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Drowning & Airway Intervention

with Andrew W. Warner ( 12 / 7 / 21 )

 

drowning- the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submerging in liquid

 

-Sobering Up on STATS

  • can affect me, my family, and community

  • under a year old babies die in bathtubs; adults distracted by phones

  • 1-4 dies in pools; not watched, try exploring, never properly learned

  • we are explorers by nature

  • 14-17: independently want to swim and end up making bad decisions with no one to help them

  • males make worse decisions (1/1000 females drown)

  • Hispanics drown the least (no idea why)

 

-Victim

  • hot day, 25 people in the pool, someones drowns and 3 minutes the life guard notices

  • unresponsive, no pulse, no breathing

  • lifeguard calls EMS and then starts CPR (starting too late)

  • can become hypodermic

-Facts

  • 500,000 drowning victims

  • 90% of drowning occurs in poor countries

  • 188,00 in mobile

-Myths

  • dry and wet drowning is not a thing

  • no "near drowning"

  • both salt and fresh water are BAD

  • all victims require cervical collars

 

Then Mr.Andrew then stuck down a stick with a camera to show us how the vocal cord hole moves with every breath. Then his assistant showed up how to drill a needle into the bone marrow.




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