He ala maikaʻi loa ka ʻauʻau ʻana e hoʻoikaika a neʻe i kou kino. Hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa iā ʻoe iho a mālama i kou olakino me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻiʻo āpau o kou kino. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole kēia e hōʻole i ka hiki ʻana o kekahi pilikia.
Ke pili i ka leʻaleʻa poolside, ʻo ka palekana wai ka mea nui loa. Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka mea e makaʻala ai a pehea e pale aku ai, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ke kauwela o ke ola!
No nā keiki makahiki 1-4, ʻo ke kau ʻana ke kumu maʻamau o ka make—ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mau mea hiki ke pale ʻia. Hiki iā ʻoe a me kāu mau keiki ke leʻaleʻa i ka lā me ka hopohopo ʻole e pili ana i nā pilikia e pili ana i ka ʻauʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe a me kāu mau keiki ke aʻo ʻauʻau kūpono a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā ʻenehana palekana wai.
ʻO kahi leʻaleʻa leʻaleʻa o ke kauwela e hauʻoli ai ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa ʻo ka ʻauʻau! Akā hiki ke lilo i mea pōʻino inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e hahai i nā ʻōlelo palekana wai kūpono. ʻO ka mea koʻikoʻi e hoʻomanaʻo, ʻo ia ka hahai ʻana i nā alakaʻi a me nā kaʻina hana e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i ka palekana o ʻoe a me kou ʻohana, inā ʻoe i loko o ka wai ākea a i ʻole ka loko. ʻOiai inā he kanaka ʻauʻau maikaʻi ʻoe, hiki i nā hanana i manaʻo ʻole ʻia ke hiki mai a hiki ke neʻe ke kai iā ʻoe.
ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka loko i loko o kou hale he ala maikaʻi loa ia e hauʻoli ai i ke kauwela! Akā, e hoʻomanaʻo i ka wā e hoʻohana ʻole ʻia ai nā loko liʻiliʻi, pono e hoʻokaʻawale ʻia a hoʻoheheʻe ʻia. Ke waiho ʻia nā loko i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka mālama ʻole ʻia, hiki i kahi keiki hele hewa ke paʻa i ka wai a make. He mea nui ka hoʻokahe ʻana a me ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana no ka wehe ʻana i ka pilikia o ka lumo, hiki ke hana ʻia i loko o ʻelua ʻīniha wai.
ʻAʻole ma ke kai wale nō, akā ma ka ʻāina kekahi, ʻo ka palekana ka mea nui. Hiki i nā keiki ke pale i ke komo ʻana i loko o ka loko wai ma nā ʻano pōʻino, e like me ka lele ʻana a i ʻole ma luna o nā noho, ma ka mālama ʻana i nā wahi a puni me nā lako a me nā mea nui ʻē aʻe.
E mālama i ka pā a puni kou loko wai. ʻAʻole hiki i ka mea hele wāwae ke komo maʻalahi i kāu loko wai me kou ʻike ʻole. Hiki ke ala mai kekahi ʻano pilikia inā hiki ʻole ke ʻauʻau a ʻike ʻole i ka ʻauʻau ʻana i loko o ka wai me ka mālama ʻole ʻia. I ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā iwilei me ka pā i hoʻokaʻawale ʻole i ka loko a me ka hale, ua ʻōlelo ka US Consumer Product Safety Commission ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pā ʻehā ʻaoʻao e hoʻokaʻawale i ka pā holoʻokoʻa mai ka hale e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka pōʻino o kahi keiki ma 83%.
Hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa i kahi pōʻino make; hiki i ka poʻe ʻauʻau akamai ke loaʻa. Aia nā keiki i loko o ka wai, pono e mālama ʻia lākou.
No kēlā me kēia kanaka, ʻo ka hiki ke ʻauʻau he mea pono no ke ola; ʻo ka wikiwiki āu e aʻo ai, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. ʻAʻole kōkua wale ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana i kāu keiki i nā haʻawina ʻauʻau iā ia e aʻo i kēia mākaukau hoʻopakele ola akā mālama pū nō hoʻi iā lākou i ka ʻeleu a paipai i ke ola olakino. Wahi a nā haʻawina, lawe kūpono Hiki i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻauʻau ke hōʻoki i ka manawa o ka make ʻana e 88%.
