2 Women in Their 80s Got Stuck in a Hot Tub and Nearly Died of Overheating While on a 'Relaxing' Girls' Trip

A relaxing girls’ travel for a group of elder citizens took a near-deadly turn erstwhile 2 of nan women sewage stuck successful a basking tub.

Wolfe County Search and Rescue Team (WCSART) of Wolfe County, Ky., received a 911 telephone connected Wednesday, Aug. 20, astatine 8:40 p.m. section clip regarding nan 2 elder women, according to a connection from nan agency shared connected Facebook connected Thursday, Aug. 21.

“A group of women successful their 80s were staying astatine a distant compartment successful Wolfe County. The group decided to return a relaxing dip successful nan cabin's basking tub that astir turned tragic,” nan connection began.

The WCSART said things “turned sideways” erstwhile nan group attempted to exit nan basking tub, and 2 of nan women were incapable to get retired owed to “pre-existing issues.”

Both women became overheated and developed hyperthermia, which is nan other of hypothermia, and intends that nan assemblage is incapable to cool itself. 

The women became unresponsive, astatine which constituent “a personnel of nan group sewage successful nan basking tub to support their heads supra h2o while a 4th personnel of nan group dialed 911 for help,” nan connection continued.

The caretaker of nan compartment was capable to get some women retired of nan tub earlier emergency services arrived. When WCSART responders sewage to nan scene, they recovered 1 of nan women “completely unresponsive and successful captious condition,” while nan different female was “partially responsive.”

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A squad personnel — who was besides an EMT — moved nan much captious diligent to a ablution wherever crystal and acold h2o were applied to her body, per nan WCSART. The little captious patient, meanwhile, was treated pinch crystal and acold compresses and was yet moved extracurricular and treated pinch acold h2o from a hose.

Both women yet “began to recover” and were transferred to a section infirmary for further treatment.

Kevin Osbourn, a spokesperson for nan WCSART, told PEOPLE that nan 2 women were released from nan infirmary nan pursuing time connected Aug. 21, and he was told “they are some doing well.”

“This communicative could person ended overmuch otherwise without nan speedy reasoning of each those involved,” he added.

In their first Facebook post, nan WCSART said they were sharing nan caller incident arsenic “a cautionary and acquisition moment.”

The nonprofit noted that basking tub soaks should not transcend “15 to 30 minutes,” and reminded users to ever make judge they tin get retired of nan tub earlier entering.