need website about Child CPR (near drowning)?

Question

My grandson (2 years old) was playing in the bathtub (I was right there beside him) and he swollowed some water and started chocking. I got him out right away. His little face was turning red but he was alright. I need a good website that explains step by step the way to do CPR when a child is near drowning. I need to know what to do if this should happen again. I never leave him alone when he's in the bathtub. The water level was below his waist when this happened.

Answer 1

While CPR seems to have become something everyone "needs" to know there seems to be some confusion. CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. When that is done the individual is NOT breathing and his heart is not beating. This does not mean he is choking. Granted choking is included in a CPR class but is generally centered on choking due to an object obstructing the airway and the method used is the Heimlich maneuver which is definitely a lifesaver more times than not. For water your best course of action is obviously prevention which would be close supervision and less water in the tub. Part of CPR choking is to get the child's head down which in many cases does the trick in itself which would definitely help in this case. You can contact your local hospital or the Red Cross for a layman's class in adult and child CPR. As a CPR provider I might had that in all honesty the statistics for survival even with CPR in the field is very grim. The biggest issue here is to not confused real CPR with choking.

Answer 2

You really should take the Red Cross Infant and/or Child CPR class. You can do it online (Blended Learning), but the face to face classes are better.

For example, in this case, you don't need CPR, you need a different set of skills:
- Before Providing Care
- Conscious Choking- Child
- Rescue Breathing- Child
- Unconscious Choking- Child

The class will teach you a touble-shooting method, an Emergency Action Plan, the necessary skills, AND offer you the chance ot practice on a manikin.

I'm an instructor, so perhaps biased, but it is my honest belief that GUIDED PRACTICE is the key to successfully learning these skills for the long run.

Sure, you can see what to do on-line, and there are several good sites (Google search for 'child cpr')- but remembering this rather abstract information in an emergency is tough. Taknig some time in class to actually do the movements several times helps drive the memory deeper.

The Child CPR class is about 4 hours and is usually pretty easy to get into through yuor local Red Cross office, YMCA, or other places.

Answer 3

Instead of looking on a web-site, go get certified in first aid and CPR. Contact your local Red Cross. By the way, a person doesn't need CPR if they are coughing and able to breath, you only do CPR if their heart has stopped, and if the heart has stopped that means they are also not breathing (you can't breathe if your heart is not beating). However it is possible to not be breathing but still have your heart beating, in that case perform rescue breathing, but not full CPR with the chest compressions.

Answer 4

A child can drown in 2 inches of water. It's that simple.

Contact your local American Heart Association chapter. They offer CPR classes for families at a low cost. Taking a class is always better than looking at pictures.

Congrats to you for wanting to be educated.

Answer 5

Boy, that's scary! You should probably take a CPR class if you haven't already, but for now the site below looks pretty informative.

Answer 6

You really need to call the Red Cross, or St. John's Ambulance, and ask about taking a course instead. A website can't tell you how hard to press, or how much to blow into the little lungs before you hurt him.

Answer 7

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