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Water Safety Class
This Water Safety class is stricktly a water safety and not an in-water rescuing class. A person taking this class also needs to be certifide in CPR and First Aid and be able to swim. (Classes meet California title 22 foster care requirments and child daycare requirements). It is important to know that you should never, not even for a minute leave a child unattended in or near water. When children are swimming an adult should be in the water with the children, watching from the shore or poolside is not safe, it only takes 20 seconds for a child to drown.
Topics that will be covered are:
The Reasons People Drown
Distress Versus DrowningFactors in Identifying Drowning Response
Rules to Reduce Accidental Drowning Deaths
Rescuing Methods
Risk Factors Around Water
Always have an Emergency Action Plan
Tides and currents
Storms & small craft warnings
Car in water
Fish ponds, pools, bath tubs, spas, etc.
Carbon monoxide - teak surffing
Prevention & Care
Life Jackets / What kind and what size
Sun burn, skin cancer
Heat related illnesses
Sting Ray sting, bee sting, Jellfish sting
RWIs “Recreational water illnesses” are illnesses that are spread by swallowing, breathing, or having contact with contaminated water from swimming pools, spas, lakes, rivers, or oceans.
Types of Life Vests and which ones are appropriate for what age and water type
Cold related illnesses
Other safety issues & injuries around water
Managing a Conscious victim
Managing a Unconscious victim
Home pools and safety - Bodily Fluids Exposure, fencing, alarms, rules, available equipment, etc.
