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Pasadena leaders and Rose Bowl Aquatic Center push water-safety training at public event
Summary
City officials, public-health staff and Rose Bowl Aquatic Center leaders highlighted drowning-prevention measures, shared local statistics and personal stories, and staged a joint lifeguard–fire-department rescue and CPR demonstration to encourage swim lessons and hands-only CPR.
Melanie Sauer, executive director of the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center, opened a water-safety awareness event in Pasadena by urging residents to sign children and adults up for swim lessons and to learn CPR, saying the effort requires partnerships between the center, the city and local schools.
"Water safety and swimming lessons are essential," Sauer said, asking attendees to consider ‘‘is there somebody in your life that you can encourage to sign up for a swimming lesson, a child or an adult, to learn CPR, and just be vigilant around water.’’
The event assembled public-health, fire and elected officials to stress why prevention matters. Dr. Matthew Feaster, an epidemiologist with the Pasadena Public Health Department, gave local context: he said 31 percent of drownings in Pasadena…
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