Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning - Cómo identificar una persona que se esta ahogando.

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La lectura de este artículo de seguridad es indispensable para todos los que pasamos muchas horas en el mar.
http://mariovittone.com/2010/05/154/?fbclid=IwAR3y9-oj_TXLAv5dE1UpG2uFKLn4RbUHAKeCvY4pJtflEfMAtfbxZQdvv9s

1 - Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function. Breathing must be fulfilled, before speech occurs.
2 - Drowning people’s mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water. The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning people’s mouths are above the surface, they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water.
3 - Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms laterally and press down on the water’s surface. Pressing down on the surface of the water, permits drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe. Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help, moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.
4 - From beginning to end of the Instinctive Drowning Response people’s bodies remain upright in the water, with no evidence of a supporting kick. Unless rescued by a trained lifeguard, these drowning people can only struggle on the surface of the water from 20 to 60 seconds before submersion occurs.

http://mariovittone.com/2010/05/154/?fbclid=IwAR3y9-oj_TXLAv5dE1UpG2uFKLn4RbUHAKeCvY4pJtflEfMAtfbxZQdvv9s
 
Normalmente paso parte de mis vacaciones en Cantabria. Solemos ir a la playa de Gerra, cerca de San Vicente. Es una playa muy abierta, con mucha corriente y fuerte marea. Todos los años hay sustos con los bañistas y siempre me sorprende la habilidad de los socorristas de cruz roja para detectar los problemas antes que nadie. Me imagino que estas pautas que da Boro, las tienen bien aprendidas.
Aunque algunas veces tienen conflictos con surfistas y windsurfistas -ya se ha hablado de esto en el foro- hay que reconocer que hacen un gran trabajo.
 
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