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RESUSCITATION FROM DROWNING 



together under his belly, raise the body as high as you can 

 without lifting the forehead off the ground (Fig. 96, Position 

 1), and give the body a smart jerk to remove mucus from the 

 throat and water from the windpipe; hold the body sus- 

 pended long enough to count slowly One, Two, Three, Four, 

 Five, repeating the jerk more gently two or three times. 



Fig. 97. Resuscitation from Drowning. 

 (Position 2.) 



Rule 2. Place the patient on the ground face downward, 

 and, maintaining all the while your position astride the body, 

 grasp the points of the shoulders by the clothing, or, if the 

 body is naked, thrust your fingers into the armpits, clasping 

 your thumbs over the points of the shoulders, and raise the 

 chest as high as you can (Fig. 97, Position 2) without lifting 

 the head quite off the ground, and hold it long enough to 

 count slowly One, Two, Three. Replace him on the ground, 



