What is the Safer 3 Message? - Stop Drowning Now (2024)

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What is the Safer 3 Message? - Stop Drowning Now? ›

Safer 3 is a comprehensive initiative to dramatically reduce drowning incidents by utilizing three main approaches: Safer Water, Safer Kids, and a Safer Response. Safer 3 is an initiative to reduce drownings by: Recognizing risks associated with water related activities.

There are three dimensions of risk in every drowning; the water, the person and the response. Thus we created the Safer 3 Message as a simple way to educate people simply, quickly and easily.

The Curriculum is specifically designed for young kids' learning needs. Through an experiential approach, kids participate in the discovery and identification process, and learn preventative measures as well as emergency responses.

The typical drowning victim is age 4 and younger and doesn't make any noise when slipping into the pool to go after a toy or other object. To keep your child safe near water, remember the ABC & D's of drowning prevention: Adult Supervision, Barriers, Classes, and Devices.

For children and adolescents ages 5-19, drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional injury deaths. Every year in the U.S., approximately 3,700 people die from unintentional drowning. Nearly 900 of them are children and adolescents ages 0 to 19.

Four-sided fencing (at least 4 feet tall) with self-closing and self-latching gates is the best researched and most effective drowning-prevention strategy for young children. Fencing completely isolates the pool from your house and yard.

The first thing you should do if you find yourself at risk of drowning is remain calm and keep your head up, which is easier said than done. “It's important to take a deep breath in this situation,” says Ryan Jr. “​​Your best flotation device is your lungs, and if they can relax, that helps them float.”

Who is most at risk of drowning? ›

Drowning is the 3rd leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide, accounting for 7 percent of all injury-related deaths. Globally, the highest drowning rates are among children 1–4 years, followed by children 5–9 years. Males are especially at risk of drowning, with twice the overall mortality rate of females.

Performing CPR with rescue breaths on a drowning victim is essential to maintaining blood flow and oxygenation to the brain. In a hypoxic event, like drowning, the flow of oxygen supplied to the brain is slowed or stopped, resulting in eventual respiratory and cardiac arrest.

Lifeguards play a crucial role in ensuring the safety of patrons at public swimming pools. A critical function of the lifeguard is scanning and surveillance of the water to detect victims in distress and ultimately prevent drowning (Griffiths, 2006).

Water competency has 3 main components: water smarts, swimming skills and helping others.

No running, eating, gum, or glass containers. Exit the pool at the first sign of thunderstorms or lightning. If there is no lifeguard or supervising adult, wait to swim.

Attention, proximity, continuity and competency are four key ways to keep everyone safe in the water this summer. Attention, proximity, continuity and competency are four key ways to keep everyone safe in the water this summer.

To ensure that drinking water is safe, SDWA sets up multiple barriers against pollution. These barriers include: source water protection, treatment, distribution system integrity, and public information. Public water systems are responsible for ensuring that contaminants in tap water do not exceed the standards.