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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Perhaps I am mistaken, but isn’t it hard to teach swimming to drowning victims for the same reason it’s hard to teach anything to drowning victims? Because they’re dead.[/quote]

You are. Medically the term “Near-drowning” is no longer used as it is an out-of-date phrase. All drowning events are classified as “drowning”.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430833/

[i]Drowning is defined as a process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in a liquid medium. To delineate the incident's outcome, this is further divided into descriptive terms such as death, morbidity, and no morbidity. Wet drowning, dry drowning, and near-drowning are no longer acceptable terms, although they may still be used when discussing drowning. This activity explains when this condition should be considered on in the differential diagnosis, articulates how to properly evaluate for this condition, and highlights the role of the interprofessional team in caring for patients with this condition.[/i]

Op, various counties have programs including ones for adults with trauma from drowning incidents.[/quote]

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