[UK] Dover sole 'jumps' down angler's throat in Bournemouth.

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Dover sole 'jumps' down angler's throat in Bournemouth.

'An angler had to be resuscitated after accidentally swallowing a fish he had just caught.
The man was kissing the Dover sole in celebration of his catch when the six-inch (14cm) fish wriggled out
of his hand and jumped into his mouth, a friend said.



The 28-year-old stopped breathing and suffered a cardiac arrest at the scene on Boscombe Pier, Bournemouth.
Paramedics managed to remove the fish with forceps in an ambulance.

Ambulance worker Matt Harrison said: "It was clear that we needed to get the fish out or this patient was not going
to survive the short journey to Royal Bournemouth Hospital. "I was acutely aware that I only had one attempt at
getting this right as if I lost grip or a piece broke off and it slid further out of sight then there was nothing more
that we could have done to retrieve the obstruction."

Mr Harrison said the fish's barbs and gills became stuck but he eventually succeeded in extracting it in one piece.
He said it was the "most bizarre" call-out he had ever attended.

Members of Boscombe Pier Sea Anglers performed CPR on their friend and before the arrival of emergency crews
at about 23:00 BST on 5 October. Ian Cowie from the group said: "He was kissing the fish when it jumped down
his throat. It's a tradition to kiss your first catch."

Paramedics managed to restart the unnamed man's heart at the pier after working on him for three minutes.
Mr Harrison said: "We're all so glad the patient has no lasting effects from his cardiac arrest, which could so
easily have had such a tragic and devastating outcome."...'

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