Rimini. A 60-year-old caught ill on the beach saved by lifeguards
“The heart was no longer beating we brought it back to life”. The story of the lifeguard who, together with a colleague, revived a 60-year-old Rimini man on the free beach of piazzale Boscovich
LORENZO MUCCIOLI – The heart that stops for a few, interminable minutes. Two angels dressed in red who rush and save the man lying on the sand. A providential intervention that took place on Saturday on the beach of piazzale Boscovich in Rimini, where a Rimini man of about 60 was seized by an illness that could cost him his life. If everything went well, he must say thank you to the rescue sailor of the Onda Anomala cooperative, Marco Barbiani, and to his colleague Simone D’Alessandro. They were the ones who rushed to the aid of the bather suffering from cardiac arrest, anticipating the arrival of the 118 ambulance. (…)
“There were moments of fear – Barbiani declares -, but we managed to keep a cool head and put the procedures into practice. A minute late, and maybe that man wouldn’t have made it. This is also due to the training we sailors undergo every year, with refresher courses on the use of the defibrillator and first aid practices ”.
Article taken from Il Resto del Carlino