10 Important Water Park Safety Tips for Your Visits to U.S. Water Parks
Summer is here, school is almost out, and the weather is already starting to heat up. This means that it’s time to start visiting the water parks for the excitement and fun in the cool water that they provide. Our U.S. water park injury attorneys realize that you probably already know to wear appropriate clothing, including a shirt to provide sun coverage, and to apply lots of sunscreen before you go. And you should reapply the sunscreen periodically throughout the day. To help keep your visit to the water park fun and safe, here are few more water park safety tips you should follow:
- Learn how to swim. Anything can happen while you’re in the water: collisions with other water park guests, disorientation from excess chlorine, or even the powerful pull of a malfunctioning drain. Our water park injury attorneys emphasize that your confidence and ability to move safely in the water could help save you and your loved ones in case of emergency.
- Watch over children in the water. Children often take daring chances and perform ill-advised stunts in the water to impress their friends. Always be aware of where the children in your party are and of what they are doing.
- Teach children the buddy system. Having an assigned “buddy” helps ensure that no child will be left alone, and that in case anything happens, there will be someone to report it right away. When injury accidents happen in a water park or in a swimming pool, time is of the essence.
- Locate the lifeguards and safety equipment. Our water park injury attorneys mention that you should always be aware of safety and know where the lifeguards and life-saving equipment are in case anything happens.
- Never drink and dive. Drinking greatly increases your chances of an injury or fatal accident at a water park. Alcohol also dehydrates the body. Dehydration is already a danger in sunlit water parks and amusement parks. Drinking only compounds the danger and increases the chances of dangerous accidents on rides while it substantially decreases your ability to respond to them appropriately.
- Be aware of water depths. Our water park injury attorneys note that toddlers should stay in “zero-depth” pools and play areas. Children who don’t know how to swim should stay in shallow areas. And to avoid potential injuries, our water park injury attorneys note that divers should never dive into pools with less than a depth of 9 feet.
- Wear approved life jackets. Young children and adults who don’t know how to swim should wear Coast Guard-approved life jackets at all times. Some water parks have life jackets available, but quantities might be limited. It is best to always bring your own: life vests that you know fit the children and the adults in your party who require them for safety.
- Follow height and age restrictions at water parks. Some rides have height and age requirements to ensure maximum safety for riders. It’s important to follow these restrictions, as safety restraints on flumes won’t properly protect people smaller than the recommended ages and heights. And young children can become severely injured on water slides not designed for young riders.
- Read all posted signs and warnings, and follow all water park operator instructions and announcements. The signs, warnings, instructions, and announcements are designed for your safety based upon park operators’ prior experience with conditions and activities that cause injury or death.
- Take reasonable health precautions. Warn those in your party about the dangers of swallowing the water in the pools. Always use waterproof swim diapers for young children, and change their diapers only in designated changing areas. Our water park injury attorneys stress that germs spread quickly in water, especially warm, sunlit waters. Wash your hands thoroughly after changing diapers or using the restroom. And if you have any medical conditions or mobility problems, always ask your doctor about what rides or pools might be safe for you before you visit a water park.
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