Bathtub drowning deaths contribute to horror start to 2012 A number of recent child drowning deaths have occurred in bathtubs, contributing to the horrific start to 2012. Two deaths in Sydney in two days A nine month old baby died after drowning in a bathtub at Illawong in Sydneys south on Jan 14, followed by […]
Spreading the drowning prevention message
Spreading the drowning prevention message The Samuel Morris Foundation is working with the Australian Medical Association, Royal Life Saving Society and KidSafe and the NSW Ombudsman in a joint media event, being held at KidSafe House in the grounds of the Childrens Hospital at Westmead to promote drowning prevention messages to reduce the number of drownings […]
It takes this much water for a child to drown
Do you know how much water it takes for a child to drown? It takes this much…….. [youtube XC95OAOJaY0] That’s right it only takes that much water in a pool, bathtub, nappy bucket, play pool, bucket, bin, beach, dam or any other source of water… Supporting the launch and sharing of this campaign […]
Drowning prevention – Inflatable pool claims toddlers life
Inflatable pool claims the life of a toddler. Sadly another Australian toddler has lost their life to a drowning. Following a near drowning incident in an inflatable pool in Morpeth NSW on Friday, the 16 month old boys life support was switched off on Saturday and he passed away. Deciding to switch of your childs […]
An Ad with Impact – time to get a pool fence
We just wanted to mention this AD with impact……. Children under four are over represented in drowning statistics.. so what better time to bring water safety to the attention of parents that when they are brand new and thinking about how fragile their children are… Midalia steel are manufacturers of pool fencing and their advertising […]
