firedrops

I used to work in a path lab and we disposed of tons of single use plastic. Often those plastic containers had formalin and body parts. Or urine/spit/bile/etc. Can you walk me through the process of preparing and recycling something like that? How do labs need to handle biohazardous waste differently if they want to participate?

That makes sense. It is a shame that there isn't a better way to handle all of those single use plastics but I was dubious how you'd ever get them safe enough to use again.

I think this is great advice if you are able to do those things. But sometimes no one is close enough to hear you and you don't have any floats or other resources. If it's just you and the other person is there a proper way to hold them as you get them to shore?

So if I'm reading this correctly, as a parent I should look for coughing, difficulty breathing, or other things that come from a drowning or near drowning that a kid survives?

Media sometimes makes it seem like just splashing around is enough to create a dry drowning (recognizing the term isn't meaningful medically.) But this link is suggesting it's mostly just that if someone survives a drowning they in very rare situations can have continued issues that lead to hospitalization or death so keep an eye on survivors?

Thanks this is a great answer. I wish the original had been so direct. It's a sad but true and the best option is probably to head for shore to get help