Father saves son's life with U/W mouth to mouth

[TwoBitTxn]

I read these becuse I am an inspector and commercial swimming pools is a major specialty for me.

http://www.wesh.com/news/9554631/detail.html

Lucky kiddo. Sharp father.

TwoBit

 

[texdiveguy]

Very interesting for sure.

 

[uncreative username]

Wow, that's incredible. Don't hear stuff like that too often.

 

[ItsBruce]

I have trouble believing this. Sorry.

 

[TwoBitTxn]

I have trouble believing this. Sorry.

Why and which part?

 

[Jason Ooi]

Thanks for sharing

 

[Derek S]

Quick thinking on dad's part. Not thinking on kid's part.

 

[Rick Inman]

I have trouble believing this. Sorry.

Yeah, here's the questions. Did the father really help, or did he just keep busy until rescuers saved the boy? Was CPR done after the boy was removed from the tub? It's not infrequent for children underwater 10 mins to be resuscitated. The article left out any support that came from the rescuers or the hospital. The article twice says that the father helped save the boy's life, but doesn't source where that knowledge comes from - no quotes from professionals or anyone.

I think, in truth, blowing into an unconscious person underwater, unless you have a perfect seal, could just blow water into the victim's lungs and make things worse.

Makes a good story though, and makes a better headline than, "Father blows water into lungs of drowning son, but paramedics save life anyway."

Either way, what happened to the kid sucks.

 

[TwoBitTxn]

Rick, You have some very valid points. There is also the bit that most of the time, when you inhale water the trachea goes into a spasm and seals itself shut. It can be a challenge to get this to turn loose.

 

[uncreative username]

It's not infrequent for children underwater 10 mins to be resuscitated.

There's a little bit more to it. The bodies of infants, toddlers, and geriatrics have a function that basically shuts their body off and puts it in "hibernation mode" (for lack of better words) when they come in contact with cold water. That's why some little kids have been pulled out of a frozen lake hours after they fell through the ice and still been resucitated. This kid was fourteen, so his body wouldn't have had that reaction. Also, the water was warm hot tub water.