"I didn't know what he was doing," says Ingrid McCloy.
Splashing, commotion and yelling.
"Nurse McCloy, nurse McCloy! Come here!"
Scary moments for many people visiting the new Albany city pool Tuesday afternoon.
McCloy continues, "He was floating on the top of the water and he wasn't breathing."
According to the Albany city manager, a child around the age of three was with his grandmother and fell into the pool when she walked away for a brief moment.
David Denman says, "During that time, the boy choked on some food in which a young boy, approximately three years old didn't know how to handle that situation and he trying to grasp for breath, he fell over into the water."
Fortunately for the child, the right people were in the right place, at the right time.
"They pulled him up and dragged him right here and I started CPR," says McCloy.
Ingrid McCloy, an Albany school nurse was able to come to the victims aid, as well as a Breckenridge coach who is Red Cross certified.
She says, "At that time the little boy started to throw up. Some water was coming out, and then the life guards, they were already all around, but they didn't stop us, what we were doing"
As a school nurse, McCloy says during the school year, she never uses her CPR training.
She says, "I was nervous."
But in case like this one, she is glad she was well prepared.
"It makes you think. It makes you realize that you need to really really watch your kids. Even though there are lifeguards, it can happen so fast," McCloy adds.
Splashing, commotion and yelling.
"Nurse McCloy, nurse McCloy! Come here!"
Scary moments for many people visiting the new Albany city pool Tuesday afternoon.
McCloy continues, "He was floating on the top of the water and he wasn't breathing."
According to the Albany city manager, a child around the age of three was with his grandmother and fell into the pool when she walked away for a brief moment.
David Denman says, "During that time, the boy choked on some food in which a young boy, approximately three years old didn't know how to handle that situation and he trying to grasp for breath, he fell over into the water."
Fortunately for the child, the right people were in the right place, at the right time.
"They pulled him up and dragged him right here and I started CPR," says McCloy.
Ingrid McCloy, an Albany school nurse was able to come to the victims aid, as well as a Breckenridge coach who is Red Cross certified.
She says, "At that time the little boy started to throw up. Some water was coming out, and then the life guards, they were already all around, but they didn't stop us, what we were doing"
As a school nurse, McCloy says during the school year, she never uses her CPR training.
She says, "I was nervous."
But in case like this one, she is glad she was well prepared.
"It makes you think. It makes you realize that you need to really really watch your kids. Even though there are lifeguards, it can happen so fast," McCloy adds.
Comments
Just to clarify a few things, there were several of us there with him not just his grandmother; she had to go to the restroom and left him and three other grandchildren with the three other adults there. There were older kids jumping in the water knocking younger kids around, there were kids out of control everywhere! I turned around for a brief moment to pull another one of the three that was with us up out of the water after a child swimming under water knocked her legs out from under her. In that brief moment he somehow went under water. He was NOT eating at the pool. We had fed them lunch 2 hours prior to that and we had been at the pool for ten minutes at the max. There was no food, and there were several of us watching along with the lifeguards. The lifeguards and nurse did a great job responding to a fast situation. Watching them every step they take sometimes is not enough as I was holding my 2 yr olds hand at home in the water and she tripped and went under for a brief moment. Accidents happen; Jesus was with my little nephew that sad day though!
katti a.
July 25, 2012 at 9:46 am
