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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — A child was found in water, is struggling in water, or was just pulled out and is not responding normally.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Child face-down or submerged in water.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Child blue, limp, or not crying after being pulled out.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Heavy coughing, vomiting, or unusual sleepiness after a water incident.
Scene hazards: Deep water, Current, Electrical equipment near pool, Small volume drowning
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Remove the child from water — reach or throw first; enter only if safe.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Lay the child flat. Shout for someone to call 112.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Check breathing for 10 seconds. If not breathing — start chest compressions (infant: two fingers on chest).
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Push about one-third chest depth, fast — 100–120 per minute.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If breathing but unconscious — recovery position on their side.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Cover with dry towels. Remove wet clothes if possible without delaying CPR.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112. Say: "A child was drowning. They are [breathing/not breathing]. Send ambulance."
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Tell them the child's age and how long they were in water.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Every child submerged or nearly drowned needs emergency hospital care.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Complications can appear hours later — do not skip evaluation.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT hold the child upside down to "drain water" — start CPR instead.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT assume the child is fine because they coughed — hospital evaluation required.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT leave the child alone after a water incident.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Hang a child upside down after drowning to drain water from lungs
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — This does not remove water effectively and delays CPR. Start compressions immediately.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Critical minutes lost on useless draining techniques.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Children can drown in very little water — a bucket, bathtub, or shallow pool edge.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Near-drowning can cause brain damage from lack of oxygen even if the child seems to recover.