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Near Drowning : Prevention

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Prevention could include:
  • Avoid Drinking Alcohol When Swimming

Prevention Overview Articles

Near-Drowning
Prevention depends on educating parents, other adults, and teenagers about water safety.Parents must realize that young children who are left in or near water without adult supervision even for a short time can easily get into trouble, not just at...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Prevention Articles

Water Safety
Detailed information on water safety for children Although most drownings occur in residential swimming pools, children can drown in just one inch of water (such as in buckets, bath tubs, wading pools, diaper pails, toilets, hot tubs, and spas). In addition, open waters such as oceans, rivers, and lakes pose a drowning threat to older children.
Source:StayWell
Water Safety
Detailed information on water safety Although most drownings occur in residential swimming pools, children can drown in just one inch of water (such as in buckets, bath tubs, wading pools, diaper pails, toilets, hot tubs, and spas). In addition, open waters such as oceans, rivers, and lakes pose a drowning threat to older children.
Source:StayWell
Water Safety and Prevention
Detailed information on water safety If children and adolescents are around bodies of water on a regular basis, it benefits parents to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which, in case of an emergency, can save lives, reduce the severity of injury, and improve the chance of survival. CPR training is available through the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, and your local hospital or fire department.
Source:StayWell
Parent management training
Parent management training(PMT) is an adjunct to treatment that involves educating and coaching parents to change their child''s problem behaviors using principles of learning theory and behavior modification.The aim of PMT is to decrease or elimin...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
A Safety Checklist for Parents
You can help keep your children safe by following these precautions.You can help keep your children safe by following these precautions and using common sense.
Source:StayWell
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