Arizona Accident Lawyer Blog

A Glendale child near drowning accident sent a young boy into the hospital in serious condition after nearly drowning at their home near 47th and Olive avenues (AZ Family 08/22/2011).

The couple found their 2-year-old son submerged in water and rushed him to the hospital. It was unclear where the drowning accident exactly happened as the investigation is still ongoing.

Children that are incapable of swimming are at risk to drowning accidents. Drowning does not only happen in a pool or in a large body of water, it can happen inside your home. In fact there have been a number of reports of in-home drowning throughout the country. Baths and hot tubs and even buckets or other containers which hold water are considered drowning hazards.

To prevent drowning accidents from happening inside your home, please consider the following safety tips:

1. Kids should never be left unattended during bath time.
2. Keep water containers securely covered or empty them after using. Buckets kept outside can collect rain water which can be a cause of drowning.
3. Though prevention is always better than cure, learning CPR can be a life saver. Educate yourself on how to properly handle a drowning emergency.

If your child has been a victim of an Arizona drowning accident and would like to receive compensation related to a personal injury, call (623) 455-6603 for a free consultation with one of our child drowning accident lawyers in Glendale.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each day about 10 people die from unintentional drowning. Drowning is the 6th leading cause of death for people of all ages. The CDC also reported that for every child that dies from drowning, another 4 received emergency medical care for a nonfatal incident.

Dr. Heidi Dalton, chief of critical-care medicine at the Phoenix Children’s Hospital recently explained what happens when a child is drowning.

Stage 1

Infants know not to get water in their lungs. Their strong reflex forces them to move quickly until they are exhausted or are forced to breathe because of the lack of oxygen. They will experience a sense of suffocation.

Stage 2

As the child starts to sink they breathe as the body’s natural response takes over. Children store less oxygen in their bloodstream which causes then to pass out faster than teenagers or adults.

Stage 3

The brain and blood continue to be deprived of oxygen which may cause cardiac arrest. In most cases, infants that have drowned do not have water in their lungs.

Stage 4

When pulling an infant from the water, parents or first responders need to restart the body’s breathing.

Dr. Dalton says that “the amount of time underwater does not determine whether a child will live or die. The fate of the child depends on multiple factors; including how long she was without oxygen and whether the heart had stopped.”

If you’re child has been involved in a drowning or near-drowning incident in Arizona the Phoenix child drowning accident attorneys of The Husband and Wife Law Team are available for a free consultation at (602) 457-6222.

One of the leading causes of death among infants and young children is drowning. US Consumer Product Safety Commission found out that a child drowns every five days in a children’s pool during summer months. Statistics show that the risk of injury or death in children under the age of 5 increases from 81% to 94% in the summer.

AZCentral reports that there was a 4-year-old Tucson boy that was found at the bottom of the pool. The child got into a closed pool at an apartment complex Sunday at around 5 in the afternoon, and was found at the bottom of the pool, stated by the Tucson fire spokesperson. They performed CPR until the paramedics arrived however he died in the short period of time. It has been reported that the pool has a “closed” sign on pool gate and it was locked, they are wondering how the child got in.

If you have a swimming pool or take your child to one on another property, it is important to be aware of swimming pool liability issues in Arizona. It has been suggested that in order to keep the your child safe around the pool it is important to have adult supervision, proper fencing and have self-locking gates which children cannot pen or climb, and make sure that portable pools are drained and stored after use. It is still important to stay with the child at all times.

If your child has drowned or nearly drowned in an Arizona swimming pool, call our Tuscon child drowning accident attorneys for a free consultation at (602) 457-6222, we may be able to help you.