Itanhaém Drowning Ends in Death as Fortaleza Rescue Restores Pulse

Overview

• In Itanhaém, lifeguards and beachgoers pulled a child to safety while GBMar crews found the father, used CPR with an automated defibrillator on the sand, and took him to the local urgent care unit, where doctors confirmed his death.
• In a separate case on Fortaleza’s Meireles beach, two bathers removed an unconscious swimmer from the sea and Samu’s Bike Vida team restarted his pulse with CPR before intubating him in a mobile ICU and transporting him to the Instituto Doutor José Frota.
• A Samu technician said the Fortaleza patient had no pulse at first and regained a strong pulse after the third cycle of CPR before transport.
• The rescued man in Fortaleza was identified only as Vinícius and, according to a colleague, had consumed alcoholic drinks shortly before entering the water.
• Both incidents underscore how fast removal from the water, early CPR with a defibrillator, and advanced airway care can mean the difference between a fatality and a survival.