Spring is already proving deadly for children in water.
In less than two weeks, three children have died after being rushed to Cook Children’s for drowning, while another three were admitted to the medical center for their injuries.
Their a...
The father of two little girls taken to Cook Children’s after a non-fatal drowning incident says even when you think you are doing everything right, something terrible can go wrong.
The family, which has requested to remain anonymous, shared their...
The drowning numbers at Cook Children’s alone are startling:
2 deaths to begin the month of July
26 non-fatal drownings from June 1 to July 1, 2015
43 non-fatal drownings from Oct. 1, 2014 to July 1, 2015
4 fatal drownings during that same ti...
In the month of June 2015, Cook Children's Trauma department saw 26 non-fatal drownings, more than twice as many during the same time span as last year. Everyone lived, there were no fatal drownings during this month, but then July began with two fat...
July began with two fatal drowning. For the month of June 2015, the Cook Children’s Trauma department cared for 26 non-fatal drowning victims, with 20 of those occurring in either a home, apartment or community pool. That's more than double from the ...