Firefighting Service officers and agents of the Local Police of Cartagena, participated in the afternoon of Thursday on the rescue of a child whose hand had been trapped in one of the suction tubes of a swimming pool, in the Urbanization ' The Palm Grove 'of Los Nietos.
The warning came at around 18.45 hours, and a salvage and rescue vehicle (RSV), the water rescue van (FEA), five firefighters and a corporal, who were at their place, were moved to the scene. arrival with the child trapped by one of his arms and with symptoms already of hypothermia.
After trying to extract the arm in different ways without success, we proceeded to demolish the edge of the pool until the tube was completely removed and cut it once outside to release the child, who was treated at the place by the medical services and subsequently moved to the hospital to examine his hand and rule out possible injuries.
In this performance also participated Local Police and Civil Guard.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena