Desperate medics battled for half an hour in a bid to revive the son of Yankees legend Brett Gardner after his frantic family found him lifeless in bed on vacation in Costa Rica, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
A medical center crash team fought to give 14-year-old Miller Gardner ‘advanced life support, full on series of CPR, for 30 minutes but was unsuccessful,’ boss Dr Kevin Gannon revealed.
Tragic Miller was discovered not breathing in his room at the luxurious Arenas del Mar Beachfront and Rainforest Resort in Manuel Antonio on Friday morning after he and his family dined the previous evening at a nearby restaurant.
Dr Gannon told DailyMail.com at his urgent care center in Quepos: ‘He was clinically dead. He had no vital signs, but we had no idea how long he’d been in that state so we got to work because everything was so unclear.
‘If he’d been like that for only, say a few minutes, there would have been a chance of saving him.’
American Dr Gannon said his team at first tried a defibrillator but Miller showed no signs of recovery. So they quickly worked on chest compressions and ensuring his airways were clear.
Miller Gardner (second right) died over the weekend, his parents Brett and Jessica announced on Sunday
Miller was found dead in his room at the luxurious Arenas del Mar Beachfront and Rainforest Resort in Manuel Antonio on Friday morning after he and his family dined the previous evening at a nearby restaurant
Dr Kevin Gannon spoke to DailyMail.com about how medics battled to revive the 14-year-old
He said he was not the physician on the scene so he could not say if adrenaline was administered intravenously, which is another common feature of crash starting a person’s heart.
However, after 30 minutes it was decided the battle was in vain and tragic Miller was declared dead by the team, consisting of a physician, a nurse and an EMT driver.
‘We called the authorities and we stayed with the body until they arrived and took over. Our physician dealt with the family members.
On any clues to the cause of death, Dr Gannon said: ‘It’s still a mystery. We as a clinic and as first responders have the same questions as everyone else at the moment. Because everything is so unclear.
‘There are so many questions. It was overwhelming for everyone, all the family members, the hotel… it was very shocking.
‘There are people who are saying he had an allergic reaction to medication that was given to him the previous evening, or medication given by the treating team… everyone’s in the air with that.’
Meanwhile, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal that police are still returning to the $1,000-a-night resort to interview shocked staff, an insider at the hotel told us.
The headquarter of Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigations Agency. The country is dealing with high rates of homicide reaching nearly 1,800 murders in the past two years
The entire Gardner family became ill the night before Miller was found dead, a new theory brought forward by the country’s medical experts is the 14-year-old may have had an adverse reaction to the medicine the resort doctor brought to their room to combat their symptoms
The family was staying at the luxurious Arenas Del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort
Le Papillon Restaurant at nearby Hotel La Mariposa bizarrely said they had nothing to do with the incident even though they hadn’t been named as the family had dined there earlier
Anxious bosses have ordered workers not to reveal any details of the tragedy to outsiders and only talk to investigators.
But one source revealed: ‘Officers are returning to ask a lot of questions.
‘This has hit the resort hard because we have a reputation for really looking after people. We’ll accommodate many things, like special diets and treatment.
‘Additionally, the resort has waived the charge for the Gardners’ stay in view of their tragic circumstances and were suffering so much.’
Earlier on Wednesday, it was revealed that Gardner and his wife are facing fresh agony because a murderous war between drug gangs in Costa Rica is delaying their son’s autopsy results by months.
The couple must now wait up to 90 days to know exactly how their 14-year-old boy died in the central American country where bodies are piling up in a chilling spike in homicides which all need autopsies, a top official with the central American country’s Judicial Investigations Agency has admitted.
Juan Pablo Alvarado Garcia told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview at his office in capital San Juan: ‘We’re having a hike in homicides as these drug gangs battle for territory and every one of them needs an autopsy.
‘I can confirm that an autopsy has been carried out on Miller, But the full analysis and results, as in every one of them, will take at least two to three months due to these constant killings causing a backlog of cases. That’s the reality.’
Costa Rica has had nearly 1,800 homicides in the past two years, nearly 17 for every 100,000 of the population.
Most murders were attributed to narco-trafficking groups, with one report claiming 63 percent of the killings were carried out by hitmen settling scores.
