I went for life-saving lesson 1 today. This is the theory part which we have to remember. Yijing, go learn it! I type it out in case I forgot and you don’t know. haha. Must remember.

We learnt POW!! [Principles of Water Rescue]

A - be Alert

A - Assess the casualty and the situation

A - take Action on the casualty e.g. what type of rescue do you want to do?

Seeking help

Make use of those people standing near

ask one to call for the ambulance 995 make sure the person tell the paramedics the location and the type of help needed [drowning case]

if you are at somewhere with no distinguish landmark, ask another to stand at the entrance and lead the ambulance in

ask for his/her friends whose around to get his/her belongings for easy identification

Types of rescue

the stick rescue [victim somewhere near about 1.5m-2m away]

the float rescue [5m-10m away]

wading rescue [20m to 25m away][using float as well]

Stick rescue
Victim: Help! Help!
Rescuer: Here! Here! Keep your head up!
Rescuer lies down on the edge of the pool and extends the stick to the victim. The victim will grasp the stick and the rescuer will pull her to the edge.
Rescuer sits down and gives him/her hand to climb up.
Rescuer asks the victim to stay away from the pool.

Float rescue
Victim: Help! Help!
Rescuer: Here! Here! Keep your head up!
Rescuer throws the float towards the victim
The victim swims back to safety by himself/ herself
Rescuer sits down and gives him/her hand to climb up.
Rescuer asks the victim to stay away from the pool.

Wading rescue
Victim: Help! Help!
Rescuer: Here! Here! Keep your head up!
Rescuer goes into the shallow water and wades until the water touches the level of the chest. Start to swim towards the victim with the float.
At about 1m from the victim, throw the float to him/her.
The victim catches it and use freestyle/ frog style kicks to swim back to safety.
The rescuer then uses his/her leg to hold up the victim so as to let her climb up.