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$Title{Emergency First Aid: DROWNING}
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Editors of Consumer Guide
Siegfried, Donna M}
$Subject{DROWNING DROWN DROWNs DROWNed suffocate suffocates suffocation water
submersion submerse submersed swim swimming pool pools hot tub tubs bathtub
bathtubs blue bluish color lip lips fingernail fingernails unconscious
unconsciousness breath breathe breathes breathing absence}
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The New Parents' Question & Answer Book
DROWNING
CAUSES
Drowning is suffocation by submersion in water. It can occur in natural
bodies of water, swimming pools, hot tubs, or bathtubs.
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
- bluish color to lips and fingernails
- unconsciousness
- absence of breathing
EMERGENCY TREATMENT
1. SEND FOR HELP.
2. a) If child is in bathtub or small pool, pull child from water. If back
or neck injury is suspected, avoid bending or twisting back or neck.
b) If child is near shore or poolside and is conscious, DO NOT enter water.
With your body low to ground and your weight away from water, extend
arm, leg, life preserver, rope, inner tube, clothing, tree limb, or
other device for child to grab on to. Pull child to edge of water. IF
CHILD IS UNCONSCIOUS, wade into water and pull child faceup--with nose
and mouth above water--to edge of water.
c) If child is not near shore or poolside, wade into water until you can
extend device to child, or throw life preserver or board for child to
cling to. DO NOT swim out to conscious child and DO NOT let child grab
you. IF CHILD IS UNCONSCIOUS, swim out and pull child to shore ONLY if
you are trained to do so.
3. Check breathing. If breathing has stopped, see MOUTH-TO-MOUTH
RESUSCITATION (previous section).
4. If back or neck injury is possible, DO NOT bend or twist neck or back.
With help, place board under child's body and remove child from water.
Move child to land while keeping back and neck immobile. See BACK AND NECK
INJURIES (previous section).
5. If child vomits, turn child's head to side and clear child's mouth using
your fingers. DO NOT turn child's head if back or neck injury is
suspected. Instead, carefully turn child's entire body to side before
clearing mouth.
6. Observe for shock. See SHOCK (later section).
7. Cover child with blankets or towels.
8. DO NOT give food or water.
9. Call 911 or operator if no one else has done so.