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[โ€“] its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works 96 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Drowning is very fast, seconds not minutes like in the movies. People in distress can take minutes before they are actively drowning. Active drowning is silent, they will not be yelling for help. It looks like the person is "climbing" or pushing down at the water. They will be vertical in the water and may be "bobbing", going underwater and resurfacing. They will have their head tilted back parallel to the surface of the water.

If you see someone go under in open water keep looking at where they went under while calling for help, don't take your eyes off it. If you are the only one who saw them go under, your job is to direct others to where they went down. In open water it's very hard to find people because the bottom isn't visible.

[โ€“] everett@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 year ago

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[โ€“] mvirts@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Also drowning can happen after inhalation of water. All incidents involving children being rescued from water may require medical intervention, even if they seem fine initially. "Dry drowning"

[โ€“] stewie3128@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you see someone go overboard, get someone else to start throwing stuff off the deck to where they are in the water (while you keep pointing at them). Makes for much easier locating by others, and a quicker rescue

[โ€“] MBM@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago

We trained on this a lot. Also yelling "swim" because apparently the shock of sudden cold water can make you forget to do that.

[โ€“] Eylrid@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a YouTube channel that shows videos of people drowning and being rescued so you can see what it looks like: https://youtube.com/@LifeguardRescue

[โ€“] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[โ€“] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The alternative piped link is YouTube?

[โ€“] AlgeriaWorblebot@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

When I hover over the pipedbot's link it looks like it goes to piped. But yeah, misleading link text.