The American Academy of Pediatrics has the following recommendations to prevent drowning:

• Swimming lessons for all children over age 5

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  Constant supervision of infants and young children when they are in the bathtub or around other bodies of water
• Installation of fencing to separate homes from residential pools
• Use of personal floatation devices when riding on a boat or playing near a river, lake or ocean
• Teaching children never to swim alone or without adult supervision
• Teaching children the dangers of drug and alcohol consumption while swimming or when near water
• And making sure that adults and teens learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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