I lost my dear brother due to drowning, I wish I knew how to rescue him. Till this day I can't forget the tragic moment the happened in front of my eyes.
One tip, when someone is drowning you want to keep an eye on them at all time, that means you can't jump and put your head underwater like he did because its then easier to lose seight of the victim and then take more time to respond. Also, when you get to a drowning person you want to have a floating objet with you. Otherwise you could drown with them, because a person in distress will take the first thing that comes their way to help themselves. If it's you, they could push you underwater to keep their head above water. Meaning you always have to push an objet to them before approching. And sometimes the person could be heavy, so the floating object is also there to help you keeping them and yourself safe.
EXACTLY what I thought and also, make sure to get the person to not be looking at the water if they are drowning, get them away from it because otherwise they will remember water as something very traumatizing
As a lifeguard in Norway, I can confirm what you say. It is actually very important to think about your own safety before you save others, otherwise you can end up with 2 people in danger.
I served as a lifeguard for two years. At a pool and a lake. Murky water training is a whole world different than pool training. For example, lake certificate you must complete a successful stride entry. That is jumping into the water without your head submerging. That way if the victim goes under you have a rough idea of where they are under the water. If a victim is unable to be retrieved you have to make a line in the deep lake water with all the lifeguards and continuously dive and sweep the water for hours! I was Boy Scouts of America Certified which was an identical course to the Red Cross training. Feel free to ask any questions regarding my experience, I would be delighted to inform!
Hello there! I was always wonder how you save someone who is not drawn yet and panicking, trying to grab anything close and climb it up. There were a lot of such situations where a savior becomes another victim as well. Could you please explain what to do in such situations?
Hey mate. Since I don't like swimming in the lake, it creeps me out a bit, I was wondering how hard it is to have someone stay afloat. In the sea once u get a guy from under his armpits it's quite easy to keep them afloat, although not easy to take them to shore. I wanna take the course in a few months.
@@Querens @Sandeep Sengupta First off I've been taught that you have to have a floating device with you (as a lifeguard have a flutter board or a noodle). In a situation, like you asked, as the lifeguard nears the person who is thrashing, they go into a position called Reverse-and-ready (feet first toward the victim). This preps the lifeguard to push the floating device toward the person who is panicking. The reverse-and-ready position also helps to push the victim away if needed. This is a basic overview.
The one thing I was taught in Scotland is that is someone is drowning and panicking they will grab you and push you under the water. So you use a piece of clothing to tow them. This happened last year in Loch Lommond where the people that tried to help ended up drowning too. Remember if people are drowning not to let them drown you too. Be safe around water and know how to save lives 🙏
Very true, that happened to me when I tried to save someone from drowning, she grabbed my head and I fought hard to kick and push her away from me. Very scary moment. Someone else had to rescue her
it's kinda poetic. When instinct takes over, we don't recognize that someone is saving us. All we know is that there's suddenly an object we can climb on to get air. And we'll drown them to breathe it for a moment longer. 😬
It is scary dawg. I was in the river with my brother and he jumped from the cliff into the deep part with the reassurance that I will save him. Thank God he knew how to swim for a little bit because once we were close to the edge, he was pushing me down and I was starting to drown.
I met a Middle Eastern Mum who was fully covered and brought her young son to the pool to swim. He was playing by himself in the adult pool, and almost drowned. I was there with my young son and husband in the pool. I saw the kid drowning in the pool at the shallower side of the pool. So I swam towards him, and dragged him out of the water. His mum came afterwards checking if he's fine. It's not a pleasant experience for me although I was happy he was fine. It's surreal and scary to be in the situation. It's not my first time rescuing a child but my feelings was always the same. It was in the hotel pool so there was no guard. Anyway, what I want to say is if a parent wants to bring a child to the pool especially in one without a lifeguard, please ensure you change into a proper swimming attire and go down to the pool with your young child and ensure he stays at a safe level in the pool. Bring along an adult who can swim well to watch over the child if you cannot swim.
