Water self-rescue method

Everyone is not a swimmer, so what should we do when we encounter an emergency in Surabaya?

1. After drowning, water enters the respiratory tract and causes suffocation and death.

2. Submerged in fresh water, the lungs quickly inhale large amounts of water, the blood is diluted, the red blood cells edema, and release a large amount of potassium, so that the ratio of potassium to sodium in blood increases, acts on the heart, ventricular fibrillation or death due to suffocation occurs.

3. Submerged in seawater, because the electrolyte content is higher than the plasma electrolyte, so that the body's water infiltration into the lungs, causing pulmonary edema and circulatory failure and death.

Drowning yourself

Those who are unfamiliar with water-borne waters must stumble into deep water. Do not panic. Try to keep your head awake and take self-help measures. The method is to raise your head and look upwards so that the nose and mouth can be exposed to the surface. Then you can breathe. The breath should be shallow and the air should be deep enough. Do not move or struggle with your hands. This will cause the body to sink, and immediately call for help on the shore.

If the drowning person is still active on the water, the ambulancemen should pull the armpits out of their backs. If the ambulance crew is not skilled in swimming techniques, it is better to bring the lifesaving equipment into the water, but care should be taken not to be caught by the drowning person. Involving yourself.

Simple rescue drowning

If the drowning person has stopped breathing, he can swim in the water and take mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration. After he rescues the shore, he quickly removes sludge, weeds and secretions from the drowning person's mouth and nose. The active dentures should also be removed. , so as not to fall into the trachea, but also need to unlock the drowning person's clothes buckle, belt.

If there is water in the mouth of the drowning person or if the stomach bulges, the water should be controlled. The rescuer squatted with one leg and the other leg flexed. He placed the drowning man's abdomen on his lap, causing his head to drop, and then pressed his back. You can also use the natural slope on the ground to place your head on a downhill position. You can also use a wooden bench, big stones, etc. to control the water under the tummy of a drowning person. The child drowns water and can pour water on both feet. It should be noted that if there is no spill from the water, it is not necessary to insist on water control.

If breathing and heartbeat have stopped, artificial respiration and cardiac squeezing should be performed immediately. Even on the way to the hospital, artificial respiration and heart squeeze cannot be stopped.