Ko te toremitanga tonu tētahi o ngā tino take o ngā matenga aituā puta noa i te ao, inā koa i waenga i ngā tamariki nohinohi. Ahakoa he maha ngā kaupapa whakatairanga a te iwi whānui mō te haumaru i roto i te wai tuwhera, he maha ngā aituā e pā tata ana ki te kāinga—i roto i ngā puna kaukau o muri, i ngā kaukau, tae atu ki ngā ipu wai iti. Ko te ārai i te toremitanga whai hua me whakakotahi i ngā tiaki taiao, te tirotiro kaha, me te mātauranga.
Tuatahi, he mea nui te waihanga i ngā arai ā-tinana. E whakaatu ana ngā rangahau o te ao ka taea e te taiapa taha-whā, ka kati-ā-ia anō, ka raka-ā-ia anō hoki huri noa i ngā puna kaukau te whakaiti i te tūponotanga toremi mā te neke atu i te haurua. Ka whakaratohia e ngā uhi puna kaukau me ngā kupenga haumaru he paparanga tiaki anō, engari kaua rawa e whakakapi i ngā taiapa tika. I roto i te whare, ka tohutohuhia ngā whānau kia whakawātea i ngā kaukau me ngā peere i muri tonu i te whakamahinga, me te penapena i ngā ipu wai kia kore e taea e ngā tamariki te toro atu.
Tuarua, me tūpato tonu te tirotiro. E whakanui ana te American Academy of Pediatrics me te World Health Organization i te ariā o te "tirotiro pā" mō ngā pēpi me ngā tamariki nohinohi—arā, me noho tonu te pakeke ki roto i te ringa o te tangata ina tata ngā tamariki ki te wai. Ko ngā mea whakararuraru pēnei i te waea pūkoro, i ngā mahi o te whare rānei ka nui ake te tūponotanga o ngā aituā kāore i te kitea.
Tuatoru, ko te whakawhanake i te pūkenga wai me te rite mō ngā āhuatanga ohorere ka ora ai ngā tāngata. Mā te whakaako i ngā tamariki ki te kaukau i te wā tamarikitanga ka pai ake te haumaru, ahakoa me tautoko ngā akoranga i te tirotiro mataara – kaua e whakakapi. He mea nui anō hoki te whakarite kia mōhio ngā kaitiaki ki te whakaora manawa (CPR). Ka taea e te CPR tonu te whakaneke rua, te whakaneke toru rānei i te maha o ngā oranga i roto i ngā take toremitanga.
Hei whakamutunga, ka taea e te hangarau te tautoko i a koe. Ka whakaratohia e ngā whakaoho puna kaukau, ngā taputapu mau, me ngā pūoko nekehanga he whakatūpato ina puta he urunga kore tirotiro. Heoi, me whakaaro ēnei taputapu hei mahi tāpiri, kaua hei whakakapi mō te mataara o te tangata me ngā tiaki taiao.
Ko te ārai i te toremitanga i te kāinga me whai huarahi paparanga: ngā arai hei whakawhāiti i te urunga, te tirotiro hei ārai i ngā aituā, te mātauranga hei whakawhanake i te pūkenga, me te whakarite kia pai te urupare. Mā ia mahi anake ka whakaiti i te mōrearea, engari ka hangaia he kupenga haumaru whānui. Ko te tiaki i ngā oranga kāore e tīmata mā te wehi, engari mā te mahi whai whakaaro—kia noho tonu te wai hei puna o te harikoa me te hauora, kaua ki te aituā.