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I saw this story on television and it reminded me of why I became a swim instructor. I was watching NBC News and they had a video from a hotel security camera that shows a child nearly drowns in the hotel pool that had more than a dozen people in it. The 2-year-old child spent nearly three minutes underwater. Fortunately, a 9-year-old girl alerted an adult who managed to pull the child out of the water.<\/span><\/p>\n

The boy was unresponsive, but fortunately 2 off-duty nurses were on-hand and able to perform CPR and revive him. The child was taken to a local hospital and released.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch this video:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> report that nearly 3 children per day die from drowning. Drowning kills more children between the ages of 1 to 4 than anything else besides birth defects.<\/span><\/p>\n

This story reminds me so much about our own near mishap<\/a>. This story reminds me why I\u2019m so driven towards achieving a goal of having a day when drownings don\u2019t even happen. I know that goal will likely never be achieved, but it doesn\u2019t stop me from working towards it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps “Diving Reflex” Was the Problem<\/h3>\n

In the case of this child, we could have an example of what is called \u201cdiving reflex<\/a>\u201d. Most young children have this reflex. It is not uncommon.<\/span><\/p>\n

What this means, is that a young child in water has the tendency to put their head back, hold their breath and sink. They don\u2019t splash, wave their arms, or make any kind of ruccous. They can be easily unnoticed because they are silent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Expert underwater divers use certain principles of \u201cdiving reflex\u201d in their practice of long-distance underwater diving.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of us think about examples of drownings from movies and films that we have seen. In those examples, the person drowning is yelling, screaming, and throwing their arms around.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is rarely the case in real life. Drowning is quick and silent!<\/span><\/p>\n

I hope that you watch the video above, and get a little bit concerned if you have children that don\u2019t swim, or at least know how to float. Enroll your children in a swimming school, if not mine, at least someone\u2019s. I know most all swim teacher\u2019s in the Houston area, give me, Bonnie<\/strong>, a call at (832) 366-3008<\/strong><\/a> and we can discuss which swim teacher you may want to talk to. Or, you can enroll your children at my school, Life Saver Survival Swim School<\/strong><\/a>.. Go to this link\u00a0<\/a>to enroll online, or you can call me to enroll.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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