YEAH. CALL WILL BE WITH YOU IN JUST A SECOND. OKAY. THANKS. 9.22. SUMMER TIME IS ALMOST
HERE. AND WITH THE HOT
TEMPERATURES, SOME PEOPLE MAY
ALREADY BE HITTING THE POOL.
THAT’S RIGHT. AND GO INTO THE
RIVER OR THE POLLS. LOT OF FUN
FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. HOWEVER,
IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE SOME
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. GOT TO KEEP
THAT IN MIND. JOINING US THIS
MORNING LIVE IS DOCTOR MEGAN
O’BRIEN FROM CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL OF SAN ANTONIO.
GOOD MORNING, DOCTOR.
>> GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU?
GUYS WERE GREAT. THANK YOU.
AND THANKS FOR JOINING FIRST
OF ALL, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS
PARENTS SHOULD KNOW WHEN IT
COMES TO THEIR KIDS IN THE
WATER?
MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
DROWNING IS THE NUMBER ONE
CAUSE OF DEATH IN KIDS LESS
FROM AGE ONE TO 4. SO IF YOUR
CHILD IS NOT WATER SAFE,
ESPECIALLY IN THAT AGE RANGE,
IT’S VERY IMPORTANT. IF THEY’RE
IN THE WATER, YOU SHOULD BE IN
THE WATER WITH THEM. THEY
SHOULD BE WITHIN ARM’S REACH.
YOU.
>> THE NUMBER ONE THING YOU CAN
DO TO KEEP YOUR KIDS SAFE IN
THE WATERS. I THANK THEM
COMFORTABLE IN THE WATER AND
GET THEM LEFT TO BECOME WATER
SAFE. THERE’S A LOT OF
DIFFERENT PLACES IN SAN
ANTONIO. YOU CAN DO IT. THE
SENATE, ANY PARKS AND RECS THAT
GIVES OUT FREE SWIM LESSONS, I
THINK AND IT’S FREE BUT MAYBE
SUBSIDIZE ALL SUMMER LONG I
KNOW ANY IST. AND AN ICE TEA
HAS SWIM FOR AMERICA ON SOME
LESSONS ALL YEAR LONG AS WELL.
USUALLY WE RECOMMEND START SWIM
LESSONS AROUND. AGE 3, BUT EVEN
CHILDREN AGES ONE TO 3, THEY
HAVE MOMMY AND ME CLASSES TO
GET THEM A SPACE AND USED TO
THE WATER. THE OTHER THING
PARENTS NEED TO KNOW IS THE
REASON IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO
HAVE THOSE KIDS WITH AN ARM
LENGTH AND HAVE SOMEONE
WATCHING THEM ON THE WATER IS
WHEN DUDE ROUND, THEY DON’T
MAKE US TOWNS LIKE PEOPLE THINK
ALL KNOW THAT THAT WHEN THEY’RE
HAVING TROUBLE BECAUSE THEY’LL
BE ALL THE SPLASHING, IT’S NOT.
IT IS VERY, VERY SO THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IS IF THEY ARE
NOT WATER SAFE, YOU NEED TO BE
IN THE WATER WITH THEM WITHIN
ARM’S LAKE. AND EVEN ONCE THEY
EACH THE REACH THE AGE OF 4, 5,
AND YOU THINK THAT THEIR WATER
SAFE, YOU SHOULD HAVE A
DESIGNATED WATER WATCHER WHEN
YOU HAVE A FULL MAKE SURE
YOU’RE NOT ON YOUR PHONE.
MAKE SURE THERE’S SOMEONE I’M
WATCHING IT. THE OTHER THING
WE SEE IS WHEN KIDS HAVE
PARTIES WHEN THERE’S PARTIES, A
LOT OF PARENTS WILL GO TO THEM
AND THERE’S THEIR THEIR POST
LOADS THE PARTY’S OVER. THEY
KNOW THAT THEY’RE NOT SUPPOSED
TO BE SWIMMING. IF YOU’RE AT A
PARTY WITH A POOL, MAKE SURE
THAT THAT POOL HAS A FENCE
AROUND IT OR THAT THERE A
SAFETY LOCK. SO ONCE THEY’RE
DONE SWIMMING, THAT THE KIDS
CAN GET BACK TO THE POOL.
AND AGAIN, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO
HAVE A DESIGNATED WATER
WATCHER, DOCTOR REINER, THE
DIFFERENT WATER SAFETY
PRACTICES RULES FOR IN A POOL
VERSUS MAYBE A LOCAL RIVER.
>> IT’S ABOUT THE SAME. THE
BIG THING TO REMEMBER IS
SOMETIMES PEOPLE TAKE PLACE IN
THE RIVER BECAUSE THEY’RE LIKE,
OH, WE’RE ONLY GOING IN THE
SHALLOW AREAS OF THE RIVER,
BUT THERE IS A CURRENTS AND SO
SMALL CHILDREN AND EVEN ORDER
KIDS CAN SLIP. AND THEN ONCE
THEY GO INTO THE WATER, LIKE I
SAID, IT’S PRETTY SILENT AND
THAT THAT CURRENT CAN BRING
THEM. SO IT’S EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT, PROBABLY IN A RIVER
THAT YOU HAVE A DESIGNATED
WATER WATCHER AND THAT YOU’RE
IN THE WATER WITH YOUR
CHILDREN.
>> AND AS FAR AS WATER PARKS,
WE KNOW THERE SHOULD BE
LIFEGUARDS. BUT WHAT ABOUT
WATER? PARK SAFETY?
>> AGAIN, I WOULD SAY THE WATER
PARKS THAT THERE’S LIKE BIRDS,
BUT USUALLY THEY’RE EVEN MORE
ESPECIALLY LIKE WE COOL, JEFF,
BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE KIDS
CAN HOLD UNDER PRETTY QUICKLY.
AGAIN, IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO
TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE YOU’RE
WATCHING YOUR CHILD OR OTHER OF
THE WATER AND MAKING SURE IF
THEY’RE SMALL THAT THEY ARE
WITHIN ARM’S LIKE THE VIEW
HOUSE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL HERE
IN SAN ANTONIO, EQUIPPED TO
CARE FOR CHILDREN WHO MIGHT
NEED.
>> EMERGENCY CARE.
>> WE HAVE SPECIALISTS AND A
WIDE VARIETY OF SPECIALTIES
THAT ARE BROKEN IF YOU’RE
WORRIED YOUR CHILD HAD A WATER
INJURY OR ANY OTHER KIND OF
INJURIES. WE HAVE SPECIFIC IN
FROM THE E OURS THROUGH THE
HOSPITAL, US THROUGH OUR
SURGICAL SERVICES. WE’RE ALL
SPECIALLY TRAINED IN CARING
FOR CHILDREN. WE HAVE 3
SAFETIES OF 3 LOCATIONS AROUND
THE CITY FOR EMERGENCY CARE.
WE HAVE EMERGENCY ROOMS DON’T
KNOW. WEAVEN’T EMERGED
RUNOVER WESTOVER HILLS AND THEN
WE HAVE EMERGENCY ROOM IN OUR
MAIN CAMPUS DOWNTOWN, WHICH
IS WHERE THE HOSPITAL IS
LOCATED.
>> ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR MEGAN
O’BRIEN FROM THE CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL, SAN ANTONIO, THANK