How to give first aid if you are drowning? Proper first aid after drowning

Drowning is an emergency and here are the first aid steps to deal with drowning:

Call emergency services immediately: Regardless of the drowning person's situation, start by calling emergency help** immediately (e.g., dialing 120 or another emergency number) and let them know where the drowning occurred.

Safe rescue: If you have safety equipment (such as a lifebuoy, lifeline, etc.), you can try to throw it at the drowning person, but make sure you are safe. Never attempt to come into direct contact with a drowning person to avoid endangering yourself.

Remove the drowning person from the water: If possible, drag the drowning person out of the water as soon as possible. If the drowning person is already unconscious or unable to move on their own, water rescue is required.

When performing a water rescue, try using floating objects, such as lifebuoys or floats, to help the drowning person stay afloat.

Check breathing and circulation: Once the drowning person is brought to safety, check their breathing and circulation. If the drowning person is not breathing or having a heartbeat, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) needs to be started immediately.

If you are not familiar with the CPR procedure, follow the guidance of the emergency responder.

Seek medical help: Regardless of whether the drowning person has regained breathing and circulation, medical help needs to be sought as soon as possible. Even if the drowning person does not appear to have an obvious problem on the surface, there may be internal injuries or other complications.

A medical professional can conduct a thorough assessment of the drowning person and**.

Important: The above steps are for general guidance only, and the actual first aid operation should be carried out according to the specific situation and training experience. If possible, receive relevant first aid training prior to first aid operations so that you can better respond to emergencies.

What are the rescue measures for drowning.

1. Judge consciousness: pat the drowning person on the shoulders and shout loudly to judge whether he is conscious. If the drowning person is conscious, the mild person may have cough and shortness of breath, and the severe person may have facial bruising, swelling, mouth and nasal cavity full of foam and sludge, cold limbs, etc., if the drowning person loses consciousness, he should immediately call others to call the emergency **120, and get the nearest AED;

2. Judge breathing: Observe whether the drowning person's chest rises and falls to determine whether he is breathing.

Put your hand on the carotid artery and feel if it still beats, if it is gone, it means that the heart has stopped! 80 to 100 reps per minute, children are generally about 150, now we are asking both single and double to do it at the same frequency is 5 to 1However, you have to pay attention to the position of the compression, which is generally the junction of the middle and lower sternum 1 3!

The method is to lie on the patient's back, and the first aid provider uses his left hand to support the jaw or neck, so that the head is tilted back as much as possible to facilitate the patency of the trachea. Pinch both nostrils of the drowning person, inhale deeply, and exhale forcefully towards the person's mouth.

Then relax your nostrils and repeat at a rate of about 18 times per minute. If there are drugs, respiratory stimulants such as nicosamide or beyostemic racerine can be injected at the same time.

The first thing is to remove the debris from the mouth of the drowning person, and then artificial respiration, compression on the chest, or, if the drowning time is not long, immediately turn the person upside down, mainly to get the water out.

01 First of all, the drowning person should be rescued immediately ashore and kept in a flat lying position.

02 Next, we should keep the airway clear, keep the person head down, and pry open the mouth to clean the mouth and nose of debris.

03 Next, after the debris is cleared, hit the shoulders and backs of the personnel continuously and quickly with the palm of the hand to further unblock the airway.

04 If, after the above steps, there is still no sign of resuscitation, then cardiopulmonary resuscitation should be performed immediately, and if medical conditions are available, oxygen ** support should be provided.

05 Finally, while performing artificial respiration, you should also ask the people around you to immediately call the first aid** and wait for the arrival of the ambulance personnel, during which CPR cannot be stopped.