{"id":137331,"date":"2022-05-02T13:02:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T20:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/?p=137331"},"modified":"2022-05-02T13:02:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T20:02:57","slug":"tips-highlight-national-water-safety-month-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/tips-highlight-national-water-safety-month-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips Highlight National Water Safety Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We live in a beautiful area surrounded by water. In recognition of National Water Safety Month in May, here are water safety tips courtesy of the Simple Steps Save Lives program.<\/p>\n<h2>Learn &amp; Practice Water Safety Skills<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn how to swim and teach your child(ren) how to swim<\/li>\n<li>Learn to perform CPR on children and adults, and update those skills regularly<\/li>\n<li>Understand the basics of lifesaving so you can assist in a pool emergency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Stay Close, &amp; Be Alert in and Around a Pool<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Never leave a child unattended in a pool or spa, and always watch your child when he or she is in or near water<\/li>\n<li>Teach children basic water safety tips<\/li>\n<li>Keep children away from pool drains, pipes, and other openings to avoid entrapments<\/li>\n<li>Have a telephone close when you or your family use a pool or spa<\/li>\n<li>If a child is missing, look for him or her in the pool or spa first<\/li>\n<li>Share safety instructions with family, friends, and neighbors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Have Appropriate Equipment for Your Pool or Spa<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Install a 4-foot or taller fence around your pool or spa, and use self-closing and self-attaching gates \u2013 Ask your neighbors to do the same at their pools<\/li>\n<li>Install and use a lockable safety cover<\/li>\n<li>If your house serves as a fourth side of a fence around a pool, install door alarms and always use them \u2013 For additional protection, install window guards on windows facing pools or spas<\/li>\n<li>Install pool and gate alarms to alert you when children go near the water<\/li>\n<li>Ensure any pool or spa you use has compliant drain covers \u2013 Ask your pool service provider if you don\u2019t know<\/li>\n<li>Maintain pool and spa covers in good working order<\/li>\n<li>Consider using a surface wave or underwater alarm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more tips for pool and spa owners, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.PoolSafely.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Pool Safety website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We live in a beautiful area surrounded by water. In recognition of National Water Safety Month in May, here are water safety tips courtesy of the Simple Steps Save Lives program. Learn &amp; Practice Water Safety Skills Learn how to swim and teach your child(ren) how to swim Learn to perform CPR on children and [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":137332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[375,374],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}