Water can be dangerous particularly for families with small children, so each family with a hot tub ought to have some type of safety policy. This article will give some fundamental hot tub safety tips that can be adopted by families for the protection of its children and other members.

The first safety tip for hot tubs is never to leave children alone with a hot tub full of water. It is not a question of whether the child can swim or not. Children play, fight and mess about. They could fall over, bang their head, become unconscious and drown. There are a number of scenarios where this could happen and it is just better to not give bad luck an opportunity. Do not allow children in a tub on their own or even anywhere near it if it is full.

It is fairly usual to have an alcoholic drink when in the hot tub in the evening, but be careful not to get drunk. It is very perilous to be out of control or even fall unconscious while you are in or in water and this goes doubly for a hot tub because they are so relaxing. The warm water, the soothing motion of the water and excess alcohol or other drugs could lead to you falling asleep and drowning.

However, it is not only while you are in the tub that being drunk is risky, being a bit wobbly is arguably even more perilous when you are climbing in or out of the tub because you could fall, bump your head and drown whilst unconscious. Never let anyone use your hot tub if they are intoxicated or stoned unless there are sober or straight individuals there too. This rule should be applied to those on medication too.

Another danger, be it ever so slight is that of long hair being sucked into the filtration and cleaning system. If a young child with long hair had its hair sucked into the drain, it could have difficulty getting back above the water line, particularly if it panicked. Another reason never to leave children unsupervised in a pool or spa.

It is a useful idea to know how to turn the spa’s motor or pump off quickly, so that if there is an issue with hair entanglement, you can release the child by turning the pump off quickly which ought to release the child.

The electricity leads to the tub will be pretty well protected, particularly if it was fitted by a professional, but is worth checking every now and again that the cables are all still protected from water, because as we all know, water and electricity do not mix well.

Also keep this in mind if you take any mains powered apparatus like a radio, TV or computer to the spa with you too. Locate all electrical devices well away from the spa and far enough away that they will not get splashed. They can be controlled by a remote device without any danger.

Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on a number of topics, but is now concerned with Hot Springs hot tubs. If you would like to know more, please visit our site at Hot Springs Spa Parts

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