Perth teenager Matthew Haylett paralysed after diving into sandbar at Mullaloo Beach

A 17 -year -old from the suburbs of northern Perth remained paralyzed instantly after breaking his neck in a strange ocean accident.

Matthew Haylett will spend the next 12 months at the hospital after a trip to Mullaloo Beach with friends appealed to the tragedy last Saturday.

Haylett was paralyzed from the chest down after immersing himself in a sand bank.

The teenager, who cannot breathe on his own, is being treated in the Intensive Care Unit of the Royal Perth Hospital.

Haylett’s friend, Camden Atfield, was swimming with him at that time and took him out of the water.

“We both immerse ourselves together,” said Atfield.

“I think when the waves returned, he just started screaming. He was completely paralyzed. He said: ‘I can’t move.'”

Haylett’s mother, Megan Larson, said she was “eternally grateful” with Mr. Atfield, who, according to her, had saved her son’s life.

“The first thing he told me, he says: ‘I’m fine, mom, I’m fine. You don’t bother. I’m fine. I’m going well,'” Larson said about his first interaction with his son after the incident.

“He is so stubborn …. They told him: ‘Do you know friend? Do you know what is happening?’ He said: ‘I’m walking in six months!’ “

Haylett faces years of rehabilitation and the possibility of surgery as soon as next week.

Mrs. Larson has launched a GOFund page to help you with its recovery and wants all swimmers to be aware of the dangers of sand bars.

“I just want the best future for him, whatever he can see,” Larson said.

RPH’s general and trauma surgeon, Dr. Jeni Thomas, said that people who help someone suspected of having significant neck injuries should avoid moving them as much as possible.

“Obviously, you must put them safe and stay safe and make sure to request help for emergency services,” he added.

The general manager of WA of Surf Lifesving, Chris Peck, said: “Be sure to evaluate those conditions and their own capacity and, as we say, where there is a sand bank, it is likely that there are waves, there is likely that there will be tears to make it more dangerous.”