Hundreds of thousands of people drown around the world every year, and yet it can be easily prevented and is widely misunderstood – like how you can officially drown but live to tell the tale, or how you can drown but die days later.
# Stuff You Should Know: Drowning
Josh and Chuck dive deep into one of the most misunderstood ways to die—drowning—and it's way more complicated and terrifying than what you've seen in movies. They explore how the body actually responds when water enters the lungs, why drowning looks nothing like Hollywood depicts it, and the shocking racial disparities in drowning deaths that stem from America's segregated swimming pool history. Fair warning: this episode is genuinely unsettling, but it's packed with potentially life-saving information about recognizing the real signs of drowning and how to actually help someone in distress.
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