Revived swimmer was dead for an hour

'He was not breathing and had no heartbeat, but a volunteer doctor with the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), South Africa's lifeboat service, began cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and advanced life support paramedics took him to hospital. His heartbeat was only restored almost an hour later, and he spent several days on a ventilator before making an apparently full recovery.'

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