5 Ways You Can Help to Resuscitate a Drowning Victim
How to Resuscitate a Drowning Victim
Drowning is a serious occurring problem annually that affects both adults and children alike. A lot of children have been found dead during and after a heavy downpour.
Probably those children were innocently playing in the rain. And were mistakenly swept into fast-moving drainage or probably they went fishing or swimming in a fast-moving river or stream close to their neighborhood.
Children swimming, they can easily get drown
Children in particular love to go and swim in streams, rivers, and lakes in their municipal area for fun and also seeking adventure.
Accidents do occur at home in swimming pools, parties involving even adults that can swim perfectly.
Even highly skilled swimmers and aquatically adaptable service members such as U.S. Navy Divers, Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) Teams, researchers, etc. are not an exception they also die every year from drowning.
Whichever way these accidents do occur to both adults and children alike.
So what do we do to resuscitate a drowning victim?
A drowning victim
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The following tips will help you resuscitate a drowning victim to life and safety:
If the drowning person (victim) is still in the water, your major task is how to bring him to safety or ashore as the case may be.
You can resuscitate a drowning victim through the use of a rope, stick, or any strong improvised medium. More conveniently the use of a boat, if one is handy.
You must exercise extreme care when trying to rescue a drowning victim, without putting yourself in danger too.
putting on your life jacket and swimming in the company of others can save lives in the case of drowning
Once onshore or safe, follow these directions:
1# Position the victim on his stomach
In resuscitating a drowning victim, try as much as possible to remove any obstructing objects such as debris and water from the victim’s mouth as quickly as possible
2# Pull the tongue forward
Grasping it between the thumb and forefinger. Use a dry cloth to hold the tongue, if necessary.
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3# Mouth to mouth breathing
If the victim is not breathing, lay him on his back, bringing the chin forward and up. Hold the nose firmly and breathe gently into his mouth about 10 or 25 times a minute.
This will inflate the lungs and help restore circulation. If preferred, use some type of tube, firmly holding the victim’s lips around the tube while inflating the lungs.
Apart from being expose to the dangers of drowning, children can easily be infected with Bilharzia
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4# Resuscitate a Drowning Victim Heart massage
If the heart stopped beating, continue mouth to mouth breathing while someone else gives cardiac massage by pressing firmly with the heel of the hand over the middle of the breast bone several times in a minute. Be sure to lift the handoff after each pressure.
5# Get the victim to the nearest hospital
While the process of resuscitating a drowning victim is still ongoing. Endeavor to call the ambulance right away and transfer the victim to the nearest hospital, placing the victim under good medical care and management.
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Prevention
Never underestimate the power of moving water be it momentarily flood during a heavy downpour, in drainage, flowing river, streams or a baby kept in a bathtub or bowl.
Stationary and moving water should be taken with utmost seriousness and caution especially when children are involved.
- If you can’t swim you have no business being close to any large water body. Even the best swimmers are at risk of drowning.
- Children should not be left alone near large or small bodies of water, especially swimming pools.
- Always put on your live jacket or personal flotation device (PFD), it should be made available and handy always.
- Never go to a river or stream to swim alone, always be in the company of others.
- Never get close to a swimming pool, if you do drugs or take alcohol especially when at home or at a weekend party. Alcohol and drug-related incidents are among the leading cause of death by drowning.
- Learning how to swim is a huge investment and a lifesaving skill with immense benefit to your life.
- Have a well-developed safety and rescue plan that is exercised and practiced routinely.
