An 18-year-old boy is in critical condition following a near drowning accident at Cedarbrook Country Club off Poplar Springs Road in State Road Friday afternoon. David Heiner was rescued by a lifeguard, who saw him go under, went in, pulled him out and initiated CPR. About two minutes after CPR was initiated, first responders arrived on the scene and used the automated external defibrillator, which gave one shock, and then continued CPR until EMS arrived.
Shortly after EMS arrived on the scene, medical responders regained pulses Heiner and he was transported to Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, where he was treated and stabilized. He was then airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

Heiner, the son of Mark Heiner, a new physician to the Elkin area, is in the Intensive Care Unit there since. According to a blog set up by his family. "David is now off all neuro-altering medications, and remains with no signs of purposeful movement. However, the neurologist does see signs that could possibly be slight brainstem activity. In this situation, because of the potential of brain swelling to decrease and also because of the potential of "stunned" brain cells to function once again, the ICU team is going to monitor David for 48 hours and then re-assess. The ICU team remains guarded and are not ready to give a final assessment until after that 48 hour time period," the blog says.