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Home / Health / Public Health and Safety / First Aid / Drowning and Near Drowning
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- A Parent's Guide to Water Safety - Drowning prevention guidelines, from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
www.aap.org/family/swim.htm
- Child Safety - How to Protect Your Child from Drowning - Real stories, safety tips, and links. From the University of South Florida.
www.med.usf.edu/CLASS/JulieJ/child-safety.htm
- Children's Stay on Top of It Campaign - Drowning Prevention - From Washington State Drowning Prevention Project. Facts, tips, teen water safety and history of the drowning prevention program.
www.chmc.org/DP
- Drowning and Near Drowning - Columbia University College - Basic recommendations for first aid management of water accidents.
cpmcnet.columbia.edu/texts/guide/hmg13_0005.html
- Drowning Facts and Prevention Checklist - Hawaii - Data on deaths in Hawaiian waters are provided. Things you can do to protect yourself and your keiki (children) from needless suffering and death by submersion.
www.aloha.com/~lifeguards/kipc.html
- Drowning Prevention - Information on drowning and its prevention from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/drown.htm
- eMedicine Online Text - Emergency Medicine - Indepth information on Submersion Injury and Near Drowning.
emedicine.com/cgi-bin/foxweb.exe/showsection@d:/em/ga?book=emerg&topicid=744
- eSafety.com - Article on why and how pool owners must take precautions to prevent children from drowning.
www.esafety.com/esafety_cfmfiles/esafety.cfm?N=1032
- Facts About Drowning - A number one cause of accidental death in children 1-4 years of age in California. Information on a drowning prevention educational campaign by the West Covina Fire Department.
www.westcov.org/kids/drown.html
- Medline Plus: Drowning - Articles, links and resources on the topic of drowning.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drowning.html
- National Children's Center - Drowning Prevention Facts - Background, contributing factors, prevention recommendations.
research.marshfieldclinic.org/children/Resources/Drowning/FactSheet.htm
- Near Drowning - Extensive paper, by Kamlesh Chopra, Deepika Bhatla. From the Department of Paediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.
www.bhj.org/journal/1996/3801_jan/reviews_147.htm
- Near Drowning: Overview - Case review of a near drowning victim from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
www.hsc.missouri.edu/~shrp/vhctwww/case699
- P.O.N.D.S. - Parents Of Near Drowns - Support group online, links to phone numbers and information as to where you can talk to familites of near drownings.
www.neardrown.com
- Preventing Child Drownings - Article from The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PUBS/5013.pdf
- Statistics on Pediatric Drownings - From the American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement on Drowning in Infants, Children and Adolescents.
www.med.usf.edu/CLASS/JulieJ/Statistics.htm
- Watch the Water - Drowning Prevention - The annual drowning prevention program of the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA), California.
www.ocfa.org/resident/watch/index.htm
- WebMD: Drowning Prevention Tips - Safety tips and recommendations.
my.webmd.com/content/article/3213.127
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