PALM BAY, Florida - An eight-year-old girl is in stable condition at an Orlando hospital
following a near drowning in a backyard swimming pool in Palm Bay, Florida.
At 4:44 p.m. on
Sunday, Palm Bay patrol officers, firefighters and
paramedics responded to the 2600 block of Lakeland Avenue SW for reports of
a child not breathing. The first officer on scene was Officer Amy
Revis.
"Officer Revis immediately began assisting with CPR which was
already being done by one of the witnesses at the scene who was a
retired nurse," said Palm Bay city spokesperson Yvonne Martinez in a release. "The child was unconscious and had no pulse. Officer Revis
had a portable defibrillator with her and applied it to the child.
After two "shocks"from the device the child regained a pulse. Firefighter paramedics continued with treatment and the child was later
taken to the hospital where she was conscious and alert."
The child was
at the home with friends and family for a Memorial Day Weekend party.
There were about five to six children in the pool when one of the
children noticed the girl under water. He yelled for help and an adult
pulled the child from the water and called 911.
