News tagged with 'Pool Accidents'

A Missouri jury recently awarded $7.2 million to the mother of a 17-year-old man who drowned in an apartment complex's swimming pool. On July 24, 1999, Carlos Sango drowned in the pool at Ashley Park Apartments in Kansas City when his shirt became entangled in a broken drain cover. According to a maintenance worker e

Are pool alarms the answer to protecting children around the pool? A recent evaluation of competing pool alarms conducted by Dateline NBC found that the devices can be helpful, but they are no substitute for close adult supervision. Over 350 children drown each year in private swimming pools, and 6,500 are treated as

Attention is once again focused on pool accidents following the recent drowning of a 4-year-old boy at rock star Tommy Lee's California mansion. The little boy's death at the Father's Day birthday party has reinforced the importance of both water safety and resucitation techniques such as CPR and "mouth-to-mouth."

Supervision is the key to preventing child drowning accidents, according to the medical director of an Ohio children's emergency department. Most children drown as a result of inadequate supervision according to Dr. Thomas Krzmarzick. Krzmarzick is not just addressing adult supervision. He often sees cases where an o

A two-year-old boy drowned Wednesday when he fell into a closed community pool in a Jacksonville, Florida apartment complex. Jimmy D. Willis was visiting his grandmother at the time. According to Jacksonville police, Jimmy's father left him at his grandmother's apartment. When the father returned, he could not find t