LHSC officials stress importance of water safety in bid to prevent summer drownings
“Lack of supervision, or swimming alone, doing water activities swimming impaired, or not … using a personal flotation device,” she said.
According to figures from the Lifesaving Society Canada, some 66 per cent of drownings take place between May and September, with 34 per cent occurring in lakes or ponds, and 29 per cent in rivers.In 32 per cent of drowning fatalities, the agency says those involved were swimming, while 13 per cent were fishing, 12 per cent walking, running or playing near water, and 11 per cent power boating.
“What we need to focus on right now, today as you’re going to the pool or lake, is really that supervision and that buddy system … We’re really asking that people not go swimming independently.”At least nine per cent of drownings occur in pools, according to the Lifesaving Society Canada, which pulls its figures from each province and territory’s chief coroner or medical examiner.
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