Healthy Children

Swim Safety for Pools & Beaches


Listen Later

Keep your children safe around swimming pools and other bodies of water.The main reasons for drowning deaths are lack of swimming ability, lack of barriers, lack of supervision, location of where swimming, failure to wear life jackets on boats, and alcohol consumption. If your child plans to swim, plan to be a participant. Nominate another adult as a supervisor. Make sure the kids know who is the "water watcher" and give that adult some kind of garment or badge to make it easy for the kids to identify who is on duty. Enroll your children in water safety classes. Install a pool alarm, locks and covers on your own pool. Learn basic CPR. Keep a mobile phone near the pool to call emergency services. Put up a fence around the pool. If a child goes missing, always check the swimming pool first. The lifeguard can't watch everyone at the beach. Be sure you or your adult friend remains near the children when they are in the water. Learn the colors of the flags to avoid dangers. Teach kids about swimming parallel to the beach to survive rip currents. Make sure your children get your permission before diving. Dr. Deborah Mulligan joins host Melanie Cole, MS, to share how to keep your child safe around swimming pools and bodies of water.
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Healthy ChildrenBy Healthy Children

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

20 ratings


More shows like Healthy Children

View all
To Your Good Health by To Your Good Health

To Your Good Health

32 Listeners

YOU: The Owner's Manual by YOU: The Owner's Manual

YOU: The Owner's Manual

23 Listeners

HER by HER

HER

86 Listeners

Mindful Medicine by Mindful Medicine

Mindful Medicine

31 Listeners

Health Power: The OG Health Podcast & Dog-Eared Podcast by Lisa Davis MPH

Health Power: The OG Health Podcast & Dog-Eared Podcast

80 Listeners

THT is DONE. SUBSCRIBE TO "HEALTH POWER" w/Lisa Davis, MPH by Lisa Davis, MPH

THT is DONE. SUBSCRIBE TO "HEALTH POWER" w/Lisa Davis, MPH

158 Listeners

Life's Too Short by DoctorPodcasting.com

Life's Too Short

18 Listeners