Recovery of Unconscious Casualties

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andy g
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Recovery of Unconscious Casualties

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Guys

For those of you planning to do any water safety work this summer (and the Great London Swim is still looking for safety kayakers) there is a new technique for recovering an unconscious casualty floating face down in the water.

As a safety boater you are the first responder on the scene before anyone else is even close , so the better prepared you are, and the more you have practiced this type of scenario , the better the casualty's chances of a complete recovery.

Fortunately this type of incident only occurs 1 in 15,000 participants, but the training I can give you will prepare you better in the unlikely event of such an incident happening and you are the closest on the scene.

I plan to demo at the Wednesday pool sessions for now , but later in the summer at the Saturday morning lake sessions. Please let me know if you are interested.

Andy

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