Hope this isn't prophetic, but I received this note as part of Gerry's mailing list just before the 4th. Gerry runs a number of programs that might be of interest to kayakers with a focus on safety issues. Took his Water Rescue Technician course this past spring, and profited significantly from it. Jack Martin ________ Drowning is the 7th leading cause of injury deaths in this country and the 2nd leading cause of injury deaths for children ages 1 - 19 years. It is the 3rd leading cause of death for children 0 - 4 years of age. Each year, there are approximately 5,700 drownings of which only half meant to be in the water at the time of the incident. The leading contributing factor in child drownings is inappropriate supervision. 50% - 67% of the adult drownings are alcohol or drug-related. Each year, there are approximately 1,000 boating deaths of which 90% result from drowning. Most of the drownings occur within 10' of safety or 50' from shore. Most of these victims had PFDs but were not wearing them at the time of the incident. The majority of the drowning deaths in this country occur during holidays and weekends. With the above information in mind, we wish everyone on our E-Mail list a safe, happy and healthy July 4th. Gerry Dworkin, Consultant Aquatics Safety & Water Rescue LIFESAVING RESOURCES http://www.lifesaving.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jul 05 2000 - 06:09:03 PDT
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