Drowning - not fluffing in water and screams for help, as many think. Drowning - Almost always a quiet process. Waving hands, splashes and screams that are so often depicted in films, almost do not occur in life.
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Real or apparent danger suffocate water.N. Instinctive reaction of drowning. And this reaction looks not at all as the majority thinks. No claptery on water, spray and screams. To better imagine how quiet and completely immaturely looks like this process from the shore, think about what. Out of ten drowned children one sinking right in front of parents who do not understand what is happening.
- With rare exceptions, sinking people are physiologically unable to call for help. Breath — The main function of the respiratory system, and speech — Additional. To speak, you need to be able to breathe.
- Drowning can not swing their hands, calling for help. Instincts make them spread their hands to the sides and repel from the water, trying to raise the body up to make her mouth seem above the surface and they could make another breath.
- With an instinctive reaction of a drowning person can not control the movements of the hands. Immediately physiologically unable to stop performing instinctive movements and start making meaningful, for example, waving their hands, move to the rescuer or grab the rescue adaptations.
- While the instinctive reaction of the impleasing, the human body remains vertically in water, without the slightest signs of supporting movements. If it is not saved, drowning can hold out in water from 20 to 60 seconds before full immersion.
This does not mean that people drowning with hands on water and calling for help, not in trouble — they are in panic and they really need help. Panic, which is not always preceded by an instinctive reaction of the impleasing, lasts not very long. But people in this state, in contrast to the instinctive reaction of the immersion, can still help the rescuer, for example, capture for the rescue circle.
There are other signs that man is sinking:
- Eyes glass and empty, do not focus
- Eyes closed
- Hair on the forehead or in front
- Does not use legs; stands in water vertically
- Breathe very often and superficially or enough air
- Trying to turn over to the back
- Trying to get out of the water as the rope stairs, but movements almost all the time under water
So if the crew member fell overboard and everything looks fine — don't be so confident. Sometimes the easiest sign that man is sinking — that he does not look drowning. It would seem, he simply balancing in the water, looking at the boat. Want to know for sure? Ask how well he. If you are responsible — everything is most likely fine. If the answer is silence and meaningless look — You can stay less than 30 seconds to save it. And also, parents: When children play in the water, they are noisy. If the noise is verse — Come and find out why.
