Deceptive safety

Keeping an eye on children with life jackets

Lion tests a fainting-proof life jacket.(Bild: Scharinger Daniel)

Although she was wearing a life jacket, a 20-month-old girl in St. Aegidi in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria almost drowned in the family pool and had to be resuscitated. But how could this happen despite the swimming aid? An expert explains on krone.at what you need to pay particular attention to. 

As reported, the drama took place on Tuesday evening in the garden of a family in St. Aegidi in the Innviertel region. A 20-month-old girl was floating lifelessly in the pool, despite wearing a child's life jacket.