Lifesaving Water Safety Guidelines and Tips
Photography: Swimming Safety
Most kids love to play in the water. Seeing their children have so much fun, parents sometimes fail to appreciate the dangers involved. Tragically, every year we see a number of children involved in drowning accidents. With some care and attention these tragedies can be prevented.
Here are 11 simple water safety tips provided by KidsHealth.org:
- Never Swim alone
- Get some life saving and CPR training
- Know Your Limits
- Swim in Safe Areas
- Be careful when Diving
- Avoid Excess Sun Exposure
- Drink Plenty of Fluids
- Know when it’s time to get out
- Don’t drink and Swim
- Use a Personal Flotation Device when on a Boat
- Let someone know your plan
On the West Island most pools offer swimming and water safety courses as well as First Aid and CPR. Check out an indoor or outdoor pool in your area for a schedule of lessons.
Additional Resources: Child Water Safety
Red Cross Water Safety
The Red Cross offers a collection of water safety tips for the beach, boating, home pools, lakes, rivers and oceans. It even has specific recommendations for Water Parks.
Recreational Water Illness
The Center for Disease Control has a number of topics on Recreational Water Illness. This includes infections, rashes, hot tub issues and preventive measures. If you’ve ever been concerned about health issues that come from Swimming or water activities you will find this site invaluable.
Prevent Recreational Water Illnesses
Pool Safety Document
This docment provides some simple guidelines for home pool owners. Even if you don’t own your own pool, the information is still useful if you or your children use a neighbor’s pool.
Pool Safety
If you have a home pool or are visiting someone with a pool make sure you take a look at this information on Children and Pool Safety.
Water Safety
Safe Kids Canada prepared this short two page summary of water safety rules for both pool usage and swimming in open water.
