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Help your family have a worry-free-water-filled summer by talking about water-safety before you hit the beach or pool!
Here’s how to make your summer water activities FUN AND SAFE:
- Find a Buddy! Wherever you’re swimming – in a pool, the ocean, a lake – never swim alone. You never know when there may be an emergency and you’ll need immediate help.
- Learn Emergency Skills! Take classes on life saving skills such as CPR and rescue techniques. Check with the local Red Cross for available classes.
- Acknowledge Limitations! Don’t go into water that is too deep if you’re a beginning swimmer. When you become tired, take a break. If you are an experienced swimmer, watch out for those around you who are less skilled and offer to rest with someone who gets tired.
- Choose Safe Places to Swim! It’s always best to swim in areas supervised by a lifeguard
- Obey Diving Rules! Dive only in safe places such as the deep end of a supervised pool. A “no diving” sign means that the water is NOT safe for a “head-first entry.”
- Drink Fluids! Keeping your body hydrated is very important. Be sure to drink lots of water—just not the pool or ocean water!
Water-related accidents happen too often, but they can be avoided by remembering how to stay safe.
Source: kidshealth.org
