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CPSC Launches Campaign to About Pool and Spa Safety

May 25, 2010 By The CPSC Leave a Comment

POOL SAFELY CAMPAIGN AIMS TO REDUCE CHILD DROWNINGS AND ENTRAPMENTS CPSC, OLYMPIANS HOLD PRESS EVENT TO RELEASE NEW DEATH AND INJURY DATA

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – THE U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC) TODAY KICKS-OFF THE POOL SAFELY CAMPAIGN (WWW.POOLSAFELY.GOV), A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORT TO REDUCE CHILD DROWNINGS AND NON-FATAL SUBMERSIONS, AND ENTRAPMENTS IN SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS. AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE FORT LAUDERDALE AQUATIC COMPLEX TODAY, OLYMPIC SWIMMERS JASON LEZAK AND JANET EVANS JOINED INEZ TENENBAUM, CHAIRMAN OF THE CPSC; U.S. REP. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (D-FL); AND NANCY BAKER, MOTHER OF VIRGINIA GRAEME BAKER, TO OFFICIALLY LAUNCH POOL SAFELY AND RELEASE THE CPSC’S ANNUAL SUBMERSION AND ENTRAPMENT REPORTS.

TODAY, CPSC RELEASED ITS ANNUAL REPORTS ON CHILDREN’S SUBMERSION AND ENTRAPMENT INCIDENTS WHICH SHOWED:

FROM 2005-2007 THERE WAS AN ANNUAL AVERAGE OF 385 POOL AND SPA-RELATED DROWNINGS FOR CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 15; ABOUT 78 PERCENT, OR 299, OF THESE CHILDREN WERE YOUNGER THAN FIVE. FROM 2007-2009, THERE WERE AN ESTIMATED AVERAGE OF 4,200 POOL OR SPA EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT-TREATED SUBMERSIONS FOR CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 15; AND CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12 TO 35 MONTHS REPRESENTED 47 PERCENT OF ESTIMATED INJURIES FOR THESE YEARS. ABOUT 54 PERCENT OF THE ESTIMATED INJURIES FOR 2007 – 2009 AND 74 PERCENT OF THE FATALITIES FOR 2005 – 2007 INVOLVING CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN FIFTEEN OCCURRED AT A RESIDENCE. MOST REPORTED FATALITIES OCCURRED ON THE DAY OF (73 PERCENT) OR WITHIN A WEEK OF (ADDITIONAL 23 PERCENT) THE SUBMERSION INCIDENT. JUST FOUR PERCENT OF FATAL VICTIMS SURVIVED BEYOND A WEEK OF THE SUBMERSION; THESE VICTIMS HAD SEVERE INJURIES AND REQUIRED INTENSIVE MEDICAL CARE. THERE WERE NO REPORTED ENTRAPMENT FATALITIES FOR 2009. CPSC DID RECEIVE EIGHT REPORTS OF ENTRAPMENT INCIDENTS IN WHICH SEVEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED DURING 2009.

FOR THE COMPLETE REPORTS SEE: POOL AND SPA SUBMERSIONS 2010 (PDF) AND CIRCULATION/SUCTION ENTRAPMENTS 2010 (PDF). THE YEARS FOR REPORTED INJURY AND FATALITY STATISTICS DIFFER AS A RESULT OF THE LAG IN FATALITY REPORTING.

“IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE NUMBERS REPRESENT FAMILY TRAGEDIES. PREVENTING CHILD DROWNINGS YEAR ROUND IS A PRIORITY FOR THE CPSC,” SAID CHAIRMAN TENENBAUM. “THE POOL SAFELY CAMPAIGN WILL START A NATIONAL CONVERSATION WITH PARENTS AND CHILDREN, POOL OWNERS AND OPERATORS AND INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS ABOUT THE SIMPLE SAFETY STEPS THEY CAN TAKE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES IN AND AROUND POOLS AND SPAS. THESE INCIDENTS ARE PREVENTABLE, SO OUR MISSION IS TO CHANGE THE WAY FAMILIES THINK AND ACT ABOUT POOL AND SPA SAFETY.”

THE POOL SAFELY CAMPAIGN IS A KEY PART OF THE CPSC’S EFFORTS TO CARRY OUT THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 1407 OF THE VIRGINIA GRAEME BAKER POOL AND SPA SAFETY ACT (P&SS ACT), FEDERAL LEGISLATION SIGNED INTO LAW IN 2007 MANDATING NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR POOL AND SPA SAFETY. IT INCLUDES A REQUIREMENT FOR A NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN DESIGNED TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS, SUPPORT INDUSTRY COMPLIANCE, AND IMPROVE SAFETY AT POOLS AND SPAS.

“I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE OF POOL SAFETY THROUGHOUT MY CAREER AND TODAY MARKS A KEY MILESTONE IN THE ONGOING FIGHT TO REDUCE ACCIDENTAL DROWNING,” SAID CONGRESSWOMAN DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, AUTHOR OF THE VIRGINIA GRAEME BAKER POOL AND SPA SAFETY ACT. “EDUCATING COMMUNITIES ON THE POTENTIAL DANGERS OF SWIMMING POOLS IS A CRITICAL TOOL IN SAVING THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN. I AM SO PLEASED TO HAVE WORKED WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN CONGRESS TO PROVIDE THE FUNDS NEEDED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN.”

THE POOL SAFELY CAMPAIGN WILL DELIVER AN IMPORTANT AND SIMPLE MESSAGE: JUST ADDING AN EXTRA SAFETY STEP IN AND AROUND THE WATER CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. YOUR GREATEST WATER SAFETY ASSURANCE COMES FROM ADOPTING AND PRACTICING AS MANY WATER SAFETY MEASURES AS POSSIBLE, INCLUDING: BARRIERS THAT COMPLETELY SURROUND THE POOL WITH SELF-CLOSING, SELF-LATCHING GATES; STAYING CLOSE, BEING ALERT, AND WATCHING CHILDREN AT THE POOL; LEARNING AND PRACTICING WATER SAFETY SKILLS (KNOWING HOW TO SWIM AND PERFORM CPR); AND HAVING THE APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT (COMPLIANT DRAIN COVERS, ALARMS, BARRIERS AND SENSORS).

THE CAMPAIGN WILL HIGHLIGHT THE NEED TO IMPLEMENT A “PERSONAL SYSTEM OF SAFETY” THAT CONSISTS OF ADDING AS MANY PROVEN WATER SAFETY PRACTICES AS POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND POOLS AND SPAS.

“AS A PARENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN, I KNOW THERE’S NO SINGLE, SURE-FIRE WAY TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY AROUND POOLS AND SPAS,” ADDED JANET EVANS, FIVE-TIME OLYMPIC MEDALIST IN SWIMMING. “WHETHER IT’S ENROLLING THEM IN SWIMMING LESSONS OR SIMPLY WATCHING THEM AT ALL TIMES, THERE IS ALWAYS ONE MORE THING I CAN DO. THE POOL SAFELY CAMPAIGN OFFERS A VARIETY OF SIMPLE STEPS WE CAN ALL TAKE TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN IN POOLS AND SPAS.”

POOL SAFELY WILL SERVE AS AN INFORMATION HUB DELIVERING CAMPAIGN TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO VARIOUS OUTREACH CHANNELS. CPSC HAS TAKEN THE LEAD BY PARTNERING WITH NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CHILDRE

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