Water means a very sublime form of death. It is death by drowning. Many people lose their lives each year by drowning in water. A recent data provided by the International Life Saver’s Federation (ILSF) shows that every year around 800,000 people around the world lose their lives by drowning in water.

Not only non-swimmers but also many expert swimmers have been known to lose their lives by drowning. In fact, about a quarter of people growing up were known to be good swimmers in the water. The recently concluded ILSA survey also yielded some other very interesting data; a proper understanding of which can enable us to understand the basic precautionary steps to prevent drowning.

Drowning can occur due to one of the following many reasons. Apart from the inability to swim, the main causes of drowning are not being able to swim due to muscle cramp or very cold water, carelessness on the part of swimmers, falling backwards from the boat and being hit by it, and being swept away by a very strong current. strong. Also, there are some very peculiar reasons like in Finland, where more than 50 accidents occur annually due to the inability of car drivers to judge the thickness of the ice, which breaks under the weight of the car.

Statistics also indicate that the vast majority of drowning accidents occur in open water such as lakes, seas and rivers. Private pools are also not off the drowning list. In reality, twenty percent of all drowning mishaps occur in private pools.

Another rather strange fact about drowning is that four out of ten fatal accidents occur within two meters of the edge or edge of the pool. Twenty-five percent of all drowning incidents have occurred at depths of one meter or less.

If certain precautions are taken, such mishaps can be greatly reduced. This part of the article aims to outline the necessary precautions that can prevent such accidents from happening. First of all, is to wear a life jacket. Not just non-swimmers, even expert swimmers should not forget the importance of life jackets. Be careful to be very careful with children.

Children should always be accompanied by the care of a guardian, and they should be required to wear life jackets even when in a small pool such as a private pool. It has been found that about a quarter of people do not wear life jackets on their boat! Special attention should also be paid to older people when they get into the water.

Don’t swim when drunk. Alcohol particularly impairs judgment in the wrong direction and the swimmer is more likely to make a wrong decision when he is drunk, thus putting his life and the lives of others in great danger. Care should also be taken when swimming in the dark, because in the dark there is a greater risk of being hit in the head by a floating boat or buoy.

As for drowning, fortunately there are highly trained professional people known as lifeguards, who save a large number of lives each year. The ILSF estimates over 1,000,000 rescues performed by lifeguards and federation-certified lifeguards worldwide.