Drowning is Preventable - Bucket PSA

Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional death for children under age 14 in the United States. Please remember to always watch your children in or around the water.

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[TheOpenminded12460]

@TheOpenMinded12460 I think choking is the first leading cause of unintentional death for children in the United States.

[ylissebeck]

It depends what year and what age group - in 2008 Suffocation injury, which includes choking and strangulation, was the leading cause of death from

unintentional injury among infants under age 1, accounting

for nearly 69 percent of deaths from unintentional injury.

Among ages 1 to 4, drowning was the leading cause of

fatal injury and accounted for 30 percent of deaths from

unintentional injury. (SafeKids USA has this information available)

[ylissebeck]

What is ridiculous about it? The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has received reports of over 275 young children who have drowned in buckets since 1984. Over 30 other children have been hospitalized. At 14-inches high, a 5-gallon bucket is about half the height of a young child. That, combined with the stability, makes it nearly impossible for top-heavy infants and toddlers to free themselves when they fall into the bucket head first. A child can drown in a small amount of water.

[Lichbane1]

Don't forget about toilets. I know of a couple whose child went head first into a toilet with cleaner in it. He died because of inhaling the chemicals. Too sad.

[TheOpenminded12460]

@ylissebeck @TheOpenMinded12460 I think Arithaniel thinks it is a form of child neglect and child endangerment and is ridiculous to allow a little child near a bucket of water.

[TheOpenminded12460]

@Arithaniel @TheOpenMinded12460 What kind of parent would let their child play near a bucket of water? They could 1. drown in the bucket water. 2. drown in chemicals in the bucket, or at least get poisoned by the chemicals. 3. They could drown in the bucket of water and/or get poisoned by the chemicals that got mixed with the water.

[TheOpenminded12460]

@ColHY4ka @TheOpenMinded12460 Sorry, this one is for California, not for Australia. 

[TheOpenminded12460]

@TheOpenMinded12460 It's not just the drowning risk, think about it, do you really want your child around a bucket of water that is being used to clean stuff? How do you know that child won't fall in and drown in chemical tainted water?

[TheOpenminded12460]

@ColHY4ka @TheOpenMinded12460 I would look up on a consumer product safety site in Australia for the best results.

[ColHY4ka]

wow, where did u get that info from? im doing a research report on infant drowning in Australia, any tips where i could get good stats and articles?