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Category: Parenting - Prevent Your Child From Drowning
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SUPERVISE YOUR CHILD
Supervision is the vital key
in preventing children under five from drowning. Many drownings
happen in those few seconds while you answer the phone or a knock
at the door. If
you must leave the swimming pool area for any reason, take your
child with you.
Supervision
means constant watching, not occasionally glancing at your child while
you read or snooze.
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Don't
forget to supervise children near nappy buckets, fish ponds, dams
and bathtubs.
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Have
you got a lid for the nappy bucket?
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Have
you emptied the bathtub?
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Rural
properties should create specific 'child Safe' areas,
Swimming lessons and floaties are no substitute for adult supervision.
Statistics show half of the
children under five who drown do so in private swimming pools or
spas.
Stop children drowning in your
swimming pool or spa by fencing it. Fencing which isolates your
pool is the most effective method.
Does your swimming
pool have isolation fencing?
Lock the
gate
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Once
a fence and gate are installed, they must be kept in good working
order. Check your fence and gate now.
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Are
the latches working properly?
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Is
there anything leaning against the swimming pool fence which could
help a child climb over? Take it away now.
FAMILIARISE
YOUR CHILD WITH WATER
 Helping
your child learn water familiarisation skills can be fun for all
of you. Your local swimming pool has swimming classes. Contact them
now!
Go
in the pool with your child to help them become familiar with water.
Water familiarisation skills are an important start for Swim and
Survive
Programs.
Water familiarisation skills are no substitute
for adult supervision.
LEARN RESUSCITATION
Sometimes a child's life might have been
saved if the parents had known how to rescue and resuscitate them.
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Do
you know how to rescue a child without risking your own life? Do
you know how to resuscitate your child?
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If
you don't, book into a Red Cross course today. Is
a resuscitation chart displayed near your swimming pool?
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Better
to supervise than have to resuscitate! Fencing
your swimming pool is no substitute for adult supervision.
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Source:
RLSS
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