Drama at the resort

There was drama yesterday at our resort swimming pool. Very luckily, it turned out very well.  But it could have been different, if two paramedics from Halifax weren't there.

There were about 300 guests at the Sanctuary /Adults Only part of our resort.  Six of them were a family from Windsor.  A husband (Ron) and wife (mom), celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, their two sons, their daughter and her husband.  At about 2pm yesterday, the mom said "where's Ron?".  I guess she hadn't seen him in a while.  Someone then noticed that Ron was laying face down in the swimming pool!

A resort guest jumped in the pool and fished Ron out.  Once he had Ron out of the water, his face said "I don't know what to do next...."  Luckily, the paramedics from Halifax jumped up from their lounge chairs, ran "like Baywatch" across the pool deck, and took over.  They did CPR for about 20 minutes.  When Ron came out of the water, he was blue, wasn't breathing, and had no pulse.  Not good at all.  By the time the ambulance arrived, he was talking and aware.  Today, Ron's family told the paramedics that he was OK and the prognosis seemed good.  Amazing!!! 

I wasn't there to see it all happen.  Maybe that's a good thing.  But my sister, Lorraine, was there.  She's a nurse and helped the paramedics do their thing.  The two paramedics, Lorraine, and I had breakfast together this morning.  It was really neat to hear them all talk about their experience and the very fortunate outcome.

Photos:
#1 - the pool at our resort, where the drama occured
#2 - me at the beach on a cool windy morning
#3 - some fishermen doing their thing close to our beach in the morning.  Pelicans were also fishing
#4 - a little motorcycle type taxi in Havana.  Adorable!