Be aware of cold water shock in Tenerife - it can be fatal

[Janet]

A 70-year-old man said to be a foreigner drowned shortly before 4pm this afternoon at Playa Honda in Playa de Las Américas. Emergency services received a call to say that the poor soul had been pulled unconscious from the water and that fellow bathers were trying to resuscitate him. Their efforts were sadly unsuccessful, and on their arrival, paramedics were also unable to do anything for him and he was pronounced dead at the scene. JA

[Nova]

Oh god, another one.....

[Janet]

editing the thread title ...

[Michael]

Bloody hell! Again?

[Janet]

Emergency services have resuscitated a 68-year-old man who was pulled unconscious from the water just after midday in La Caleta. Paramedics mercifully managed to bring him back to life and having stabilized him, transferred him to Hospitén Sur where he remains in critical condition, but alive. JA

[Janet]

 Emergency services have resuscitated a 70-year-old Finnish woman who was pulled unconscious from the water at 3pm this afternoon at Playa del Camisón in Playa de las Américas. Paramedics mercifully managed to bring her back to life and having stabilized her, transferred her to Hospitén Sur where she remains in critical condition, but alive. JA

[Guanche]

We seem to have had a lot of these incidents this year?

[Janet]

no more than usual, G, but I'm on a mission to bring it to wider attention, so am posting the lot this year ... each time with a reference to cold water shock ...

[Janet]

The body of a 60-year-old woman was found at midday today in the sea at Playa Fañabé. The beach lifeguard recovered the body from the sea and brought it into Puerto Colon in an inflatable craft, but emergency services, which were already there waiting, were sadly unable to do any more than confirm the poor woman's death at the scene. JA

[Janet]

If ever the value of the Arona lifeguards was on display it is with the successful resuscitation earlier today of an Irish woman in her 60s at Playa del Camisón. Emergency services were called shortly after midday with reports that the woman had been pulled unconscious out of the water by the lifeguards and was in cardiac arrest. When paramedics arrived they took up the lifeguards' own efforts and managed to resuscitate her. She was transferred to Hospitén Sur where she remains in critical condition, but alive. JA