Dwell
A younger boy is in a essential however steady situation after his coronary heart stopped when he was struck by lightning on a seashore close to Wollongong on Australia Day.
NSW Ambulance chief inspector Terry Morrow stated the boy was believed to be within the water on the time of the strike, which brought on his coronary heart to enter cardiac arrest and his respiration to cease.
The boy additionally suffered burns to his chest within the incident, Insp Morrow advised Seven’s Dawn program on Friday.
Surf lifesavers patrolling close by started CPR on the nine-year-old with the assistance of a physician who was on the seashore together with her household on the time.
Ambulance crews and police responded shortly after and paramedics took over resuscitation efforts.
They had been in a position to re-establish the boy’s heartbeat and respiration earlier than transferring him by highway to Westmead Kids’s Hospital, the place he remained in a essential however steady situation on Friday.
A helicopter was dispatched from Albion Park with a physician and intensive care paramedic who assisted in stabilizing the boy.
The boy was unable to be transferred to hospital by helicopter as a result of ongoing electrical storm, Insp Morrow added.
– AAP