Hi ,Stephanie . That is not a simple way to swim . We call it here in Brazil towing swim . We use our legs as scissors whilean arm is holding the drowned person and the other is neutralize the legs movements. Sorry my english is not sogood , but I hope you got it.
I rescued a child in a pool once, I'm not sure anyone even noticed it. He was 3-4 years old on a floatie and slipped off. I was standing on the edge literally right next to where he went under, and jumped in and pulled him up (I had a mouth full of food, which I always remember for some reason). There were a lot of kids and it was crowded - I was only a teen myself. He's married and I think has a son now! But they're absolutely right, drowning is quick and subtle.
Quick question: I actually know the basic swim movements, but I have a fear of water because I almost drowned as a child. However when I was about 16 or 17, I had to swim at school, and my swim teacher wanted me to go into the deepest pool. She assured me that my movements are good enough to actually swim, however my fear holds me back. So I listened and went in, it went well in the beginning, I stuck close to the walls just in case, however after a while I started panicking and drifted off, further into the middle, then all of a sudden I started splashing, and eventually I was drowning. Damn I was scared, choking on water, no-one in sight (At this point I still wasn't crying out for help, because of embarrassment and just not truly recognizing the danger quite yet) However, I then remembered what people say about not panicking, so I actually calmed down, allowed my body to sink a little deeper, but now with less thrashing, I was able to better recognize my movements and just repeated the skills I learned, how to move my arms, and legs, and pushed myself back to the surface and swam back against the wall. I finally realized what had happened and let out a deep sigh of relief. But afterwards I decided not to push my luck and just didn't go into the deepest pool ever again. What do you guys think about this story? Do I really just have a fear holding me back? Or should I just stay the hell away from deep waters? 😅
You absolutely have fear holding u back lil bro You just gotta realise that the human body floats if you have lungs full of air, Don't be scared of going into those deep parts of the water and realise you're constantly in control. Remember, you are bigger than Your mind. Happy Swimming!
@@SensitiveSavage you should definitely try to overcome it, but there's no need to be reckless, so if you go swim in a deep pool again be sure that there's someone trained that can help if anything goes wrong 😉
You have to keep trying! I’ve almost drowned at least 5+ times. When I was little I would practice in the jacuzzi think I was doing good then jump in the pool and sink like a rock. Every fail was scary but I was determined to not forever be the kid that has to sit on the side during birthday parties that couldn’t swim . I kept testing my boundaries. I did it smartly when adults were around and I was saved each time I failed. Eventually one random day I was with two friends at a pool. They were swimming and I jumped in the deep end and I could swim!! I was screaming like I m doing it!! They were confused like is this really your first day? I’m like yeah look at me I’m swimming!! Ever since that day I could swim. No regrets
Keep trying. Practice with others around who are aware that you are not/are afraid of swimming and deep water. Swimming in deep water and being able to rescue yourself is a skillset that takes practice. The first time you may need it is not the first time you want to practice having to swim long distance, float, breath hold, and resting or performing a self rescue from the sides of a pool, boat, or parts of an ocean, river. Slipping into the water is rare but it can happen, even when you do your level best to avoid water. Avoidance usually only means that when the accidents take place you are more likely to die because you never took the time to practice. Try and find something fun to do in the pool or water so that you feel comfortable. (Think learning kicks and turns in the water, swimming distances while alternating strokes and breath holds/float techniques, catching dive rings, ect.) The more comfortable you are with the physical effort of swimming the better off you will be. If somewhere offers it (as not all pools do) make sure your swim training includes classes that require you to be fully clothed during an emergency accidental immersion. Most accidents occur with clothes on and the extra weight can make people too tired or shocked to pull themselves out. They start to panic with the weight on them and forget their swim technique. My only other big piece of advice is when a drowning looks like it's taking place (that this video didn't cover) throw something to the person and do not go in yourself if there is something buoyant nearby. Even for a very experienced swimmer, if the person comes to or won't relax after you have a hold of them, you need to get them calm or risk being pulled under and becoming a second victim. This is why life guards always have the leashed floatie with them when they go into a rescue. A poor swimmer is more likely to kill you after or as you rescue them because they have a tendency to panic. By giving them something to hold onto while you pull them along, they are less likely to be panicked, making your job MUCH easier.
