-year-old man had been swimming underwater in a pool at a residence when he blacked out. He was pulled from the water and a person began CPR, Julian said. Mission Township firefighters quickly arrived, he said, and took over.

Julian said the man was conscious when he was taken by American Medical Response to a local hospital but was considered to be in serious condition. The man, whose name wasn’t released, later was upgraded at the hospital. Julian said the victim was “totally fine.”

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