Published: Saturday, June 14, 2008
Wendy Byerly Wood, The Mount Airy News
STATE ROAD - An 18-year-old boy is in critical condition following a near drowning accident at Cedarbrook Country Club off Poplar Springs Road Friday afternoon.
Surry County EMS Shift Supervisor Garry Scearce credited the club's lifeguard's quick response and knowledge for saving the teen, whose name was not released due to patient privacy laws.
"He went into the water apparently. The lifeguard saw him go under, went in, pulled him out and initiated CPR," Scearce said of the unidentified lifeguard. "The lifeguard did a great job getting him out of the water and recognizing something was wrong."
About two minutes after CPR was initiated, first responders arrived on the scene and used the automated external defibrillator, which gave one shock, and then continued CPR until EMS arrived.
Shortly after EMS arrived on the scene, medical responders regained pulses in the teen and he was transported to Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, where he was treated and stabilized. The teen was then airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, where he is in critical condition, Scearce said Friday evening.
Scearce said he was unsure of what led up to the incident, but that it was under investigation.
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