Category: Safety
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Neptune allows cochlear implant recipients to hear while swimming
Advanced Bionics announced yesterday that they have received approval in the US and Canada for Neptune, the world’s first and only swimmable, waterproof sound processor. Designed to help cochlear implant recipients hear in and out of the water, it can be worn anywhere and way they choose, such as in the hair, on an arm,…
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Cold water blamed for swim death
A 56-year-old Swedish woman is likely to have died of a rare condition called “acute pulmonary oedema” – a buildup of fluid in the lungs – that can hit you when swimming in cold water. She was swimming with dolphins off New Zealand, when she started having problems with breathing, and died despite of doctors…
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Man survives bushfire by going scuba-diving in a swimming pool
Now that is a twist on life saving that I didn’t expect: While others in the town of Margaret River, Western Australia fled their homes, Peter Fabrici got his wife to safety and then went back to fire-proof his home. Seeing houses in the distance going up in flames, he donned an oxygen tank and…
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Dale Ostrander recovering well
12-year-old Dale Ostrander still has a long way to go after having drowned and been under water for 15 minutes last August, but now he can play video games and recently started 7th grade. Via kgw.com
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Live Shark Attack Experiment to start in T-minus 12 hours
Today, Friday 11/25 at 9P ET, Nat Geo Wild is arranging a special “Shark Attack Live Experiment”, to answer the questing: “Are sharks out to get you?”. We’ve already seen a teaser, with girls in bikinis testing if Great Whites like human skin, and this evening it will then be a team of freedivers and…
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Drowning epidemic threatens Australia with 500,000 pupils unable to swim
The Royal Life Saving Society of Australia estimates that at least 50,000 Australian pupils have left primary school each year this past decade without knowing how to swim, and that the country therefore faces a “drowning crisis”, maybe already manifesting itself with a spike in drownings in the 17- to 18-year age group. The society…
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Diana Nyad speaks at Philadephia GeoFest
Champion distance swimmer Diana Nyad speaks at the Philadephia Geographic Society’s GeoFest celebration, about her swimmer career, her Xtreme Dream and at 14-years-old being raped by her swim coach (!) Watch it. Swimmer Diana Nyad speaks at Philadelphia GeoFest from Matt Sloane on Vimeo.
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Orca attack victim at Seaworld says risk “acceptable”
SeaWorld trainer who Ken Peters escaped being drowned by a killer whale during a public performance in California in 2006, testified on Tuesday that he still works with the whales and considers the risk “acceptable”. “I could get killed in a car accident today, but I still get in a car,” he said during the…