A Child Drowns Every Five Days In Summer Months
June 22, 2011
News Channel 2 reported on a study conducted by a Nationwide Children’s Hospital doctor, who used data complied by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission to determine that a child drowns every five days in a portable “kiddie” pool during the summer months.
Statistics showed that:
- 209 children below the age of 12-years-old died in portable pools from 2001 to 2009
- 94% of the accidents involved children younger than 5-years-old
- 81% of the events took place in the summer
- Boys accounted for 56% of the accidents
Sarah Haverstick of the Safe Children Program at the Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Medical Center says that a child can drown in less than an inch of water.
Several suggestions were given in order to keep children safe around the pool this summer, such as:
- adult supervision
- fencing and gating
- after use, portable pools should always be drained to empty and stored upside down
The article stated Vanderbilt Medical Center saw five times more drowning’s in 2010 than in 2009.
The Tennessee Personal Injury Attorneys at Hughes and Coleman care about the safety of children and have even put on an annual Children’s Safety Day since 1995. Founding attorney, J. Marshall Hughes, discussed the event in a recent news report.
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