Drowning.....LOL ?

Signs signs everywhere there's signs. Do this, don't do that, can't you read the signs?
Guess this sign was designed by someone not of the digital age. Too funny.

Ha. Awesome unfortunate use of type as illustration.

On a related, unfunny note... "Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning" from http://mariovittone.com/2010/05/154/

The Instinctive Drowning Response – so named by Francesco A. Pia, Ph.D., is what people do to avoid actual or perceived suffocation in the water. And it does not look like most people expect. – Dr. Pia, in an article in the Coast Guard’s On Scene Magazine, described the instinctive drowning response like this:

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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

(Source: On Scene Magazine: Fall 2006 (page 14))

This doesn’t mean that a person that is yelling for help and thrashing isn’t in real trouble – they are experiencing aquatic distress. Not always present before the instinctive drowning response, aquatic distress doesn’t last long – but unlike true drowning, these victims can still assist in their own rescue. They can grab lifelines, throw rings, etc.

Look for these other signs of drowning when persons are in the water:

-Head low in the water, mouth at water level
-Head tilted back with mouth open
-Eyes glassy and empty, unable to focus
-Eyes closed
-Hair over forehead or eyes
-Not using legs – Vertical
-Hyperventilating or gasping
-Trying to swim in a particular direction but not making headway
-Trying to roll over on the back
-Ladder climb, rarely out of the water.

tracey, that's just to much to read on a Friday lol
Have a great weekend everyone. And no lol Maybe \o/ would be better

i'd rather drown than read tracy's comment.

this is why Tracey is doomed to be my future ex-girlfriend. She's hot, but she talks way too much.

That, and I continue to dislike you.

Sounds like you two need to brunch.

yes, it's common knowledge that rescuing a drowning person can be hazardous to the rescuer. Now we all know exactly why...and thank you for that, Tracy. Unlike Messrs Hodad and Alexrok, I found that post very informative. Maybe now J.J. will write a nursery rhyme song about saving a drowning person with his trusty guitar. What?

ouch! (sob)

Fortunately for those of us who surf we have the buoyancy of the wetsuits to aid us. However, if you are one of those "Big Wave" riders, like at Mavs, then good luck if you get a double hold down and your board coffins.

It's always a good idea to know what to do to assist others in trouble. It also wouldn't hurt to know the current CPR technique, for all ages.