Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
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Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed.

  • Xanthrax@lemmy.world
    6·
    7 hours ago

    Also, use a stick or a rope to get them out of the water. They might drown you if you jump in. If you tie a rope into a loop so they can grab on, make sure it’s a static knot or you’re throwing them a noose. If you have to jump in, once you grab them, you have to swim side ways with your feet deep in the water and them on your side facing out of the water. This is more for lakes/ pools. Learned most of that in the Boyscouts back in the day.

    • Novi Sad@feddit.orgOP
      2·
      6 hours ago

      Extremely important, thanks.

      What about the recommendation that, if one does approach them directly, one should do so with a leg rather than an arm?