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Article: Medina Community Recreation Center is First Pool in Ohio to Install Poseidon Computer-Aided Drowning Detection System; Technology Acts as Lifeguards' "Third Eye" to Help Prevent Swimming Pool Drowning Tragedies.
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- March 20, 2003
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MEDINA, Ohio -- MEDINA, Ohio, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Medina Community Recreation Center today announced the installation of Poseidon(TM), the benchmark for computer-aided drowning detection systems, at its recently-opened facility. Poseidon serves as a lifeguard's "third eye" to help prevent drowning tragedies in public, lifeguarded swimming pools. The Medina Community Recreation Center is the first facility in the state of Ohio and the first parks and recreation department in the U.S. to install the Poseidon system.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, six people drown in U.S. swimming pools every day. Many of these drowning accidents occur in ...