Initiatives- Hilda Boden
Scenario: At a murky pool where you can’t see the bottom of the pool and you don’t know how deep it is. A teenage girl starts screaming that her friend is not moving in the water; the girl in the water is unconscious 25m out. Steps: 1. You search for the child and for any danger surrounding her. 2. If there is nothing that will harm you, you will call out to her to see if she responds, if not then you must tell her friend to call for help. 3. You slide in slowly to make sure you don’t bump into anything that could harm you, but keep eye contact with the girl. 4. Swim up to her with your head out of the water and get into your safety position and lightly kick her to check if she responds. 5. If she still does not respond, then you can make contact with her. You use your pistol grip and turn her onto her back keeping her head supported, make sure to keep her head out of the water. 6. Change the position of your hands by putting them on either side of her head keeping your arms straight and breastroke kick on your back to the edge of the pool, keeping her head out of the water. 7. Place the girls hands on the ledge, one on top of the other and put your hands on top of hers, to secure them. You must lift yourself out of the pool, still holding on to her hands. 8. Then hold onto her hands and cross your arms so that you will twist them her up onto the ledge. You must first bounce her up and down three times so that you know how much force to use to pull her up and then twist her around to sit her on the ledge. 9. Once the girl is out of the water check if she is responsive (COWS) 10. Roll her onto her side and clear the airway by looking into her throat and sticking your fingers in to remove anything obstructing the airway. 11. Roll her back over and check if she is breathing, place your head next to her mouth and listen and feel for any signs of breathing or look at their chest for any lifting in her stomach. 12. If she is not breathing, commence cpr immediately. 30 compressions and 2 breaths, 5 times every 2 minutes. 13. Continue CPR until help arrives Checked by: Nadine Burt, Sammy Gould and Lucy Davie |