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Stages of Drowning
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Death
Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac arrest will ultimately result if respiratory arrest is not corrected.
- As time passes during cardiac arrest irreversible damage to organs, especially the brain.
- Care during this stage requires quality CPR, an AED
Hypoxic Convulsions
- Lack of Oxygen can result in convulsions.
- Additional agonal breaths may displace lung surfactant resultant in froth/foam from the guests mouth
Unconsciousness
- Unconsciousness will occur shortly after respiratory arrest.
- May submerge
- Rescued during this stage the guest may begin breathing once the face is removed from the water and the airway opened.
Respiratory Arrest
- CO2 build-up triggers an automatic response to breathe
- If submerged, water will cross the larynx and cause laryngeal spasm leading to respiratory arrest.
Surprise
- Panic
- Struggling to remain on surface.
- Erratic and ineffective arm and leg movement
- Head back in effort to keep mouth above water
- Breath holding if submerging.
- This stage may last up to 30 seconds.
- Rescued during this stage the guest rarely needs any further care.
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