Grad student on swim date with girlfriend almost drowns at NTU pool
Grad student on swim date with girlfriend almost drowns at NTU pool
2025-09-04
A graduate student almost drowned at National Taiwan University during a swim date with his girlfriend. According to witnesses, he suddenly fainted during a brief stop in the middle of the pool. He was administered CPR on the spot and taken to hospital, but has yet to regain consciousness.
A student almost drowned at NTU’s indoor swimming pool on Thursday morning. He was rushed to hospital, where he was resuscitated, but he has yet to fully regain consciousness.
Witness (voice altered)
Helped save student
We weren’t sure if he wasn’t feeling well. When we were trying to save him, we noticed that he had a lot of food in his mouth that started floating on the water, and then we pulled him up.
The graduate student is in his 20s and had gone swimming with his girlfriend at the indoor pool. As a beginner swimmer, he had to rest every now and then by getting on his feet in the pool. It was during one of these pauses that he suddenly collapsed backward. His girlfriend tried to save him and the life guard on duty also came to help.
Joy Lee
Swimming coach
He might have been breathing too fast, or held his breath for too long. Of course there’s also the issue of one’s physical condition. For example, someone with arrhythmia or another issue could faint all of a sudden. Seeing that he’s a student, it’s likely that he stayed up late. Or he could have just eaten, or got in the pool on an empty stomach. These are all plausible reasons.
Han Chang-wang
Taiwan Adventist Hospital Department of Emergency
When water enters our respiratory tract, our trachea will slightly constrict to prevent the foreign matter from entering the lungs further, that is, to prevent choking a second time. When he choked on the first mouthful of water, his entire trachea might have spasmed, causing him to be unable to breathe again and leading to hypoxia.
Considering that the indoor pool on campus is only 130cm at the deepest, it’s likely the student would not have ever expected an accident like this. The university has issued a notice confirming the incident, while also stating that the student’s vital signs have stabilized. It’s also reported the incident as a campus safety issue to the Ministry of Education, saying that it’ll continue to keep track of the student’s condition.
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台大校園泳池"資工碩士生溺水" 救生員CPR搶回性命
2025-09-04
台大校內游泳池，今天(4)上午，驚傳有學生溺水意外！目擊者稱，當時一名20多歲的男同學，游泳到一半站起來，就突然向後倒，急救時發現他口中有很多食物，現場救生員立刻實施CPR，搶回一命，但送醫後學生的意識還是很不清，還要持續觀察。
週四上午，台大驚傳有學生在泳池內溺水，一度命危，送醫後恢復生命跡象，但意識相當薄弱。
[[目擊民眾(變音)]]
“是不是身體不舒服我們也不知道，反正就是我們剛給他急救的時候，他口中很多食物，在上面浮起來，然後給他拉上來。”
據了解，這名20多歲碩士生，和女友相約，一起到校內泳池練游泳。身為游泳初學者，他每游一小段，就會站起身，休息一下，再繼續游。卻沒想到，上午十點左右，碩士生一站起來，就突然向後倒。女友在旁邊試圖施救，救生員也趕緊上前幫忙。
[[游泳教練 李詹瑩]]
像是可能過度換氣或是過度憋氣，當然本身他身體狀況，像是心律不整，都會有這些原因，導致昏倒的情形發生。那當然因為他是學生嘛，可能他可能熬夜，那可能剛吃飽飯，或是沒吃飯就直接下水，這些也是有可能的原因。"
[[台安醫院急診主任 韓昌旺]]
“當我們呼吸道進到水的時候，我們的氣管會為了保護這些異物不要讓它再更進去，就是肺部裡面，防止第二次的嗆進去的時候，我們的氣管會稍微收縮。當他嗆到第一口水的時候，他可能氣管整個就是在痙攣，導致他之後想換氣呼吸，都沒有辦法再換氣呼吸，就直接缺氧下去。”
台大校內泳池，池水最深處，也才130公分，成年男子在這游泳，原以為很安全。台大也發聲明，證實消息的同時，也說學生目前生命跡象穩定，校方已經向教育部完成校安通報，將持續關心學生狀況。
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