General Discussion

We received instructions as to, when we could call a death in the field. Most of it was pretty obvious, such as unsurvivable trauma to the body rigor mortis...

One thing we were instructed, however, is in the case of a child drowning, it is never to be called. Nor is CPR to be stopped. You go as long as you physically can or until you can get the child to higher level of care. There are too many instances of a child drowning, especially in cold water. Which if I recall, is only sixty degrees fahrenheit or lower, but they have come back long after there should be any hope of survival.