Pehea e hana ai i nā hana wai e like me ka hikiʻole?
Inā heleʻoe i ka hoʻomaha, hoʻolohe i ka'ōlelo aʻo no nā mākua no ka palekana ma ka wai e pono ai. Ma hope o nā mea a pau,ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā lawelawe hoʻopakele i nā wahi a pau, aʻo ia hoʻi,ʻaʻole paha e hiki i ka wā eʻauʻau ai i kahi pēpē make. No laila, e wehewehe i ke keiki i nā kulekele o kēiaʻano ma kahi kokoke i ka loko iʻa.
- Inā hiki i kāu keiki keʻauʻau, maiʻae iā ia eʻauʻau i kahi lōʻihi mai ke kahakai aku.
- I ka manawa maʻamau, ma ka kūkākūkāʻana no nā mākua e pili ana i ka palekana o nā keiki ma ka wai, pono lākou e kau i nā ola a me nā lole. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo loa i ke olaʻole o ke keiki, akā e hiki iā ia ke noho ma ka wai a hiki i ka hikiʻana o ke kōkua.
- Maiʻae i nā keiki e luʻu ma nā wahiʻaʻole i kūlike i kēia: ma ka wai pāpaʻu a iʻole kahi paʻakikī o ka lepo a iʻole i uhiʻia me nā'īlioʻeleʻele.
ʻO ka palekana o nā keiki kulalani ma luna o ka wai he kumu maʻamau no nā mākua. ʻAʻole hiki i ka wā lōʻihi ke hanaʻia i kēlā loko iʻa (ʻoi lōʻihi ma mua o 20 mau minuke) i mea e pale ai i ka mimili a me ka sunstroke. - Ma nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka palekana ma ka wai, e aʻoʻoe i ka wā e pāʻani ai ke keiki i ka makaʻala: mai hoʻonele i kekahi mau keiki'ē aʻe, a emiʻole i ke ahi e like me ka hoʻohenehene.
- Maiʻae i kāu mau keiki eʻauʻau i loko o nā loko me ka nui o nā algae: hiki ke maʻalahi lākou i loko o lākou a make.