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National Fishing Week is July 3rd to July 11th and with that in mind, Lifesaving Society Manitoba wants to remind anglers about the importance of wearing a lifejacket.
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80 percent of recreational boaters who drown every year in Canada were not wearing a lifejacket or personal floatation device (PFD). Most drownings occur in small, open powerboats accounting for 60 percent of these preventable deaths. The majority of victims were males between the ages of 19 and 35, out for a day of fishing.
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For young children and non-swimmers, Love said an adult needs to be within an arm’s reach at all times so that “you can grab them and they can grab you if anything happens.”
“A lot of people don’t realize that drowning when it occurs can very fast and very silent and it doesn’t look like what you see in the movies,” Love said. “It’s not loud. It’s not splashy. It is that quick, it is that silent.”
Statistics show that people can drown in as little as 10 to 15 seconds and all that is needed is enough water to cover the mouth and the nose to prevent proper breathing happening, Love said. The most recent stats show that the death rate for children four and under is 1.1 deaths per 100,000 nationally but 3.4 per 100,000 in Manitoba.
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