It was a nice day out in Texas with the whole family enjoying the sun when out of a sudden an emergency struck the household.
According to an KrisTV report, while she was in the pool swimming, Tracy Anderwald suffered a seizure and blacked out. Thankfully, her daughter Allison was outside.
Seeing her mother floating motionless in the water, her instinct kicked in and dove into the water and pulled Tracy toward the shallow end of the water.
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Because of Tracy’s weight, Allison had a hard time dragging her to safety, but that didn’t deter her. In the shallows, Allison turned her body over, pulled her head above water and ran inside for help.
Tracy’s sister came rushing out with the rest of the family.
“She was really heavy, and I can only get the top part of her out, and her other daughters ran out and help me get her out. And Allison was able to do that on her own,” Tendra Hunt, Tracy’s sister, said.
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As it turned out Tracy had no idea what had happened. “I woke up in the hospital and I did not know where I was,” she said.
Reports also said that Allison has been swimming since she was two and a half, and if it weren’t for her heroic efforts, Tracy wouldn’t be alive today.
What to do if a person is drowning
Every second counts when it comes to saving a drowning person, so make sure to act as fast and as efficiently as you can. WebMD offers these tips on saving a drowning person:
- Seek help from a lifeguard or a person who can swim
- If no one is present, take the person out of the water
- Place your ear next to the person’s mouth and nose, see if you feel air on your cheek, and look to see if the person’s chest is moving
- Check the person’s pulse for 10 seconds.
- For an adult or child, place the heel of one hand on the center of the chest at the nipple line. You can also push with one hand on top of the other. For an infant, place two fingers on the breastbone.
- For an adult or child, press down about 2 inches. Make sure not to press on ribs. For an infant, press down about 1 and 1/2 inches. Make sure not to press on the end of the breastbone.
- Do 30 chest compressions, at the rate of 100 per minute or more. Let the chest rise completely between pushes.
- Repeat if the person is still not breathing.
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