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re: people who jump in to save people from drowning
Posted on 5/13/18 at 10:59 pm to athenslife101
Posted on 5/13/18 at 10:59 pm to athenslife101
You act at the peril of your own life. No way could I witness someone drowning and do nothing.
If you are heading out to attempt a rescue, make sure you yell to others what is happening.
If you have a floating device near take it even if it is someone else's
That's why you approach someone from behind in a drowning situation. If you as the rescuer can keep your wits about you you should do fine. If people can remember to simply turn to your back you can float.
Most times people are caught in rip tides and it is useless trying to swim towards shore. You must swim parallel with the shore and then diagonally towards shore resting when feeling tired (remember turning to your back and resting, catching breath).
With all that said a person in a panic is not thinking and not in control. They can exhibit extreme strength and push the one rescuing under causing their drowning.
If you are heading out to attempt a rescue, make sure you yell to others what is happening.
If you have a floating device near take it even if it is someone else's
That's why you approach someone from behind in a drowning situation. If you as the rescuer can keep your wits about you you should do fine. If people can remember to simply turn to your back you can float.
Most times people are caught in rip tides and it is useless trying to swim towards shore. You must swim parallel with the shore and then diagonally towards shore resting when feeling tired (remember turning to your back and resting, catching breath).
With all that said a person in a panic is not thinking and not in control. They can exhibit extreme strength and push the one rescuing under causing their drowning.
This post was edited on 5/14/18 at 12:24 am
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Posted on 5/13/18 at 11:03 pm to X123F45
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I took a running leap off of the high dive in a sport coat.
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I popped up with a pantsless black kid.
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Rando
Checks out.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 11:05 pm to TDcline
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In rescue training, at least in our unit, we were taught to knock a mother fricker out if they’re flailing uncontrollably and are going to take you down with them. Much easier to swim an unconscious, floating body back to shore than some flailing idiot
This/\ I have saved 2 people from drowning, 1 being my younger sister when we were kids on vacation. Motel pool, she couldn't swim and somehow got into the deep end. She did her best to drown me when I got close enough to help her, so I grabbed her by her long hair and pulled her to the side of the pool for someone to grab her.
The other time was when I worked at a boat launch and one of the owner's relatives came by to visit with her damn brat son. He kept running up and down the pier where we tied up the boats and fell into the water that was at least 8 ft. deep. I jumped in and found the little bastard on the bottom and dragged his arse out.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 11:11 pm to athenslife101
I’m not gonna risk Phil Collins calling me out at one of his concerts. If I see a person drowning I’m gonna do whatever I can to help them.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 11:19 pm to Jim Rockford
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They taught us if they ever get hold of you, go under. They'll let go if they feel themselves sinking. I'd hate to have tested that theory in action. All my shifts were boring.
Yep, go under, swim down and away then up. I had a 250+lb guy training us. He was brutal but he was good. Tough day of lifeguard training.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 11:19 pm to Zap Rowsdower
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I’m not gonna risk Phil Collins calling me out at one of his concerts. If I see a person drowning I’m gonna do whatever I can to help them.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 11:20 pm to TDcline
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we were taught to knock a mother fricker out if they’re flailing uncontrollably and are going to take you down with them.
Underneath then behind them. When you emerge throw one arm over their shoulder other your other arm under their opposite arm, lock hands and roll through and keeping their back on your hip. They will stop struggling after a few seconds
If grabbed stroke upward to pull you both down and they will let go. In a panic they want anything that will keep them afloat, that’s you until you until it isn’t
This post was edited on 5/14/18 at 12:26 am
Posted on 5/14/18 at 12:21 am to athenslife101
You have to know how to swim in a rip. Can’t fight it. If it pulls you out to sea, you have to go with it until you hit slack and then swim parallel to the beach until you can return to shore. It’s a lot easier done alone. If you’re able to calm the person down enough to get them to understand this approach it can be done. The problem is the panicked swimmer could potentially drown the rescuer.
