With fast, murky water and hot temperatures increasing snow melt, the chief of Missoula County Search and Rescue weighs in on ...

Panic is the first stage of drowning, he said, and it is “excruciatingly difficult in water over your head to alleviate a panic attack.” He recommends the flip-float-and-follow strategy.

In a residential pool in Coral Gables, we found a group of babies, as young as 6 months old, learning to turn around, float and lift their heads out of the water to breathe in case they fall into ...