Firefighters raced the one-year-old boy to the hospital after he was pulled from a hot tub and he was said to be in a critical condition – police are investigating the circumstances around the incident
The boy was rushed to hospital in a critical condition (Image: 12News)
A one-year-old boy was left fighting for his life after being pulled from a hot tub.
Firefighters raced to a home in the 19th Avenue and Greenway Parkway area of Phoneix, Arizona, on Sunday morning following reports of a drowning. Fire officials arrived at the property at about 11:30am on Sunday and found the toddler had been pulled from the hot tub.
They also found a bystander performing CPR on the child before racing the child to hospital in an extremely critical condition. It is not clear how long the child was in the hot tub for.
Phoenix police are now investigating the circumstances around the incident. Drowning is the leading cause of death for children aged one to four in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Police are investigating the circumstances around the drowning incident ( Image:
12News) Every year in the US there are an estimated 8,000 nonfatal drownings and 4,000 fatal unintentional drownings. In comparison, there are about 400 drownings in the UK every year.
The CDC said there are several things people can do to greatly reduce the risk of drowning among children. These include:
Learning basic swimming and water safety skills Building fences that fully enclose pools Supervise the swimming closely Wearing a life jacket Learn CPR Knowing the risks of natural waters Avoid drinking alcohol Taking additional precautions for medical conditions Earlier this year, a three-year-old girl drowned in Bali while on holiday with her Australian parents. Janaa Al Easawi, 3, from Western Sydney, Australia, was found unconscious in a swimming pool at her parent’s villa in Seminyak in January. She was discovered by her father and another Australian national who tried to resuscitate her, before being rushed to the hospital – unfortunately, she could not be saved.
A spokesman for the family said little Janaa’s parents believed the gate leading to the pool had been locked – and that the family now want the tragedy to serve as a lesson to other families. They also urged parents to think twice about booking accommodation with pools when abroad and to enrol children into swimming lessons, which Janaa had just recently started.