Alex Trelinski
A BRITISH tourist was brought back to life after suffering a cardiac arrest while in a Mallorca hotel swimming pool.
The 67-year-old man was enjoying a dip shortly before 3pm on Wednesday at the unnamed hotel in Sa Coma.
Emergency services were called and a patrol from the Sant Llorenc des Cardassar Policia Local were first on the scene.
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They arrived to find the victim lying next to the pool with his skin having turned a bluish colour.
The officers immediately worked out that the Brit had suffered a cardiac arrest.
They deployed a defibrilator in tandem with resuscitation techniques to try to get him to regain consciousness.
After a few minutes, the man registered a pulse and was conscious again.
Paramedics joined the police and once the tourist’s condition had been stabilised, he was taken to hospital in Palma.
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