Parents Advised To Wait After Rescue
(N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, November 29. Parents who rush in and grab their children after a rescue by surf life-savers could prejudice the child's life, says a spokesman for the New Zealand Surf Life-saving Association. The publicity officer for the association (Mr C. Mentiplay) said today that flustered parents often seize their children and rush off without even a word of thanks after a child is brought ashore. Mr Mentiplay warned that parents sometimes take the
child before it is safe to do so. “The life-savers have a fairly good grasp of the subject,” he said. “Parents should, wait until they are told it is safe.” He emphasised that when breathing appears to have stopped, there is a real emergency, with only about a minute and a half to spare before brain damage starts. There is no time for parents to try to rush the child to a doctor. “We are at present training our beltmen to give rescue breathing while still in the water,” he said.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31540, 30 November 1967, Page 10
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