Looks like it'd be expensive, but might have a market for Lifeguard/Coast Guard use.

I saw him interviewed and he works at the park. He said most lifeguards that work there can do this, but it takes practice to get it down.

A friend of mine's condo isn't able to find a lifeguard for the season this year, so they sent out flyers saying the pool was closed until they could set up a camera security system to "eliminate the need for lifeguards". I still think it was a weird choice of words.

Fuck. I can barely type right now as I'm breaking down in tears begging the people in the video to help the poor little boy.

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck... this breaks my goddamned heart and is so horrifying to watch...

I'm so afraid of this kind of thing happening to my boys, but as much as is rips my heart out to see it, the message cannot be stated enough that drowning is a silent, unnoticeable killer, not like in the movies, and everyone should be aware to keep their eyes peeled for this kind of situation always, but especially when there's no lifeguard on duty.


fuck.

One thing I don't like about this safety announcement is that it makes it seem like rips as these underwater murder machines just lurking out there trying to kill you.

There is nothing inherently dangerous about a rip current per se. Surfers use them all the time to get out quickly into the lineup quickly without having to duck dive the heavier sets.

The real danger of rips is to inexperienced or poor ocean swimmers. The rip can carry you out to water that is too deep to stand in very quickly, so if you're not comfortable floating or treading water for long periods that's going to be a big problem.

Most people drown because they panic when they realize they can't touch the bottom and try to swim back against the current to get to a place where they can stand again. In their panicked state they forget about floating or treading water and exhaust themselves. As long as you swim perpendicular to the current you should be fine. The number one mistake people make is that they forget to stay calm and take breaks by doing the side-stroke or treading water until they're ready to do the crawl stroke again.

All that said, lateral rips (rips that run parallel to the shore rather than out to sea) are some scary shit, as they can move basically as fast as a river. During lifeguard training in my younger days I got caught in one while doing a training rescue and was swept in literally seconds into a wooden jetty. Thankfully I was able to ride the crest of a wave up to the top of the jetty, pull myself up, and then sprint down back to the shore before the next set of waves washed me back into the ocean and carried me even further down the shoreline. After getting back, I took a lot of shit from my instructors and peers for nearly having to be actually rescued during a training rescue.

I wonder how many bodies they pull at the end of each day.

Your job as a lifeguard = Where's Waldo turned up to 11, for eight hours straight.

If you fail, someone dies unnoticed.

If you succeed, someone dies noticed. All you can do is point, shout and flail your arms.

Don't you have to check to make sure the airway is clear first before doing the rescue breath? It's been a while since my lifeguard training days, but we were told to check to make sure there was nothing (half-swallowed seaweed, vomit, etc.) obstructing before we began.

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Oh, just noticed that one lifeguard adds a rather pejorative set of swear words to describe the other lifeguard's decision to authorize the Zodiac going out (presumably for no good purpose and presumably, without a lanyard/kill switch)---

So, NSFW in case anyone has the volume turned up.

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>> ^VoodooV:

I hate to say it, but Cenk summed it up pretty good. He can see it both ways. How many times have cops had to put up with bullshit stall tactics, it's impossible not to become jaded on this stuff.
still yeah, they could have driven him to the hospital and he could have been saved. If someone was faking it, a doc or a nurse could see that right away.
homicide though? nah. At best, it was negligence or just a plain ole accident. The biggest crime I see here is the coverup.


Negligence is better than homicide? I don't see it, either way the guy is still dead. Look I get being jaded is something that happens, it's happened to me plenty. I still have to go do my job though, what else am I gonna do? He's not going to escape, I don't have anything better to do, he's my suspect, he's important whether he's guilty or not guilty.

The point is do your job, just like the cops in the Casey Anthony case that got a call from someone who claimed to have found the body of a baby. I don't care that you don't believe him, you have something better to do? Take a drive and INVESTIGATE! Care about your fucking job.

Here's a story of another situation. I worked at Raging Waters once, and we were shown a video to scare us into being vigilant. A little girl went over to a lifeguard at a local pool and told him that there was a small boy at the bottom of the pool. The lifeguard told her that it was nothing more than a shadow that was always there. The little girl decided to go get her parents, so she walked home. They walked back and brought their video camera. When they got there they were just pulling a small boy out of the pool who had been under for maybe 10 mins. His stomach was bulging with water, his last seconds were probably terrifying. I watched that water very carefully all summer, because that wasn't going to happen while I was around.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'does not compute, pizza chef, grocery bagger, lifeguard, barista, busboy' to 'does not compute, pizza chef, grocery bagger, lifeguard, barista, busboy, swaim' - edited by brycewi19

>> ^sme4r:

Agreed. Another perfect example of something I hate but somehow works here is the use of all caps for IRONY.>> ^shuac:
Normally, I criticize people for misusing the word 'irony.' More often than not, people confuse it with coincidence but, like a drowned lifeguard, it applies perfectly here.



Also, HYPOCRISY.