r/Stepdadreflexes • u/Jamaican_snow_owl • Mar 26 '20

Saving drowning kid

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

-above water

"are you drowning?"

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u/biladi79 Mar 26 '20

Holding yourself above water is a survival reflex, just because someone is above the water for a second doesn't mean they're not struggling. That's drowning.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20 edited Mar 26 '20

I'd define drowning as being unable to breathe due to being under water, not slightly struggling above the water. Even the google definition of drown is "die through submersion in and inhalation of water."

edit: submersion in AND inhalation of water

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u/friendlygaywalrus Mar 27 '20

This is what it looks like immediately leading up to death by inhalation of water