img decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” src=”http://algarvedailynews.com/images/news2/19131.jpg” alt=”Dr Photo – MAN SUFFERS HEART ATTACK AT BARRANCO DAS BELHARUCAS BEACH, ALBUFEIRA” width=”160″ height=”107″ style=”margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; float: left;” />The victim, a 62-year-old Spanish man, suffered a cardio-respiratory arrest on Sunday afternoon at Barranco das Belharucas beach, in Albufeira.
span>The man suffered a cardio-respiratory arrest on Sunday afternoon at Barranco das Belharucas beach, in Albufeira. The alert was received at the Albufeira Maritime Police Station at 3:48 pm, through the Lisbon Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC Lisboa), informing that a man was in cardiopulmonary arrest on the beach, having been immediately asssited by the local Maritime Police, a vehicle of the “SeaWatch” project, the Voluntary Firefighters of Albufeira, a Medical Emergency and Resuscitation Vehicle (VMER).
span>“The victim, a 62-year-old man of Spanish nationality, was on the beach when he suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest, where resuscitation manoeuvres were carried out while still on the beach,” the statement said.
span>The man was later removed from the beach and “transported to a hospital unit by the Albufeira Voluntary Firefighters in critical condition”.

 
em style=”color: #ffffff;”>Original article available in Portuguese at http://postal.pt/