If you are heading to the pool, the lake, the river or the gulf this summer, know how to keep kids and even adults safe in the water.
While 70% of drowning incidents happened in summer and 80% happened in pools, that leaves another 30% that happen at other times of the year and 20% that happen in something other than a pool: that includes bathtubs, water buckets, kiddie pools, rivers and lakes.
Infants can drown in as little as 2 inches of water, said Dr. Lisa Gaw, a pediatrician with Texas Children’s Urgent Care. “They have no head control,” she said.
Your children’s risk factors depend on their motor skills. Can they sit up and stay sitting up? “What can they do if they tilt over and are face down? Can they get back up?” Gaw asked.
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