Show Would d Y You 00 Let LetH Leto H o r Sink Or Save Swo Him Your swimming companion finds himself in water too loo deep for Cor him He cant can't stay afloat He goes under but rescuers react him quickly and pull him into their boat You climb in too loo Seconds are arc precious Victims Vic Vie Victims tims tuns of oC water accidents die from lack of oxygen tion ton Lack of oxygen can spell permanent brain damage Too long without oxygen means death What would you do Start artificial respiration at once advises the National Safety Council hub huh of the safely safety safety safe safe- ty ly movement in America and concerned with all forms lorms of safety The Council goes along with the system of artificial respiration respiration respiration tion recommended by many authorities the mouth to to- to mouth method The to mouth method has bias the advantage of providing immediate pressure to inflate innate the victims victim's lungs And it enables enables enables en en- ables the rescuer to bet more accurate information on the volume pressure and timing of oC efforts needed to inflate the victims victim's victims victim's vic VIC- tims tim's lungs than are are afforded by other methods say experts on artificial respiration When should Y you U use cial 1 respiration y jV Anytime someone sto p s breathing because of or electric shock suffocation in a discarded discard discard- ed refrigerator or in a plastic bag or a near-drowning near said Ralph Kuhli KuhI the Councils Council's di director director director di- di rector of or public safety Here is how ho you can perform the saving life-saving mouth to art artificial respiration he said 1 Wipe out foreign matter in inthe inthe inthe the mouth with your fingers or ora ora ora a cloth wrapped around them 2 Tilt the victims victim's head back so the chin is pointing upward Pull or push the jaw into a out jutting position These maneuvers maneu should relieve relieve re reo lieve obstruction of the air passage passage passage pas pas- sage by moving the base of the tongue longue awa away from the back o othe of the throat 3 Open your mouth wide and place it tightly lightly over the victims victim's victims victim's vic vic- tims tim's mouth At the same time pinch the victims victim's nostrils shut Then breathe air at a normal norma rate into the victim 4 Remove your mouth turn tun your head to the side and listen for air coming coining out Repeat the blowing effort For an adult blow about 12 breaths a minute For a child chile breathe more softly about 2 20 times a minute This basically is how to apply mouth to mouth to artificial artificia respiration said Kuhli No special skills are in in- Anyone even children children children child child- ren can learn how to save lives through use of mouth mouth to to- to mouth artificial respiration |