Rescue operation in the port of Ustka. Man could not be saved despite 80 minutes of resuscitation
At 7:15 pm on Thursday, rescuers of the coastal rescue station of Poland's Maritime Search and Rescue Service in Ustka were called by the harbour master's office to a man in sudden cardiac arrest. Together with firefighters of the State Fire Service in Ustka they performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation for around an hour and twenty minutes.
In brief
Rescuers of the SAR Coastal Rescue Station in Ustka and firefighters from PSP Ustka performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a man in the port of Ustka for about 80 minutes, but the man's life could not be saved. The call about a sudden cardiac arrest came on Thursday at 19:15 from the Ustka Harbour Master's Office. A Medical Rescue Team also arrived at the scene, as reported by the Maritime Search and Rescue Service. The Coastal Rescue Station in Ustka is a unit of the Maritime Search and Rescue Service, whose rescuers, apart from operations at sea, support land services in emergencies in the port and coastal area.
More than an hour of fighting for a life
As the Maritime Search and Rescue Service announced, the SAR rescuers began their efforts immediately after receiving the call. Firefighters of the State Fire Service in Ustka joined the resuscitation, and an ambulance crew also reached the scene. The rescue efforts lasted around 80 minutes in total.
Despite the rescue efforts, the man could not be saved.
The coastal rescue station in Ustka is one of the units of the Maritime Search and Rescue Service, whose rescuers, apart from operations at sea, regularly support land-based services in emergencies in the port and along the coast.
Source: Gazeta Morska · Compiled by: Michał Iwański
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