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Show To Resuscitate a Drowning Person. In the case of a drowning-person, a a moment lost may lose his life. The first consideration is to get the water off j the person's lungs. Hang him over your knee for an instant or place your hands upon his chest and press upon him heavily, easing up with the regularity with which a person breathes. If there are two persons to the rescue the other can work the man's arms above his head and bring them down to his chest with his elbows bent. This should be kept up with the regularity of clockwqrk. Care should also be taken to keep the person's tongue lrom falling backward into . his throat. |