How to save someone from Drowning

When a child drowning occurs, more than just the victim is impacted. For responders, drowning of a young child becomes more difficult with each lifeless child.
Responders are often parents themselves and see the faces of their own young children while administering resuscitation efforts to the drowning victim.
Upon arrival to the scene, responders often recognize there is no chance for survival, or if resuscitated, the child will have irreversible brain damage.
Responders are faced with the trauma of not only the drowning victim, but with the grieving parents witnessing their unresponsive child.
Drowning is NOT accidental; Drowning is an unintentional injury or death. Referring to a drowning as an accident implies that the incident could not have been prevented.

Layers of Protection inside and outside of home

Constant, vigilant adult supervision of young children is critical around any type of water in and outside of the home, and during water play.
Use of barriers, alarms, locks and 4-sided fencing is essential to prevent unsupervised access to pools and other water outside of the home.

Choosing a lifejacket

The highest rate of drowning is among children ages 1 to 4.
Most drowning occurs in a residential pool.
At least one parent or family member is nearby when a child wanders away unnoticed.

Boating/Diving Safety

Absence of adult supervision
Lack of knowledge, disregard or misjudgment of the hazard
Easy access to water
An inability to respond properly in a drowning situation

Being Safe During Aquatic Recreational Activities

Immediate bystander CPR can make the difference between life and death. Delay of removing the child from the water and beginning bystander CPR with rescue breaths can negatively impact the outcome of a drowning. Irreversible brain damage occurs in as little as 4 minutes.
Children drown because they do not know how to swim. The ability to swim is NOT a totally reliable protective measure; regardless of swimming competency children require close and constant supervision.
During social gatherings, children are well protected because of several adults supervising. Social gatherings can increase the drowning risk for children, as assumptions are made that everyone is watching the children. A designated responsible adult Water Watcher is an imperative safety precaution.

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