Abu Dhabi Police confirms: Negligence is a major cause of beach accidents
Parents "cruising" on social media... and children facing drowning
Drowning accidents are a major cause of death from unintentional injuries in the country.
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Last year, the National Ambulance responded to more than 19 drowning accidents, 4 in the northern regions.
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Beach and swimming pool-goers have observed families neglecting their children while swimming, due to their preoccupation with browsing phones, which puts their children's lives at risk of drowning.
They told "Emirates Today" that they observed many situations that called for the intervention of lifeguards, to prevent young children using buoys, from moving away from beaches, or from entering deep areas, to catch a game or a ball pulled by the water, so that the waves would not sweep them inside.
While Abu Dhabi Police called on people, as part of an awareness campaign, to take advantage of 12 tips, each of which is a lifeline to protect children from drowning while swimming, the National Ambulance confirmed that drowning accidents are a major cause of death from unintended injuries in the country.
In detail, large numbers of families are flocking to the beaches during the current period, with the rise in temperatures.
Muhammad Yassin stated that “some parents are busy using phones, browsing social media, and neglecting to monitor their children while swimming,” considering that this is “one of the most dangerous forms of neglect, because the drowning of the child in the water is fast, especially since there are large numbers of seagoers in these areas. period of the year.”
Omar Ahmed agreed with him, saying: “Despite the presence of lifeguards on all beaches, this does not prevent the presence of supervision by accompanying children while swimming.” His guardian is absent, whether sitting on the beach, or swimming alone.
Abu Hazaa stressed the importance of intensifying awareness programs for families with safety guidelines while swimming with children, “because neglecting to monitor the child while swimming, even for a few seconds, may cost his life,” noting that “many parents are committed to following their children while swimming, but some He gets carried away with social media on the phone, and he neglects it.”
Over the past years, the state’s beaches have witnessed several drowning incidents, in which a number of children were killed, for reasons related to the parents’ preoccupation with observing them, ignoring warning signs, and regulations placed on beaches, which warn against swimming in some dangerous places, as well as the failure to take preventive measures for safety and swimming. in unauthorized places.
Abu Dhabi Police warned parents not to be distracted by phones while their children are swimming, stressing the danger of leaving children unsupervised in swimming pools, and the need to accompany them and intensify supervision over them, in order to avoid drowning accidents.
She cautioned that negligence is a major cause of drowning incidents of children, which requires not being distracted by them.
And she explained, as part of her "Safe Summer" campaign, that there are 12 lifelines to protect children from drowning while swimming, including not using the swimming pools alone, putting a safe fence around the pools, being familiar with swimming, making the floor surrounding the pool non-slip, and providing children with collars. Tools and life jackets while swimming, parents not being occupied with phones while their children are swimming, parents learning the principles of first aid, locking doors leading to swimming pools when not in use, not enabling children under three years of age to enter swimming pools, and providing swimming pools with fixed ladders And metal handles distributed around its perimeter, and not to ignore safety instructions, stressing the importance of taking these things into consideration in order to preserve their safety.
For its part, the National Ambulance warned beach and swimming pool visitors not to neglect safety guidelines, as drowning accidents are a major cause of death from unintended injuries in the country, noting that last year it responded to more than 194 drowning accidents in swimming pools and beaches in the northern regions.
He called for caution and following safety instructions related to going to beaches or swimming pools, swimming in licensed and safe places where lifeguards are available and in safe weather conditions, and observing children and never leaving them, while wearing a swimming jacket.
He said that he recently launched the "Safety in Water" initiative with the aim of raising community awareness of the most important safety guidelines and ways to prevent drowning that beach and swimming pool goers must follow.
It seeks through it to reduce this type of accidents, and to support community members in spending an enjoyable and safe summer.
He stressed the importance of observing children, wearing swimming suits, gradually descending into the water using the feet, and refraining from running in the vicinity of swimming pools.
In the event of feeling tired, cold or high temperature while swimming, you must get out of the water and take a rest in a safe and shaded area, and not to resist the pulling current, but to keep calm and swim parallel to the shore, not to jump to save the drowned, because this will endanger both sides, but rather Rescuer must be alerted or call 999/997 for rescue and 998 for ambulance.
Help can be provided by using a life ring or a long tool, such as a stick, to pull them to safety.
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International studies have confirmed that drowning constitutes the largest proportion of deaths in children under five, all over the world, explaining that “a child is prone to drowning in a few minutes, with a small amount of water.”
She called on parents to abide by the advice and instructions related to protecting children from drowning accidents.
Beachgoers:
• "Neglecting to watch the child while swimming for a few seconds may cost his life."
• “The savior’s whistle gets louder whenever a child goes into the sea while his guardian is absent.”
• 194 drowning accidents in the northern regions responded to by the National Ambulance last year.
• 12 tips issued by Abu Dhabi Police.. Each is a life raft to protect children from drowning while swimming.
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