Help your child prevent and respond to drowning accidents

Teach your child not to try to pick up when things fall into the pond, only bathe in the chest waters, let children learn to swim from a young age .

Preventing and responding to drowning accidents

Drowning is an accident that is very likely to happen to young children, especially in the summer, when young children have many recreational activities and are far from the eyes of adults. The fact that drowning often happens right near their place of residence. To help children avoid this accident, Dr. Vu Thu Huong, a life skills education specialist for children, advised parents to remind their children not to play close to the water. When playing on the shore, you need to stand at least 2 m from the water.

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Parents also remind me, when something falls into the water like toys, balls ., absolutely do not try to get up. Specialist education notes, if children drop objects into the water, parents are not scolded. Because when my parents scold me because of my regret, I will panic, the next time I drop my belongings in the water I will wade down to get it and it is very easy to get into an accident.

Besides avoiding the river, parents also told me to absolutely not jump down to save if someone is drowned because their strength is weak. The thing I need to do is throw a piece of wood, a large piece of foam, into the water for them to cling to and then go and call the adults to rescue. If you have a long string, tie the rope firmly to a nearby tree and throw it to the person in the water.

When you swim , an adult should be accompanied by swimming in designated locations such as swimming pools and beaches (where swimming is allowed). The beaches seem to be very good but potentially dangerous, the rescue team has plugged the dangerous newspaper, absolutely must stay away, not swimming there. Children as well as adults must strictly adhere to all regulations in the pool or beach, absolutely not doing things that are prohibited in such areas.

Parents should note that young children should only bathe in areas where the water level is equal to the chest.Swimming lessons and swimming practices should be conducted under the supervision of swimming teachers. Before going into the swimming pool, children and adults need to exercise well to start up , avoid water cramps, easily cause drowning accidents.

Summer is also a rainy and stormy season, so parents do not forget to tell their children to go to school and go out if they have heavy rain, they need to go up the steps at the roadside, wait for the rain to stop and come back or wait for their parents to pick. If you see rising water, you must go up to a higher place. The water level is too high, I call the people living in the houses I am standing in for temporary help.

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In order to avoid drowning , Dr. Huong advised her parents to let their children learn to swim at a young age. In fact, as early as a few months, children can learn to swim and learn very quickly. Parents should choose a suitable place to study and regularly create conditions for their children to practice.

Not only to prevent, I also need to learn how to handle if I accidentally drown. Dr. Huong remarked that when she was underwater without touching her feet to the bottom, she would be extremely frightened. Parents need to guide their children to relax their bodies under water, hold their breaths. Whenever you feel danger in the water, you can relax your body and hold your breath. Because the human body still has air, when holding its breath and relaxed, the body automatically floats on the surface of the water. At that time, I just lightly held my hand to let people go. After that, the child tried to drive people to the shore or near floating objects on the water such as a big wooden board, swimming pool, or foam and signaled drowning to nearby adults to help them rescue.

According to the World Health Organization 's 2014 global report , drowning is the leading cause of death among children aged 5-14. Every day Vietnam has about 20 children died from this accident. Men are twice as likely to drown than women and rural children are at higher risk.

In the early summer of 2015, there were many drowning incidents in the whole country , including many pitiful accidents such as 4 fatal babies in the stream of Sao stream (Vung Tau), because the houses were near or out here. Play and slip and fall into the water. In addition, there was a school girl drowning when swimming in Quang Nam .

In addition to drowning, summer days, children are more likely to encounter types of falls due to climbing, burns, electrocution . more because children have more free time to play without supervision of adults. In order to prevent these accidents, parents should regularly remind their children carefully, tell them about the consequences of the accident so they can be afraid. Parents should teach their children life skills right from the age of 6 and continue to let them practice doing housework, taking care of themselves when they are older.