Potential Drowning Factors

Factors that can affect the potential for drowning include:

• Water depth,
• Type of water such as pool, river, canal, lake, ocean, and so on
• Water conditions such as current (rip, and undertow), water speed, tides and waves, eddies, and so on
• Weather such as wind, rain, temperature, and so on
• Entrapment or getting tangled up
• Height above the water surface (if working over the water), and
• Other environmental factors

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