Learn how to administer CPR in the COVID environment while responding to a drowning victim with Lakeview Regional’s Trauma Medical Director Dr. Marco Hidalgo. Learn more about the emergency room at Lakeview Regional Medical Center at https://lakeviewregional.com/service/…
Accidental drowning investigation of missing child
As a Rubik’s cube trainer in Chennai, India, Illayaram Sekar decided to inspire his students by attempting the record for most Rubik’s cubes solved underwater!
Illayaram began solving Rubik’s cubes in 2013 and practiced for two years to break this record.
At McKinley Beach, red flags and signs warn of dangerous swimming conditions caused by high waves and rip currents.
There were big names in the Women’s 50m Freestyle Final last year in #FINAGwangju2019 with the World and Olympic Champions Manuel, Blume, Kromowidjojo, Bronte and Cate Campbell and Sjostrom all fighting for the World Title.
The Western United States continues to experience excessive heat, with dangerous temperatures here in the Coachella Valley. The Palm Desert Aquatic Center is providing some relief.
It’s a cool way to workout. The Palm Desert Aquatic Center is now back in business for lap swimming. Swimmers can sign up for a 45-minute time slot online. One person is allowed per lane in each session.
“We’re glad that it’s only a 45 minute swim session for people because we don’t want anyone coming back and overtly pushing themselves, so our guards are really paying attention to how often someone’s stopping at the wall, how hard they’re pushing themselves, if they’re coming out and resting on a chair, because you know, a lot of these people haven’t been in the water for about five months so we want to make sure people come in and you take your swim slow,” said David Keyes, the aquatic manager.
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Beachgoers formed a human chain to drag a struggling swimmer to safety in a dramatic rescue at Durdle Door.
Witness Emily Foote said: “It was a very traumatic rescue by some very brave members of the public of a swimmer who owes his life to them all.
“It should serve as a warning of the dangers of the sea and tide especially in these winds as so many putting themselves at risk.”
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Singer Jorja Smith has used her new music video to amplify British open water swimmer Alice Dearing’s work around diversity.
It features Smith’s friends and family, as well as 23-year-old Dearing, who has competed at three World Championships and is on course to become the first black woman to represent Great Britain in swimming at the delayed Tokyo Olympics next year.
Last year, Dearing became the lead ambassador for the Black Swimming Association, a charity launched to encourage more black people to swim.
And Smith, who was named best British female solo artist at the 2019 Brit Awards, has spoken publicly to champion Dearing’s work to “increase diversity in aquatic areas and break down the barriers”…
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The #UN says countries must review their approach to #migration across the Mediterranean after 45 people recently died in a ship sinking off #Libya. What’s holding countries back from doing the right thing?
