Man Dies Near Pool
Illawarra Mercury
Saturday September 27, 2008
BYSTANDERS fought unsuccessfully to resuscitate a 67-year-old man who died after swimming laps at Austinmer pool yesterday.
Ambulance and police were called to the pool at 1pm after reports a man had collapsed.Norm Rees, district officer for the Illawarra Ambulance Service, said the man, who had been fitted with a pacemaker, went into cardiac arrest and collapsed 5m from the pool."Bystanders did CPR but he failed to respond," Mr Rees said.Paramedics also tried to revive the man, but they were unsuccessful.
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