This is from an e-mail newsletter at work.
From May 10 to June 23, eight children were brought to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center for drowning incidents. Tragically two of these patients died. Children under the age of five are at the most risk of drowning, with 70% of drowning incidents last year involving children under 5 years of age. Nurses in the Emergency Department and Pediatrics asked if community awareness could be raised to help reduce these preventable deaths and injuries. You can see the news release on HHS Connect News once the site is back up later today. More information will be posted to social media sites to bring even more attention to the issue and hopefully prevent additional child drownings. As the weather warms up and more children are in and around water, it is important that we all do what we can to reduce fatal and nonfatal drownings. You can help. Keep an eye out for our social media posts. Read and share the tips provided. Some of the key prevention tips include making sure children know how to swim and learning CPR. Please do what you can to bring more awareness to this issue so that every child can have a fun but safe summer! Thank you.
From May 10 to June 23, eight children were brought to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center for drowning incidents. Tragically two of these patients died. Children under the age of five are at the most risk of drowning, with 70% of drowning incidents last year involving children under 5 years of age. Nurses in the Emergency Department and Pediatrics asked if community awareness could be raised to help reduce these preventable deaths and injuries. You can see the news release on HHS Connect News once the site is back up later today. More information will be posted to social media sites to bring even more attention to the issue and hopefully prevent additional child drownings. As the weather warms up and more children are in and around water, it is important that we all do what we can to reduce fatal and nonfatal drownings. You can help. Keep an eye out for our social media posts. Read and share the tips provided. Some of the key prevention tips include making sure children know how to swim and learning CPR. Please do what you can to bring more awareness to this issue so that every child can have a fun but safe summer! Thank you.
