water rescue
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First Aid for a Drowning Baby
St John Ambulance's clinical demonstration of what to do when an infant has been pulled from water and is not breathing. Covers the modified infant CPR protocol, including the five initial rescue breaths used for drowning casualties (a critical difference from cardiac arrest CPR).
Transcript
Key teaching points:
1. Get the baby out of the water and onto a firm surface; call emergency services immediately.
2. Open the airway by gently tilting the head back with one finger on the chin.
3. Give five initial rescue breaths — for a baby, seal your mouth over both nose and mouth and blow gently for one second each.
4. Begin chest compressions with two fingers in the centre of the chest, pressing down about one-third the depth of the chest, 30 compressions to 2 breaths.
5. Continue until the baby responds or help arrives. Do not stop to check pulse for more than 10 seconds.