New data from Royal Life Saving Statistics has revealed children missed up to 10 million swimming lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts warn it could have a generational impact if children do not catch up on lessons.
A desperate search is entering its second night after a 20-year-old man disappeared beneath the surf at Gunnamatta beach on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne’s north.
The nine and 10-year-old boys who survived the horror mid-air helicopter crash on the Gold Coast, which claimed four lives, remain in serious conditions today at the Queensland Children’s Hospital. In other news, a desperate search is underway for a young man missing in the waters off Mornington Peninsula’s dangerous Gunnamatta Beach near Melbourne.
A former Cleveland Browns football star is fighting for his life after saving his young children from drowning in Pensacola, Florida. Peyton Hillis is reportedly unconscious in the intensive care unit after rescuing his 10-year-old son, his daughter, and two other adults. The incident happened on the beach at Portofino Island Resort after the two kids were apparently swept away during a riptide.
Holidaymakers and Capetonians were alarmed a few days ago when a seal attacked big swimmers including a child on Clifton’s 4th beach. It was captured on video. National Sea Rescue Institute spokesperson, Craig Lambinon speaks to SABC
A swim coach says a popular Canterbury beach deemed unsuitable for swimming because of dirty water is in fact safe – and he has a lab result to prove it.
The results have alarmed locals, emptied beaches, and disrupted local businesses, with one ice cream and coffee seller in Corsair Bay, near Lyttelton, fearing his business may go under because the beaches are now so empty.
The swimming, knowledge, and rescue skills needed to become a Lifeguard.
Swimming Skills:
If you can answer “yes” to the following questions, you will pass the swimming test portion of the lifeguard certification requirements.
Can you swim for 300 yards without stopping using the following 3 strokes in this order and with the proper form?
Front crawl (freestyle) for 100 yards
Breaststroke for 100 yards
Either the front crawl or the breaststroke for the final 100 yards
Can you retrieve a weight from the bottom of the pool within a time limit of 1 minute and 40 seconds? Beginning in the water, you must swim for 20 yards using either the front crawl or the breaststroke. You must then complete a surface dive to “rescue” a 10- weight that is 7–10 ft below the surface. Once the weight is retrieved, you must swim back to the point where you started (a distance of 20 yards) and get out of the pool without using steps or a ladder.
Rescue Skills:
Slide-In Entry
Stride and Compact Jumps
Rescue Approach—Front Crawl or Breaststroke
Simple Assist
Extension Assist from the Deck
Reaching Assist with Equipment and
Throwing Assist
Swimming Extension Rescue
Active and Passive Drowning Victim Rear Rescue
Two-Person Removal from the Water
Using a Backboard
Passive Submerged Victim—Shallow Water
Submerged Victim—Deep Water
Multiple-Victim Rescue
Feet-First Surface Dive
Front and Rear Head-Hold Escape
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