What should I do if I accidentally drown?

In case of drowning, don't kick your hands and feet, reduce physical exertion, for example, in the wild, you can also prevent the entanglement of aquatic plants. The correct treatment is to hold your breath and lean your head back as far as possible before your nose can breathe out of the water. The following small series will sort out the methods of self-help drowning, hoping to help readers. Clinical manifestations of drowning

(1) Facial edema, conjunctival congestion, bloody nose and mouth, blue skin and mucous membrane, cold limbs, restlessness or confusion, irregular breathing, rales in the lungs, weak and irregular heart sounds, and fullness in the upper abdomen.

(2) Freshwater drowning patients showed hemodilution and hemolysis, while seawater drowning patients showed hemoconcentration and hyperkalemia.

(3) In severe cases, the heart stops breathing and dies.

What are the ways to save yourself from drowning?

(A) can not swim to save themselves

(1) Don't panic after falling into the water; Be sure to keep a clear head;

(2) Calmly put your head back, mouth up, and expose your nose and mouth out of the water, then you can breathe;

(3) Take a shallow breath, take a deep breath, and try to keep your body floating on the water and wait for others to save you;

(4) Remember: Never raise your hand or struggle hard, because it will easily make people sink.

(2) the swimmer's self-help

(1) Drowning is generally caused by calf gastrocnemius spasm, so calm down and call for help in time;

(2) Hold the body in a ball and float to the surface;

(3) Take a deep breath, immerse your face in the water, and pull the thumb of the cramped lower limb forward and upward, so that the thumb is lifted upward, and continue to exert force until the severe pain disappears and the cramp naturally stops;

(4) After the attack, the same part can cramp again, so the painful part should be fully massaged and slowly swam to the shore. After landing, it is best to massage the affected area with hot compress;

(5) If the wrist muscles cramp, you can bend your fingers and stretch them up and down, take a supine position and swim with your feet.

(3) Mutual assistance

(1) The rescuer should be calm, take off his clothes and trousers as much as possible, especially shoes and boots, and swim to the drowning person quickly;

(2) For the exhausted drowning person, the rescuer can approach from the head;

(3) For the conscious drowning person, the rescuer should approach from behind, hold the head and neck of the drowning person from behind with one hand and swim to the shore with the other;

(4) If the rescuer is not skilled in swimming, it is best to carry a life buoy, a wooden board or use a boat to rescue him, or throw ropes and bamboo poles. So that the drowning person can hold it and drag it ashore;

(5) During rescue, attention should be paid to prevent the drowning person from clinging and being in danger. If you are hugged, don't drag the other person. You have to let go, let yourself sink, let the drowning person let go, and then go to rescue.

(4) On-site medical or first-aid witnesses.

(1) When the first witness found the drowning person, he immediately called 120 or the emergency number of the affiliated hospital to request medical first aid;

(2) After the first witness or emergency medical personnel arrive at the scene, first rescue the drowning person ashore;

(3) Remove silt, weeds and vomit immediately. Give oxygen from the mouth and nose of the drowning person and open the airway;

(4) Carry out controlled water treatment (pouring water), that is, quickly put the patient on the thigh where the rescuer bends his knees, head down, and then press his back to force the water inhaled into the respiratory tract and stomach to flow out, and the time should not be too long (1 minute);

(5) Carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the scene, put it in an ambulance as soon as possible, and quickly transport it to a nearby hospital. As a rescuer, it must be remembered that all people who are in drowning shock, no matter what the situation, should continue cardiopulmonary resuscitation from the time of discovery.