Two toddlers were in critical condition from two separate backyard pool near-drownings in Placentia and in unincorporated Tustin, a county fire captain said Sunday.
About 6:15 p.m. Saturday, in the Cowan Heights community of unincorporated Tustin, a 20-month-old boy wandered out to his backyard through a sliding glass door and was found by his 7-year-old sister floating in the backyard pool, said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Steve Concialdi.
The boy’s parents pulled him out of the pool, as the father performed CPR and the mother called 911, Concialdi said.
Arriving paramedics began advanced lifesaving measures and were able to get a heart rate back for the child, who was rushed in critical condition to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana.
He was then transferred to Children’s Hospital of Orange County in Orange, he said.
And at about 6:45 p.m. Saturday in Placentia, firefighters were dispatched to a home where a 17-month-old girl was found floating in backyard pool during a large family gathering, he said.
Paramedics rushed the girl, in critical condition, to Children’s Hospital of Orange County in Orange.
— City News Service