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Vacationing Australian paramedic saves boy

By Kerryn Anker
Gold Coast News
Copyright 2008 Gold Coast Publications

KINGSLIFF, Australia — A six-year-old boy, feared dead when pulled from a resort pool in Kingscliff yesterday, was revived by other guests who happened to be a paramedic and three pediatricians.

Sydney intensive care paramedic Craig Perkins said he was reading the newspaper beside the pool at Peppers Salt Resort and Spa when he heard cries for help.

“A young man pulled the six-year-old out of the water and at that point he was dead, he had no pulse,” said Mr Perkins, who is on a family holiday from Manly.

Full Story: Boy is in stable condition, officials say