Overview
- A one-year-old girl was pulled from a backyard pool near Tatum Boulevard and Bell Road Saturday evening and taken to a nearby hospital in extremely critical condition.
- A family member began CPR at the scene and continued until Phoenix Fire crews arrived and took over care.
- Authorities say it is unknown how long the child was submerged or the circumstances that led to the incident, and Phoenix Police have opened an investigation.
- The case is the latest in a short cluster of mid-June pool emergencies in the Phoenix area that involved very young children and left some victims in critical condition.
- Fire and police officials have urged wider CPR training and are focusing probes on pool access controls, supervision practices, and how gates or barriers may have been bypassed or left unsecured.