School’s out and summer’s here! Before you hit the local pool with your kids, it’s crucial your kids take swim lessons. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fatal drowning is the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children ages one to 14 years old. What’s more, nine people drown each day in the U.S., and children from non-swimming households are eight times more likely to be at risk of drowning, a USA Swimming st...

  Summers here, which means its pool season! Weve got 5 swim safety tips here, and safety tips for pool owners here, but today, were going to discuss a swim safety topic everyone should be aware of: Dry Drowning. In dry drowning, someone takes in a small amount of water through his or her nose and/or mouth, and it causes a spasm in the airway, causing it to close up. Dry drowning is often lumped with secondary drowning, where a little bit of water gets into the lungs and cause...