Four children in cardiac arrest rescued after falling into frozen lake in UK

Four children in cardiac arrest were admitted to two hospitals, with one “critical state”after being rescued this Sunday from a frozen lake in western Englandindicated the British emergency services.

After being alerted, firefighters and paramedics pulled the minors out of the freezing water during the afternoon in Solihull, a city southeast of Birmingham.

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They were playing on the frozen lake when they fell into the water, witnesses said.

“The children were pulled from the water and the firefighters and ambulance drivers tried to revive them immediately,” said Richard Stanton, head of the fire service in that area, during a press conference on Sunday night.

“Unfortunately, they went into cardiac arrest and received advanced resuscitation treatment at the hospital,” said Cameron McVittie of the local ambulance service.

The minors, with a “critical condition”, were transferred to two different hospitals in Birmingham.

The balance of victims could worsen, because when the police arrived at the scene they told them that “up to six people” fell into the water.

“For this reason, after having rescued the four children, we continued the search to see if there were other people in the water,” Stanton said.

A team will continue with the rescue tasks during the night, but “taking into account the temperature of the water, the age of those who fell and the time they spent inside, it is no longer a rescue operation”, but to recover the possible bodies of the deceased, he acknowledged.

The United Kingdom has suffered a major cold wave since Friday, with snowfall in some areas and temperatures below zero in much of the country.

Source: Elcomercio

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