and the patron was taken to the hospital. These are just a couple incidents at my particular pool, but many other aquatic environments have situations like these that give you the opportunity to help out in dangerous situations. In addition, we are also trained to recognize distressed or drowning swimmers. According to statistics, an estimated 372,000 people died from drowning in the year 2012. Additionally, between the year 2005 and 2014, the U.S alone averaged about 3,256 unintentional drownings a year that ended up fatal. While the U.S has a significant amount of drowning accidents, so do other countries as well. In fact, according to RedCross, countries with lower income have approximately 50 times the drowning rate than countries
