A 53-year-old man of Czech nationality died this Wednesday after falling into the sea in the area of the natural pools in the Tenerife municipality of Puerto de la Cruz. The tourist, apparently, was taking photos of the area and the intense waves when a crash of the sea dragged him into the water. The event took place during high tide on Wednesday afternoon and with the flood risk alert already in force along the entire Canary coast and with the pre-alert for coastal phenomena.
At 4:15 p.m. the Emergency and Security Coordinating Center (CECOES) 112 of the Government of the Canary Islands received a call alerting of the event. At that moment, a large rescue device was activated consisting of the helicopter of the Emergency and Rescue Group (GES) of the Government of the Canary Islands, a basic life support ambulance and another medicalized ambulance from the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC), a doctor and a nurse from the La Guancha health center, a Maritime Rescue vessel, agents from the Local Police of Puerto de la Cruz, the National Police and the Civil Guard and members of the Tenerife Firefighters Consortium.
Upon arriving at the indicated location, the rescuers from the GES helicopter located the victim in the sea, proceeding to his rescue and confirming that he was in cardiorespiratory arrest. Given this situation, they proceeded to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers during his transfer to the La Guancha helisurface.
A basic life support ambulance from the SUC was waiting there along with a doctor and a nurse from the La Guancha health center. After the aircraft landed, the primary care health personnel verified that the affected person was still in cardiorespiratory arrest, so they continued with the resuscitation maneuvers in their most advanced stage.
After several minutes without being able to reverse the situation, they confirmed his death. The Judicial Police of the Civil Guard was in charge of guarding the body until the arrival of the judicial authority who proceeded to remove the body.
The General Directorate of Emergencies of the Government of the Canary Islands recommends that the population take extreme precautions and not stand at the end of docks or breakwaters, nor risk taking photographs or videos near where the waves break, especially before the intense waves of the last few hours. You should also avoid driving on roads close to the beach line and carry out sports and nautical practices in areas affected by the swell.
