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A GPs advice – planning for the unexpected
In our practice we have unfortunately seen too many near drownings or accidental deaths due ...
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A couple of years ago I worked in the chemical industry and there safety was the first consideration in many decisions. In fact, the company’s license to operate was dependant on doing business safely. Why is it then, when operating within a home environment, similar stringent safety precautions are not expected? The pool industry needs [...]
A GPs advice – planning for the unexpected
In our practice we have unfortunately seen too many near drownings or accidental deaths due to drowning. These are always very horrifying experiences and some prevention and knowledge/training can make the difference between life and death. 75% of pool drowning victims are between 1 to 3 years old and, at the time, the child is [...]
Apathy towards pool safety must be addressed
By now everybody within the City of Johannesburg knows that I have been punting the idea of swimming pool safety, and for a long time too. Unfortunately we still lose children every year, especially those under 7 years of age, to drowning. And most of these are drownings in private / domestic swimming pools. When [...]
Please Mommy, Daddy don’t hurt me?
Seasonal Drowning Syndrome is the misconception that children only drown during the summer season, in a swimming pool and only in large bodies of water. The clever media people (newspapers, magazines, radio, television) created the Seasonal Drowning Syndrome by annually, September to December, dramatically placing great emphasis on the need for children to learn to [...]