Summer's Here: Be Aware of Drowning Dangers
In our Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Personal Injury Law Firm, we have consulted in Water Related Injuries. These injuries most often occur with private pool drownings. According to the CDC, in 2005, there were 3,582 unintentional drownings in the United States. That equates to nearly 10 per day. In addition to fatal drownings, there are many serious injuries which occur from nonfatal drownings. These include brain damage, long-term disabilities and permanent vegetative conditions.
Drownings are very serious and all possible steps to avoid a drowning should be taken. At most risk are men and children. Men are four times more likely to die from a drowning than woman. And of all child deaths between the ages of 1 and 4, almost 30% died from drowning. Of these child deaths, most occur in residential swimming pools.
Child deaths usually occur due to lack of sufficient barriers and supervision. Most young children who drowned in pools were out of sight less than 5 minutes. Barriers can often prevent children from gaining access to the pool area. Parents should never leave a child alone near any body of water.
Summer time is lots of fun but let's be careful to protect ourselves and our children.
