May 12, 2012 /24-7PressRelease / -with the spring and summer comes renewed swimming pleasure. Little is more attractive to children swimming and swimming pools. However, parents can relax has never really when children are in the water, especially those with young children.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that, "drowning is the leading cause of death from injury to the ages of children 1-4 and the three children die every day from drowning.".
Simply because your children are no longer kids does not mean that they are without risk, drowning remains the second leading cause of death unintentional injury to children up to 14 years. In Oregon, rivers and Lakes present a further hazard in the spring with the icy snow melt and swift currents.
Victims of drowning
Drowning deaths are rarely of newspapers or attract media coverage, as aircraft or some disaster accident on a large scale. The CDC reported 10 people a day die in the United States of accidental drowning. In 2009, drowning deaths totalled 3 517.
Unfortunately, an accident every day
Because drowning occurs in ordinary places, in the garden and the municipal swimming pools, lakes, ponds and rivers, it does not often our attention. It is easy to underestimate the risks and do not warn of the danger. Swimming pools are not secure, children are left without supervision or an adult's attention is distracted by the conversation, a telephone call, an e-mail, or a book.
While several local orders require swimming pools to be closed and secure, if there are small children present, should be eternally vigilant to the risk posed by the pool and active monitoring is required. With small children, drowning is always a risk.
The danger is not limited to the death. Wounds that occur can be serious. Fifty - five percent of drowning victims require immediate medical treatment and may require hospitalization. Due to the loss of oxygen during a drowning, damage to the brain can occur, leading to "a long term disability including disorders of memory, learning disorders and permanent loss of operation of the base (e.g., persistent vegetative state)" according to the CDC.
How to prevent injuries and drowning pool
It goes without saying that anyone in a pool or other body of water must know how to swim. Any who, above all young children, with limited or no swimming ability should wear flotation clothing and remain within reach of a parent or responsible adult.
The most important factor to prevent a drowning or near drowning incident is active surveillance. At any time the children are in a pool or near water, a responsible adult should concentrate on the supervision of their activities, as if it was a question of life or death.
A lawyer can work with experts to assess the drowning and near drowning case to determine which, if nothing could have prevented the incident. If you have any questions or concerns in the field of the prevention of drowning, you may want to talk with a lawyer with drowning incidents.
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