Drowning: high heat increases the risk, how to avoid the danger

“Dad, look, he's at the bottom of the water.

It only took a few seconds of inattention for this father of a family to cause his son to almost drown.

Thanks to the alert of his siblings, the boy comes out of it with more fear than harm.

But for Professor Vincent Bounes, boss of the Samu de Haute-Garonne, this scene, experienced this Sunday August 7, is no longer exceptional.

The day before, his emergencies had taken care of a young person with spinal trauma after a poorly controlled dive.

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