Entering the peak period! If you don’t want tragedy to happen, be alert to these 8 behaviors!

In the past month,

Many drowning incidents have been reported across the country;

Now that the college entrance examination is over and summer vacation is approaching,

It is the peak period for drowning accidents.

Be extra vigilant after the college entrance examination

Drowning is common in “wild swimming”!

Eight common water-related risky behaviors among adolescents

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Don't want tragedy to happen

Be aware of these dangerous behaviors

Dangerous behavior 1: Catching fish, collecting snails, etc. in open waters in the wild.

Dangerous behavior 2: Playing with friends in or around water.

Dangerous behavior three: Not wearing a life jacket when engaging in water activities.

Dangerous behavior 4: Swimming during a thunderstorm.

Dangerous behavior 5: Bold behavior due to lack of understanding of one’s own swimming ability.

Dangerous behavior six: Being competitive and taking risks due to peer pressure.

Dangerous behavior seven: swimming after meals, strenuous exercise, drinking or taking drugs.

Dangerous behavior 8: Swimming when you have a cold, eye disease, or other illness.

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4 Misconceptions About Drowning

Be alert!

Misconception 1: Once a person is drowning, he or she will definitely struggle and shout for help. If there is someone nearby, he or she will be easily rescued?

Correction: Most drowning accidents happen quietly. When drowning, the first need is to inhale air. When the mouth and nose of a person briefly emerge from the water in panic, they will instinctively inhale with all their strength. At this time, a large amount of water will choke the trachea, and there will be no time to make a sound.

Misconception 2: As long as the water surface is calm, there will be no danger in going into the water?

Correction: Undercurrents, reefs, aquatic plants, gullies, etc. beneath the surface of natural waters can all pose a life-threatening threat to humans.

Misconception three: As long as the drowning person is rescued, he will be safe?

Correction: When a drowning person inhales too much water, it will cause respiratory complications, which will lead to secondary drowning or dry drowning. At this time, even if the drowning person has been rescued and brought ashore, if he is not followed up with treatment in time, fluid accumulation will still lead to respiratory distress, brain damage (brain hypoxia) and even cardiac arrest.

Misconception 4: As long as you can swim, you can go into the water to save people?

Correction: When drowning people are struggling to survive, their strength is amazing. Due to lack of rescue experience, enthusiastic people rashly jump into the water to rescue and are dragged into the water instead. People who are not professionally trained or experienced should not jump into the water to rescue people. They should try to use tools such as long poles and floating objects to carry out rescue.

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5 key points of drowning prevention

Please remember!

Experts from the Guangdong Center for Disease Control and Prevention pointed out that when drowning occurs, one must remain calm, save oneself and wait for rescue; make full use of items around you to quickly make simple floatation devices to help you float.

Here are 5 things not to do in case of drowning:

1. Do not swim alone, and do not swim in unfamiliar waters without safety facilities or rescue personnel;

2. Do not enter the water to rescue without permission;

3. Do not enter the water in fancy ways to avoid choking;

4. Do not eat in water to avoid choking;

5. Do not play or fight in the water.

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Two first aid skills

The "Yell, Stretch and Throw" Method and CPR

1. “Calling and throwing method”

Step 1: “Call for help”

When you find someone drowning, you should loudly call for adults to help, instead of rushing into the water to rescue or holding hands to rescue.

Step 2: “Call”

Dial 110 or 120 to call the police and seek professional help.

Step 3: “Stretch”

While ensuring your own safety, you can extend a bamboo pole or clothes to the drowning person.

Step 4: “Throw”

Throw floating objects such as foam blocks, lifebuoys, sealed plastic bottles, etc. to the drowning person and wait for rescue.

2. CPR

Experts from the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention remind that after a drowning accident occurs, many of the so-called "water control" methods used by the public are incorrect and undesirable, and the correct approach is to accurately perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

When performing CPR on a drowning victim, the first step is to open the airway, which is very critical. "The core pathology of a drowning victim is hypoxia. Opening the airway as soon as possible and artificial respiration take precedence over chest compressions. This must be remembered," experts repeatedly reminded.

When performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the order of opening the airway, artificial ventilation, chest compression, and early defibrillation should be followed.

1. Immediately check for breathing and heartbeat after landing, and remove mud and weeds from the mouth;

2. If there is no breathing and heartbeat, perform 5 mouth-to-mouth artificial respirations;

3. Then perform 30 chest compressions;

4. Then repeat the cycle according to the ratio of 2 artificial respirations and 30 chest compressions;

5. Connect the AED as soon as possible and follow the prompts;

6. If the drowning person is breathing or has a heartbeat, let him/her lie on his/her side to facilitate vomiting and clear the vomit in time.

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More information on drowning prevention

Source: Guangzhou Daily

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