Man found in waters off Waikiki taken in critical condition to hospital
2018 May 21, photo by Craig T. Kojima
Monday, May 21, 2018
Honolulu Emergency Medical Services celebrates National Emergency Medical Services Week with a proclamation by Mayor Kirk Caldwell, along with the special recognition of a Honolulu paramedic. Kazu Yamauchi, a paramedic who won Lokahi Award with ambulance.
A man was taken to a hospital after was found unresponsive in waters off of Waikiki Beach today.
Lifeguards brought the man in his 60s to shore after they spotted him face down in the water at the beach fronting the Waikiki Police Station at approximately 9:45 a.m. today.
They brought him to shore and administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation and used an automatic defibrillator, according to Dustin Malama, spokesman of the Honolulu Emergency Services Department.
Emergency Medical Services personnel arrived and took over treatment with advanced life-support. Malama said the man regained a pulse and was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
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