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- Swim Lessons: Contact your local pool, YMCA, or the Blaine County Recreation District for a list of reputable, experienced, licensed instructors.
- Assigned Water Watchers: Assign a trusted adult to be a water watcher and pay constant attention to children in the water.
- Learn CPR: Contact St. Luke’s for class dates and times.
- Safe Swim Areas: Supervised pools, designated swim areas in open water, and areas where lifeguards are present.
- Fences, Gates and Locked Doors: Ensure there are barriers between your children and water sources. This includes bathrooms, ponds, ditches and standing water in yards.
- Life Vests/Floation Devices: Make sure your children are wearing properly fitted, Coast Guard-approved life vests when boating or recreating in open or swift-moving water. Provide a life vest or floatation device for kids in pools who can’t swim or can’t swim well.
- Teen Awareness: Good communication with your teen about water safety will go a long way! Always know where they are swimming and that they aren’t swimming alone. Ensure they have a life jacket that fits, a way to call for help, and they understand, even teens who can swim drown every year.
For more information, contact St. Luke’s Center for Community Health, (208) 727-8733.
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