With the summer season coming
Temperatures continue to rise
There are many more children at the water's edge
Drowning accidents have also entered a prone and high incidence period
There have been a number of recent incidents
The tragedy of drowning in adolescents and children
The security alarm bell is ringing again!
On June 16, 2024, the Sangesi Police Station of the Public Security Bureau of Longhui County, Hunan Province received a report that an accidental falling into the water occurred in a puddle downstream of the Zhongzhou Power Station in Sangesi Town, resulting in two deaths. The deceased were verified to be two local children aged 9.
Case 2: On June 15, 2024, a tragedy occurred in the Daoren Reservoir in Daoren Village, Maotian Town, Yueyang County, Yueyang City, Hunan Province, where a pair of brothers drowned, the elder brother was 10 years old and the younger brother was 6 years old.
Case 3: On the afternoon of June 13, 2024, a 17-year-old boy drowned near Queshan Longhu Wetland Park in Jinan City, Shandong Province. Rescuers said that the teenager and his companion accidentally fell into the water while renting paddleboards to play in the lake and were trapped in fishing nets in the water. After more than one hour of rescue, the teenager was rescued ashore, but there were no vital signs.
Case 4: On June 13, 2024, a 13-year-old junior high school boy in Xiangshan District fell into the air and fell into the waters of the Nanwan River during heavy rain in Guilin, Guangxi. Two days later, the family found the child drowned more than 2 kilometers away from the place where he fell into the water.
Case 5: On June 10, 2024, in a park in Jingcun, Zhaiwu Town, Heshan, Guangdong, two children accidentally fell into the water, and a villager rushed to rescue him after hearing the news and unfortunately drowned. In the end, all three were tragically killed.
How can I prevent my child from drowning?
Accidentally fell into the water
How can I help myself?
What conditions are prone to drowning?
What are high-risk locations?
Parents and children should understand!
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What conditions are prone to drowning?
1. If you don't understand the nature of the water and lack a correct estimate of your physical strength and swimming ability, you may drown if you enter the water.
2. Even if you are accustomed to water, you will have spasms and convulsions of your limbs under the water due to insufficient preparation for activities, sudden stimulation of cold water after entering the water, or swimming for too long, and excessive loss of carbon dioxide in your body, resulting in loss of autonomy and sinking.
3. Weak sense of safety, swimming in non-open waters, limbs may be entangled in aquatic plants at the bottom of the water and cause sinking, or fall into sediment and lose control.
4. Playing and playing with each other in the water, and then panicking after an accident, resulting in drowning.
5. People who are in poor health, suffering from heart disease, anemia, epilepsy and other chronic diseases may relapse due to the stimulation of cold water during swimming, resulting in drowning.
Be wary of these high-risk drowning locations!
The high-risk sites for drowning in children of different ages differ:
1. The most common places of drowning for children under the age of 4 are mainly water storage containers at home, such as water tanks and bathtubs.
2. The most common places for children aged 5-9 years to drown involve canals, ponds and reservoirs.
3. Children over 10 years old have a greater range of activities, mainly ponds, lakes and rivers.
Prevent drowning
"Six Don'ts" and "Four Don'ts"
Be sure to keep it in mind!
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"Six Don'ts" for Drowning Prevention
1. It is not allowed to swim in the water without permission.
2. It is forbidden to swim with others without permission.
3. Swimming without an adult is not allowed.
4. It is not allowed to swim in waters without safety facilities and rescue personnel.
5. Do not swim in unfamiliar waters.
6. Students who are not familiar with water are not allowed to go into the water to rescue without authorization.
"Four Don'ts" to prevent drowning
1. Do not swim without a parent.
2. Do not swim in waters with warning signs.
3. Do not swim in unsafe places and wild water sources.
4. Don't splash around water sources on your way to and from school and during holidays.
How can I save myself once I drown?
Please keep these self-help measures in mind
It can save your life in times of crisis!
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Self-rescue measures from drowning
How can a person who can't swim save himself from drowning?
1. Keep your body afloat on the water as much as possible and wait for someone else to help you.
2. If there is something around you that you can grasp, pull, or hold, grab it quickly and use your strength to surface.
3. If you don't have anything to catch, you have to rely on some skill to float on your own.
4. When ventilating, exhale shallowly and inhale deeply.
5. When someone comes to the rescue, be sure to listen to the rescuer's command and do not drag the rescuer.
How can swimmers save themselves in case of emergencies?
Extraction muscle:
1. Leg cramps: swim to the shore or grab nearby floating objects as soon as possible; If you can't continue swimming, take a deep breath and dive underwater, try to straighten your feet, and then push your legs out as hard as you can, until the cramps slowly subside.
2. Finger cramps: Immediately clench your hands into fists, grasp them repeatedly, and then spread them firmly until they no longer cramp. Can float on your back.
呛水:
Treading water as much as possible and exposing your head to the surface of the water will reduce the need to choke on water again. Tread water regularly for a while to calm yourself down before taking other measures.
Encounter the Whirlpool:
Try to lie flat on the surface of the water and swim quickly in the direction of the whirlpool using the most common swimming style.
Entangled in aquatic weeds, etc.:
1. Don't struggle and kick too hard, otherwise the weeds will become more tightly entangled.
2. If someone is nearby, ask for help as soon as possible, grab something that can be grasped, and let the body surface.
3. If not, the most effective way is to take a deep breath and dive into the water to unravel the aquatic weeds.