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  • For instance, a tragic pool near-drowning was an important time for a client to appear on NBC's Today, to remind parents and children to be safe in the water this summer.

    Kristofer Eisenla: Are You an Apple or Banana? Kristofer Eisenla 2011

  • For instance, a tragic pool near-drowning was an important time for a client to appear on NBC's Today, to remind parents and children to be safe in the water this summer.

    Kristofer Eisenla: Are You an Apple or Banana? Kristofer Eisenla 2011

  • Sudden cardiac arrest – when the heart suddenly stops beating – can occur after a heart attack or as a result of electrocution or near-drowning.

    CPR First Aid Changes: Chest Presses First, Then Mouth-To-Mouth AP 2010

  • Some of the brutal interrogation methods that Mr. Yoo and Mr. Bybee approved for use on Qaeda prisoners, including wall-slamming and the near-drowning of waterboarding, had never before been authorized in American history, and the United States had condemned such treatment as torture and abuse when used by other countries.

    2010 February 2010

  • Even George J. Tenet, the C.I.A. director who insisted that the agency had thoroughly researched its proposal and pressed it on other officials, did not examine the history of the most shocking method, the near-drowning technique known as waterboarding.

    Shock the Conscience 2009

  • Sudden cardiac arrest – when the heart suddenly stops beating – can occur after a heart attack or as a result of electrocution or near-drowning.

    CPR First Aid Changes: Chest Presses First, Then Mouth-To-Mouth AP 2010

  • For instance, a tragic pool near-drowning was an important time for a client to appear on NBC's Today, to remind parents and children to be safe in the water this summer.

    Kristofer Eisenla: Are You an Apple or Banana? Kristofer Eisenla 2011

  • For instance, a tragic pool near-drowning was an important time for a client to appear on NBC's Today, to remind parents and children to be safe in the water this summer.

    Kristofer Eisenla: Are You an Apple or Banana? Kristofer Eisenla 2011

  • In fact, the recording was a propaganda video showing a Janko making a false confession after he had been subjected to electric shocks and near-drowning by al-Qaeda.

    Freed Guantanamo detainee sues U.S. military over alleged torture Spencer S. Hsu 2010

  • Among other things, the memos revealed that two captured Qaeda operatives were subjected to a form of near-drowning known as waterboarding a total of 266 times.

    Not Off the Hook 2009

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