Comprehensive Safety Knowledge on Preventing Drowning in Summer

With summer approaching, swimming has become a good exercise to keep fit and cool down, but you must pay attention to relevant safety precautions to take precautions before they happen. Let’s take a look at the safety knowledge on preventing drowning in summer~

1. Swimming tips:

1. Children must be led by their parents (guardians) swim. Swimming alone is the most likely to cause problems. If your companion is not a parent (an adult), it is difficult to ensure that you will receive proper rescue in the event of danger.

2. People who are sick should not go swimming. Patients with chronic diseases such as otitis media, heart disease, skin diseases, epilepsy, pink eye, colds, fever, mental fatigue, and physical weakness should not go swimming because participating in swimming exercises for the above-mentioned patients will not only aggravate their condition, but also cause cramps and accidents. Coma, life-threatening. People with infectious diseases can easily spread the disease to others. In addition, female students are not allowed to swim during special periods of the month.

3. After participating in strenuous exercise, do not jump into the water immediately for swimming, especially if you are sweating profusely and feeling hot. Do not go into the water immediately, otherwise it may easily cause cramps, colds, etc.

4. It is not suitable for swimming in polluted (poor water quality) rivers and reservoirs, places with rapids, the intersection of two rivers, and rivers and lakes with large differences. Generally speaking, swimming in rivers and lakes with unclear water conditions is not suitable.

5. It is not suitable to swim in bad weather such as thunderstorms, windy weather, sudden changes in weather, etc.

2. Issues that should be paid attention to during swimming:

1. They should take care of each other and care about each other, and should not play with each other or tease each other. Go swimming together. If someone comes ashore early, tell your companions that you should go home together when you go swimming together.

2. Anyone swimming in natural swimming places (such as rivers, ponds, reservoirs) should be guided by parents and relatives. It is especially emphasized that beginners should not go swimming in the wild.

3. Pay attention to rest, do not swim long distances, and do not stay away from your partners. If you feel unwell, tell your companions and go ashore to rest, watch your companions swimming on the shore, and pay attention to their safety.

4. Primary and secondary school students do not swim, let alone compete with each other to see who can dive longer or dive farther. Doing so can easily lead to danger.

3. Emergency situations and self-rescue during swimming:

1. Cramp: It is an involuntary tonic contraction of the muscles. If the water temperature is too low or the swimming time is too long, it may cause cramps. , the most important thing when cramps occur is to stay calm and not panic.

2. General handling methods. (1) If cramps are found, stop swimming immediately, go ashore to rest, and massage the cramped area. (2) If cramps occur in deep water and you are unable to handle them, and there are no companions around, you should call for help from the shore and do not panic. Let me emphasize again: No matter what kind of cramp occurs, call your companions or other swimmers first: "I'm cramping, someone is coming!"

4. First Aid for Drowning How to save a drowning person Getting ashore:

Method 1: Throw lifebuoys, bamboo poles, wooden boards, ropes and other objects to the drowning person, and then drag him to the shore;

Method 2: If there is no rescue equipment , adults can enter the water to rescue directly. Approach a drowning victim by turning his hips away from you and then hauling. Hauling is usually done by sidestroke or backstroke. The drowning person will subconsciously struggle to escape and tighten the rescuer tightly. The rescuer should be fully prepared and avoid this.

Special emphasis: If minors find someone drowning, they should try not to go into the water to rescue. They should shout for help immediately, or use life-saving equipment or bamboo poles, wooden boards, ropes and other objects that are available at the time to rescue. The Law on the Protection of Minors also stipulates: Minors cannot participate in dangerous activities such as rescue operations. ?This is why the school emphasizes that students should be led by their parents when going swimming.

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