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Show Offers Timely Safety-Hints Safety-Hints for Swimmers Chicago. Some timely safety suggestions sug-gestions for swimmers are contained in a bulletin issued by the National Safety council, which says: Don't swim if you have heart trouble. It is advisable never to go in swimming swim-ming alone. - If you are tired or overheated don't go in the water. Wait at least two hours after eating eat-ing before going swimming. Dive only where you have rcurate knowledge of the depth of the water. Swimmers should not become exhausted. ex-hausted. If you have overestimated your strength, rest on your back until you feel strong enough to swim ashore. Do not struggle if caught in a swift current or undertow. The force of the current will bring you to the surface and then you can work in toward shore. He sure to learn the prone pressure method of resuscitation. Be callable of applying first aid methods to people who have been apparently drowned. |