When we head to the beach or the pool at the weekend, the most of us do so with a dangerous knowledge gap. We have misconceptions about drowning and ignorance mean we do not always recognize the signs of a person in distress when we see them. We are conditioned by movies and pop culture to think that a drowning person screaming and wave for help and splashing violently to attract attention. In fact, drowning is quiet, desperate event - so quiet that every year children die in swimming pools and water a few feet away from their parents or friends who do not recognize the signs of distress.
drowning victim behavior is similar to the victim that experts describe as Instinctive Drowning Response . Mario Vittone is an expert on water safety and was on a mission of awareness of what the behavior actually looks like drowning - his blog Drowning Does not look like drowning is worth sharing really open eyes and something.
It describes the behavior that
Instinctive Drowning Response - so named by Francesco A. Pia, Ph.D., is what people do to avoid actual suffocation or collected in the water. And it does not look like most people expect. There is very little splashing, no waving, and no yelling or calls for help of any kind. To get a sense of calm and undramatic way to the surface drowning can be, consider this: It is the second leading cause of accidental death among children 15 and under (just behind vehicle accidents) - of 750 children who will drown next year, about 375 of them will do so within 25 yards of a parent or another adult. In ten percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch her, having no idea what is happening. Drowning does not look like drowning
Here is a video showing the response of the instinctive drowning.
Drowning can occur in seconds. A broader understanding of what distress and swimming signs of drowning behavior actually look like would help save lives. Help raise awareness - why not share this message with friends and family - especially parents of young children?
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