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this weekend marks the unofficial start
to summer and that means many of you
will be either swimming in your own
backyard pools or heading to a community
pool or Beach yeah tragically though
more than 200 young children drown in
backyard swimming pools each year so
here to remind us of some very important
pool safety tips we have Tiffany
Bradbury welcome thank you so much for
coming in the Lully is really important
stuff I'm glad that you're here yes it's
so important because kids drowned
silently so that's why we as parents and
caregivers we've got to make sure that
we know what to do and how to teach our
kids to be safe yes so let's talk about
what you know some of the things that
that we can do we have to be active we
have to be active and you've got to
supervise your kids in the pool okay I
think we were talking you said your
child was going swimming and yeah we
were in the pool with you're in here
with them and how quickly like they
could start freaking out really quick oh
yeah always say you've got to be within
an arm's reach of them we were just at
Great Wolf Lodge this weekend it was the
same thing I didn't let my little one
cuz she's not a strong swimmer yet in
the wave pool without me not a good
thing like that so making sure that
someone is supervising the kids even if
you're at a pool party designate
somebody as the water watcher and
they're not on their phone they're not
with a magazine they're right talking to
others they're watching to go there with
you can do 15-minute intervals yeah
because it can happen so fast
yes and it does yes all right let's talk
about educating your kids about swimming
I always tell my kids that swimming is
something that they need to learn how to
do no matter what but you're not an
expert yes you're not you're not an
expert so no your your kids limitations
right absolutely and that's why you know
cuz really easily especially in some
people's home pools it dot it drops off
really fast so like you're in three foot
of water and then all of a sudden you're
in six yes so that's why you really got
to teach your kids what to do and
teaching them that things like pool
noodles and little floaties those are
not gonna save their lives if they get
into a a big problem yeah let's make
about what you got yeah of it okay they
make you nervous yes sorry it's a little
crunchy on the in there sounds alike but
um people give their kids these noodles
are the little blow-up things on their
arms and I think okay cool hop in the
pool you're good to go but really the
only thing that's going to keep your kid
afloat is eight and approved life vest
got to make sure your kids are within
that height and weight requirement on
this okay but that I mean these are
great if they're good swimmers yeah but
these for the ones that aren't so good
was this is what's gonna keep your kid
safe your kiddos safe if they're not
good swimmers you want to make sure that
they're wearing some type of lifejacket
and one again that's got the animals
like the Coast Guard type of proof and
then if something does happen take the
time to learn CPR well before you go
swimmin that is huge we just did a big
CPR event a couple weekends ago just
awareness you want to know what to do I
mean if you find someone that is
floating in the pool because again they
do tend to drown silently you know put
them in bright colored swimsuits first
of all that's gonna help you be able to
see them pull them out of the water
quickly you know go get an AED if it's
close by yeah and also learn that CPR
call 9-1-1 i also designate someone to
call 9-1-1 it's right you know the
difference in life or death I know a
friend of ours that works with us they
were at a pool party and they actually
did CPR on a little girl and they were
able to bring her back
Wow yes a terrifying you know church
party right and the child did the same
thing creeping along and then all of a
sudden it just you know yeah exactly
oh wow all right let's talk about if you
own a pool take the extra steps around
pools put in alarms gates yes fencing
cuz they're so important absolutely all
of those types of things if you have a
pool and if your child goes missing
check the pool first because kids are
going to get attracted to that pool
don't have toys floating in them things
like that even if you have the cover on
them you know kids can get out and then
they can get trapped underneath the
cover as well and then you'd say check
the drains and in your pool yet drains
in your pool and also in hot tubs I
think they've gotten a lot better than
they used to be but there were some kids
that died in hot tubs and jacuzzis
because they were diving underneath and
their hair got caught so those are the
types of things that we want to remember
but but just you know taking a few
minutes making sure you've got those
lifejackets making sure that you have a
plan and again talking to your kiddos
supervision also all these things were
preventable today thank you so much pool
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