Water Safety

Head Injuries
In pools, head, neck, and spinal injuries most often occur
at the shallow end, in a corner or where the bottom
slopes from shallow to deep water.

At beaches, these injuries happen mainly

when someone plunges head-first into
shallow water or breaking wave.

HEAD
IN J U RY
RIS K
Entering head-first into shallow water

DON'TS
Colliding with another swimmer

STRIKING A SUBMERGED OR FLOATING

OBJECT

DON'ts
RUNNING ON WET SURFACE
 Reminder
While recovering from a
concussion, we would not
recommend doing any
activity behind a boat
( tubing, wakeboarding,
water skiing, etc) as these
activities have a high risk
of head injury. We would
also not recommend
diving or jumping into
water.
Don't be
Stupid.
Never be
stupid.
When in
water