{"id":2389,"date":"2010-06-28T00:20:22","date_gmt":"2010-06-28T05:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/?p=2389"},"modified":"2010-06-29T06:34:27","modified_gmt":"2010-06-29T11:34:27","slug":"water-safety-tips-your-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2010\/06\/water-safety-tips-your-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Safety Tips For Your Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As with most child safety measures, that usually starts with proper supervision which is one of the best ways to keep your children safe in the water. That means watching your children when they are in or around water, even if they know how to swim. Remember that swim lessons don\u2019t make children, especially younger children, drown proof. \u00a0Note other important water safety tips to consider with warm weather finally approaching.\u00a0<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0 Childproof your swimming pool so that it is enclosed by a permanent fence (which is better than a removable pool fence) with \u00a0a self-closing and self-latching gate that is difficult for younger children to open;\u00a0<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0 Have everyone wear Coast Guard-approved life jackets, and not just those cute floaties, on boats, jet skis, and on other personal watercraft;\u00a0<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0 Make sure you know water depth before you let your children dive;\u00a0<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0 Only swim in designated areas in the ocean and make sure everyone is aware how to escape rip currents, swim parallel to the beach until you are out of the rip current and can swim back to shore;\u00a0<\/p>\n

5)\u00a0 As a family, take CPR lessons\u00a0<\/p>\n

6)\u00a0 Apply sunscreen at least 15 to 30 minutes before going out in the sun and reapply it at least every two hours, especially if your child has been in the water; keep your phone close at all times, you never know when you may need to make that emergency call.<\/p>\n

For more information on health insurance coverage in North Carolina<\/a>, please visit our website at www.nchealthplans.com<\/a> or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our qualified agents. Our agency provides coverage for health insurance in North Carolina through Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC). <\/a>You may qualify for a 15% healthy lifestyle discount if you are in excellent health. Call us for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As with most child safety measures, that usually starts with proper supervision which is one of the best ways to keep your children safe in the water. That means watching your children when they are in or around water, even if they know how to swim. Remember that swim lessons don\u2019t make children, especially younger […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[23,136,34,264],"class_list":["post-2389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-bcbsnc","tag-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-north-carolina","tag-childrens-health","tag-water-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2451,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389\/revisions\/2451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}