Water Safety Education

Water Safety Education

for Parents & Caregivers

Self Assessment

Upon completion of the Water Safety Education Self-Study Course answer the following questions to test your knowledge.

Review the course information for any questions you miss. Take the assessment quiz as many times as necessary to be confident that you know the material. This is important, life-saving information and worthy of the time it takes to understand thoroughly. When you are able to complete the quiz easily and successfully, submit your answers to B-T Aquatics for a certificate of completion for the course.

Part 1: Teach Your Child to Swim First ¬ Click to review course information.

1. When should children learn how to swim?

2. What is the primary goal of swimming instruction?

Teaching your child to swim is one of the layers of protection

you must put in place to keep your family safe. However, there is never any

guarantee that there won’t be an accident. No one is “drownproof” or “watersafe.”

Children, especially young children, aren’t even “livingroom safe.”

Children need supervision.

Part 2: Safe Pools & Safe Water ¬ Click to review course information.

1. List three "layers" of protection you can put in place to protect your family.

2 .

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2. Test yourself on the CDC recommendations for healthy swimming behaviors.

Refrain from swimming when you have
Avoid swallowing pool water or even getting it in your mouth.
before swimming and after using the toilet or changing diapers.
Take children on bathroom breaks or check diapers often.
Change diapers in a and not at poolside.

Supervision is your primary layer of protection.

Take advantage of the products available to safeguard your pool,

but remember, all the technology in the world can't bring back the lifeless

body of a child that drowned unnoticed.

Part 3: Supervision ¬ Click to review course information.

1. List the two conditions that must be present before you would consider allowing your child to go to a guarded swimming pool without you.

2. What is Touch Supervision?

Vigilant Surveillance is the primary duty of all lifeguards to prevent accidents.

But in reality, vigilance is, by human nature, very difficult to maintain, particularly

when the visual tasks required by lifeguards and others become boring, repetitive

and routine. Youth, inexperience, fatigue, heat, and sun also negatively affect

the ability of a lifeguard to maintain vigilant surveillance.

Part 4: Open Water & Boating ¬ Click to review course information.

Some common sense open water safety practices include bringing your own safety equipment when open water swimming, wearing lifejackets when boating, and swimming only during designated .

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Be aware of small bodies of water your child might encounter, such as fishponds,

ditches, fountains, rain barrels, watering cans, and even the bucket you use when

you wash the car. Children are drawn to places and things like these and need

constant supervision to be sure they don't fall in.

Part 5: Diving ¬ Click to review course information.

1. The number one rule for diving is .

2. Do not allow into any backyard pool.

Diving injuries are rare, but when they do occur, the results can be catastrophic.

Improper diving into a swimming pool or other body of water may lead to serious

neck and spinal injuries which include paralysis. A number of these occur yearly,

with the majority happening in shallow water. Three out of four diving accidents

occur in natural bodies of water.

Part 6: Hotels & Water Parks ¬ Click to review course information.

1. B-T Aquatics recommends that you never allow your child in a hotel .

2. Water Parks are not the same as Amusement Parks. B-T Aquatics recommends that water parks are only for .

The two main issues at both hotel pools and water parks are Pool Access

and Water Chemistry. My recommendations for hotel pools and water

parks are never very well received. I stand by them.

Keep your child safe. -jn

Part 7: Pool Parties ¬ Click to review course information.

1. Pool parties are for children who .

2. Parent supervisors and water watchers do not take the place of .

Children's pool parties are the most fun when they are restricted to invited guests.

Younger and older siblings and tagalong neighbors and friends increase the risk

and diminish the fun for the guest of honor.

Part 8: It's Your Choice ¬ Click to review course information.

Think before you swim... Commercial swimming facilities do their best to provide safe environments for your activities. You are responsible for making good choices. You are responsible for selecting programs and activities suited to your skills, abilities, and health. By electing to use the facilities you assume risk for harm or injury you sustain. By your voluntary participation as a participant or spectator, you could be injured. Take responsibility. Do not take risks or do activities that may not be appropriate. Ask questions. If you have any questions about your health and how it might be affected by exercise or other activities at a swimming pool, contact your doctor and obtain permission before participating. A complete physical is recommended before beginning any exercise program. Pay attention to your surroundings. Be aware of the presence of others while you participate. Do not engage in activities that could injure others. Report any unusual significant hazard during your presence or participation and remove yourself from participation. If you bring belongings to a facility, you are responsible for their care and safety. They could be lost, stolen, or damaged. Immediately contact a staff member if you have any problems or concerns.

Check to indicate that you've read the above paragraph concerning personal responsibility.

Course Completion Certificate

NOTICE POSTED 8/12/08: Beginning October 1, 2008 a Certificate of Completion for the Water Safety Course will cost $5. The course materials will continue to be available to everyone at no charge, but if you want a certificate mailed or emailed to you it will cost $5.

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Layers of Protection

Access doors to the pool area with high locks are a layer of protection.
Alarms o access doors are another layer of protection
A pool safety barrier such as a fence or wall separating the pool from your home and all access doors and entrances is one more layer of protection.
Pool alarms can provide another layer of protection.
Water survival training - swimming lessons - for a child when is he capable of crawling to the pool allows for another few precious seconds.
Keeping a telephone at poolside could prove to be an invaluable aid in the event of an accident.
Do not leave objects in the pool that could attract your child.
"Staging platforms" such as tables and chairs, should not be kept near a pool fence.
Do not allow the pool area to be used as a play area. The pool is for swimming only. Isolating the pool area to be used for swimming is the most essential concept of drowning prevention.
CPR and your knowledge of rescue techniques are a layer of protection should there be an accident.
Finally, an Emergency Action Plan is a must for anyone who has a backyard pool.

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SWIM TIMES

Children should not be allowed to drift in and out of the water when you are at the river, lake, or beach. Make sure that an adult is actively supervising the swimmers, and take plenty of breaks for water and resting.

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