Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1894 — IN CASE OF DROWNING [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN CASE OF DROWNING

RULES WHICH IF CAREFULLY FOLLOWED MAY SAVE LIFE. How to Be*tor« a Half-Drowned Persom to Conucioosness—First of A’.l Tarn the Holy on It* Fare—The Method of Ke■torlng Respiration. Alt Boys Should Know Them. Every boy—and every grown person for that matter—ought to know how to restore a half-drowned companion to consciousness and life. Boys go in swimming In groups usually, and if one goes beyond his depth or becomes exhausted it is an easy matter often for another boy to effect his rescue. When he has got the apparently lifeless body to the water's edge, however, death has more than once followed because nobody kDew the light thing to do and no doctor was within quick reach. Hero are a few simple rules from the New York Times that any boy or girl of 12 or 14 can understand, and which should be carefully read over and learned. It may mean a life some day, boys—yours or another’s. Drowning, you know, Is suffocation: the lungs fill with water and there is no room for air. So the first thing is to turn the body on its face, and then by rolling it back and forth over anything which will lift the chest off the ground, spill out as much water from the mouth and nose as possible. A barrel is a good thing, but a barrel Is not on every shore, and another boy’s back, held in the leap-frog position, will do. Then put a finger down the throat and try to gi t more water. If the

unconscious boy still shows no sign of breathing, artificial respiration or Imitation breathing should bo begun. Tills is a very simple thing to do when you have once learned how. l'ut the boy on bis buck with a couple of jackets made Into a roll and put under him to ralso his chest up, with head hanging over as In tho picture. Then kneeling ut the head, bring tho boy’s elbows almost together just below tho chest. Press firmly and count two, then spread out tho arms to form a circle, bringing them together again over his head and count two more. Back again to tha chest, pressing (Irmly, and counting two each time, koeplng hold of tho boy’s arms all of the tlmo Just below the wrist. Keep this up constantly till tho boy begins to gasp. One boy can.relievo another, as tho motion is tiresome, but bo careful the next boy begins just where tho other leit off so as not to Interfere with the movement#. Don’t be discouraged If no signs of life appear ai tor long working. Hours of artificial breathing liavo sometimes been passed beforo the natural breathing returned. Of course, tills knowledge will only be needed In cases where the doctor or other person skillful In reviving the drowned is at hand, but every

boy should practice the movement till he is confident, and then, if called upon In an emergency, if he will be cool and keep his wits about him, he may have the hlghestof all privileges —the saving of a human life.

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