Increasing Swimming Pool Security PDF

INCREASING SWIMMING POOL SECURITY Done by : Alia Aldhaheri 20220218 Sara Al Ahmed 202322176 Rahaf Ghanim 202307103 Shamma Al Darei 202319782 BACKGROUND A study conducted in 2014 highlighted that unintentional injuries amount for the highest cause of mort...

INCREASING SWIMMING POOL SECURITY Done by : Alia Aldhaheri 20220218 Sara Al Ahmed 202322176 Rahaf Ghanim 202307103 Shamma Al Darei 202319782 BACKGROUND A study conducted in 2014 highlighted that unintentional injuries amount for the highest cause of mortality among children, aged between 0 to 4 years (van Beelen, Beirens, den Hertog, van Beeck, & Raat 2014). Source – change4health.gov.hk These injuries include falling from height, drowning, burns, and poisoning. (Hasan et al., 2021) reported that drowning is responsible for around 320,000 deaths across the globe, annually, among which 25% of these deaths occur in swimming pools. Owing to the large number of luxury houses present in the UAE, containing swimming Source – Google pools, it has become crucial to devise KEY STATISTICS OF THE PROBLEM IDENTIFIED UNICEF (2015) AND WHO (2016) declared UAE – among developed countries – to register thrice the number of deaths, among children (0 to 5) than Norway, and twice the amount to Australia (Abdulrahman, 2016). (Zaki et al., 2023) posits that 6% individuals are consumed by death, in the UAE, because of drowning. Source – Zaki et al., (2023) CONTINUED According to Ministry of Health, the number of drownings, among children (aged between 0 to 14 years), was 76 between years 2000-2006. No. of