Recovery of Unconscious Casualties
Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 9:50 pm
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
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