This is how the rescue of a diver in Puerto del Carmen was: "When we took him out of the water, he was off"

An employee of a water activities company states that it was two of his colleagues who rescued him and performed resuscitation maneuvers on him. "They are heroes," he says.

October 6 2020 (20:49 WEST)
Updated in October 7 2020 (10:37 WEST)
Rescue of a diver in Puerto del Carmen
Rescue of a diver in Puerto del Carmen

"When we got the man out of the water, he was off. He had no pulse and was not breathing." This is the account of Román Santana, an employee of the water activities company Paracraft Lanzarote, who claims that it was two of his colleagues who rescued this Tuesday the diver who suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest in Puerto del Carmen.

According to this man, his colleagues went to the rescue with two boats after hearing "the diver's companion shouting for help." "When the Emerlan lifeguard got into the water, we were already lifting him by our own means," says Santana, who claims that he witnessed it from land.

"I was the one who called 112," adds this man, who points out that it was one of the Paracraft Lanzarote skippers, who is a health technician, who performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers on the diver. "The man responded on the way to the dock, although he foamed a lot at the mouth," he says.

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After arriving at the dock, he points out that a man and a woman who were in the area "identified themselves as a doctor and a nurse" and "took charge of the situation," although then the diver "had already regained his pulse and was conscious." "Then Emerlan appeared, who provided the oxygen," says Román Santana, who wanted to highlight the work carried out by his colleagues, Salvador Moreno and Francisco Gomáriz, whom he considers "heroes."

According to this man, the rescued diver is over 60 years old, is from Valencia although he resides on the island, and was "with some friends" diving when the events occurred.

Rescue of a diver in Puerto del Carmen
A diver who suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest in Puerto del Carmen is rescued
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