Terms of Use

You may use this website for free, to learn and to keep your family and community safer around water. Our information is general education. It does not replace professional medical or legal advice, a CPR class, a swim instructor, or a lifeguard. By using the site, you agree to these terms.

In an emergency

Call 911. Don't wait to read a web page. To help someone in the water, reach or throw something that floats from the edge, without getting in (opens in a new tab). Our guide to reach or throw, don't go explains why.

Our information is education, not advice

• We write our guides from official and expert sources, and we link to each source. Even so, guidance changes, and every family and every place is different. Check the source and local rules, and ask a professional about your own situation.
• Nothing on this site is a medical diagnosis or legal advice. If you are worried about someone's health after time in the water, contact a doctor or call 911.
• Our safety pages explain what to know and where to get trained. They are not a substitute for hands-on training. You can find a CPR class through the American Red Cross (opens in a new tab) or our guide on where to learn CPR.
• Swim lessons help, but they don't make children “drown proof,” the American Academy of Pediatrics says (opens in a new tab). Keep watching children in and near water, even good swimmers.

Sharing our materials

We want our resources to travel. You may print, copy and share our guides, printables, lesson plans and infographics for free, non-commercial education, such as at home, in a classroom, at a camp or at a community or faith event, as long as you:

1. keep them free for the people you give them to;
2. keep the credit line, Amin Foundation · aminfoundation.io, and the sources;
3. don't change the facts or safety instructions;
4. don't use them in a way that suggests we endorse a product, a business or a cause.

To embed an infographic on your website, use the embed code on its page in the resource library. For anything else, such as selling copies, translating a resource or changing it, please ask us first.

Our name and logo identify the foundation. Please use them only to refer to us accurately, following the press kit.

Using the site fairly

• Don't try to break, overload or misuse the site or its forms.
• Our forms are for adults 18 and older. Don't send us anything that isn't yours to share.
• Interactive tools and games run in your browser. What you type in them stays on your device (see our privacy notice).

Other websites

We link to official sources and helpful organizations. We don't control those sites, and a link doesn't mean they endorse us or that we endorse everything on them.

Our limits

We work hard to keep every page accurate and up to date, but we can't promise that the site will always be complete, error-free or available. The site and its materials are provided “as is.” To the extent the law allows, the Amin Foundation is not responsible for losses that come from using, or not being able to use, the site.

Changes

We may update these terms. When we do, we change the date at the top of this page.

What you can do today

• Bookmark the basics your family needs most, starting with drowning emergencies and rescue.
• Print and share a free checklist from the printables library, with the credit line kept on.
• Sign up for training: a CPR class, or swim lessons through our swim lessons guides.
• Questions about these terms? Contact us.