E hōʻoia i kahi kanaka makua kuleana i aʻo ʻia i ka CPR inā e hele ana ʻoe i ka wai. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻoe e pono pinepine, ʻo ke aʻo ʻana i ka hana CPR pololei hiki ke hoʻopakele maoli i ke ola o ke kanaka.
ʻOiai ua kaulana lākou no ka leo gurgling a lākou e hoʻopuka ai i ka kānana ʻana i kāu loko wai, ua ʻike anei ʻoe he pōʻino nō hoʻi nā kahawai wai? lauoho loloa a Hiki ke hopu ʻia nā lole ʻauʻau ʻeke i loko o nā ʻauʻau wai i hōʻike ʻia, e paʻa ana i nā keiki ma lalo o ka wai a pale iā lākou mai ka neʻe ʻana. Hiki iā ʻoe ke wehe i kēia pilikia mai kou noʻonoʻo me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā uhi wai.
ʻO kekahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa o ke kauwela no nā ʻohana he nui ke kipa ʻana i ke kahakai a me ka loko. Eia naʻe, pili kēia hana i ka ʻeleu a me ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka manawa nui ma waho i ka lā. Ke ʻike ʻoe e hoʻonui ana ʻoe i ka manawa ma waho i ka wā wela, pono ia e hoʻonui i kou inu wai a inu hou aku i ka wai no ka mea hiki i kēia mau mea ʻelua ke alakaʻi i ka dehydration.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka lā, ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pale lā e pale iā ʻoe mai kona mau kukuna pōʻino inā he 50 degere ma waho a he ao a he 85 degere ma waho a wela. Ma muli o ka mālamalama o nā loko wai, ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o ka ʻoi aku o ka ʻoi aku o nā kukuna o ka lā. E hōʻoia i ka wai ʻole o kāu pale lā ma mua o ka ʻauʻau ʻana, a hoʻopili hou iā ia i kēlā me kēia ʻelua hola e mālama i kāna mau pono palekana.
He mea koʻikoʻi ka ʻike ʻana i ka nui o nā hoʻonohonoho e hiki mai ai nā poho. ʻAʻole hiki mai nā pōʻino o kēia ʻano ma nā loko ʻauʻau. Hiki i kahi kamaliʻi liʻiliʻi ke pale i loko o kahi puddle pāpaʻu, kahi bākeke, a i ʻole ka ʻauʻau ʻauʻau.
Eia kekahi, aia kekahi mau ʻano hoʻololi hou e pili ana i ka palekana o ʻoe a me kou ʻohana kokoke i ka wai. I ka hele ʻana i nā wai ākea e like me nā loko a me nā kahakai, e hoʻomanaʻo i kēia mau alakaʻi hou:
Hiki ke hoʻopilikia nui ʻia ka leʻaleʻa i ka wai e ka lewa. Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana i ka wai i ka wā he hekili a me ka uila, hiki i ka ua nui ke hōʻemi i ka ʻike ʻia o ka loko. Hiki i nā ʻāhuʻu a me nā nalu ikaika ke ʻike i nā wai a paʻakikī ke ʻike ʻia, kahi e pōʻino ai ka ʻauʻau ʻana i ka wai ākea. I mea e leʻaleʻa loa ai ʻoe i ka wā e noho palekana ai, e nānā mau i ke aniau ma mua o kou komo ʻana i ka wai.
ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā inflatables ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo e hāʻawi i kekahi i kahi manaʻo palekana. Hiki i nā mea ke lilo i mea make inā haki ka ʻenehana a ʻaʻole hiki i ka mea hoʻohana ke ʻauʻau iā lākou iho. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea lele i ka wai hāmama he mea weliweli loa ia, ʻoiai e leʻaleʻa paha lākou ma kahi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi e like me ka loko.
ʻO kahi hoʻolālā maikaʻi e mālama pono i ka wai ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana hoa! He mea koʻikoʻi ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi ma kahi kokoke inā pilikia, me ka nānā ʻole i kou akamai ʻauʻau. Inā loaʻa kahi pōʻino i lilo ai ʻoe i mea kōkua ʻole, ʻaʻole nui paha kou manawa e pakele ai me ka pōʻino ʻole inā ʻoe wale nō. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana e hoʻohui i kahi pae palekana hou aʻe!