| Treatment |
First Aid Treatment: - place the patient prone, on hard ground and compress the chest to ring out fluid from the chest and respiratory tract.
- then make him supine, clear the airway and pull jaw forwards,
- if respiration stops, give mouth to mouth respiration.
- if Pulse stops, give external cardiac massage.
- shift the patient to hospital, where a cuffed endotracheal tube is passed, airways are sucked clear, and artificial respiration is maintained if necessary.
Further Treatment: I. fresh water Drowning: causes hemodilution and hemolysis. Inj. LASIX 2 amps I.V. stat (Frusemide = 6B-1)Inj. Sodabicarb 100M; I.V. stat Blood Transfusion. Inj. Cefazolin 1g I.V. 8 hrly. (7A-9= Antibiotic to prevent aspiration pneumonia) II. Sea Water Drowning: Causes Pulmonary edema and hypovolemia. I.V. Hemacele or Dextran 70 x 500ml (Plasma expander) Inj. LASIX 2 amps I.V. (frusemide =6B-1)Inj. Efcorlin 100mg x 2 vials I.V. (Steroid = oA-2, 3 or 5)Inj. Mephentin 2 cc I.V. x if BP is low.Inj. Cefazolin 1g I.V. 8 hrly (7A-9) Every child must learn to swim. Insist on parents to make their children to learn to swim.
Inj. Sodabicarb LASIX MEPHENTINE EFCORLIN INJ CEFADIN |
