Memorial Hermann registered nurse Holly Wyckoff demonstrates CPR to Maggie Rhoden and her son, Rory, 2, and Carolina Montgomery and her children August, 3, and Christiana, 1, during the April Pools Day event held Friday.[/caption]
Children and parents learned water safety tips and life-saving techniques Friday at Memorial Hermann Katy and Katy Aquatics’ April Pools Day event.
About 150 people attended the event, which started after Memorial Hermann experienced seven drowning and near-drowning victims—all under the age of 17—at the hospital in 2012, Trauma Program Coordinator Kay Sword, said.
Holly Wyckoff, a registered nurse at Memorial Hermann and its education resource specialist of women’s services, demonstrated CPR at the event.
Wyckoff said she had to use it herself when her now 10-year-old son nearly drowned in a friend’s swimming pool when he was toddler.
She said parents need to understand that drowning is often a silent event.
“I did not hear a noise,” she said. “I did not hear a splash.”
Memorial Hermann registered nurse Holly Wyckoff demonstrates CPR to Maggie Rhoden and her son, Rory, 2, and Carolina Montgomery and her children August, 3, and Christiana, 1, during the April Pools Day event held Friday.[/caption]
Children and parents learned water safety tips and life-saving techniques Friday at Memorial Hermann Katy and Katy Aquatics’ April Pools Day event.
About 150 people attended the event, which started after Memorial Hermann experienced seven drowning and near-drowning victims—all under the age of 17—at the hospital in 2012, Trauma Program Coordinator Kay Sword, said.
Holly Wyckoff, a registered nurse at Memorial Hermann and its education resource specialist of women’s services, demonstrated CPR at the event.
Wyckoff said she had to use it herself when her now 10-year-old son nearly drowned in a friend’s swimming pool when he was toddler.
She said parents need to understand that drowning is often a silent event.
“I did not hear a noise,” she said. “I did not hear a splash.”
