For Immediate Release

Aquatic Safety Compendium™ Available as Book and Interactive CD

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For Immediate Release

Colorado Springs, CO (February 27, 2008)

The National Swimming Pool Foundation® offers the Aquatic Safety

Compendium™ (ASC™) in book format and also as an interactive

CD. This is a powerful addition to any reference collection used by

aquatic directors, property managers, pool builders, risk-prevention

professionals, attorneys, and law school faculty in understanding

risks based on an objective view of facts. It helps professionals

clarify the merits of litigation, based on scientific information. The

full-color, hard-bound book is a stand-alone reference manual and also makes an ideal companion

to the CD, which offers valuable features not available in the book, including the ability to

perform word searches and view video clips to support the documentation. Comprehensive

information on safety and legal issues is written by top experts in the aquatic industry. In this

landmark reference tool, the Aquatic Safety Compendium chapters address: Historical

Perspective and Aquatic Safety; Comparison of Risks in and Around Swimming Pools;

Fundamentals of Swimming Pool Law and the Legal Process; Behavioral Aspects of Pool Safety;

Drowning Mechanics, Prevention and Management; The Mechanics of Diving; Biomechanics of

Catastrophic Diving Injuries; Suction Entrapment; Alcohol, Other Drugs and Aquatic Safety;

Effectiveness of Warnings in Preventing Pool Diving Accidents. To find out about the ASC™

authors and chapter content within this one-of-a-kind resource, please visit

http://www.nspf.org/ASC.html. NSPF® offers these science-based resources at new special

pricing. The CD and the book are now each available for just $250.00, and the set is available for

only $350.00. Orders may be placed online at www.nspf.org, by contacting NSPF at

719-540-9119 or by FAX to 719-540-2787.

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