Drowning Treatment

For adults or children, place the heel of one hand in the center of the chest of the nipple line. You can also grasp the other hand with one hand. In the case of a baby, place two fingers on the sternum

For adults and children, please press at least 2 inches. Please do not push the ribs. For babies, press about 1 inch and 1 inch. Please do not press the end of the breastbone

Only chest compressions are performed at a rate of 100 to 120 beats per minute or more. Make sure your chest is fully raised during pushing

These instructions are not a substitute for CPR training. Courses are available through the American Red Cross, local hospitals and other organizations.

If you have been trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, you can open your airway by tilting your head to the back and lifting your jaw.

I will grasp the nose of the victim. Breathe normally, breathe the mouth of the victim with your mouth, make a sealed seal, and breathe for 2 seconds watching the chest rising.

Continue the cycle of 30 presses and 2 breaths until a person starts breathing or emergency assistance arrives

Treatment for drowning starts with the recognition that the victim has a problem and evaluates whether they are awake and breathing. If traumatic events, such as jumping into shallow water bodies, occurred, please keep the neck fixed, taking into account the risk of neck injury. If the victim does not breathe, he or she needs to be rescued. If there is no heartbeat, you need to start CPR. This is an insufficient situation by hand CPR alone. All drowning victims need to be consulted at the hospital.

Whether a person is flooded with fresh water rather than salt water does not affect breathing management or human outcome. Those who are sinking in freshwater may experience more severe hypoxemia in the early stages of treatment but this initial difference is short lived and management of freshwater and saltwater flooding is basically the same . If you immerse it in water at a temperature of about 21 ° C (70 ° F) or less, it may cause diving reflections. This is common in vertebrate breathing air, especially marine mammals such as whales and seals. This reflex protects the body by placing the body in a power saving mode to maximize the time the body is in the water. In cold waters, this reflection is stronger and has three main effects.

Drowning is divided into dry and damp depending on whether the voice box (throat) is paralyzed and water can enter the lungs. Whether wet or dry, there is no change in treatment or outcome. The term "close" drowning refers to a non-dead victim; however, this term is no longer widely used. Drowning is often a quiet and quiet act. Victims are not usually beaten. Instead, they may be too tired to spend a lot of energy trying to keep their heads on the water and ask for help; and if water comes into contact with the vocal cords, It will prevent crushing and calling for help. Usually, you can see that the victim is floating in the bottom of the water or bathtub