The NSW Shadow Minister for Emergency Services has announced her support for significant changes to drowning prevention and awareness in NSW following the state election in March. Among the changes proposed by the Shadow Minister, Melinda Pavey are: Strip five government departments of responsibility for this issue Make Emergency Management NSW take charge (in a similar fashion […]
Close call in Bathtub Near Drowning
Bath time safety is an important part of drowning prevention and awareness for parents of young children. An eight month old baby boy has survived a close call this evening after briefly being left unattended during bath time at his home in Sydney’s west. The eight month old boy was being bathed when his mother briefly […]
This is why…..
This is why EVERY parent needs to learn CPR and First aid – and pay attention to the drowning prevention and awareness messages we constantly promote….. Our last post was about near drownings on New Years Day…. thankfully the near drowning of young Harley at Malinga on the NSW North Coast has had a sucessful […]
Five near drowning events in one hour
In response to a spate of near drowning incidents on New Years Day the Samuel Morris Foundation issued the following media release in relation to drowning prevention and awareness. Samuel Morris Foundation Managing Director, Michael Morris, said “The near drowning of a one year old boy at Melinga on the NSW North Coast and the […]
Christmas day near drownings
What should have been a day of joy and celebration has turned into a nervous wait for two families, one from Melbourne and one from Sydney. The Samuel Morris Foundation’s thoughts are with these families as they face a nervous wait to see if their children are fortunate enough to escape without a brain injury. […]
