How to Not Drown Awareness Saves Lives

How To Not Drown: Awareness Saves Lives! Every day people around the world drown. Sometimes, prevention, awareness, and action can turn drownings into near-drownings! When practicing Water-Based Awareness, Super-Diligence, and prevention, lives can be saved. Plus, the life you save just may be your own! Jennifer Webb died twice in one night while drowning, before before saved and resuscitated back to life. Had the author known about Rip Tides (Rip Currants) and to swim parallel to the shore until the waves started taking her to the beach, she may have been able to make it to shore before she died and had to be into shore for resuscitation. But she did not know about Rip Tides... So, now she shares these lessons in the hope at least one wonderful life can be saved! An Excerpt: Chapter 4 Secondary & Dry Drownings Some of the side effects from a near-drowning or drowning and resuscitation are called Secondary and/or Dry Drowning. This condition can consist of physical instability and illness immediately after rescue, or sometimes hours, and even days after being out of the water. The effects of secondary and/or dry drowning is lethal and unfortunately many die from these dry-land conditions after having lived though drowning in the water. The body begins to digress, involuntarily, after being rescued from drowning, whether it was by circumstances, miracles, or direct interventions. Secondary drowning is the name given to this process that happens to those who live through drowning, only to later get physically ill, and even possibly die from complications relating to the first drowning. Dry drowning is sometimes called secondary drowning and can also occur between one and seventy-two hours after the first near-drowning. This condition can occur even after only one moment of panicking in the water! A person's body can still die from this condition within moments of being pulled out of a near-drowning and for those who swim out of the water on their own. The time frame for the dangerous effects of Secondary and Dry Drowning go all the way up to three days and sometimes up to seven days or longer! Many persons who have been rescued from drowning go to sleep, but do not awaken. This usually happens after someone is pulled from the water or made it to safety on their own. I had all the symptoms of secondary and/or dry drowning of which I knew nothing about at the time. I did know to go to the hospital, because I was very aware that I was dying again even though it had been some hours since my rescue and resuscitation. The common symptoms include breathing difficulties, chest pain, coughing, fatigue and behavioral changes. If you notice this, get the person to the emergency room as soon as possible. Drowning can happen to anyone. Children are particularly vulnerable to secondary drowning because they don't have the means of communicating their illness. Children under five are in the most danger and need extra attention after playing in any water. If someone almost drowns, no matter their age or ability, they need to be watched and monitored by someone who knows their usual behaviors, to decide if there are any changes in their physical and mental, usual demeanor. If you go swimming alone, let someone know the time frame in which you will be gone. Ensure that you let that person know if anything happens while swimming and ask them to check in or stop by if you feel that there are any changes. Be ready for the possibility of an emergency room visit, if you do reach that point. Water-Based Safety and Awareness Saves Lives!