6 How to avoid similar tragedies of teenagers drowning while playing?

At about 16:00 on August 26, six teenagers drowned 200 meters upstream of the Kunyue Floating Bridge in Fan County. According to a report from the Fan County Party Committee Propaganda Department, after the incident, relevant departments mobilized ships and tools, organized three emergency teams with a total of more than 100 people, and continued to conduct a search and rescue operation of more than 20 kilometers along the incident site. As of 23:00 on the 26th, five teenagers who fell into the water had been fished out, and all of them unfortunately drowned.

The report stated that the above-mentioned six teenagers accidentally drowned while playing together on the bank of the Yellow River. The oldest was 16 years old and the youngest was 13 years old. They were all from Gao Pier Town, Fan County.

At this time of year, there are always various reports about teenagers who have drowned.

Drowning, the cause of death is lack of oxygen, is common in today's society, and has attracted more and more attention from society and people. When a person is submerged in water, because the respiratory tract is blocked by water, sludge, weeds and other impurities, the larynx and trachea undergo retrojective spasm, causing suffocation and hypoxia, which is called drowning. Drowning is an unexpected event. When drowning occurs or the time of drowning is discovered, you must learn to save yourself and rescue the drowning person.

Common causes of drowning

Unskilled skills

Beginners who are new to swimming, due to poor technical mastery, will panic when problems occur in the water, resulting in choking. water and cause drowning.

Tips: You should master swimming techniques correctly, breathe freely, and relax naturally when swimming. If choking occurs, stay calm, change your swimming posture, use the method of treading water, and go ashore to rest immediately after eliminating the choking.

Adventure Diving

Since you have to hold your breath while diving, diving for too long or too frequently can cause cerebral hypoxia, leading to headaches, dizziness or shock.

Tips: Don’t dive and swim for too long or too frequently to avoid accidents.

Non-swimming area

Drowning accidents may occur even if you are not familiar with the conditions in the water. Children who live near open water sources such as ditches, ponds, channels or ponds are at particular risk of drowning.

Tips: Try not to swim in non-swimming areas.

Convulsions and drowning

Drowning due to lack of preparatory activities before swimming, excessive physical fatigue, getting into the water immediately after sweating, too cold water temperature, excessive tension in technical movements, etc., may occur during swimming. Cramps occur. If you don't know how to deal with it in deep water, a drowning accident will occur.

Tips: Learn simple treatment methods, mainly stretching the cramped area.

Floods

75% of flood deaths are from drowning. When encountering irresistible water such as floods, if you are clear-headed, try to grab all available floating objects, such as wooden piles, door panels, etc., and swim to the nearest shore to wait for rescue.

Choking of water

If you enter the water to swim after eating a full meal, being extremely tired, or drinking too much, you are prone to choking. If the choking phenomenon is not adjusted well, it will lead to a very dangerous state, and continuous Choking on water can easily cause drowning and stop breathing.

Tips: People who are full, overly tired, drunk, or very hungry should not enter the water.

Water travel

Migrants or asylum seekers often commute and travel in unsafe vessels that are overcrowded, lack safety equipment, or are operated by vessels that often lack formal training and lack of handling. traffic accidents or ability to navigate. People under the influence of alcohol or drugs are also risk factors.

Playing and playing

Some people like to play in the water, especially young people who like to do challenging actions. Such as: diving, which is relatively dangerous. Sometimes the depth of the pool is not enough and it often happens that one's head is broken after diving.

Fatigue from long swimming

Some swimmers like to swim for a long time to see how long they can swim. This is understandable, but it can also lead to drowning accidents.

Tips: When encountering this situation, firstly, don’t show off, secondly, return to shore quickly, and thirdly, call for help as soon as possible.