Drowning occurs when a person is unable to breathe due to being submersed or immersed in water.
Secondary
drowning occurs when enough water enters the lungs to cause a drop in oxygen levels.
For me, it is the fact that
drowning occurs so fast, and often silently, that prevents me from ever wanting one at my house.
For children under the age of four, most
drownings occur in home swimming pools.
Drownings are the leading cause of unintentional deaths for children 1 — 4 years old in the United States and most
drownings occur in home swimming pools.
There is often no splashing to warn of trouble...» Even more sobering are the following facts about how and when
drownings occur:
Though
drownings occur by day, they occur most often at night, leaving the pool owner or lakefront resident with that cruel surprise of a dead pet or animal floating in the pool or skimmer basket.
Pool accidents: According to the Insurance Information Institute, since a high amount of fatal
drownings occur in residential pools, they increase your liability risk.
Not exact matches
The seductive voice of military might
drowns out the call of Jesus; in countless conflicts this has
occurred, and the church has become a source of sanctimonious propaganda.
I am familiar with
drowning and the dangers that may
occur while our little ones are swimming or just being in water.
If you do have swimming pools, swimming pools need to be protected from the lower ones,
drowning hazards are huge and the states that have the most swimming pools have the most
drowning incidents
occur, like Arizona.
Almost 30 percent of home -
drowning incidents
occur when a child falls into a pool or is left alone in the bathtub.
In fact,
drowning is the No. 1 cause of unintentional death in children ages 1 - 4, and the bathtub comes in second as the place where these
drowning accidents
occur.
Approximately one in five
drowning deaths
occurs in children age 14 or younger, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The law says «severe physical pain or suffering» which does not
occur when you simulate
drowning.
A Dutch - Texan team found that most Houston - area
drowning deaths from Hurricane Harvey
occurred outside the zones designated by government as being at higher risk of flooding: the 100 - and 500 - year floodplains.
With many correlations (like one of my favourites: ice cream consumption and
drowning — both
occur in summer) there is often no direct relationship.
For instance, one of the most electric scenes of the movie year
occurs late in the action, when Rockwell's hapless deputy
drowns his sorrows in a bar.
Most
drowning among dogs
occurs because they have nowhere to get out of the water, thus becoming too exhausted to continue paddling.
Dogs are natural swimmers, but situations can
occur where a dog swims too far and starts
drowning.
There is a trail that takes you close to the river, but it is dangerously close to the lava tubes and numerous
drownings have
occurred in this area.
Most of the deaths that have
occurred during Full Moon Parties are due to
drowning.
Audio mixing can be a little off, however, with moments where the dialogue is
drowned out by the sound effects
occurring more often than I would have liked.
One of the greatest Zelda moments
occurs when he «wakes» the
drowned castle and must fight hordes of Moblins and Darknuts simultaneously.
He wakes up a week later, with no memory of what's
occurred in the last seven days — the last thing he remembers is the
drowning figure of his wife.
Brain injuries may also be caused due to a lack of oxygen to the brain, as may
occur in an accident involving asphyxiation — such as
drowning or choking.
After your
drowning or pool accident
occurs, you will need to file a claim or lawsuits against the party whose negligence caused your accident.
If a cave - in
occurs, the injuries are often fatal or catastrophic and may include asphyxiation due to a lack of oxygen, inhalation of toxic materials, fire or
drowning.
Nearly half of boating accident tragedies
occur because of passengers falling overboard, with 70 percent of those victims
drowning.
Drowning accidents can
occur in natural bodies of water, swimming pools, hot tubs, or even in the bath.
Common situations where wrongful death may
occur include medical malpractice, workplace accidents, vehicle accidents, accidental
drowning and others.
Children can
drown in only a few inches of water, and it takes only minutes for a child to be without oxygen before serious brain injuries or even death
occur.
Boating accidents, such as collisions,
drowning, or other injuries can
occur for a variety of reasons, including driver inexperience or error, intoxication or other impairment, unfavorable water or weather conditions, poor boat maintenance, equipment defects and failures, and poor planning.
All states have a statute of limitations that sets forth how long from the date a
drowning or near -
drowning incident
occurs you have to file a lawsuit.
In fact, it is when swimming pool safety regulations are not followed to a tee that
drowning accidents are most likely to
occur.
Most
drowning accidents
occur during the summer months and involve young children.
Many
drowning accidents
occur when a pool isn't properly fenced or gated, the gate lock is left open, the lock or latch doesn't work properly, the ladder leading out of the pool is in the wrong position and can not be accessed, or there was a lack of supervision.
Near -
drowning accidents can vary in severity, depending on a number of factors including the length of time the child is submerged, the temperature of the water, the type of water, the amount of water aspirated and the child's medical condition before the accident
occurred.
The consequences of a near -
drowning incident can affect a victim's respiratory system and due to a lack of oxygen, serious or mild brain damage can
occur.
Whether the incident
occurs in a swimming pool at a private club, public pool or swimming pool at a friend's house, people have rights and options if they are injured or a family member
drowns due to another's negligence.
In many states, even the owners of land on which a child was trespassing when the
drowning accident
occurred may be held liable for the child's injuries or death.