School Bus Statistic

With an average school bus seating about 80 students, losing 10 school buses each year is a staggering amount of children losing their life (according to the CDC from 2011-2020 there was an average of 854 per year) from unintentional drowning. 

The good news is, you can make a difference! 

Drowning is preventable and requires us to do more for our community by learning the 5 Layers of Protection to help prevent drowning.

Learn more about the 5 Layers of Protection by checking out https://ndpa.org

Sources: 
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https://bit.ly/3pgMHxg 

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National Water Safety Month 2021

 

Important Dates

#NationalWaterSafetyMonth

5/6 -5/12 National Nurses Week

5/7  National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day  

5/13-5/19- National Alcohol and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week

5/28  Don't Fry Day (Skin Cancer Awareness & Prevention)

Preeclampsia Awareness Month

  

It's getting hot and we know the pool is calling your name. While it is exciting to get summer started and have some fun in the sun, it is also important to remember your family's safety outside around water.  The National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention has designated the Friday before Memorial Day as “Don’t Fry Day” to "encourage sun safety awareness and to remind everyone to protect their skin while enjoying the outdoors."

 

This month's safety blog focuses on how to be safe with your family around water. Within it, you will find some helpful tips from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, as well as a printable safety flyer about the ABCDs of Water Safety from Arizona Childproofers. As always last month's product safety RECALLS are at the bottom.

National Water Safety Month 

National Water Safety Month is an annual awareness campaign coordinated by the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance with support from the National Recreation & Parks Association, the American Red Cross and the World Waterpark Association. Please always be aware and cautious around water, no matter the age! 



 
According to Safe Kids Worldwide, "Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of the summer season, and many families will soon be heading to the beach. Sadly, it’s also the time when many children drown: An estimated 1,000 children fatally drowned in a single year in the U.S., most of them between May and August. In addition, more than 7,000 children are taken to the Emergency Room each year because of a drowning scare."

Water Safety Tips

Water Safety Tips Courtesy from the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF)

• Teach children water safety and swimming skills as early as possible. 
• Always brief babysitters on water safety, emphasizing the need for constant supervision.
• Appoint a designated watcher to monitor children during social gatherings at or near pools.
• Equip doors and windows that exit to a pool area with alarms.
• Post CPR instructions and learn the procedures.

• Keep rescue equipment poolside. Don’t wait for the paramedics to arrive because you will lose valuable lifesaving seconds. Four to six minutes without oxygen can cause permanent brain damage or death.
• Keep a first aid kit at poolside.
• Install four-sided isolation fencing, at least five feet high, equipped with self-closing and self-latching gates, that completely surrounds the pool and prevents direct access from the house and yard. 
• Maintain constant visual contact with children in a pool or pool area. If a child is missing, check the pool first; seconds count in preventing death or disability.
• Don’t use flotation devices as a substitute for supervision. Never allow a young child in a pool without an adult.

• Don’t leave objects such as toys that might attract a child in the pool and pool area.
• Never prop the gate to a pool area open. 
• Don’t rely on swimming lessons, life preservers or other equipment to make a child “water safe.”
• Never assume someone else is watching a child in a pool area.
• Don’t leave chairs or other items of furniture where a child could use them to climb into a fenced pool area.
• Don’t think you’ll hear a child who’s in trouble in the water; child drowning is a silent death, with no splashing to alert anyone that the child is in trouble.

RECALLS:

April 29, 2021 CPSC;

Modernist Pantry Recalls Sodium Hydroxide Products Due to Failure to Meet Child Resistant Packaging Requirement and Violation of FHSA Labeling (Recall Alert)

April 28, 2021 CPSC; UST Recalls Bottles of LifeSeasons Blood Nourish-R Due to Failure to Meet Child Resistant Packaging Requirement; Risk of Poisoning

April 22, 2021 CPSC; YYBA Recalls Welmate Lidocaine Numbing Cream Due to Failure to Meet Child Resistant Packaging Requirement; Risk of Poisoning (Recall Alert)

April 21, 2021 CPSC; BRAV USA Recalls Youth Jackets with Drawstrings Due to Strangulation and Entrapment Hazards

April 14, 2021 CPSC; Playgro Recalls Infant Activity Rattles Due to Choking Hazard

April 14, 2021 CPSC; Target Recalls Cat & Jack Baby Rompers Due to Choking Hazard

April 14, 2021 CPSC; Battat Recalls Infant Teethers Due to Choking Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Target

April 8, 2021 CPSC; GEO Essential Recalls Wintergreen Organic Essential Oil and Alleviate Organic Essential Oil Blend Due to Failure to Meet Child Resistant Packaging Requirement; Risk of Poisoning (Recall Alert)

April 7, 2021 CPSC; RH Recalls Children’s Bath Wraps Due to Violation of Federal Flammability Standard

April 1, 2021 CPSC; Infant Bath Seats Recalled Due to Drowning Hazard; Imported by BATTOP; Sold Exclusively on Amazon.com (Recall Alert)

April 1, 2021 CPSC; dōTERRA Recalls 1.3 Million Bottles of Deep Blue, PastTense, and Deep Blue Touch Essential Oils Due to Failure to Meet Child Resistant Packaging Requirement; Risk of Poisoning (Recall Alert)

* information from Consumer Product Safety Commission

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