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First Aid - Drowning - Study #1 Online Dictionary
Q1 Infants under one year who are victims, drown in the bath when the parent or caretaker leaves the child alone for a few minutes to answer the phone, or to fetch something. True or False?
Q2) The home swimming pool is where most drownings, involving children under the age of __?__ occurr.
Q3) In adults, most drownings occur in males who are __?__.
Q4) A child or adult who nearly drowns but has been rescued, is still in danger because fluid could build up in the lungs a few hours later. True or False?
Q5) Name the six-step first aid procedure for a drowning victum?
1) Do not try to rescue someone if it will severely endanger your life. Otherwise there will be two drownings. 2) If you do not suspect a spinal cord injury, get the victim out of the water if you can do so safety. If the person isn't breathing, place them on their back on a firm surface. 3) Have someone phone for emergency/ambulance. 4) Do the ABC's. Check for foreign bodies in the airways, such as weed, but do not waste time by trying to drain swallowed water. If the person needs CPR, start immediately. 5) Place the person in the recovery position if there are no spinal injuries. Take cold, wet clothes off the victim and cover him or her with something warm to prevent hypothermia. 6) If you suspect a spinal injury and CPR is not required, don't move the person to land. Keep him lying face up in the water until help arrives. 7) All near-drowning victims should be observed in hospital for 24 hours.
Q6) Baby bath seats or rings: Never leave your child unattended in a bath seat - he could slip down into the water and get trapped underneath, or the ring could tip over. True or False?
Q7) Don't assume it's too late to save a person/childs's life - even if they are unresponsive, continue performing CPR and do not stop until medical professionals take over. True or False?
Q8) Did you know that by giving the Heimlich maneuver to a drowning victim, you can change their odds of dying from as high as 42% to just 3%? True or False?
Q9) Each year in the United States, over 4,000 people drown and about one-third of them are children under __?__ years of age.
Q10) Each year, chidren fall head first into a toilet bowl and drown. True or False?