First Aid For Drowning

Get the victim out of the water if you can do so safely.
Monitor for breathing and pulse. If no breathing and no pulse, do CPR. If no breathing, but there is a pulse, do rescue breathing.If victim is breathing and has a pulse, put him or her in the recovery position. This position keeps the airway clear and allows swallowed water or vomit to drain.
Take cold, wet clothes off the victim and cover him or her with something warm to prevent hypothermia.Get Emergency Care and give first aid before emergency care:

2006-06-29 23:20:42 by ameen k

This is what to do when you have a drowning incident.

I have read about a treatment for cold water drowning victims:
"If available, place the person in a bath of hot water at a temperature of 105 to 110 degrees. It is important that the victim's arms and legs be kept out of the water to prevent "after-drop". After-drop occurs when the cold blood from the limbs is forced back into the body resulting in further lowering of the core temperature. After-drop can be fatal."
May someone explain the process? If the core is sufficiently warm enough, shouldn't the blood entering be warmed before it hits the heart? It does pass through several blood vessels first, and the temperature of the water remains constant, and can be raised.
In fiction, I have read of other ways.
In Neil Gaiman's American Gods, Hinzelmann saves Shadow from cold water drowning and warms him up by placing him in a hot water bath, but with the limbs included. Shadow is in hot water to the neck.
In Dan Brown's Deception Point, Rachel Sexton and her friends are saved from cold water drowning in the arctic circle by the crew members of the USS Charlotte, who give them a hot water shower, but described by the crew as lukewarm, epinephrine injections, and a vigorous massage.
What is your comment on those procedures?
I mean after they are resuscitated, after CPR is done on them, they are breathing but shivering cold, what is the best way to warm them up.

ok, i am going to answer 2 questions as it's confusing the way you asked the question.

1. Hypothermia, from being in cold water.

It is NOT advised to put someone with hypothermia into a bath, this could send cold blood from the body's surface to the heart too quickly and could cause complications.
This is the current treatment for hypothermia

1. Move the patient indoors or somewhere warm as soon as possible
2. Once they are sheltered remove all wet clothing and dry the person
3. Wrap them in dry blankets, towels, clothes or coats, basically anything you have but give the head and torso priority.
4.Use your own body heat, hug them gently
5. Give the person warm drinks such as tea, but not alcohol. Also try and give them some high energy foods like chocolate

hypothermia can be a life threatening condition, and it is important for anyone suffering from it to receive advanced care asap.

2. Drowning.
(these are the latest UK guidelines)

lay the person flat on the ground
extend the head to open the airway
give 5 initial rescue breaths
then start CPR at a rate off 30 breaths too 2 rescue breaths.
This should be done for 1 minute before going for help if you are alone

2011-07-05 17:59:40 by Rafael E

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ap person while playing near the river fell down in river somebody brought him out what will be the first aid management???????

I would assume cpr would be performed.

2009-06-26 09:06:03 by dr. om kant s

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Gemma Houghton, 15, said she had a "feeling" that her sister, Leanne, needed help and ran upstairs to check on her.

She found her lying lifeless and submerged under the water after suffering a fit in the bath and losing consciousness.

Pulling her from the water she used her first aid training to restart her breathing while waiting for an ambulance to arrive.

Paramedics said that her swift actions undoubtedly saved her sister's life. "By the time we arrived she was coming around after her sister had administered chest compressions," said Steve Pearson, a paramedic who attended the incident.

"It is quite simple, if Gemma hadn't have been there, Leanne would have died.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5 036835/Twins-sixth-sense-saves-drowning- sister.html

Hi Faith, I think they should in all honesty. Many people don't know what to do when someone has an accident.

2009-03-24 11:40:37 by Faith

CPR, choking, drowning, basic information about the human body ..

There are many places to get first aid training, however there are none, to my knowledge, online. Most (if not all) first aid classes have a hands on part. Probably the best place to get first aid training (if you live in the US) is the American Red Cross. This is because the Red Cross is a highly respected organization, and they frequently have classes. Another thing to try is your local EMS (ambulance) service. Often they provide, or have information on who will provide a first aid class. The fire or police department would also be good places to look.

2006-08-07 14:43:33 by Shiry Madison