A paraglider, 60 years old, passed away this Friday afternoon after falling into the sea near the Garachico Pier, in the aforementioned Tenerife municipality. At 4:35 p.m. Emergency and Security Coordinating Center (Cecoes) 112 of the Government of the Canary Islands received an alert informing them that some bathers, together with a nurse who was at the scene of the incident, They were rescuing a paraglider that had fallen into the sea.
Immediately, 112 Canary Islands activated a basic life support ambulance of the Canary Emergency Service (SUC), to a doctor and a nurse from the health center of the area, to lifeguard service from the beach yaapeople from the Garachico Local Police and the Civil Guard.
After his rescue, the first responders verified that the affected person was in cardiorespiratory arrest Therefore, resuscitation maneuvers began until the arrival of medical personnel. Given the seriousness of the incidentthe SUC health coordinator on duty in the 112 emergency room, activated the health center team from the area who came with a basic life support ambulance from the SUC to assist the affected person.
Despite resuscitation maneuvers basic and advanced cardiopulmonary the affected person died. The Local Police collaborated with the intervening services and the Civil Guard instructed the corresponding procedures.
