Lite Beer Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Swedish snorkeler ‘likely died of heart attack’ PHUKET: The Swedish man who died off Racha Yai Island earlier today likely died of a heart attack, the Phuket Gazette has been told. Martin Anders Christer Nilsson, 63, was on a Phuket fishing tour with his stepdaughter’s boyfriend and her children when the incident occurred. “He had gotten off of the boat to go snorkeling,” said Phuket Tourist Police volunteer Gary Halpin. Soon after Mr Nilsson entered the water, the crew on board the boat noticed him floating face down. They recovered his body and administered CPR, said Mr Halpin. At 12:15pm, a dive tour boat nearby with a medical student on board was hailed for assistance. “When the dive boat arrived, Mr Nilsson was already blue in the face and had seawater and vomit coming from his mouth,” Mr Halpin said. Mr Nilsson had no pulse and wasn’t breathing, so oxygen wasn’t administered, he added. Family members present said they believed the cause of death to be a heart attack, said Mr Halpin. Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/archives/articles/2011/article11489.html -- Phuket Gazette 2011-11-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunta71 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 No attempt to revive him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 No attempt to revive him? "They recovered his body and administered CPR, said Mr Halpin." I don't know how much time passed between him getting back on board and the diveboat getting to him. That could be important in any decision at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonsalviz Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 No attempt to revive him? They recovered his body and administered CPR, said Mr Halpin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F1fanatic Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 And his family believed it was a heart attack. Only a post-mortem will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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