Drowning Is Leading Cause of Kids’ Accidental Death: CDC

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Drowning Is Leading Cause of Kids’ Accidental Death: CDC

May 18th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) — Drowning kills more American
children 1 to 4 years old than any cause except birth defects, according
to a new federal report.

Half of those children drown in swimming pools. And males are victims
four times as often as females, the report by the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention found.

Between 2005 and 2009, more than 3,800 people of all ages drowned
annually nationwide. Another 5,700 people went to the hospital in
near-drowning incidents. Of these, 50 percent were hospitalized or
transferred for additional care, the report authors said.

Many who survived suffered irreversible brain damage, said report
co-author Dr. Julie Gilchrist, a medical epidemiologist in the CDC‘s
Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention.

Precautions that parents can take include blocking access to swimming
pools, increasing vigilance and starting swimming lessons, experts said.

There’s good research that swimming lessons for kids 1 to 4 can be
lifesavers, Gilchrist said. “It would be really nice for children to have
the skills so they can manage themselves in the rare event that they end
up in the water and survive long enough so parents can find them and get
them out,” she said.

In many cases involving home pools, parents are unaware that their
child has sneaked out of the house, Gilchrist said. “That’s why you have
to have barriers, something that will slow down your child’s access to the
water,” she said.

The report was published in the May 18 issue of the CDC’s Morbidity
and Mortality Weekly Report.

Here are some tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics:

All caregivers should learn CPR.
Never leave a toy in or around a pool.
Never leave a child alone in or near a pool.
Make sure an adult is always within arm’s length.
Children ages 1 to 4 years old should take swimming lessons. But
remember that teaching children to swim does not guarantee their safety in
the water.
Teach children to never run, push or jump on others around water.
Teach them never to swim alone.
Keep a phone by the pool, along with rescue equipment, such as a life
preserver and a shepherd’s hook — a long pole with a hook at the
end.
Pools should be surrounded by a fence at least 4-feet high. Pool gates
should self-close and self-latch at a height unreachable by small
children.
If you have an inflatable or plastic pool, empty it after each use and
turn it upside down.