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He died after being rescued by the GES helicopter on Tiritaña Beach

He died after being rescued by the GES helicopter on Tiritaña Beach

MASPALOMAS24H Sunday, December 11, 2022

At around 16:58 hours, the Emergency and Security Coordinating Center (CECOES) 1-1-2 of the Government of the Canary Islands received an alert in which it was reported that a person was in trouble at sea and was hitting the rocks in Tiritaña Beach, Mogán

 

Rescuers from the GES helicopter reached the affected person, an unidentified male, proceeded to rescue him and hoisted him onto the device. After verifying that he was in cardiorespiratory arrest, resuscitation maneuvers were performed during his evacuation to the helisurface of the Doctor Negrín University Hospital of Gran Canaria.

 

Once on the ground, the SUC personnel confirmed that the affected person remained in cardiorespiratory arrest and continued practicing advanced resuscitation maneuvers while they transported him to the hospital facility, where his death was confirmed.

 

The 1-1-2 immediately activated the necessary emergency resources with a basic life support ambulance and a medicalized ambulance. The Firefighters, Local Police, Civil Protection of Mogán and Maritime Rescue intervened in the rescue device deployed in the area. . The Civil Guard instructs the corresponding procedures.

 

Services activated by CECOES 1-1-2:

Emergency and Rescue Group (GES): a rescue helicopter

Canario Emergency Service (SUC): basic life support ambulance and a medicalized ambulance

Gran Canaria Emergency Consortium

Local Police, Civil Guard, Red Cross, Civil Protection, Maritime Rescue

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