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Presentation at Atlanticare Regional Hospital in Atlantic City, New Jersey

October 17th, 2008 by admin | No Comments | Filed in News

Atlantic City, NJ - Oct. 17, 2008 - The Founder of Infant Swimming Resource, Dr. Harvey Barnett, delivered “A Behavioral Approach to Pediatric Drowning Prevention” to the physicians, nurses and staff at the Atlanticare Regional Hospital in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Dr. Barnett educated the attendees about the prominence of the tragedy, what has been tried to solve the problem and why those efforts have failed. He presented the structure of the only comprehensive drowning prevention strategy that has a 100% effectiveness record in the last 4 decades and spoke about what plans are being implemented in the future. The audience was very attentive and appreciative for the presentation. New Jersey joins 17 other States as those where pediatric drowning is the primary cause of death for children 4 years of age and under. At the hospital where the presentation was made, the introduction was made by Dr. Alex Axelrad, Medical Director, Trauma. He told the audience that the ER in just this hospital alone, had seen 10 cases of pediatric drowning and near drowning in 2008.