Category: Safety
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Preventing Swimming Pool Accidents and Lawsuits
Clarion Safety Systems and Dr. Tom Griffiths, an expert from the Aquatics Safety Research Group, discuss swimming pool safety and the introduction of a new standards-compliant safety sign product line that uses a systems approach to help prevent water safety accidents and provides best practice duty-to-warn for pool owners. Visit the Clarion website to learn…
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More than 1/3 of parents would allow child to be in residential or hotel pool unsupervised
As kids get ready to splash around in pools this summer, some parents may underestimate drowning risks, suggests a new national poll. While relatively few parents would allow their child to be unsupervised in a lake (16 percent) or the ocean (13 percent), more than a third (37 percent) would allow their child to be…
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Video: Teaching Adult’s to Swim on the Kris Fade Show
The Kris Fade Show received a call from Taghrid who declared that she’d just learnt to swim aged 40 so they encouraged people to call up to get swimming lessons!
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‘We’ve even had people swim to get out,’ Red Cross helps with Quebec flooding
Interviews with the Red Cross as Quebec flooding continues across different communities. If you need help Red Cross is there. https://youtu.be/BfFe0DBTaac
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Speedo Swim Generation | Global Initiative to Reduce Drowning
We believe everyone, everywhere has the right to swim, that’s why we’re launching Swim Generation, a global initiative to help reduce the number of accidental drownings worldwide. Stand Up for drowning prevention with Swim Generation. Find out more: http://bit.ly/SwimGeneration
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Students must swim before they graduate, says China university
Students applying to one of China’s most prestigious universities have been told they must learn to swim before they graduate.
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Swimming lessons may be life-saver for children with autism
When asked why drowning should be such a common cause of death for individuals with ASD, Dr. Li says: “With impaired communication and social skills, autistic kids tend to seek relief of their heightened anxiety from the serenity of water bodies. Unfortunately, this behavior too often leads to tragedies.” Children are often diagnosed with ASD…
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Freak Accident At A Waterfall In Ghana Kills At Least 17
A tree crashed onto a group of people enjoying a swim at the base of a large waterfall in Ghana, and local authorities tell wire services that at least 17 people were killed in the freak accident. The revelers got caught in a rainstorm on Sunday, according to a statement from the Minister of Tourism.…
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Boy fights for life after nearly drowning at school swimming lesson
A young boy has been flown by helicopter to the Royal Children’s Hospital after being pulled from a pool during school swimming lessons. The child, believed to be six years old, is in a serious but stable condition after he was dragged from the water in Victoria’s east. Paramedics were called to the Swifts Creek…