ʻO ke piholo ʻana kekahi o nā kumu nui o ka make ulia pōpilikia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ʻoiai ma waena o nā kamaliʻi ʻōpio. ʻOiai ke hoʻoikaika pinepine nei nā hoʻolaha lehulehu i ka palekana ma ka wai ākea, nui nā hanana e hana ʻia kokoke i ka home—ma nā loko wai ma hope o ka hale, nā ʻauʻau, a me nā pahu wai liʻiliʻi. Pono ka pale ʻana i ke piholo ʻana i ka hui pū ʻana o nā palekana kaiapuni, ka nānā pono ʻana, a me ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana.
ʻO ka mea mua, he mea nui ka hana ʻana i nā pale kino. Hōʻike ka noiʻi honua e hiki i kahi pā ʻehā ʻaoʻao, pani ponoʻī, a hoʻopaʻa ponoʻī a puni nā loko ʻauʻau ke hōʻemi i ka pilikia o ke piholo ʻana ma mua o ka hapalua. Hāʻawi nā uhi loko ʻauʻau a me nā ʻupena palekana i kahi papa pale hou aʻe, akā ʻaʻole pono lākou e pani i nā pā kūpono. I loko o ka hale, ua ʻōlelo ʻia nā ʻohana e hoʻokahe i nā ʻauʻau a me nā bākeke ma hope koke o ka hoʻohana ʻana, a e mālama i nā ipu wai mai ka hiki ʻana aku o nā keiki.
ʻO ka lua, pono e hoʻomau a makaʻala ka nānā ʻana. Hoʻoikaika ka American Academy of Pediatrics a me ka World Health Organization i ke kumumanaʻo o ka "mālama ʻana i ka pā" no nā pēpē a me nā kamaliʻi liʻiliʻi—ʻo ia hoʻi, pono e noho mau ka pākeke i loko o ka lima ke kokoke nā keiki i ka wai. ʻO nā mea hoʻowalewale e like me nā kelepona paʻalima a i ʻole nā hana o ka hale e hoʻonui nui i ka pilikia o nā ulia i ʻike ʻole ʻia.
ʻO ke kolu, ʻo ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaukau wai a me ka mākaukau no nā pilikia e hoʻōla i nā ola. ʻO ke aʻo ʻana i nā keiki e ʻauʻau i ka wā ʻōpiopio e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka palekana, ʻoiai pono e hoʻokō nā haʻawina - ʻaʻole e pani - i ka nānā makaʻala. He mea nui like ka hōʻoia ʻana e ʻike nā mea mālama i ka cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Hiki i ka CPR koke ke pāpālua a pāpākolu paha i nā helu ola i nā hihia o ka make ʻana.
ʻO ka mea hope loa, hiki i ka ʻenehana ke pāʻani i kahi kuleana kākoʻo. Hāʻawi nā ʻōmole wai ʻauʻau, nā mea hiki ke komo, a me nā mea ʻike neʻe i nā makaʻala ke komo ʻole ʻia. Eia nō naʻe, pono e manaʻo ʻia kēia mau mea hana he mau hana kōkua, ʻaʻole he pani no ka makaʻala kanaka a me nā palekana kaiapuni.
ʻO ka pale ʻana i ka make ʻana ma ka home e pono ai kahi ala papa: nā pale e kaupalena i ke komo ʻana, ka nānā ʻana e pale i nā hanana, ka hoʻonaʻauao e kūkulu i ka mākaukau, a me ka mākaukau e pane pono. Hoʻemi kēlā me kēia ana wale nō i ka pilikia, akā hui pū lākou e hana i kahi ʻupena palekana piha. Hoʻomaka ka pale ʻana i nā ola ʻaʻole me ka makaʻu, akā me ka hana naʻauao—e hōʻoia ana e noho mau ka wai i kumu o ka leʻaleʻa a me ke olakino, ma mua o ka pōʻino.