This Is What Nearly Half of Americans Reported in a National Survey

Published: Tue, 10/01/19

Are you and your family equipped with the skills to self-rescue?

A National Survey found that nearly half of Americans (46 percent) report that they have had an experience in the water where they were afraid they might drown. In addition, one in five (19 percent) said they knew someone who had drowned, and 20 percent knew someone who nearly drowned.

So to keep you and your family safe around water. Make sure to:

Always swim in a lifeguarded area.
And always swim with a buddy, never swim alone.
Learn swimming and water safety survival skills.
Provide close and constant attention to children you are supervising in or near water.
Children, inexperienced swimmers, and boaters should wear U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets.
Provide adequate barriers around swimming pools, spas, and landscape water features.
Also, know what to do in an emergency. If a child is missing, check the water first.
And know when to call 911 and have easy access to reaching or throwing equipment, a cell phone, life jackets and a first aid kit.

And last but not least, if you don't know how to swim, be sure to enroll yourself in swim lessons now so that you will be able to rescue your child in case of an accidental submersion.

You need to learn to swim before your child. Not the other way around.

If you have any thoughts on the subject or experiences that you would like to share, I would love to hear from you.

Love the water but fence it in,

Tessa

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