NEW YORK (REUTERS) - The drownings of 17 people when a "duck boat" in which they were riding sank in a storm over a Missouri lake on Thursday (July 19) was reminiscent of an accident involving the amphibious tourist vessel...
Drowning is generally defined as “an asphyxia death in which the body is deprived of oxygen as a result of impairment of oxygen exchange ultimately within the lungs after partial or complete submersion in a liquid, usually water, with subsequent...
By Ariel Scotty, New York Daily News She's a survivor. Eden Carlson's near-fatal fall into her family pool left her brain damaged in February 2016 — but doctors have now significantly reversed the trauma in the tenacious toddler. Physicians used a series of...
By Kathleen Doheny webmd.com June 15, 2017 -- Many swimmers and boaters make water safety a priority, but one danger that's still often overlooked is electric-shock drowning. Electric-shock drowning occurs when an electric current, typically low-level AC current from boats, docks or lights, "escapes"...
Story by: The Canadian Press TORONTO — Relatives of two Ontario men who lost their lives during firefighter training exercises five years apart wiped their eyes as a coroner’s inquest that began Tuesday heard details of the fatal incidents. The inquest into...
Lifeguards who oversee open waters, such as oceans and lakes, may be able to deliver CPR effectively in a moving inflatable boat, according to a small study in Spain. Surf-lifeguards provided the best cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on land but also delivered...
TWO BOYS, age 11, are ice skating at a local pond. Suddenly, the ice cracks and one boy falls through into 34 degree Fahrenheit water. His friend runs to his aid, and potential tragedy grows as the second boy is...
by Caitlin Nolan - Inside Edition Two Indiana children playing on a frozen-over pond died after the thin ice broke, leaving the pair struggling for at least a half hour before first responders were able to pull them from the water,...
As of December 13, it was recorded that 71 Florida children have died from drowning since the start of the year. According to the Florida Department of Children and Families, Florida loses more children under the age of 5 to drowning than any other...
BEN BENTON ON DEC 14, 2016 SOURCE: MCCLATCHY Dec. 14--Four people are dead, two are hospitalized and another is still missing this morning after a car plunged into the Coosa River in Leesburg, Ala., Tuesday night. Cherokee County Sheriff Jeff Shaver said...
At least four (4) electrocution incidents have been documented during 2016 - two were fatal, two were not. NBC News published a story in 2014. We encourage our readers to view that story on line. According to Aquatics International magazine, "with so...
The November/December 2016 issue of Aquatics International magazine has an excellent article making the argument against single-guard facilities. We encourage our readers who have responsibilities for operating aquatic facilities to view this article....
A 6-year-old child drowned at a community swimming pool with 4 Lifeguards on duty. The child had been left unattended for several minutes in the shallow end of the pool while her guardian was in the locker room with another...
Two children, ages 9 and 11, gained access to one of the swimming pools at an apartment complex in the middle of the afternoon on the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend. The children were not residents of this apartment complex,...
A 33-year-old military man drowned in a community swimming pool during a family retreat sponsored by the Navy. While his wife and children were preparing lunch, the man was seen swimming laps underwater in the pool while the two Lifeguards...
A 6-year-old child drowned at a community swimming lake run by the city Parks and Recreation Department with 8 Lifeguards on duty. Two unattended Asian-speaking 6-year-old children had been left at the lake by their father. Both children were playing at...
An 11-month-old child, under the supervision of her mother and grandmother, wandered away from her apartment and fell into the apartment complex swimming pool. Several minutes later, the grandmother found her in the pool, removed her and administered CPR until...
A 23-year-old Canadian woman broke her neck when she dove into the shallow section of swimming pool at a resort in Jamaica. When she hit the bottom and floated to the surface, she was able to turn herself over onto...
A 7-year-old child drowned in a community swimming pool operated by the Parks and Recreation Department with two Lifeguards on duty. The child was last seen diving off the diving board when he began to choke and struggle in the...
A 48-year-old man drowned in the deep end of his apartment complex pool. Two Lifeguards were on duty at the time. Neither Lifeguard was in the elevated Lifeguard stands, but rather, were sitting at the table in the shallow end...
On March 26, 1998, a Navy Seal who was training for the U.S. Free Diving Team, approached the two Lifeguards on duty at a municipal swimming pool and explained he was training to hold his breath for a prolonged period...
On June 10, 1997, a 5-year-old child drowned at the swimming pool owned and operated by the City of Nitro, West Virginia. The child came into distress and subsequently suffered the physical and neurological trauma associated with a near-drowning as...
Author: by Gerald M. Dworkin Date: 7/16/00 An adult male drowned when his boat capsized and his automatic inflatable life jacket failed to deploy. The victim had been fishing in a small boat with a companion. When they cast their lines out, the...
An adult male drowned in this apartment complex swimming pool in the presence of other patrons. There was no lifeline separating the deep end from the shallow end. The man crossed over the transition point and lost his footing because...