That thing with children and bathing rings is a very real danger. I remember being on vacation with my mom. We were at the hotel pool and I had my bathing ring on. Children are stupid and don’t think their actions through. In the spirit of this I jumped, head first, into a relatively deep part of the pool, bathing ring equipped. It was way smaller than the one in this video so I was quite literally stuck upside down in the water. Luckily my mom was watching from her seat, as responsible parents do, and jumped in to save me. I have no idea if there was a life guard, but I really hope my mom was just faster than them.
Rare wind That's why my dad wouldn't get me an inflatable ring for swimming in a lake .I was mad about it at the time. Thank you for relating to us your experience about what can happen if you dive in with an inflatable ring on your waist
Ay Dios, ¡lo que se encuentra cuando se nada en Internet! llegué a este vídeo buscando técnicas para patear menos y tener mayor velocidad. Muy interesante esto del rescate. Creo que generé adrenalina sólo viéndolo sentada en la comodidad de mi sala. Gracias, me gustó.
I remember me, my brother, and my gf swimming in Lake Michigan last summer when I was 17, during a yellow flags day with heavy undertow. I was enjoying the big waves while bouncing off the bottom. My gf and brother are not good swimmers at all so that’s why we have just been staying in areas where we can touch the bottom but I start searching for my brother and I see he’s far out treading water and I knew something was wrong so I go to get him. I get to him and he’s in a spot where even I can’t touch. I feel like the waves undertow was sucking us out more so I try physically dragging him to me. We both go under and I’m trying to get up while trying to hold him up because I know he wouldn’t be able to tread while the waves are bombarding us. I turn around and my gf is right behind me. I’m screaming for her to go back while I’m gasping for air and burping up water in between the waves and so is my brother. Either she gets sucked out and I make it to her and the waves are still horrible and I’m on my tippy toes along the bottom while my gf and brother cling on to me. I try holding them up, Each wave that comes we’re all submerged and come out burping up water and gasping. My little brother let’s go at somepoint because he sees what’s happening to me. I start to go sideways from shore because that’s the only thing I can think of doing. We get to a spot where I know my gf can actually stand and I tell her to go get out and I turn around to find my brother. I see two men wading out and I scream at them to help my brother who’s closer to them now. The men seem to struggle too while getting them out. I am a football player and wrestler so I am decently strong but I felt helpless in this Situation and I thank God that he allowed us to live. The sounds of us burping up water and gasping for air in our panic and desperation haunts me to this day a year later and I can’t get it out of my mind. I pray no one will ever have to go through something like that. I’ve had nightmares and episodes of trauma. Whenever I see someone remotely struggling in water or gasping in water or thrashing around it tightens my throat and I feel the panic inside me start to rise. I think about what could of happened that day and it makes me horrified.
You were traumatized. I’m so sorry, but you clearly did save your brothers life, and likely your girlfriend’s as well. If it is a still affecting you, maybe some counseling/therapy would help. (I too, have had a terrifying event happened that has traumatized me. Six months ago. I am going to counseling and it has helped) Bless you.
not at all. i'm slightly out of shape and can pull around a person just like that who weighs 15kgs more than me. The issue is stamina as i get i get tired relatively quick.
