Whether you are staying on beautiful Fort Myers Beach or just spending a day at the beach here are so must know summer beach safety tips.
1. Learn to swim and teach your children how to swim.
Formal swimming lessons can reduce the risk of drowning by as much as
88 percent among young children aged one to four, who are at greatest
risk of drowning. But even when children have had formal swimming
lessons, constant, careful supervision when in the water, and barriers
to prevent unsupervised access are necessary to prevent drowning.
2. Learn Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). In the time it might take for lifeguards or paramedics to arrive, your CPR skills could save someone’s life.
3. Avoid drinking alcohol before or during swimming, boating, or water skiing.
4. Heed warning flags. Know the meaning of and obey warnings represented by colored beach flags, which may vary from one beach to another.
5. Know the terrain. Be aware of and avoid drop-offs and hidden obstacles in natural water sites. Always enter water feet first.
6. Avoid rip currents.
Watch for dangerous waves and signs of rip currents, like water that is
discolored and choppy, foamy, or filled with debris and moving in a
channel away from shore. If you are caught in a rip current, swim
parallel to shore; once free of the current, swim diagonally toward
shore.
7. Look for lifeguards. Select swimming sites that have lifeguards whenever possible.
8. Be on the lookout.
When kids are in or near water (including bathtubs), closely supervise
them at all times, even when lifeguards are present. Adults should avoid
distracting activities and using alcohol or drugs while supervising children. Adults should also use the buddy system.
9. Don’t hyperventilate.
Swimmers should never hyperventilate before swimming underwater or try
to hold their breath for long periods of time. This can cause them to
pass out (sometimes called “shallow water blackout”) and drown.
10. Fence it off.
Barriers to pool access should be used to help prevent young children
from gaining access to the pool area without caregivers’ awareness when
they aren’t supposed to be swimming. Pool fences should completely
separate the house and play area from the pool, be at least four feet
high, and have self-closing and self-latching gates that open outward,
with latches that are out of the reach of children.
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