Boy, 6, pulled unconscious from water at lagoon on NSW Central Coast
October 4, 2020
A young boy has been rescued from the ocean on the New South Wales Central Coast.
9News understands the six-year-old boy was pulled unconscious from the water by a bystander in the Entrance Channel on Marine Parade at The Entrance this afternoon.
The bystander then performed CPR on the boy at the scene and his condition has now stabilised.
A spokesperson for the CareFlight Rapid Response Helicopter said the aircraft was put into operation by NSW Ambulance at 2.34pm and landed at the scenes minutes later.
“According to witnesses at the scene, the boy was swimming when he was swept out from the shore and was initially unresponsive when he was pulled from the water by members of the public, who immediately commenced CPR,” Careflight said in a statement.
“Volunteers from Surf Lifesaving Central Coast arrived a few minutes later and provided oxygen to the boy until NSW Ambulance paramedics arrived.
“Once stable, the boy was transferred to a road ambulance and taken to nearby Shore Park to meet the CareFlight helicopter.
“CareFlight’s specialist clinical team assessed him before he was flown, under the clinical supervision of CareFlight’s doctor, to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Hospital in a stable condition.”
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