This is recommended as I’m gonna be a lifeguard this summer 😂❤ but on a real note I have rescued a kid from drowning while the pool was doing those waves and i was swimming with my friend and I just noticed something behind me he was face down but wasn’t getting up for air as someone would eventually, I just put my goggles and looked underneath and he was clearly grasping for air and just flailing around so I lift him up under his arms and the poor thing just buried his face on my chest and hugged me and started crying, his face was red and I asked do you know where your mom or dad is? He must of not been no older than 4-5 years old with no flotation device and at the deepest end of the pool, me and my friend signalled and shouted for a lifeguard sitting on those high chairs but he wouldn’t look at me, I was worried he inhaled water into his lungs; he finally spotted his parents and I said what happened and I think they should take him to the hospital to check he doesn’t have water on his lungs; they didn’t even care. I hope that boy is fine and doing well today. I’m relatively small, short and with a lot of health issues, and if it was a heavier and taller person than me idk how I’d do it, so thanks for this video ❤
Often needs a floatation device (especially if they're heavy and hard for you to pull up) or to pass them something to hold rather than letting them grab onto you, apparently, according to the other comments.
You grab people by the head or face to keep them above water, especially if they are still conscious. If they are unconscious and a life guard does not have their floatie (specifically because keeping an unconscious person on it adds more time to effect the rescue) there is no other way to keep their head stable than grabbing them by the nape of the neck (the back or front, depending on if they have to right them). The victim can no longer actively control their breathing and therefore their buoyancy. Better to be sore than dead, when it comes to drowning.
I just finished my silver DLRG certification yesterday! Your holds are a bit different but the basic content is the exact same and it’s cool to see the small variations!
I just rescued someone from drowning yesterday, just pulled his hands and get him to safety. I didnt know the right technique, and now I'm watching this.
My husband recently got into the river drunk and the current was taking him out. He was swimming against the current so I ran in to help him then had to call his friends. I was so pissed, I told him not to go deep and yet he wanted to show off. His friends were saying no he is fine and yet not noticing he is swimming against the current because they don’t know about that. Worst experience in my life.
from my experience of almost drowning, it starts with lots of splashing, then i just sink to the bottom, eyes closed contemplating what will happen next, then my brother saves me
A pool is different, but in a lake if im with someone who starts drowning and panicking, if he is bigger than me im not going to go close to him. Because he will just drag me down and we both die.
I saved a little girl from drowning when i was 7.. The father was so happy i saved her- and I'm like "I DON'T EVEM KNOW HOW TO SWIM YET, I'M WEARING A LIFE JACKET AND I'M 7" [my mother never brought me to any swim places before, cuz i never really liked water touching my skin. I also didn't say these words to them, i was a shy child TvT]
Me and my wife saved today totally drank man in Athens, Paleo Faliro beach by dragging him around 250 m from sea to the shore. He was almost unconscious , did not move. I am good swimmer, did 10 k open water swimming several years ago, but I was totally tired at the shore after 250 m rescue swim, holding the head of man from the back and my wife assisting me and pulling the arm. My son 10 years old was swimming close with us. The most awful thing is that there was rescue team on the beach, but they were not watching at all - nobody was trying to assist us until we reached shore. Only then rescue arrived and helped. Hope the man will be fine, as he was still slightly breathing and ambulance took him quite fast.
Totally disagree. If someone is actively in distress you need to grab and give them a flotation device. Absent that a pole, a stick, etc. Coming right up to a drowning person like that would be the last choice. Reason is a drowning person is desperate/panicking and will claw and grab at you. They'll bring you down under the water in an attempt to get to the surface themselves. Don't be another victim. Get a flotation device.
Wait so even if they are sunken like that to the bottom they are still considered “drowning” instead of just drowned or dead? How long till they die then
You guys should have shown a video underwater while kicking so every newbies will see the kicking techniques. That's the most important part and you missed it. 😅
My mother's sisters and brother grew up playing in Lake Michigan.....and none of them could swim worth a nickel .Lake Michigan has big waves and under tows..... And its cold !
