Penticton’s Community Centre pool was closed Friday evening after a patron suffered an undisclosed medical emergency.
The incident happened at about 7 p.m. on Jan. 15, and aquatics staff were able to rescue the distressed woman from the pool and provide emergency medical assistance.
Recreation manager Lori Mullin said the patron was swimming lengths in the pool when staff noticed she was in distress and rescued her, using the building’s automated external defibrillator and administering CPR until paramedics arrived about 10 minutes later.
She was transported to Penticton Regional Hospital for further treatment in the intensive care unit. The pool remained closed Friday evening, but reopened according to its regular schedule on Jan. 16.
Mayor Andrew Jakubeit praised the staff response in a press release from the City of Penticton.
“I am very proud of the outstanding response from our aquatics staff during this medical crisis” said Jakubeit. “On behalf of City Council, we wish our customer a full and speedy recovery.”
Mullin said this is the second time the AED in the Community Centre has been used in the last nine months, and both cases were successful.
