An off-duty paramedic credited with saving the life of a young boy at a Langford pool hopes others will take away the importance of learning CPR.

Kyle Klint and his wife Karlie Wilson were at the Westhills YMCA-YWCA pool with their two sons on Sunday when they noticed something happening below and heard the life guardsB次元官网网址� whistle blow.

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Heading down from one of the pool slides, Klint said they saw lifeguards pulling a child from the water and eventually beginning chest compressions.

B次元官网网址淲e noticed he wasnB次元官网网址檛 moving and he looked very, very pale and very unwell.B次元官网网址�

Wilson got to the child first and identified herself as a paramedic before immediately starting CPR.

Klint began clearing the childB次元官网网址檚 airway with artificial respirationB次元官网网址檚 while Wilson continued CPR for the next three and a half minutes.

At that point, he began taking small breaths on his own.

About five minutes after the ordeal began, Klint said the child was crying and responsive. An ambulance crew arrived two to three minutes later to transport him to Victoria General Hospital.

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There was no time to hesitate, Klint said. They were dealing with a minute-to-minute situation.

B次元官网网址淭hatB次元官网网址檚 part of the reason we intervened right away. We recognized the severity of the situation,B次元官网网址� he said, giving credit to the poolB次元官网网址檚 lifeguards, who followed procedure and aided in the life saving ordeal.

SundayB次元官网网址檚 rescue wasnB次元官网网址檛 the first time Klint stepped into a paramedic role while off-duty B次元官网网址� but he said thatB次元官网网址檚 just part of the job.

B次元官网网址淵ouB次元官网网址檙e never really off-duty. You take a career like this [and] if something happens and youB次元官网网址檙e able to help, I think any [BC Emergency Health Services] BCEHS paramedic would help,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淚 think anyone with the training would have done the same thing.B次元官网网址�

While Klint emphasized the role of emergency medical dispatchers B次元官网网址� who regularly provide life-saving instructions over the phone B次元官网网址� he hopes more people will learn life-saving skills like CPR.

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B次元官网网址淚 really hope that, if somethingB次元官网网址檚 taken away from all of this, people learn CPR so they know what to do in this type of situation,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淭he more people that know CPR at the scene, the better the outcomes are.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淲e recommend that people take a CPR class, take a first aid class and get better training. Chances are, the people they actually use these skills on are loved ones or family members or close friends.B次元官网网址�

For those with CPR or first-aid certification, Klint recommended downloading the BCEHS application which provides alerts for nearby victims of cardiac arrest.