At British Swim School, we see it as our mission to educate about water safety \u2013 in order to prevent drownings. Here are two little known facts that every parent should be aware of:<\/p>\n
1: Drowning is silent<\/strong> Take a moment and let that sink in. It\u2019s true for one simple reason: a child that hasn\u2019t learned how to float on his or her back. If they can float on their back, they can call out for help. Or make any noise at all.<\/p>\n If your child never learns to back float or swim, an unfortunate circumstance would be floating face down. If there is a water event, one where your child falls into the water and can\u2019t turn over and float, it could prove deadly.<\/p>\n 2: You do not have time<\/strong> At British Swim School we know the value of learning to float first. It\u2019s the reason we focus on teaching a child to float on their backs independently. In fact, it\u2019s a goal they have to achieve\u2014and float for a full 20 seconds\u2014before they can graduate to the next swim level. It\u2019s powerful and it works.<\/p>\n British Swim School Hudson Waterfront offers premium swimming lessons for babies, kids and adults, starting from three months. We proudly serve the communities of Bayonne, Jersey City, Hoboken, Union City, Secaucus, Edgewater, Weehawken, Port Imperial, Lincoln Harbor, West New York, North Bergen, Fort Lee, Cliffside Park, Edgewater, Ridgefield, Palisades Park, Leonia, Kearny, Newark and Harrison. Call (201) 676-3630 to enroll, or\u00a0find a class online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At British Swim School, we see it as our mission to educate about water safety \u2013 in order to prevent drownings. Here are two little known facts that every parent should be aware of: 1: Drowning is silent Don\u2019t think you\u2019ll hear a child who\u2019s in trouble in the water. You more than likely won\u2019t. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-water-safety"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/hudson-waterfront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/hudson-waterfront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/hudson-waterfront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/hudson-waterfront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/hudson-waterfront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/hudson-waterfront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/hudson-waterfront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/hudson-waterfront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/hudson-waterfront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/hudson-waterfront\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDon\u2019t think you\u2019ll hear a child who\u2019s in trouble in the water. You more than likely won\u2019t. It\u2019s the unfortunate truth that child drowning is a silent death. It\u2019s known as the silent killer, with no splashing to alert anyone that the child is in trouble.<\/p>\n
\nIt\u2019s also a good idea to keep rescue equipment poolside. Don\u2019t wait for the paramedics to arrive because you will lose valuable lifesaving seconds. It only takes four to six minutes without oxygen for a person to sustain permanent brain damage. Four minutes! In the time it takes to poach an egg, you need to act.<\/p>\n