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Children under the age of 5 are the most prone to drownings and
near drownings in swimming pools.
Just a small lapse in supervision can be deadly, 76% of accidents
happen to children who were supposed to be under the supervision of
an adult at the time of the accident.
- If you don´t find your child,
search FIRST in the swimming pool,
in pool accidents few seconds can mean the difference between
a bad experience and a tragedy.
- Make sure that your child cannot
access the pool area unsupervised.
- When at the swimming pool, your child should at all times
be under the supervison of an adult that
can swim.
- Teach your child who to swim as
early as possible, that will help him or her
understand the risks and will improve his or her chances in
case of an accident.
- Learn Cardio Pulmonar
Resucitacion (CPR) for
it can dramatically change the consecuenses of an
accident.
- Several adults can rotate on the supervisor role, but
it
should always be very clear who is the one in charge at any
particular time, when everybody watches, nobody
watches
- If the phone or the door bell rings and you cannot answer
it AT the pool side, let
it ring or take the children out of the fenced area, but don´t
go in the house leaving the children unsupervised
- Do not leave any toys or objects that children may want to
retrive whithin the swimming pool enclosure, for
this will motivate them to try gain
access
- Always keep the water clean so you can
see the bottom of the pool
year around.
- Install a safety pool fence that
could not be opened or climbed by small children.
(doors should swing OUT from the pool and should be self
colsing and latching, minimum hight between elements that can
provide a foot hold, 1 meter, maximum gap between elements 10
cm.
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