5 safety tips to keep you out of the emergency room this summer

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Marielle Segarra

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Malaka Gharib

Stay safe this summer. Make sure you know the five water safety skills, designate a water-watcher when kids are swimming, know the signs of heat exhaustion and more. Kaz Fantone/NPR hide caption

Stay safe this summer. Make sure you know the five water safety skills, designate a water-watcher when kids are swimming, know the signs of heat exhaustion and more.

Think about all the things we do during the summer. We go outside more. We jump into bodies of open water. We bake under the hot sun. We light fires and cook over them.

Life Kit: Health

How to have a safe, healthy summer

How to have a safe, healthy summer

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