Transcript Review of 2005 Newspaper Reports of Submersions

Review of Newspaper Reports
for 2005
DOH
Drowning Prevention Meeting
September 27, 2005
Overview
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146 reports reviewed
Some out of state [6] 1 Arizona, Wa
residents, 5 Oregon border areas to WA
13 did not have age information on them
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Survival - checked, drowning - blank
Location: 1 = marine; 2 = river, creek; 3 =
lake, pond; 4 = pool; 5 = other
Location of submersions 2005
Marine
River
Lake
Pool
Other
Reported submersions by age group 2005
Reported Submersions
0-4 yrs
Reported Submersions
5-9 yrs
60-69 yrs
50-59 yrs
70-79 yrs
80+ yrs 0-4 yrs
5-9
yrs
10-19 yrs
20-29 yrs
40-49 yrs
30-39 yrs
Reported Submersions
10-19 yrs
Reported Submersions
20-29 yrs
Reported Submersions
30-39 yrs
Reported Submersions
40-49 yrs
Reported Submersions
50-59 yrs
Reported Submersions
60-69 yrs
Reported Submersions
70-79 yrs
Reported Submersions
80+ yrs
Age Range
Survival/drowning by age range
80+ yrs
70-79 yrs
60-69 yrs
50-59 yrs
40-49 yrs
30-39 yrs
20-29 yrs
10-19 yrs
5-9 yrs
0-4 yrs
Number of survival/drowning
Survival/drowning by age group 2005
18
16
14
12
10
Survival
8
Drowning
6
4
2
0
Location of submersions by age range
2005
14
# of submersions
12
10
Marine
8
River
Lake
6
Pool
Other
4
2
0
0-4 5-9 10- 20- 30- 40- 50- 60- 70- 80+
yrs yrs 19 29 39 49 59 69 79 yrs
yrs yrs yrs yrs yrs yrs yrs
Location of submersions by age range
Age range
Activity during submersion 2005
All other swim, fall, wading
Ice
Auto
Scuba
Innertube, raft
Boating
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20
40
60
80 100
Patterns Rip Currents & Sneaker
Waves
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Grays Harbor 2005
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Pacific County 2005
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Bolstad Approach – 5 victims
Grays Harbor 2004
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Ocean Shores –Quinault Lodge Area 1 victim
Griffith Pryday St Pk - 3 victims at same time
Ocean Shores – Chance A la Mer 6 victims
Ocean Shores – North Jetty 1 victim
Pacific County 2004
Washaway Beach -3 victims at same time
Grayland – 2 victims at same time
Bolstad Approach – 2 victims at same time
Patterns – Boat swamped, overturned
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Jefferson County
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1 teenager kayaking Discovery Bay, overturned, 15
minutes later boater retrieved. Life jacket saved
him. 53 degree water.
2 teenagers Discovery Bay, Kayaks overturned,
hypothermic, midday
10 y/o, Ft Warden SP, drifted out 6’ inflatable
82 M, in skiff, fell & hit head trying unwrap rope on
prop
4 people in dinghy overloaded, swamped, by
Southpoint Hood Canal 2 tried swim to shore, 2
remained in boat all trted hypothermia
2 M stole 2 personal watercraft, Dabob Bay Hood
Canal, one made it to shore, other missing in Bay
Chelan
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2 teenagers in canoe, Lk Chelan, 10:30 PM Sept 3.
wind came up and swamped. One was rescued, one
drowned.
Boat swamped overturned
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Grant
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Grays Harbor
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Fishing with wife in small boat on Lake, while trying to bring in
fish, boat capsized, wife lived, husband drowned
Pierce
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3 men 18’ boat, suddenly capsized, one w/ lifejacket,
hyperthermic
4 people 28’ capsized, harbor patrol retrieved all
Okanogan
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Fishing alone in Pacific, Boat found CG Body several weeks later
King
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Fishing alone on Blue Lake, small boat, wind came up and body
found days later
2 men borrowed canoe in Feb to retrieve a duck they shot 4 PM,
assumed canoe overturned. Took over a month to retrieve bodies
Thurston
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Young adult late night party, gets in canoe on lake and paddling
with hands, caught in lily pads and capsized. Alcohol at party.
Patterns Freshwater Currents and
Falls
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Chelan County
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Kittitas County China Falls by Salmon La Sac area, 3
persons drowned after first went under and 2 others
went to rescue.
Skamania
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Victim tubing down river and caught on rock [wearing
PFD]. Another person floating rescued, provided CPR.
Washougal River 46 M rafting and pinned to rock, Dive
team rescued, hypothermic taken to hospital
Snohomish
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Sultan & Skykomish River 4/9 Man retrieving rocket,
caught in current
Sultan & Skykomish River 7/28 Man trying to retrieve a
shoe, caught in current
Stillaguamish River – Haller Park, Father rescued son and
then drowned. River has eddies in this area that can
catch people. [This has been an area of past rescuer’s
attempts ending up drowning.
Small Children - Wandering
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Clark
 1 Y/O M found in bottom of above ground pool, EMS to hosp. Survival
Grays Harbor
 Duck Lake, Ocean Shores. Victim wandered off from his home and his body
was found in lake next day by divers.
King
 Family pool, 2 Y/O F found by 4 Y/O brother, EMS got heart started, she
died in Children’s.
Kittitas
 Pond near home, 1 Y/O M wandered from home and apparently fell down 7’
bank into pond. Neighbor performed CPR, airlifted to Children’s and died.
Lewis
 Toledo, county park, 6 Y/O M was in water and was missing, couldn’t be
revived
Pend Oreille
 3 Y/O M Victim visiting grandmother’s home, walking on ice and broke
through on river. Underwater 5 minutes, did recover 7 days later.
Pierce
 1 Y/O F Victim wandered to pond behind house and fell in and drowned.
 3 Y/O M Victim unlocked bedroom window and was found in the above
ground family pool.
Spokane 9 month old F drowned in plastic bucket used to cool drinks and still
had melted plastic bag of ice.
Thurston
 2 Y/O M found by his mother in pool. Airlifted to Mary Bridge. Condition
not noted.