When providing care to a person who is in the water and has a head, neck or spinal injury, which of the following would be essential to do? Get the person out of the water in less than 1 minute. Keep the person's face out of the water. Use a backboard with a head immobilizer in place. Approach the person's head from behind.

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Melvin Rogers

Social Studies

31 January, 23:29

When providing care to a person who is in the water and has a head, neck or spinal injury, which of the following would be essential to do? Get the person out of the water in less than 1 minute. Keep the person's face out of the water. Use a backboard with a head immobilizer in place. Approach the person's head from behind.

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Pete · Answer 1

Use a backboard with a head immobilizer in place.

Explanation:

The fractures a victim has are the ones that dictate which tools and care shall be used to handle the patient. Our patient above has got head, neck or spinal injury and is in water. The first action shall depend on the depth of the water, if the water is shallow, then, the use of backboard with a head immobilizer in place would be used, but in case of deep waters, the patient has to be carefully taken to a place of shallow water or dry land.