Saturday, June 8, 2013

Summertime and the Drowning Panic...

So now that it's almost summertime, the post about drowning not looking like drowning is making its rounds again.  Posted a link this last year, but here it is again:  http://mamanuggets.blogspot.com/2012_07_01_archive.html

But to strike fear in parents' hearts even further, now there's a story about a kid "drowning" hours after having gone swimming.  What the WHAT?
http://www.today.com/id/24982210/ns/today-today_health/t/boys-death-highlights-hidden-danger-dry-drowning/#.UbNt63DR3zJ

Having said that much, the kid didn't technically die of "dry drowning," apparently.  He died of "delayed drowning" (which means that he had water in his lungs).  Here's a link that describes the difference and how to prevent actual "dry drowning."  Thought it was important enough to share.
http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/drydrowning.asp

As for us, I think we're just going to stick with sprinklers, thankyouverymuch.