According to the last report of drowning children and youth in Portugal, between 2020 and 2022, there was an increase in the number of fatal accidents. In these three years, an average of 15 children drowned a year died.
Children’s drowning continues to increase. According to the latest data, 2022 was the worst year registered, with a total of 19 children drowned. The pools are one of the places where there are the most accidents.
Drowning is the Second cause of most frequent accidental death in children.
Raquel Urbano, from underlines that a “First Line” To avoid these accidents is really Supervision of an adult”Whenever the child enters the pool or the sea.
Also advises the frequency of Aquatic survival coursesfor children to know“how to react if they fall to the water ”. But there are more prevention measures to put into practice: Barriers in the pool, alarms and response in response by parents.
“Sometimes it’s two minutes: the time to answer the phone”
According to the latest child drowning report e jovens in Portugal, between 2020 and 2022, there was a Increased number of accidents fatal. Nessesthree years, died, average, 15 children drowned per year – being 2022 the most fatal year.A situation that has followed a growing trend in the last summers.
“AND painfulyear after year, this standard, which is so well known, continue. Children to Perderem to life, ”he laments Sandra Nascimento, from .
A Most accidents happen in children up to 4 years and in adolescents between 15 and 19 years old. Os Drowning occur, above all, in pools, but also in bathtubs and small containers with water.
“It’s really very fast. We are sometimes talking about two minutes: the time people get up to meet the telephoneto move the soup, to extend the clothing,… And nunca lhes raisin From the head that, when they return, the child may have already entered a drowning process, ”notes Sandra Nascimento.
Only in the last month, they were reported Several cases of child drowning. The most media is related to .
