Just yesterday we talked about the importance of not taking our eyes off children in swimming pools for fear that a drowning may occur, the worst nightmare of any parent that can occur in just 20 seconds. An oversight can be fatal when there are children and water involved.
Today I want to teach you the incredible video of a six-month-old baby who falls into the water (distressing situations if there are any), and floats to avoid drowning thanks to a method of aquatic autorescate that you have learned.
One of the precautions we must take when preventing drowning is Do not leave toys or objects in the water or on the curb of the pool since these, when floating or sinking, attract the attention of children who can fall into the water trying to reach them.
That is precisely what we see in the video posted on Facebook by Keri Morrison of her little daughter, Josie, who goes behind a sandal, does not control and falls into the water.
Jake, Keri's eldest son and Josie's brother, died drowned in 2013 when he was two years old. This unfortunate accident led his mother to create the Live Live Jake Foundation to raise awareness and support other families who have gone through the same experience.
After the experience, they wanted the little girl in the family to learn to swim as soon as possible, that's why Josie, with only six months, is already an expert in aquatic autorescate.
What is aquatic autorcate?
The ISR (Infant Swim Resource) or water self-rescue method it's basically about teaching children skills that will keep you afloat and survive in the water.
The technique is aimed at babies from six months and consists of teaching them to hold their breath for a few seconds with their eyes open so that they can look for the surface and roll over on their back. So they float on their backs with their faces out of the water until someone can rescue them.
The method was created by Dr. Harvey Barnett so that babies could survive in case of accidents, and today it has also become a swimming initiation technique that helps save many lives.
It has its defenders and its detractors, since the training of children of a few months has raised hundreds of criticisms on social networks, because it is believed to be unnecessary stress to the point of eliminating the video from the account where it had been viralized What do you think of this technique?
