As practice shows, a large number of victims have to jump into the water and to swim. We want to offer you simple activities that will help reduce losses. The troubles themselves begin already at the water, and most often have a cardiological character. The temperature of the air and water is quite high, and a person without physical fitness, dense build and middle age, jumping into 18-20 degree water, when the air temperature is 35 degrees in the shade, risks getting a reflex stop of the heart. He is unlikely to be comforted by the fact that cardiac arrest will be short-lived, and most likely in 2 minutes the rhythm of the heart will recover. Therefore, it is necessary to enter the water gradually. Especially if before that you took a certain amount of alcohol and had time to sunbathe.
As for alcohol, it is necessary that in the company of people there would be one sober observer who could competently determine by the convulsive swings of feet and hands in the water that the person is drowning. Alcohol dulls the reaction and in critical situations a person loses precious time and can drown. Throw a lot, who will be on duty, then the whole company will survive, and the duty officer will rest another time.
The worst thing on the water is drowned people, and it happens that bad swimmers rush to help the drowning, of course, from the best of motives, but such a rush ends with a double tragedy. In the water you need to properly assess their capabilities, and if you do not swim well, then in no case, do not rush to save. And no matter how much you do not want it, better call for help, shout, run, just do not swim. A good swimmer can pull one out, but two can not physically save him.
If you feel that you do not feel the bottom under your feet, and your legs and hands have stopped listening to you, you need to stop panic very quickly. Remember for yourself that a person is lighter than water. And if you do not twitch, the water will push you out, just relax and lie on the water. You can on the back, you can star, you can face down, as you will be more convenient. You feel that you are being held, then turn your head, inhale, and then exhale. Look around and calmly, like a dog, rake up to the shore. Most people die because of panic. Coolness and calmness increases the chances by several times and you do not need to forget about it, so that you can have a safe rest.
If the victim has already been pulled out and he is unconscious, breathing is superficial and rare or does not breathe, one must release his respiratory tract. This is simply forgotten, and mouths start to mooch incomprehensibly, and bronchi and trachea are finally killed. After all, in the airways, there may be water, sand, mud, all this must be cleaned, and then make artificial respiration.
If a person does not breathe for more than 5 minutes, then he has very few chances, but anyway before the arrival of an ambulance, you can not stop resuscitation.
A very bitter and difficult topic is jumping into the water. I would not want to spoil the rest by the water, do not forget that every summer many young people are drowning, and hundreds of other people become disabled due to their own stupidity. They jump into the water as a soldier, break their spine and break their legs, swallow, break their necks, jump on the reefs and in shallow water, jump from bridges and from precipices. Jumpers have only self-confidence multiplied by a glass of beer, and then a second courage takes a unique and unique human life. Look after your relatives and friends, take care of yourself.
But what if you had this trouble before your eyes? It is necessary to very carefully transfer this jumper to an even and hard surface, for this purpose a flat floor, a door removed from the hinges, and before the arrival of an ambulance it can not be turned. It is necessary to carry three of us, but the best of all is the four of us, supporting the spine. Carefully and gently fix the neck, in extreme cases, a piece of plastic or a board is useful, and you need to put 2 boards on the sides, not tightly and carefully to bandage them to the body, so the movement in the cervical region will be limited. The victim must lie in a place protected from the sun. You can not moisten your lips, you can not drink, nothing else can really be done, you just have to wait for the ambulance team.
On the shore, a heat stroke may occur, a sober duty man will need to be awakened, he needs to wake up a friend who has dozed off in the sun, put it in the shade in a cool place, bring sweet weak tea, give an aspirin and, if necessary, call a doctor.
To ensure that the rest of the water is safe, you need not to forget about safety, so rest at the water is safe for you and for your friends. Let for you the water be clean and warm, the air curative, and the sun is tender! From the bottom of our heart we wish a happy rest in the circle of loving dear and reliable friends, and do not forget about safety.