A 58-year-old foreigner died this Saturday afternoon (16 years old) after drowning in Praia Central de Balneario Camboriu, on the northern coast of Santa Catarina. It was around 1:15 p.m. when paramedics and firefighters were called to help him.

The Argentinean’s wife tried to help him, but the man died on Saturday afternoon (16) – Photo: Archive/Bruno Golembiewski/ND

According to eyewitnesses, cries for help were heard and the fire department soon arrived. The spot on the beach where the drowned swimmer was rescued was near Plaza Almirante Tamandare, on the outskirts of Balneario Camboriu.

Civilian rescuers treated an unconscious man with signs of a grade 6 drowning, the most serious degree when the victim experiences cardiopulmonary arrest.

In the absence of signs of heartbeat and foaming from the mouth and nose, resuscitation measures were started.

More rescuers then arrived to help the drowned swimmer. The victim’s wife, a 53-year-old woman, also arrived at the scene. Both were of Argentine nationality.

Argentinean would have taken medicine before drowning on the beach

During the rescue efforts, the woman also told firefighters that her partner had been experiencing chest pains in the morning and that he had taken medication before going to the beach.

After three cycles of cardiac massage and two shocks with an automatic external defibrillator, Samu (Mobile Ambulance Service) rescuers arrived and pronounced the swimmer dead at the scene.

The scientific police sent the dead man’s body to the IML (Institute of Medicine Legal) in Balneario Camboriu. His identity has not been revealed at this time.