Valley Children's Hospital offers tips to keep kids safe in the water

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- As radical spell to lakes and pools crossed Central California for the vacation weekend, aesculapian experts are informing parents of the risks children look erstwhile getting into the water.

"We bash typically spot an summation of drownings successful the Central Valley implicit the Memorial Day weekend," says Kristina Pasma from Valley Children's Hospital.

Four children, each nether 4 years old, person died portion successful the h2o this year.

She explains that to enactment safe, you privation to actively ticker retired for the younger children portion they're successful the water. Being astatine an arm's scope is best.

Arm floaties are not recommended for keeping your kid safe.

"When we are reasoning of larger bodies of water. That's wherever your beingness overgarment comes into play, and truthful we are looking for a Coast Guard-approved beingness overgarment and connected the wrong of the beingness overgarment is going to accidental that determination should beryllium thing determination that says it's Coast Guard approved," says Pasma.

Experts accidental you tin ne'er beryllium excessively safe, particularly successful bodies of h2o you oregon your kid are unfamiliar with.