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1. Always watch your child around water.
Never leave a child alone, or out of your eyesight, in or near a pool, spa, or hot tub— not even for a second.
2. Access to the pool, spa, or hot tub should
be limited by locked doors and/or gates whenever swimming or soaking cannot be supervised.
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Drowning Prevention Tips for Pools, Spas, and Hot Tubs It is your responsibility to enforce the rules of safety. This brochure contains tips on how to help prevent these accidents.
3. Check the pool or spa to be sure no
suction outlet fitting is missing, broken, or loose. You could become entrapped.
4. Be aware of where suction fittings (drains) are located and do not play or swim near them. Your body, swimsuit or hair can get trapped, causing permanent injury or drowning.
5. Keep toys, particularly tricycles or wheeled
toys, away from the pool, spa, or hot tub. A child playing with these could accidentally fall into the water.
6. Only practice safe swimming behaviors.
Don’t engage in extended breath-holding activities underwater. You could black out and drown.
7. Always use a water-watcher. No one should
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swim alone. Examples of good safety behavior by adults are important for your children.
Members of the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA) are committed to the safe use and enjoyment of pools, spas, and hot tubs, and adhere to a code of business ethics.
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