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The timing of treating these submersion injuries is crucial. That is why it is important for parents to recognize the signs and get help immediately.
Dry drowning can occur when a child inhales water that becomes trapped in the mouth or nose, causing asphyxiation. This can happen when the water causes a spasm that forces the airway to close up.
With dry drowning, the child will start choking and turn blue almost immediately.
Secondary drowning is more insidious, with symptoms sometimes not developing until hours later. With this submersion event, the water gets into the lungs, causing breathing difficulty.
Usually within the first 24 hours after the water incident, a child will become lethargic and develop rapid, labored breathing along with frequent coughing episodes. These are signs that the child is not getting enough oxygen into the lungs.
The U.S. Supreme Court didn’t outlaw juvenile death sentences until 2005. Our own state of Ohio abolished life in prison without parole for juvenile offenders only earlier this year.
Why are we so slow to change our ways and reform, once and for all, our juvenile justice system? As a pediatrician, I turn to science. And it makes a compelling case.
For example, we know from scientific research that the frontal lobe of the human brain the hub of decision-making, impulse control and attention does not reach full maturity until a person reaches their mid-20s.
And yet, so often, we continue to punish children, teens and young adults as if they were fully mature adults.