Our problem then is this:
1. To get the water out of the lungs.
2. To get the air into the lungs and start the man breathing before the heart stops.
Emptying the lungs is precisely similar to emptying a bottle.
The lungs are the bottle, the windpipe is the neck of the bottle and the cork of the bottle may be the tongue turned back in the throat or mud and leaves from bottom of the pool and bloody froth in the nostrils. We therefore—
| 1. | Pull out the cork. | |
| Remove mud, mucus, etc., and pull the tongue forward. |
Fig. 13
Pulling out the cork
| 2. | Turn the bottle neck down to pour out the contents. | |
| Place the patient's head lower than his chest so the water will run out. |
