. Physiology, experimental and descriptive . £*&.? Fig. 97. Resuscitation from Drowning. (Position 2.) Rule 2. Place the patient on the ground face downward,and, maintaining all the while your position astride the body,grasp the points of the shoulders by the clothing, or, if thebody is naked, thrust your fingers into the armpits, claspingyour thumbs over the points of the shoulders, and raise thechest as high as you can (Fig. 97, Position 2) without liftingthe head quite off the ground, and hold it long enough tocount slowly One, Two, Three. Replace him on the ground, RESUSCITATION FROM DROWN
. Physiology, experimental and descriptive . £*&.? Fig. 97. Resuscitation from Drowning. (Position 2.) Rule 2. Place the patient on the ground face downward,and, maintaining all the while your position astride the body,grasp the points of the shoulders by the clothing, or, if thebody is naked, thrust your fingers into the armpits, claspingyour thumbs over the points of the shoulders, and raise thechest as high as you can (Fig. 97, Position 2) without liftingthe head quite off the ground, and hold it long enough tocount slowly One, Two, Three. Replace him on the ground, RESUSCITATION FROM DROWNING. 333 with his forehead on his flexed arm, the neck straightenedout, and the mouth and nose free. Place your elbows againstyour knees, and your hands upon the sides of his chest (, Position 3) over the lower ribs, and press downward and in-ward with increasing force long enough to count slowly One,Two. Then suddenly let go, grasp the shoulders as before,. Fig. 98. Resuscitation from Drowning.{Position 3.) and raise the chest (Position 2), then press upon the ribs, etc.(Position 3). These alternate movements should be repeatedten or fifteen times a minute for an hour at least, unlessbreathing is restored sooner. Use the same regularity as innatural breathing. Rule 3. After breathing has commenced, Restore He Ani-mal Heat. Wrap him in warm blankets, apply bottles of hotwater, hot bricks, or anything to restore heat. Warm the 334 RESUSCITATION FROM DROWNING. head nearly as fast as the body lest convulsions come the body with warm cloths or the hand, and slap-ping the fleshy parts, may assist to restore warmth, and thebreathing also. If the patient can surely swallow, give hotcoffee, tea, milk, or a little hot sling. Give spirits sparingly,lest they produce depression. Place the patient in a warmbed, and give him plenty of fresh air; keep him quiet. BEWAKE! Avoid Delay. A moment may turn the scale for life ordeath. Dry ground, s
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