Secondary Drowning

1) I believe that the Underhill’s died prior to them going under the water. I assume the couple’s death was due to dehydration caused by the high water temperature and further affected by the consumption of alcohol. Alcohol potentially effected the couples’ decision making causing them to increase their level of dehydration by staying in the hot tub longer than prescribed.

The webpage seems to want to provide quality information to the user. There is a lot of information provided, so much that at times it doesn’t seem to flow well. At other times it was difficult or seemed time consuming to locate specific information. For example we can talk about the symptoms portion. From the main page you must scroll halfway down and select a link titled “Symptoms & Diagnosis” under the ADHD Guide section. From there the reader will be taken to a portion that is titled “Is it ADHD”. It provides four different subsections to choose from. Once the audience selects one of these four they will be taken to a page detailing the symptoms for the topic selected. These topics range from common symptoms to those displayed in adults. Once the reader does find the symptoms page they are spread across multiple continuation pages. The information could have been all placed on one webpage, but WebMD has decided to have a series of distracting, related content type links, at the bottom of each webpage. This is another issue that should be addressed. There is too many hyperlinks that are spread throughout the website. The hyperlinks surround the information the reader is trying to obtain. They can be found on both sides of the topic being researched, as well as the top and bottom. On the homepage alone about 22 links alone can be found on the right side. This can be very distracting for a

In the Infant/Toddler stage, an incident occurred while we were visiting a relative who owned a pool. I tried to keep an eye on Jason, but got distracted. I heard a splash, and ran outside to the pool to find Jason sinking below the surface. I grabbed him and pulled him to safety. I checked to see if he had swallowed any water, dried him off with a towel, and calmed him down.

I will compare the information available from two major online medical resources to see what type of audience they are targeting and how the information is communicated. The topic that I will be chosen is diabetes. The websites that I will be getting my sources are from Medicinenet (http://www.medicinenet.com/diabetes_mellitus/article.htm) and the CDC centers for disease control and prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/home/index.html).

Several first aid treatment could have been done to the couples to reverse their decreasing blood pressure condition if they were found above the water

Caveat lector is a Latin phrase meaning, “let the reader beware.” Health information on the internet is growing at an alarming rate. However, some information on the internet is not accurate or current, and unfortunately, many web sites regarding healthcare offer misleading, incomplete, and incorrect information. Many consumers do not have the knowledge to judge and evaluate the quality of online information. This paper aims to discuss how the website WebMD presents information to readers. It will evaluate WebMD according to its source, where was the source obtained; type of funding, is it commercially funded or private; the validity and quality, how valid is the information and can it be verified; and privacy, is your personal information

The objective of this study is to identify and evaluate a health-related website within the domain indicated as heart.org or heart.gov. This study will provide empirical evidence to support the website as a credible source for inclusion in a scholarly assignment.

"Drowning Risks in Natural Water Settings." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 13 June 2012. Web. 04 Oct. 2013.

Determining the credibility of a website starts with tools that can be used to evaluate the site. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) offers information defining how to evaluate websites credibility. Key factors such as; “Who runs and pays for the website, what the website’s purpose is, Where did the information on the site come from and how is

Health and medicine are important for a society to run smoothly. The internet can be very dangerous. First of all, one does not know who is putting this information on the internet and many illnesses have similar symptoms but need different treatments. It is not always easy to decide what is reliable. 80% of internet users go online to find health related information. Many people rely and trust the internet which makes them sicker. When one is unhealthy, it leads to them not being able to perform their role in society and become exempt from normal obligations. Doctors play a vital role in keeping people healthy and productive in our society. People tend to believe what they read on the internet. But as we have learned

My topic drowning and it proceeded to cover the statistics of drowning, how to prevent drowning by overcoming risk factors, and how to preform CPR presented by Jeff Ellis & Associates Inc. techniques in five to six minutes to fulfill the time requirement in the outline. I decided to go with drowning due to my prior experience as a lifeguard in 2015 at The Big Splash which is in Grove City, Ohio; this would provide a level of confidence in that I had ample training on how to conduct CPR under extreme conditions. I also chose this topic due to my analyzation of the feedback provided by my fellow classmates as they were, overall, excited to learn how to preform CPR and get background information on drowning. There was also consideration about the age of the audience as I assumed they had little to no background knowledge on how to save another individual’s life in a dangerous situation and preform it properly.

Support 2: Open Swimming- Open swimming like at sea, lake or river can increase the chances of drowning because the water currents are not stable like in pools. They are more dynamic and can pull you along with it. Aquatic animals like Jelly fishes, sharks, crabs, crocodiles, alligator, etc. are other threats as they can harm you physically. You can also injure yourself while diving into shallow water. But these effects can be stopped by swimming at a public pool and most have swim equipment such as pull buoys, kick boards, and fins to help increase your performance.

Lifeguard classes were 2 days that consisted of CPR training, swimming laps, and learning rescues. When we first began, there were three of us sitting at a table on the pool deck with an outdated rolling TV. I was handed a 100-page lifeguarding manual my eyes bulged out of my head, the butterflies in my stomach multiplied. Looking through the book, watching rescues and talking through every question I had calmed my nerves. But the statistics of drowning still haunted my mind, 360,000 people died from drowning in 2015 (WHO). All though at the YMCA in Red Oak hasn’t had a drowning,

The next part of the training turned out to be the toughest. We were required to dive ten feet to the bottom of the pool and retrieve a ten pound weight. Once the weight was brought to the surface we were supposed to tread water for two minutes while keeping the weight above the water line. This appeared to be simple so I dived in, expecting an easy time. I had no trouble getting the weight to the surface and proceeded to tread water with a feeling of undoubtable success. But once again my anti-floating physical quality began to take effect. At one minute and thirty seconds I began to sink and within the next fifteen seconds my head was submerged and I was fighting for air. The water from the pool began flowing into my mouth with each desperate grasp for air; it felt as if an ocean were draining into my body. I remember hearing from under the water the instructor's muffled voice counting down the last ten seconds of the exercise. When it was all over I slowly made my way back to the pool's edge where I was informed by the two young girls that they had no difficulty

According to Baker, O'Neill, Ginsburg & Li (1992), drowning rates are reported to be higher in rural areas as compared to urban or sub-urban areas and rural areas suffer more because of the lack of medical care and emergency treatment. It has been reported that 60 to 90% of child drownings of less than 5 year old occurs in residential swimming pool (Baker et.al, 1992). Wintermute & Present (1992) reported that two-third’s of the drownings occurs in children home swimming pool and another’s third’s occur in neighbour’s swimming pool. Moreover, it was also reported the child is supervised by their parents for less than 5 minutes. In order to make