Man suffers cardiac arrest after brief water submersion, Newburyport MA


A 64-year-old man experienced cardiac arrest after being underwater for about 30 seconds near the Captain's Lady dock in Newburyport, MA. Emergency responders met a boat arriving at the dock to provide treatment. CPR was ongoing and an AED was used but did not advise a shock.
Audio|Source: Newburyport Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
What is AIM3, Medic 2, we're off of the island for the cardiac arrest.
00:09
A 72 of our arm.
00:15
HECOR is answering 72.
00:18
Hey 72, is this going to be on a boat or on the dock?
00:24
They're currently on a boat heading their way to the dock at the captain's lady dock.
00:33
Engine 5 is on scene with PD.
00:38
Engine 5 on scene with PD 1602.
00:44
A702 has a second.
00:52
Headquarters, Aine 3, Medic 2, roll on for the cardiac arrest.
01:02
Receive, Newberry Medic 4.
01:07
Ainsvary 2, sorry.
01:15
Headquarters, no ready to medic 4.
01:20
Headquarters answering MediC4.
01:24
MediC4 is responding to the point.
01:28
Receive, Mediq4 responding to the point, 1603.
01:33
Headquarters, is that actually on the captain's lady or is it in the area?
01:39
Is that the captain's lady dock on 82nd Street in a private boat?
01:46
Okay, received.
01:50
6-1-day-quartered.
01:54
Head Corps is answering 6-1.
01:58
Code 99,
02:00
64-year-old male was in the water approximately 30 seconds.
02:04
I'll be par in progress.
02:11
Received code 99, 64-year-old male in water for approximately 30 seconds.
02:18
HECOR is it 6-1?
02:21
6-1.
02:27
You have A-72,
02:30
P-2, and P-4, anispray-P-2, and new-rate P-4 are responding.
02:34
Thank you.
02:44
Headquarters, Newberry, 82 is on scene.
02:49
Received, Newberry P2 on scene, 1606.
02:58
8702 headquarters.
03:01
Headquarters answering 872. 872.
03:06
872, we got an ETA 5 minutes.
03:10
Received, Day 72 ETA, 5 minutes, 1607.
03:15
6-1 to Headquarters.
03:25
Headquarters answering 6-1.
03:30
The license plug-in EMSO,
03:33
AED on no-shoarchified.
03:36
They are still in progress.
03:42
AED, no shock advised, CPR[1] still in progress, 1608.
03:53
Headquarters, medic four is going on.
04:00
Receive, McFort going out.
04:01
Receive, McFort going out, 1608.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
CPR: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in progress
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