A 2-year-old boy was taken to a hospital after he was found floating in a swimming pool by his mother Saturday morning in Tempe.
Tempe fire spokesman Deems Shepard said his parents were doing landscaping work at the home when the mother discovered their 2-year-old son in the pool. She pulled him out and called 911.
The boy was conscience and crying when paramedics arrived, Shepard said. The boy was taken to a hospital to get checked out.
A north Phoenix family is counting their blessings Sunday after their 2-year-old boy nearly drowned.
It happened in the backyard pool at the family’s home near Central Avenue and Thunderbird Road on Saturday.
PatriciaWright says she was cleaning up around the pool when she took her eyesoff her young son Aiden for only a moment, looked back and he wasgone. She found him face down in the pool.
“It was the worst moment of my life,” Wright said.
Shequickly scooped Aiden out of the water and started CPR even though shehas no formal training. “I just knew I had to breathe for him,” sheexplained.
Wright says Aiden was breathing by the timeparamedics arrived, but he wasn’t out of the woods yet. His bodytemperature had dropped to 96 degrees and doctors induced a coma forthe boys protection.
Just 24 hours later the boy seems good as new.
“We have been blessed,” said Gregg Wright, the boy’s father. “I don’t know what we would do without him.”
The Wright family says they will get a pool fence or another protective barrier immediately.
A 19-month old Gilbert girl pulled from her backyard swimming pool earlier this week was removed from life support and died Thursday, police said.
Shauna Teela died in an undisclosed Valley hospital, said Sgt. Bill Balafas, a Gilbert police spokesman.
Gilbert fire officials said the girl’s parents called 911 about 1 p.m. Tuesday, after they noticed the young girl was unresponsive in their pool near Val Vista Drive and Elliot Road.
The girl was pulled from the water, but didn’t have a pulse and was not breathing. After several minutes of CPR, she regained a pulse at the hospital.
Police are still investigating the incident, but do not anticipate filing charges, Balafas said.
The toddler is first child to die from drowning in the town this year, according to Gilbert fire statistics. Two adults have died in drownings in Gilbert this year.
Five children and four other adults have nearly drowned this year, but survived.
Fire officials say a 19-month-old girl is in critical condition Tuesday afternoon after a drowning call in Gilbert.
TheGilbert Fire Department said it responded to a call of the child notbreathing around 1:15 p.m. at a home near Val Vista Drive and ElliotRoad.
The girl was in the swimming pool for about five minutesbefore the parents found her and pulled her out, according to fireofficials.
The girl has been transported to Cardon’s ChildrensMedical Center in critical condition, but was initially taken to BannerGateway Medical Center, fire officials said.
There are few details available at this time.
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Authorities say a 73-year-old woman has been found dead in her pool in northwest Phoenix.
Phoenix Fire Department emergency crewsresponded to a drowning call Monday night near 43rd Avenue and UnionHills Drive to find the unidentified woman already dead in the pool.
The Arizona Republic says a neighbor orfriend told authorities they tried to reach the woman all day long butwere unsuccessful.
The name of the victim hasn’t been released yet. Phoenix police are investigating the woman’s death.
An infant remains in extremely critical condition after nearly drowning in a bathtub at an East Valley home Wednesday night.
MesaFire Department spokesman Forrest Smith said crews were called to theGold Canyon residence near Don Donnelly Trail and Superstition MountainDrive around 7:15 p.m. after the girl’s mother found her unresponsivein the tub.
Tim Gaffney, with Pinal County Sheriff’s Office,said the woman left the 11-month-old and her 3-year-old sister in thetub together while she went to the bedroom to get their pajamas. Whenshe returned, she reportedly found the infant floating face down in thewater.
A neighbor went to the family’s home after hearing screams and performed CPR on the 11-month-old until emergency crews arrived.
Smithsaid the girl wasn’t breathing and was without a pulse when medicalpersonnel got to the scene, but crews were able to regain a pulsebefore the infant was transported to Cardon Children’s Medical Center.
Gaffney said Thursday the young girl is still listed in extremely critical condition at the Mesa hospital.
The incident is reportedly being investigated as a tragic accident.
A toddler nearly drowned at his home in Phoenix on Monday afternoon when he crawled out of his family home’s doggy door and into the pool.
The 18-month-old was coughing up water after making it into the pool at his home near Thunderbird Road and 40th Street about 2:30 p.m. He was taken to a local hospital in case he had water in his lungs, according to Deputy Frank Salomon with the Phoenix Fire Department.
“This happens a lot,” Salomon said. “Parents forget that (doggy doors) are an avenue for kids crawling around and they forget to properly secure the house.”
A 12-year-old boy was expected to recover after nearly drowning Wednesday night in the pool at the Southwest Valley Family YMCA in Goodyear, authorities said.
The boy was swimming in the lap pool with a friend about 8:30 p.m. when he lost consciousness, Goodyear fire spokesman Russ Braden said. His friend called for help and a bystander and on-duty lifeguard pulled the boy from the water.
He was unconscious but began spitting up water after the lifeguard performed CPR and other life-saving measures, Braden said. He was conscious and talking by the time firefighters arrived two minutes after receiving the call.
The boy was taken to Phoenix Children’s Hospital as a precaution, he said.
Braden said people should never hesitate to call 911 if something happens, even if the child seems OK.
“They will go from looking pretty good to looking bad within minutes, so that’s why with kids we always (advise) to take them in,” he said.
It was unclear why the boy lost consciousness, Braden said.
A statement released by the Ed Hendricks, executive vice president of Valley of the Sun YMCA, on Thursday said, “We are proud of our lifeguards and staff who responded to the emergency situation, administered care and supported the family. Safety is our number one priority.”
A 10-year-old boy was taken to a local hospital this eveningafter he nearly drowned in swimming pool at the Omni TucsonNational Resort on the northwest side, authorities said.
Authorities were called to the resort, near North Shannon and WestMagee roads, after receiving a report of a boy falling into thepool, said Deputy Jason Ogan, a Pima County Sheriff’s Departmentspokesman.
The boy was alert and breathing when he was taken to the hospital,Ogan said.
Most of the time when we report on drownings and near drownings, it’s because a child somehow found their way into a pool.
But on Monday, paramedics were called to a home in Mesa after a child nearly drowned in the home’s bathroom – not in the bathtub though. The little girl fell into the toilet.
The Mesa Fire Department and Cardon Children’s Hospital are using this case as a chance to remind people to take a look around their home and see if there’s something you could be doing to make your child safer.
A hospital is the very last place anyone wants to have to rush to, but a frantic father found himself there with his daughter.
“It doesn’t all come back to swimming pools and canals..again it can be a bucket of water and a toilet,” said Mesa Fire Dept. Captain Forrest Smith.
The little girl is okay, but it’s a reminder to all of us, especially parents, that your house can be a danger zone in ways you never imagined.
On Monday morning in Mesa, the toilet turned out to be danger to a 1-year-old found face first in the toilet bowl.
“With the little kids their heads are huge..they’re so heavy their neck muscles are weak, so once a kid gets his head down, they can’t get back up,” said Smith.
A popular way of childproofing is to for people to get on their hands and knees and crawl through their homes, giving them a child’s eye view. You may see dangers down there you would otherwise miss.
“Watch Your Children Around Water” – it’s a lesson FOX 10’s Dave Munsey has been repeating for years. Take a look at this video as he explains how it can happen in things like buckets and toilets.
