What about the doctor? Now, describe very carefully the first step to be taken the instant a drowned person is brought to land. What should be done with his wrist?
What next should be done? In what manner and how often should this be done? What is the object of the movement?
After freeing the lungs, so far as possible, from water, what is the next step? What should be done with his hands?
What of the patient's clothing? What next should be done?
Having placed yourself astride the patient's hips, describe what should be done next.
What are the next steps? What should be done if a natural gasp is detected? How long should you continue your efforts to restore the patient to life?
What should be avoided? What should be done by a spectator, if there be one?
Now tell me precisely what to do from the moment a drowned person is taken out of the water until he is resuscitated or it is proven he is beyond help. (The teacher must insist on an answer, correct in every particular, for it is evident that unless he knows every step, the pupil's knowledge is useless.)
CHAPTER X
ANOTHER METHOD OF TREATMENT IN CASES OF ASPHYXIA FROM DROWNING, CHLOROFORM, COAL-GAS, ETC.
The following method is recommended by Marshall Hall, a very high authority on all such questions: