{"id":44435,"date":"2026-02-28T21:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/early-bystander-cpr-saves-childs-life-ballito-kzn\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:26:22","slug":"early-bystander-cpr-saves-childs-life-ballito-kzn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/early-bystander-cpr-saves-childs-life-ballito-kzn\/","title":{"rendered":"Early bystander CPR saves child's life – Ballito, KZN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier today, IPSS Medical Rescue responded to an emergency involving a 7-year-old boy who had fallen into a swimming pool and was suspected to have hit his head.<\/p>\n

A guest attending a birthday party at the clubhouse noticed the child in the water, immediately jumped in, pulled him out, and initiated CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation when the child was not breathing.<\/p>\n

On arrival, IPSS crews found the child breathing but drowsy after ingesting a large amount of water. He was stabilised on scene and transported to a nearby medical facility for further care.<\/p>\n

This child is alive today because a bystander knew CPR and acted without hesitation.<\/p>\n

This incident is a powerful reminder that early CPR saves lives, especially in drowning-related emergencies where every second counts before emergency services arrive.<\/p>\n

We strongly encourage all members of the public to learn CPR and basic life support. <\/p>\n

Your knowledge and willingness to act could save a life.<\/p>\n

Well done to the courageous…<\/p>\n

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Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier today, IPSS Medical Rescue responded to an emergency involving a 7-year-old boy who had fallen into a swimming pool and was suspected to have hit his head. A guest attending a birthday party at the clubhouse noticed the child in the water, immediately jumped in, pulled him out, and initiated CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/642893002_919592340430800_6233033408683852872_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[66,2152],"class_list":["post-44435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-kzn"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/642893002_919592340430800_6233033408683852872_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}