SOUTHLAND: BRIEFLY : DROWNING VICTIM FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE.CHATSWORTH - A 45-year-old man pulled unconscious from a Chatsworth trailer park swimming pool late Saturday clinged to life after being resuscitated re·sus·ci·tate v. re·sus·ci·tat·ed, re·sus·ci·tat·ing, re·sus·ci·tates v.tr. To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to. See Synonyms at revive. v.intr. To regain consciousness. by residents and firefighters, officials said. Two people at the park at 20652 Lassen St. found the unidentified man about 6:20 p.m. and began performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), emergency procedure used to treat victims of cardiac and respiratory arrest. CPR can be done in a hospital with drugs and special equipment or as a first-aid technique. . Paramedics were able to restore electrical activity to the man's heart, but he was not breathing when he was taken to Granada Hills Community Hospital, said Brian Humphrey, a Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman. ``We are thankful to the two men for their efforts, which gave paramedics a fighting chance one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. See also: Fighting at saving the man,'' Humphrey said. ?13Daily News N. Hollywood man wins on `Big Spin' A North Hollywood man who found a discarded lottery ticket in a stack of old mail won $40,000 on a spin of the ``big wheel,'' state lottery officials announced Saturday. ``I had totally forgotten that I'd bought the ticket,'' said Sergio Menjivar. The construction worker plans to use the money for a down payment on a new home and to invest for his children's college educations. Contestants won $342,000 on this week's taping of the California Lottery's ``The Big Spin'' show. ?13City News Service DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection worker jolted by an electric shock A 54-year-old electrician from Glendora suffered an electric shock while working on a 5-kilovolt conduct panel in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or on Saturday but escaped with only minor injuries, officials said. Paramedics sent at 9:22 a.m. to an underground parking facility at 433 S. Spring St. found the man conscious after suffering a jolt that streaked from his right thumb to his abdomen, leaving puncture wounds at both places, officials said. ?13City News Service |
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