A 55-year-old man is in serious condition in hospital after being knocked over by a wave at La Tejita beach in the south of Tenerife yesterday afternoon (Sunday).
The Emergency Services Coordination Centre were alerted at 4:15pm after lifeguards pulled the man from the sea in cardiac arrest, caused by swallowing too much water, which occurred in the municipality of Granadilla de Abona.
They managed to revive the man on the beach using CPR before SUC paramedics arrived and continued with advanced resuscitation efforts to try and stabilise him.
Once he was out of danger, they transferred him by ambulance to Hospiten Sur University Hospital, where he remains in a critical state.
Local Police assisted medical crews at the scene and have opened an investigation onto the incident.
