I put up a similar post every summer on facebook, explaining what drowning does...and doesn't look like.

I had a cousin who drowned when we were children, and I remember everyone saying "we never heard him yelling for help". If someone had known what to look for, his life could have been saved.

 

Sorry for your loss.

Exactly - we need to be aware it's not always what you see in the movies.

 

Thanks Bog, I had forgotten much of this. Probably spend a good bit of time this summer with the grand kids at the pool or lake, so this is a great reminder.

 

Good reminder. I know a young man who was supervising his younger sister at a pool when he was a teenager. She drowned, and I think a lot of people couldn't understand how he didn't know it was happening.

 

 

Great article, I had no idea, even though I've drowned once.

When I was about 2, I decided to go swimming alone. My sister walked outside and found me floating face down, and my dad picked me up by my ankles and beat the death out of me. Unconventional CPR, but it worked apparently.

I've reposted this on Facebook as well.

 

Great article, I had no idea, even though I've drowned once.

When I was about 2, I decided to go swimming alone. My sister walked outside and found me floating face down, and my dad picked me up by my ankles and beat the death out of me. Unconventional CPR, but it worked apparently.

I've reposted this on Facebook as well.

That's good stuff right there

 

I pulled a little girl (3-4 years) out of a public pool once when I was 15 or 16. Her mom was chatting with a bunch of people not paying attention. The girl got tired, wasn't wearing floaties/swimmies whatever you want to call them, and couldn't keep herself up. It was like she was treading water but her nose and mouth were submerged. Her eyes were bulging...from strain and from fear. She was about a foot and a half from the wall but all her strength was going into trying to surface, she couldn't reach it. I pulled her straight up and onto the concrete and she gasped so loud everyone looked up. I was kneeling in front of her half hugging, half patting her back. Bonus points: her mom thought I was creeping on her til other people said I'd saved her.

 

bumping this up for 2014 with a sad reminder of just how silently drowning occurs: Young girl drowns during birthday party

The girl had been wearing a "float vest" before exiting the pool, and apparently reentered the pool without wearing the vest, Columbus police Sgt. Christ Holzhauser said.

During that time, many of the 75 to 100 partygoers were apparently distracted while singing Happy Birthday to a 1-year-old. The 4-year-old drowning victim was then spotted in the pool.

 

Good one. Thank you!

 

If you're aware of a near-drowning event, be watchful for the phenomenon of secondary drowning. Simplified version...a small amount of aspirated water acts as a lung irritant, causing bodily fluids to collect in the lungs. The victim, in effect, drowns in their own fluids.

Good, timely note BOG. Thanks for posting this.

 

During my 34 years of being involved with apartment communities I have been fortunate to "save" 4 small children and 1 adult that were drowning in the pool. I lost 1 child because she had been under too long to be resuscitated by me or EMS when they arrived. In the cases of 3 of the 4 of the children their parents were present but didn't recognize the signs.

Whether you're a parent or not it pays to know CPR and the warning signs of drowning.

Good PSA BurnedOutGeek......

 

Really weird timing. I just started scanning 'New Posts' and saw this. My daughter called just 30 minutes ago and said that a friend was missing and they think he may have drowned in the river. She went over to try to help. A lot of people taking boats out on the river to search. It's not just the young or non-swimmers that are in danger around the water. A tuber or skier falling and hitting something submerged can do it too.

When we went to Disneyworld last time, we were at the hotel pool one evening and parents there had their very young child in one of those floaties. Basically a tube around their waist. They got too busy talking with another couple, and the kid flipped upside down. I was in the pool and fortunately noticed it. Legs sticking straight up and kicking. I flipped her right side up and got her out. I don't know how long she had been flipped, but the child was OK after a few slaps on the back and spitting up some water. It scared the parents to death. As it should have. It can happen really fast. My daughter can swim like a fish, but it can happen to anyone.

 

Great post. Teach any kid you can to swim, and always be on the lookout at the pool. Even if the pool you're swimming in has lifeguards.

 

Good post. I nearly drowned when I was about 10 in Occoquan reservoir. If my brother had not been there I would have drowned.

Today if you see me in water over my head, you can assume that I am drowning. I sink like a rock, really...I sink like a rock. I am a physical anomaly. I always wanted to go to the Dead Sea to prove that I could drown there.

 

I got my wrist slapped for a PSA thread.

 

I got my wrist slapped for a PSA thread.

But didn't you interpret PSA to mean "Personal Sausage Accoutrements"?

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thank you for this....
a good friend of mines daughter KATELYN drown in their pool. ever since then she raises awareness and teaches kids to swim...

 

Be careful out there on and around the water. And especially around boats. You typically don't think too much about it until it happens to someone you know well.