Parents are frequently cautioned about water safety — but accidents still happen, and the statistics in the U.S. are startling: There are 11 deaths each day from drowning, and drowning is the leading cause of death for children between 1 and 4 years old.

"The sad truth is that many times the child slips under water silently, and even people near or in the pool with them have reported hearing nothing during drowning incidents," said Stacey Pecenka, manager of the Pediatric Trauma Injury Prevention Program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.

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