Coast2Coast First Aid & Aquatics Blog

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Five children in swim caps and goggles line up at the edge of an indoor swimming pool. They are smiling and lying on their stomachs with their hands on the pool deck, ready to enter the water. One child splashes water behind them.

Swimming as a Popular and Healthy Summer Sport

Besides the fact that swimming improves balance, coordination, and posture, it is also a flourishing physical activity to enhance cardio, burn calories, and gain muscle! The popularity of the sport is a result of open participation — everyone can learn how to swim! Swimming is a non-impact activity which helps those who have problems in their joints, knees, lower back, and those who are differently abled to improve their health, movement, and their accessibility.

A person in a wetsuit performs CPR on another person lying on a rocky beach. The backdrop features a serene view of the ocean and trees. The image includes contact details for Coast2Coast First Aid & Aquatics, a Canadian Red Cross Training Partner.

The Importance of First Aid This Summer

If one thing’s sure enough, it’s this: Toronto will be absolutely hot throughout the summer. In response, many folks within the region head for the water on the weekends and holidays. Whether it’s in the form of a backyard or community pool, a beach, getting wet is that the best way to remain cool throughout the scorching summer months. However, along with all of the fun of swimming comes several dangers. In fact, drowning number one cause of accidental death for Torontonians kids aged zero to five years. These serious statistics highlight the importance of being as safe as possible when by the water this summer – and could be a reminder of the advantages of taking swimming lessons, as well.

People are practicing CPR on mannequins during a training session. A person in a bright vest is performing chest compressions on a dummy in the foreground, with others doing the same in the background. There are onlookers watching the demonstration.

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EFFECTIVE METHODS TO HANDLE CHILDREN’S HEAD INJURIES

Physical injuries, whether minor ones or major are inevitable, but it’s vital to differentiate whether a head damage is severe or not. There are a few recommendations that you can review beneath that will let you distinguish between extreme and non-extreme accidents; that we teach in our First Aid and CPR training locations.

Construction workers in orange safety gear participate in a first aid training session. One worker demonstrates a technique on a colleague lying on a blue mat, while others observe. The setting is an indoor area with large windows and a corrugated metal roof.

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