YSK Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
2026-05-23 20:56 UTC
Replies (16)
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@roofuskit@lemmy.world 2026-05-24 17:42
Highlighting this post I feel exemplifies the spirit of the community.
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@ollie@pawb.social 2026-05-23 21:34
I can confirm this - I have nearly drowned a few times, and it felt like I couldn't move. The natural reactions just took over me, and to be honest felt quite counterproductive. Until I was helped, I felt completely frozen, only moved by the water, until someone helped me, it was terrifying. One of the worst parts was because I had got water in my lungs, even as I was helped above the water, I tried to breathe, but I simply couldnt. I thought I was going to die and I couldnt communicate it because, like the article says, breathing first, speaking second. It took what felt like multiple minutes but was probably like 10-20 seconds before I could actually breathe. I'm very grateful for those who have saved me, and I clearly haven't learned my lesson because I still love being in water :P
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@AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 2026-05-23 23:11
Many years ago we were having a pool party. My wife and our adult niece were standing on the steps of the pool, so I walked over to say hi. Looked down and there was our niece's toddler daughter standing on the lower step, head totally submerged, just looking up at me through the water. Words wouldn't even come out - I just reached in, grabbed her arm, and pulled her up out of the water. When I started to reach between them, my wife and niece looked at me like I was being a jerk or something, then both got wide-eyed when they saw the girl come up out of the water. She had been standing on the same step as them, but accidentally stepped off to the lower and they didn't notice. Terrifying.
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@superweeniehutjrs@lemmy.world 2026-05-23 21:49
When I was a kid at some church event at a local kids camp I noticed a kid that jumped from the (very low) diving board wasn't coming up. I had no idea what drowning actually liked like. I yelled to the lifeguard but jumped in anyway. The lifeguard saved the kid before I got over, but a chaperone noticed and sent a letter home to my parents saying they should be proud. I learned that day that cartoons aren't so real
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@otter@lemmy.ca 2026-05-23 22:55
I remember this interactive game/video where you can try it out yourself http://spotthedrowningchild.com/
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@Atomic@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-24 05:57
Drowning 100% looks like drowning. The problem is that people dont know what drowning looks like. Including myself.
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@sicjoke@lemmy.world 2026-05-23 21:03
Article is behind a paywall on mobile.
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@scarabic@lemmy.world 2026-05-24 00:01
Wonderful article. A long anecdote to introduce the topic and then a paywall before you reach the useful information of what the fuck drowning DOES look like.
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@Steve@startrek.website 2026-05-24 00:28
What the fuck is this shit? 
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@ParadeGrotesque@lemmy.wtf 2026-05-24 11:28
https://gcaptain.com/drowning/ Another link to the article with no paywall
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@Xanthrax@lemmy.world 2026-05-24 20:48
Also, use a stick or a rope to get them out of the water. They might drown you if you jump in. If you tie a rope into a loop so they can grab on, make sure it's a static knot or you're throwing them a noose. If you have to jump in, once you grab them, you have to swim side ways with your feet deep in the water and them on your side facing out of the water. This is more for lakes/ pools. Learned most of that in the Boyscouts back in the day.
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@Someone8765210932@lemmy.world 2026-05-24 20:07
> of the approximately 750 children who will drown next year, about 375 of them will do so within 25 yards of a parent or other adult These kinds of statistic are harrowing, if you think about them a bit longer. Hundreds of children will fight for their lives only meters away from their parents trying to get their attention, and die.
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@Wren@lemmy.today 2026-05-24 14:52
Great share. I've taken different levels of first aid multiple times, including one where we had to watch real clinical death so we knew not to stop CPR when it looked like someone was "waking up." Death doesn't look like death either.
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@oyzmo@lemmy.world 2026-05-25 15:58
Thank you, I learned something new
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@I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 2026-05-23 21:57
I had no idea!
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@ollie@pawb.social 2026-05-25 06:54
i know right 😭 definitely an otter in spirit, rather than in practice