pool safety conference
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Presentation about pool safety and tips for parents and homeowners with pools to prevent body entrapment and kids drownings.TRANSCRIPT
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Saving Children Livesthrough education
and reliablepool safety equipment
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Nearly 650 hundred children under 5 years old drown in swimming pools every year.
Hospital emergency room treatment is required for more than 3,100 children under 5 years old who were submerged in residential pools.
US –Consumer Product SafetyCommission
Facts from the CPSC
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• Drowning is the number one cause of accidental death for children under the age of 6 in Florida, California, Arizona and Oregon
Facts from the CPSC
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Facts from the CPSC
• Individuals in the 5-9 year-old category had the highest frequency of entrapment reports
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However…
• Many adults have died after getting trapped at uncovered pool drains
• Several entrapments are not being reported to the CSPC
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Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act
• Law enacted by Congress and signed by President Bush on December 19, 2007, to prevent the hidden hazard of drain entrapments and eviscerations in pools and spas.
• The law became effective on December 19, 2008.
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• Law applies only to Public Pools. • Why not to residential pools?
80% of the children drownings occur at residential pools!!
Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act
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Pool Hazards
•Drain Entrapment
•Unsupervised kids drownings
•Slippery surfaces
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Drain Entrapment
• Single main drain systems and flat drain grates pose the greater risk at pools
• Chemical degradation of covers and other parts.
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Types of Entrapment
• Hair Entrapment
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• Limb Entrapment
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• Body Entrapment
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• DisembowelmentEvisceration
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Pump suction force demonstration
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Our neighbor, 5 year old Miguel Marin, survived
after being trapped at an in-ground spa for about 5 minutes
under water
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Unfortunately many others have not been that lucky
14 year old – BritishBoy died at ThailandWater Park
7 year old Virginia GraemeBaker Secretary of State Bakers' granddaughter
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Are Kids Out of Sight? They Shouldn’t Be!
• Children must be supervised and within your sight AT ALL TIMES while in the pool.
• A telephone must be available in the pool area to call 911, in case of any emergency
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• US Consumer Product Safety Commission recommend pool owners to have many layers of protection to prevent drownings
Entrapments can be prevented
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Layers of Protection
1. Swimming Classes
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Layers of Protection1. 02. Education and awareness about entrapment
danger at any public or residential pool
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Layers of Protection
3. Goggles and Floating Devices
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4. Barriers, fences
Layers of Protection
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Layers of Protection
5. Pool Alarms, Window Alarms
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6. Certified Drain Covers
Layers of Protection
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7. Safety Vacuum Release Systems SVRS
Layers of Protection
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A pool evaluation by an expert Can give you peace of mind
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Layers of Protection
• Swimming Lessons• Education and danger awareness• Goggles and Floating devices• Pool barriers, fences.• Pool alarms and Window Alarms• Certified Drain Covers• Safety Vacuum Release System
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• Read Miguel’s complete story and local news about what happened at
www.SpanglishMoms.Blogspot.com