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Drowning and what to do
Drowning is when someone is unable to breathe because their nose and mouth are submerged in water, or in another liquid. When someone’s drowning, it may not look like the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect from watching TV. When someone’s actually drowning, they won’t be able to make any noise, so can easily go unnoticed, even if friends or family are nearby. This is why proper and attentive supervision of children, and adults, is so important.
1. Get Help - Notify a lifeguard, if one is close. If not, ask someone to call 112, or if the person is a member of ASOCIACION AMIGOS EUROPEOS DE JAVEA call 96 579 6099 (24hr). If you are alone, follow the steps below. 2. Move the person - Take the person out of the water, and as soon as they are rescued, check if they’re breathing or not. 3. Check for breathing - Place your ear next to the person’s mouth and nose. Do you feel air on your cheek? - Look to see if the person’s chest is moving. 4. If the person is not breathing, check pulse - Check the person’s pulse for 10 seconds. 5. If there is no pulse, start CPR Carefully place the person on their back. - For an adult or child, place the heel of one hand on the center of the chest at the nipple line. You can also push with one hand on top of the other. For an infant, place two fingers on the breastbone. - For an adult or child, press down about 2 inches. Make sure not to press on ribs. For an infant, press down about 1½ inches. Make sure not to press on the end of the breastbone. - Do 30 chest compressions, at the rate of 100 per minute or more. Let the chest rise completely between pushes. - Check to see if the person has started breathing. 6. Repeat if the person is still not breathing - If you’ve been trained in CPR, you can now open the airway by tilting the head back and lifting the chin. - Pinch the nose of the victim closed. Take a normal breath, cover the victim’s mouth with yours to create an airtight seal, and then give 2 one-second breaths as you watch for the chest to rise.
- Give 2 breaths followed by 30 chest compressions. - Continue this cycle of 30 compressions and 2 breaths until the person starts breathing or emergency help arrives. Note that these instructions are not meant to replace CPR training. Classes are available through the Spanish Red Cross, local hospitals, and other organisations.
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ASOCIACION AMIGOS EUROPEOS DE JAVEA (AAEdJ) is a private Ambulance service with a fleet of Mobile Intensive Care Unit Ambulances fitted with the latest life saving equipment, and manned by Qualified Professionals certificated in critical and emergency care. They are similar to Paramedics. Membership of the Asociacion gives peace of mind knowing that the best ambulance service is just a phone call away 24 hours, 365 days a year. To become a member call Laure Bolufer who is the AAEdJ Registration Manager on 96 579 6099 (Laure works from 10am to 1pm every weekday). The AAEdJ ambulance service covers almost all of the Costa Blanca North and will come straight to you wherever you are. Just €50 for a whole year for the whole family. ASOCIACION AMIGOS EUROPEOS DE JAVEA, Avenida Juan Carlos 1, No 69, 03730 Javea. Telephone: 96 579 6099 (24hr). Email:
amigos_europeos@yahoo.es.
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