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Near drowning
Alternative names:
drowning - near
Prevention:
- Avoid drinking alcohol before or while swimming or boating.
- Observe water safety rules.
- Take a water safety
course.
- Never allow children to swim alone or unsupervised regardless
of their ability to swim.
- Never leave children alone for any period of time or
let them leave your line of sight near any body of water.
Drownings have occurred when parents left "for just a minute"
to answer the phone or door.
- Drowning can occur in any container of water. Do not
leave any standing water such as might occur in: empty basins,
buckets, ice chests, kiddy pools, or bath tubs. Secure the
toilet seat cover with a safety device.
- Fence all pools and spas. Secure all the doors to the
outside.
- If your child is missing, check the pool immediately
Update Date: 10/08/99
Updated by: adam.com editorial
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