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Aquatics Supervision and Water Safety Updates

Stay updated with the latest information on aquatics supervision, CDC MAHC guidelines, and water safety in the USA. Learn about paddle craft safety in moving water and the requirements for handling them. Get qualified as an instructor and teach others about water safety. Stay informed with updates from various organizations dedicated to water safety.

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Aquatics Supervision and Water Safety Updates

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  1. Updates: • Aquatics Supervision • CDC MAHC • Water Safety USA

  2. Revised 2013 with updates at next printing

  3. Aquatics Supervision: Paddle Craft Safety Moving Water Options

  4. AS: PCS Moving Water Options WHY ? • Leader skills required by Safety Afloat • Many units already paddle rivers • ACA or other training inadequate (?)

  5. AS: PCS Moving Water Requirements: • Current Safety Afloat & basic PCS • Review ACA / BSA moving water video • Instructor lead river trip of at least 3 miles with class I and II features, during which • Unload, launch, land, load • Basic strokes in moving water • River signals • Controlled swamp in a current

  6. AS: PCS Moving Water Requirements: • Swim in current with throw bag rescue • Deploy throw bag • Canoe: cross draw, Kayak: low brace • Ferry, eddy turn, and peel out • Scout a rapid from shore and run • Scout a hazard from shore and portage • Write unit float plan for same river

  7. AS: PCS Instructor Qualifications: • Take the course • Assist current instructor with course • Teach course assisted by instructor • 1:6 instructor – participant ratio • Offer instructor course at Summit during 2016 workshop?

  8. Concept video Questions & Comments?

  9. Updates: • Aquatics Supervision • CDC MAHC What, Why, So What?

  10. http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/pools/mahc/

  11. Questions and Comments?

  12. Updates: • Aquatics Supervision • CDC MAHC • Water Safety USA

  13. Water Safety USA Prior to February 2014 there was no national multi-agency effort in the United States dedicated to addressing water safety and drowning prevention. To fill this gap a consortium of leading national governmental and nongovernmental organizations with a strong record of providing drowning prevention, water safety programs and public education, established Water Safety USA. Its mission is to empower people with resources, information, and tools to safely enjoy and benefit from our nation's aquatic environments. The overarching approach of Water Safety USA is to engage in ongoing dialog aimed at improving our aggregate delivery of water safety information, tools and resources such that they are as effective as possible. American Academy of Pediatrics American Red Cross Boy Scouts of America Centers for Disease Control Consumer Product Safety Commission National Park Service National Safe Boating Council National Swimming Pool Foundation Safe Kids Worldwide U. S. Coast Guard United States Lifesaving Association USA Swimming Foundation YMCA of the USA GSA - ACA

  14. Common messaging • Best practices • Trends & data • Sharing resources • YMCA - Redwoods

  15. Whale Tales, ACA 10 ways to survive

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