Two children in hospital after separate near drownings
Two children are in hospital after two separate near drowning incidents in backyard pools in New South Wales on Sunday.
A two-year-old boy was pulled unconscious from a backyard pool in Sydney's west while a 12-year-old boy was found unresponsive in a pool on the Central Coast.
Emergency services were called to a property on Charles Street, Blacktown about 12.40pm after the toddler was found.
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Police attended the Blacktown home. Nine
Paramedics treated the child at the scene before taking him to the Children's Hospital at Westmead in a stable condition.
Just after 2pm, paramedics responded to reports of a near drowning in Point Frederick.
Six ambulance crews were dispatched to the scene, as well as the Westpac Rescue Helicopter with a specialist medical team on board.
The young boy was given CPR before paramedics arrived.
He was transported to the Children's Hospital at Westmead.
"They are very lucky that people there knew CPR," NSW Ambulance Acting Inspector Greg Marshall told 9News.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding both incidents.
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