Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona

CONTACT: Lori Schmidt, DPCA Immediate Past President, Mobile (480) 272-1710 Tracy Koslowski, DPCA Advisory Council, Drexel Heights Fire District (520) 419-5863 DPCA, FIRE DEPARTMENTS: MOUTH-TO-MOUTH CPR BY BYSTANDERS CRITICAL IN DROWNING INCIDENTS August is Drowning Impact Awareness Month Drowning is a quiet process.  There’s no splashing or yelling. The person struggles to doggy paddle, gulping for air (and maybe swallowing water), followed quickly by the inability to speak, breathe properly or swim. Simply put, drowning occurs when someone stops breathing because the body senses that they are beginning to take water in the lungs, and it automatically shuts down breathing completely.   Loss of consciousness happens quickly. A lack of air in the lungs causes the brain and heart to be starved of oxygen, which can lead to death. Mouth-to-Mouth CPR is critical to stop the drowning process by providing the brain and heart the oxygen it so...

CONTACT: Lori Schmidt, DPCA Immediate Past President, Mobile (480) 272-1710 Patty Garcia-Likens, SRP Spokesperson, (602) 245-0047 **Media is invited to a kick-off event, 9 am, Wednesday, Aug. 1, at the SRP PERA Club pool, 1 E. Continental Dr., Tempe, AZ 85281. Visuals to include CPR demonstration, pool, and Valley fire representatives. DPCA and SRP partner with Valley Fire departments to offer FREE Mouth-to-Mouth CPR awareness classes Drowning is a quiet process.  There’s no splashing or yelling. The person struggles to doggy paddle, gulping for air (and maybe swallowing water), followed quickly by the inability to speak, breathe properly or swim. Simply put, drowning occurs when someone stops breathing because the body senses that they are beginning to take water in the lungs, and it automatically shuts down breathing completely.   Loss of consciousness happens quickly.  A lack of air in the lungs causes the brai...