Drowning is the third most common cause of accidental death around the world. It's a way you can die, but it's actually a specific type of injury that starts with your epiglatis says, we'll see um or your lyrics. There's pretty widespread misunderstanding that drowning is not death. And if you follow media reports, people still aren't on the same page. Sure, unclear terminology, see that the medical community doesn't recognize, but that the media uses pretty frequently.
Hundreds of thousands of people drown around the world every year, and yet it can be easily prevented and is widely misunderstood – like how you can officially drown but live to tell the tale, or how you can drown but die days later. Learn all about it in this classic episode.
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