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This week the American Academy of Pediatrics announced a revision of their policy statement on drowning prevention. The revisions come as a response to research and, sadly, also in response to two tragedies last summer when families lost toddlers to drowning.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan your child swim? Can you?\u201d they ask.<\/p>\n
\u201cSwim lessons do not \u2018drown-proof\u2019 any child or adult,\u201d they go on to say but\u00a0\u201cswim skills do add a layer of protection.\u201d<\/b>
\n(AAP News, March 15, 2019)<\/p>\n
Anyone can drown, and it only takes seconds. Infants are most likely to drown in bathtubs or buckets, and preschoolers are most likely to drown in swimming pools. Many of these deaths occur when the child gets unanticipated access to water.<\/p>\n
As the blogger at \u201cmom.me\u201d writes: \u201cOne of the primary takeaways from the AAP\u2019s recommendation is that children should start swimming lessons at one year of age. Basically, it\u2019s never too young to learn water safety.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Linda Quan, FAAP, and co-author of the statement, reiterates, \u201cWater is everywhere, and we need multiple layers to protect children from the deadly risks it poses.\u201d
\n\u201cThere is tremendous variability among swim lessons\u201d, the report continues, \u201cand not every program will be right for each child. Parents and caregivers should investigate options for swim lessons in their community prior to enrollment to make sure that the program meets their needs and the needs of the child.\u00a0High-quality swim lessons provide more experiential training, including swimming in clothes, in life jackets, falling in, and practicing self-rescue. Achieving the basic water competency swim skills requires multiple lessons, and acquisition of water competency is a protracted process that involves learning in conjunction with developmental maturation.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Academy reaffirms the additional \u2013 and very important \u2013 layers of protection: most importantly, supervision but also proper fencing, life vests and knowledge of CPR
\n\u201cMany of these deaths occur when children are not expected to be swimming or when they have unanticipated access to water,\u201d author Sarah Denny, MD, FAAP, said in a news release. \u201cToddlers are naturally curious; that\u2019s why we must implement other strategies, such as pool fencing and door locks.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Academy also encourages pediatricians to speak with patients about water safety and provide the meaningful support for drowning prevention that they are uniquely equipped to do.<\/p>\n
We at British Swim School applaud the new position.<\/p>\n
British Swim School St. Louis offers premium water survival and swimming lessons for infants, toddlers, children and adults, starting at just 3 months old. We proudly serve the St. Louis communities of Afton, Ballwin, Brentwood, Chesterfield, Clayton, Concord, Crestwood, Creve Coeur, Dardenne Prairie, Eureka, Fenton, High Ridge, Howell Island, Kirkwood, Ladue, Lake St. Louis, Manchester, Maplewood, Maryland Heights, New Town, Olivette, Overland, Richmond Heights, St. Charles, Orchard Farm, St. Paul, St. Peters, Sunset Hills, Town and Country, Valley Park, Webster Groves, Weldon Springs, and Wildwood. Call 314-312-1878 to enroll or\u00a0find a class online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week the American Academy of Pediatrics announced a revision of their policy statement on drowning prevention. The revisions come as a response to research and, sadly, also in response to two tragedies last summer when families lost toddlers to drowning. \u201cCan your child swim? Can you?\u201d they ask. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-swim-programs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/st-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/st-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/st-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/st-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/st-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/st-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/st-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/st-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/st-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/st-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}