WATER SAFETY: AustinCityParks says sparking water swimming pools are coming to the city this summer. April Fools! The department's joke aims to bring awareness to downing prevention and water safety.
Although a pool full of sparkling water sounds fun, it wasPARD's way of having a good April Fools laugh. As temperatures continue to heat up, more Austinites are heading to the pool, and Austin PARD wants to bring awareness to water safety and drowning prevention. The link attached to the tricky tweet brings viewers to statistics of drowning incidents in Texas, and some water safety resources.
in 2019 to review six years of ATCEMS emergency responses to drownings and found that 70% of them occur in the summer, 80% of drownings occur in pools, and 69% are children between one and four-years-old. Just 28% of drownings receive CPR from a bystander prior to EMS arriving. The city offers free CPR classes for all ages at 512-972-SAFE orTexas loses one person per day to unintentional drowning, according to the CDC.
The city notes that drowning does not discriminate- it affects people of any age, race, gender, socioeconomic level and swimming ability. In an effort to decrease these statistics, the City of Austin, Travis County, Colin's Hope and the Central Texas Drowning Prevention Action Team are working together to hold an April Pool's Day Conference on Wednesday, April 6.
The conference will be held at Batholomew Pool and will feature press conference speakers and discussions on water safety and drowning prevention.
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