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Near-drowning

Drowning is dying as a result of having lungs filled water.

Drowning has no first aid since the victim dies.

However, near-drowning is temporary loss of breath due to

having one’s lungs filled with water. A person who has nearly

drowned has only four minutes to live. Therefore a first aider

must be very fast to save his life.

First Aid

 Remove the victim quickly from water

 Shout for help

 Lay the person on his back.

 Carry out mouth to mouth breathing (kiss of life)

How to carry out mouth to mouth respiration

 Make the victim to lie on his back

 Tilt the head backwards and keep his mouth open

 Remove any object stuck in the mouth

 Press the victim’s nostrils with your fingers to close them

 Put your mouth directly into the mouth so that the chest ris-
es.

 Stop a bit to let the air out and blow again

 Repeat this many times (about 15 times in a minute)

 Continue the steps until the victim can breathe again by

himself.