A 2 Year Old Boy is Rescued

When I read of a 2 year old boy falling into the river in Lebanon Maine I said a prayer. There are details below you can read but, before those, here's a couple of interesting observations that I believe are facts.

1. If a person falls into the water face down there is a better chance of survival because as that person falls in they can take a pocket of air down with them.

2. Research developments found that gentle carrying and loading of a victim makes chances of survival better. Running to the ambulance with a victim should be avoided.

I have personal interest in all of this material: the story is familiar to our friends and will be related at a later time here.
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Boy pulled from river likely to recover fully, mom says

The 2-year-old who was pulled from the Little River last week is not expected to have any lasting health problems from his ordeal, the boy's family has
told rescue workers.

Assistant Rescue Chief Jason Cole said the boy's mother has told officials that the child's condition is improving and it does not appear he will suffer
any long-term effects from the near drowning.

The boy, whose name has not been released, wandered out of his house on Upper Middle Road on Friday. His mother found him submerged in the nearby river
at 11:30 a.m., authorities said. He had no pulse and was not breathing.

State Police Trooper Benjamin Smith, who was nearby, and a bystander worked to resuscitate the child until rescue workers arrived. The boy was taken by
ambulance to Goodall Hospital and regained his pulse and breathing en route.

The boy was then taken by LifeFlight helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where he was kept in the special care unit of the pediatric wing. (This appeared in the Portland Press Herald "Dispatches" on Tuesday December 8, 2009.)