This post was edited on 5/14/18 at 12:22 am
Posted on 5/14/18 at 12:27 am to athenslife101
I was a lifeguard for 2-3 summers and never had to save any kids. I brought a buddy to float the Amite River once though and had to save him. He told me that he couldn't swim, and I replied "yeah.. I could improve too. I wish I swam faster." He told me again later that he really couldn't swim and I brushed it off again saying that he would be fine and could touch most of it. Well we get out there and the river is high AF. 2 baws actually drowned later that weekend. My buddy jumped out of his tube while we were on a bank thinking he could touch. Turns out, he wasn't lying. He really couldn't swim . He panicked and abandoned his tube too. I had to swim across and grab him. Does it still count as a save if I'm really at fault to begin with?
. He panicked and abandoned his tube too. I had to swim across and grab him. Does it still count as a save if I'm really at fault to begin with?
Posted on 5/14/18 at 12:35 am to LSUsuperfresh
my younger days, i would jump in to save them.
nowadays i'm out so out of shape theres no way i could do anything but get myself killed
swimming is exhausting
nowadays i'm out so out of shape theres no way i could do anything but get myself killed
swimming is exhausting
Posted on 5/14/18 at 1:03 am to athenslife101
This happened a few years ago in Palm Springs. Everyone was brought to one of the hospitals that I work at, but I was not there that day. Man’s daughter drowned, he jumped in to save her. But, apparently, his daughter drowned due to electrocution from faulty wiring in the pool, and he was electrocuted and drowned, too. He died, she made it to a PICU but I don’t know if she survived or not. I can’t believe that it’s already been 2 years.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 3:25 am to athenslife101
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What are you supposed to do if there isn’t a lifeguard nearby or anything?
Break their nose. Just deck them in the nose.
They usually are so affected by the pain, they stop panicking about drowning to struggle with you and you can swim them back to shore.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 5:15 am to athenslife101
Teach throw row go
Go is last.
Go is last.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 5:23 am to SECdragonmaster
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The ocean + a stranger? Nope.
So what if it were your wife and child and I was the only guy on the beach at the time? You're already forgiving me for something I didn't do for them. That sounds a little odd to me.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 5:49 am to ThatMakesSense
quote:It's dangerous for everyone. A drowning person is extremely unpredictable
It's dangerous for uneducated people, which is 99% of people
Posted on 5/14/18 at 6:00 am to athenslife101
Im a very strong swimmer. Never had to rescue anyone, but am aware that its certainly difficult when someone is freaking out, so I would have to approach carefully. Not trained, but couldnt sit around and do nothing. Worst case, I feel I could get away from them if it turns bad. If I myself got swept out, I can swim for miles, so i think I could stay afloat until help came.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 6:13 am to athenslife101
Everytime I go to the beach, I immediately look around and see what people near me have some type of flotation device just in case I need to grab it and go. I have done that same routine for the last 15+ years. There are always 2-3 rafts/ styrofoam boogie boards etc within a short distance of me.
I’d grab one of those and try to go help.
Edit: when I took scuba lessons they trained us to approach them from the back and lock your elbow around their neck so they can’t grab you and push you under.
I’d grab one of those and try to go help.
Edit: when I took scuba lessons they trained us to approach them from the back and lock your elbow around their neck so they can’t grab you and push you under.
This post was edited on 5/14/18 at 6:16 am
Posted on 5/14/18 at 6:19 am to Jcorye1
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Drowning is one of the worst ways to die.
How do you know?
Posted on 5/14/18 at 6:39 am to MardiGrasCajun
My lifeguard instructor had a prosthetic leg that he was able to fling back and forth when he was fake panicking during our test rescues... Hurt like a motherfricker.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 6:41 am to athenslife101
I'll try my best to save them, but if they keep panicking and dunking me underwater, they can have at it.
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