Eastbourne RNLI volunteers help resuscitate two-year-old
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After receiving reports that someone wasn’t breathing on the beach, Mark and David Sawyer made their way and ,on arrival, found the casualty to be a two-year-old child.
The father and son duo were informed of the incident as they were leaving the lifeboat station at Sovereign Harbour where they had been only by chance following a day out together.
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Hide AdDavid was first on scene, followed by Coxswain Mark who took over CPR, and after a short time managed to get the casualty breathing again and then into the recovery position, maintaining breathing until paramedics arrived on scene.
Mark said: “RNLI volunteers spend countless hours training for various scenarios including casualty care, and we were able to put this training into action on that afternoon.
"We hope the casualty makes a full recovery and our thoughts and good wishes are with them and their family.”