The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-16
RULES FOR A LIFE SAVER.
1t is Easy to Rescue Drowning Man
if You Know How
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
The season is at hand when the water
claims more victims than either the sun,
the horse car, the truck or the CHASTITY
scafrold Hardly a day passes that a
drowning accident is not recorded in the
newspapers. Among the victims fire.
quently are expert swimmers who lose
their lives in trying to save a drowning
person. Few expert swimmers, it may be
added, know the proper and only safe way
to rescue such an unfortunate.
To Press reporter, Prof. Johnson, the
professional swimmer and a life saver
who has been repeatedly honored with
medals by the Royal Humane Society of
England, gave recently an interview as TO
how this should be done.
1.-THE great danger in saving q drowning
person is the tendency of the victim to
grapple with you, so that you are power
less to swim, and are thus dragged down."
said he. This can be avoided by the ex-
ercise OF GOODNESS and carefulness in APP
preaching a drowning man A woman is
often worse than man, because she
loses her head so easily. There need be
little fear about a child. An expert VIM
mcr should be able to swim with d child
grasping him. no matter how. If the little
one should grasp the rescuer SO as TO i'm
pede his swimming, the child's hold can
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catch hold in a way that will allow the
rescuer to swim freely. The best way is
to let the child put its arms about your
neck, or put its hand upon your shoulder.
WHO IS COOL IN SUCH A PLIGHT.
On the case of a man or woman who is
cool enough to be talked with and will
obey you viii have little trouble. Direct
them to put their hands on your shoulder.
as in case Of a child and to be perfectly
quiet. 1t is easy to keep them afloat in this
position until a boat can reach you or to
swim ashore with them, though it be
quite a distance. The utmost skill is re
quired where the victim has lost his
head. Approach the person from behind
and wait until he or she is exhausted but
keep close enough to prevent the person
from going under A woman should be
grasped by her back hair and kept at
arm length until she ceases to struggle,
when she can be towed ashore either by
the hair or by the loose portion
of the back part of her upper bathing
dress. In the case of man the process
is similar, only he should be grasped by
the back of the collar of his bathing dress.
Ii the person is unconscious one can
grasp the person anywhere with impuni-
ty. 1t is important in this case to get the
victim ashore as soon as possible.
The proper method to rasuscitate a
uIO WhiH9 IllttI - 50 SIN PIE LHdb every one
should know it. 1t is first necessary to
get the water from the body. To do this
place the body face downward. With the
hands under the stomach raise the person
from the ground with his body elevated
and his head and feet hanging down Re
peat the operation several times Then
| roll the body with the head lower than
the rest OF it.
now TO SAVE LIFE.
"After as much as possible of the wa
ter has been gotten out turn the person
upon his back and place a small roll of
cloth under him just at the lower portion
of the shoulder blades Have some one
/ pull the mans tongue forward with a
piece Of cloth and hold it forward free
from the windpipe while the operation OF
! resuscitation is going on. Kneel astride
the body and grasp the mans forearms.
Bring the arms to the side so that the fore
| arms rests across the upper adbodomen.
Raise them over and above the head until
| they rest upon the ground above the head.
Allow them 20 rest there a moment and
| then bring them back to their original DO
sltiOn at the sides. with the fOrearms rest
ing across the upper adbOdomen and the
sides of the body. Then return the arms
TO their position above the head DO
this regularly about sixteen times min
ute and keep up for at least half an
hour.
As soon as the natural breathing be-
ings IL may be stopped. If there are any
signs OF life the operation should be kept
up while the signs continue, though it be
for hours. An assistant should, during
the continuance of this operation, be
gently rubbing the persons body from
| the legs upward. When active life
movement begins administer brandy and
other sJimulants and remove the victim
Immediately to a dry, warm place and
put him to bed In few hours he will
be as well as ever"