The instinctive drowning response is nothing like you see in the movies. Your body's instinct kicks into gear, and it's not trying to wave for help or yell. It's just trying to survive and get another breath and keep that face above water,. That's all hands are on deck, if the deck is the water. A substantial amount of kids who drown drown within 25 yards of a parent/or supervising adult.
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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