4 golden rules to save drowning people

The line between helping a victim and saving your own life is very thin. Saving people by instinct is good, but saving people with solid knowledge is even better, you can completely save the lives of the rescued person and yourself. Please master the following golden principles:

1. When rescuing a drowning person, it is best to prepare a life jacket or look around to see if there is anything that you can float on if necessary (for example, a piece of wood, a light board, etc.). Saving someone is a good thing, but be alert for your own safety. Such necessary items will help you when you are exhausted.

2. You should be well equipped with knowledge to survive when drowning, so that if unfortunately while rescuing someone, you have an accident and sink, there is still a way to escape. When you first sink, immediately plug your nose, close your eyes and hold your breath to float up to avoid water entering your lungs. Then, use your hands or feet as paddles, paddling the water to push your head out of the water or you can also paddle the water diagonally, pushing the swimmer easily because in the water, people become lighter than on land.

Pay attention to breathing and floating to save yourself. Photo: Internet.

3. Don't try to struggle when you have no strength left, stay calm, relax and hold your breath so that your body can float. Don't think that because you know how to swim, you can survive and be subjective with the water. You should remember that when you are exhausted, your body will become heavier, which leads to struggling only causing the water to quickly drown you. Remember!

4. Finally, you still need help from people around you. Don't think that your youth can save many people. You're wrong. In many cases, health is only a part of saving people, the important thing is life experience to control risks. So, call for help when you see danger. One more person will increase the chance of saving people.

Make a clear distinction between "seeing death but not saving" and "saving but no longer having the strength to continue"! Illustration photo

Discussing about rescuing victims, Master of Psychology Nguyen Hoang Khac Hieu, lecturer at Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, shared 3 important principles:

- For rescuers, because of the need for urgent action, you may not be able to think of the best plan in time. However, when you are exhausted, you can completely feel your physical condition. If you feel that you have reached your limit, the possibility of saving others while preserving your own life is low, the rate of death is high, you must find another plan or rely on the help of others or other items to maximize the possibility of survival. "A life for a life" is truly something no one wants.

- For those who have been rescued, once you have been freed, you must also immediately try your best to find a way to save the remaining people. For example: Even if you have no strength to swim, you can still scream for passersby to hear and help, even have to find trees, vines or floating objects to help the person who is acting. That is also the responsibility of the person who has been rescued.

- For those who are observing and commenting on this incident, it is necessary to distinguish between “seeing someone die but not saving them” and “having saved them but not having the strength to continue”. Don’t tell people “Just save them, not saving them is selfish, if you die and they live, it is worth it!”. In their situation, would you dare to sacrifice yourself to die so that they can live? It is always easy to say. You need to put yourself in their shoes and in their family’s shoes.

According to VNE