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Drowning: Training Packages For Health Emergencies

This document provides training on administering first aid for drowning victims. It discusses special considerations like ensuring the safety of rescuers, calling for help, and using proper safety equipment. It outlines steps to rescue a submerged victim, bring them to safety, and remove them from the water. It then details providing care to an unresponsive victim, including performing chest compressions and rescue breaths, placing them in the recovery position, and transporting them to a health care facility. The objectives are to discuss special drowning considerations and administer first aid to drowning victims.

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Drowning: Training Packages For Health Emergencies

This document provides training on administering first aid for drowning victims. It discusses special considerations like ensuring the safety of rescuers, calling for help, and using proper safety equipment. It outlines steps to rescue a submerged victim, bring them to safety, and remove them from the water. It then details providing care to an unresponsive victim, including performing chest compressions and rescue breaths, placing them in the recovery position, and transporting them to a health care facility. The objectives are to discuss special drowning considerations and administer first aid to drowning victims.

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FOR HEALTH EMERGENCIES

Drowning

Standard First Aid


(SFA)
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Objectives
At the end of this session, the participants should be
able to:

• Discuss the special considerations for drowning.

• Apply first aid to victims of drowning.

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Drowning

Respiratory impairment due to


submersion or immersion in
liquid.

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Special Considerations
• Make sure that the scene is safe.

• Always check first to see whether a lifeguard or


other trained professional is present before
helping someone who may be having trouble in
the water.

• DO NOT swim out to a victim unless you have


the proper training, skills and equipment.

Reference: First Aid Reference Manual of the Philippine Red Cross


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Special Considerations
• If the appropriate safety equipment is not
available and there is a chance that you cannot
safely help a person in trouble, call for help
immediately.

• If you must assist someone who is having


trouble in the water, you must have the
appropriate equipment both for your own safety
and the victim’s.

• Send someone else to call the local emergency


number while you start the rescue.
Reference: First Aid Reference Manual of the Philippine Red Cross
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Submerged Victim
• Call for trained help immediately if a victim is at
or near the bottom of the pool in deep water.

• If the victim is in shallow water that is less than


chest deep, carefully wade into the water with
some kind of flotation equipment.

• Reach down and grasp the victim.

Reference: First Aid Reference Manual of the Philippine Red Cross


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Submerged Victim
• Pull the victim to the surface.

• Turn the victim face-up and bring him or her to


safety.

• Remove the victim from the water.

• Provide emergency care.

Reference: First Aid Reference Manual of the Philippine Red Cross


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What To Do For Unresponsive Victim
• Unresponsive
 Perform chest compression plus rescue breaths
• Out of water
 A-B-C Approach
 Open Airway, check breathing, circulation
 Rescue breaths
 Chest compressions
 Cycle: 30 compressions, 2 breaths
• Recovery Position
• If vomiting, facilitate drainage
• Keep warm. Remove cold wet clothes.
• Bring victim to the nearest health care facility

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Objectives

Were we able to meet the objectives?

•Discuss the special considerations for drowning


•Administer first aid to victims of drowning

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Questions?

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References
• http://philippinefirstaid.com/courses/paediatric
• http://www.who.int/
violence_injury_prevention/media/events/
Maria-Uy-Philippines.pdfhttp://www.who.int/
violence_injury_prevention/media/events/
Maria-Uy-Philippines.pdf
• https://www.scribd.com/presentation/
232100753/Ph-Red-Cross-First-Aid-and-BLS

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