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    Safety Protocol in Swimming

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    The document provides guidelines for water safety when boating, in home pools, and for children and adults. Some key guidelines include always wearing a life jacket while boating, enclosing home pools with barriers, closely supervising young swimmers and non-swimmers, taking swimming lessons if not a strong swimmer, and not swimming alone or after drinking alcohol. The goal is to help protect people from drowning and other water accidents.

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    The document provides guidelines for water safety when boating, in home pools, and for children and adults. Some key guidelines include always wearing a life jacket while boating, enclosing home pools with barriers, closely supervising young swimmers and non-swimmers, taking swimming lessons if not a strong swimmer, and not swimming alone or after drinking alcohol. The goal is to help protect people from drowning and other water accidents.

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    WATER-SAFETY 101

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    WATER-SAFETY 101: BASIC
    GUIDELINES

    You can protect yourself and


    your family from such
    accidents by following these
    guidelines.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    BOATING SAFETY

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Check weather and water
    conditions before leaving
    shore.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Don't drink and boat.
    Alcohol is a factor in many
    boating accidents. Choose
    a designated boat driver
    who will not drink.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Insist that ever yone wear
    a coast guard-approved
    personal f lotation device
    or life jacket while on
    board.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Always tell someone where
    you'll be boating, when you
    expect to be back, and
    what your boat looks like.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Keep coast guard -approved
    visual distress devices,
    such as pyrotechnic red
    f lares, orange distress
    f lags, or lights on board.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    HOME-POOL SAFETY

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Enclose your pool with a
    fence, wall, or other bar rier
    at least 4 feet tall. Install
    self-latching gates that
    open outward.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Don't assume your child
    can swim. Many youngsters
    forget how to swim when
    panicked.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Keep a por table phone in
    the pool area and program
    emergency contacts on its
    speed dial.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • K eep a close eye on children
    and non-swimmer s who are
    using inf latable toys, inner
    tubes, and mattresses. They
    could slide of f them and
    drown.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Closely super vise children
    when they are diving or
    jumping in the pool. Head
    and back injuries are likely
    to occur during these
    activities.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Keep the pool's deck area
    clear of tripping hazards
    like toys, dishes, and
    hoses.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Review safety measures
    and r ules with guests
    before they swim.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    SAFETY MUSTS FOR
    CHILDREN

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Never leave a young child
    alone in a bathtub, wading
    pool, swimming pool, lake,
    or river. If you must
    answer the phone or get a
    towel, take the child with
    you.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Be aware of back yard pools
    in your neighbourhood or
    apar tment building. Your
    child could wander of f and
    fall in.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Enroll children in
    swimming lessons taught
    by qualified instr uctors.
    But remember, the lessons
    won't make children
    "drown-proof."

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Teach your older children
    that they risk drowning
    when they overestimate
    their swimming ability or
    underestimate water depth.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    SAFETY MUSTS FOR
    ADULTS

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Take swimming lessons
    from a qualified instr uctor
    if you're not a strong,
    competent swimmer.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Don't swim if you've been
    drinking alcohol.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Don't swim alone or allow
    others to do so.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Stay out of the water during
    thunder stor ms and other
    sever e weather. During
    lightning stor ms, seek shelter
    away fr om metal objects, open
    ar eas, and large, lone tr ees.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Don't exceed your
    swimming ability. Know
    your limits and stick to
    them.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Check the water level
    before diving into a pool,
    ocean, pond, reser voir, or
    lake. Always dive with your
    ar ms extended fir mly over
    your head and your hands
    together.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937
    • Don't dive into unknown
    bodies of water, like lakes,
    river s, quar ries, or ir rigation
    ditches. Jump feet fir st to
    avoid hitting your head (and
    br eaking your neck or back)
    on a shallow bottom, hidden
    r ock, or other obstr uction.

    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=1937

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