Prevention: 5 tips to avoid drowning, at sea and in the pool

Drowning does not always result in death. The World Health Organization (WHO) proposed the following definition: La drowning is a respiratory failure resulting from submersion or immersion in a liquid medium. It therefore encompasses all cases, whether fatal or not.

Drownings at sea and in swimming pools

At sea, the majority of victims are adults over 45 with a health problem. In swimming poolchildren under 6 drown because they have escaped the supervision of an adult.

Tips to avoid drowning

Here are some prevention tips to avoid drowning:

• favor supervised bathing areas;
• at the beach, respect the color bathing flags;
• don’t overestimate your form physical ; in half of the cases, drownings are due to exhaustion or a health problem;
• whether in the pool or in the sea, always stay with your children and remember that even if they use a buoy or mattress pneumatic, that does not exempt you from supervising them; in no case do they protect against the risks of drowning ;
• Finally, the consumption ofalcohol or prolonged exposure to Sun do not mix well with swimming.