I was olso drowning while swimming in Hrishikesh Ganges river ..but just one day earlier only I performed last rites of my mother in the same river..n next day I swam aftr 10 years hnce after a minute or so I started drowning but somthing happnd strange n miraculously I popped up out of water like somone lifted me up it happnd in seconds dat I cudnt get it actually initially..but then people n mi sister miself guessed it was my mom who saved my life that day like an Angel still she does all the time ..I miss my mom ol the time and get gt out of this loss
Most often they will be panicked until you get them up out of the water past their shoulders. This is a fun video to watch but I hope people don't intend on using this for their personal life near water. This will surely end up causing deaths if it is not clear this is not something you can just hop into the water and perform, this takes much training to do it safely and effectively. A small child drowning is more than strong enough to pull a full grown swimmer down let alone another drowning adult. Please leave the rescuing to the people who are trained. The best thing you can do if you notice someone drowning and are not trained as a lifeguard is to call for help and try to reach or throw something to them.
The lifeguard training for Los Angeles County sounds like the training to be a Navy SEAL ......The lifeguards at the ocean beaches could get out to the drowning person faster if they use a jet ski
If someone is drowning, they will be frantically grabbing and pulling on the person trying to save them. Once water gets into people's nose or airway, they won't be able to transition into being calm. Secondly you have to be really strong to save someone from the bottom because you have to kick up yourself plus them. This made it look too easy. If you aren't as calm or as strong as trained lifeguards, you will only be joining in as an extra drowning death.
I almost drong today, i was in a pool without knowing how to swi., dove to what i thought was the 5 foot section but when i ran out of breath under water, all i could to is try to jump up, but i couldnt breath because my mouth kept getting full of water and now i jabe p.t and dont ever want to be near uncomfortable depths in a pool or ocean
For me, my mother would tell me not to save someone from drowning, even if I know how to swim, my mother would just tell me not to. So, I am just gonna someone drown if that's what my mother says.
I hear you put your arm around the neck because my dad lost his brother from drowning and instead of putting his arm around my late uncles neck he wrapped his arms around his stomach, my uncle slipped out of my dads grasp 3 times and after the 3rd time he drowned. My dad almost drowned too but he was saved.
I almost died today and none of the life guards did anything because I was drawing in front of them but and I don't know how to swim and the rope that says where it's deep it lied so I almost drowned and I somehow saved my self I couldn't move for 20 sec but then I could move slowly and survived.
Title is misleading. You didn’t show us how to save the person, you showed us how it’s done. I was looking for how to pull the person out of the water.
i dont mean to make actual advice comical or anything, especially bc everyone is talking abt saving lives and shit, but, i clicked on this video thinking that to guy on top of the other guy in the thumbnail was moist critikal and was SHOCKED to find it wasnt.
Not to long ago we went to our local pool we brought our friends and my friend was in the deeper part and she tried her best to survive soon enough my dad went in and saved her i literally felt horrible not helping because i thought she knew how to swim
They didn't seem to have a word for the inner tube is what he meant, or at least, that's how I took it, hence the other one calling it a doughnut, etc.!
How a small person can rescue a big person who has drowned: th-cam.com/video/ZgryKsisVUg/w-d-xo.html
So sad bro.
I am so sorry
I lost my dear brother due to drowning, I wish I knew how to rescue him. Till this day I can't forget the tragic moment the happened in front of my eyes.
I'm so sorry for your loss 😢
May he rest in peace.
this is so sad. i'm sorry about your loss. i can imagine the trauma
Sorry.
Sorry 😞
One tip, when someone is drowning you want to keep an eye on them at all time, that means you can't jump and put your head underwater like he did because its then easier to lose seight of the victim and then take more time to respond. Also, when you get to a drowning person you want to have a floating objet with you. Otherwise you could drown with them, because a person in distress will take the first thing that comes their way to help themselves. If it's you, they could push you underwater to keep their head above water. Meaning you always have to push an objet to them before approching. And sometimes the person could be heavy, so the floating object is also there to help you keeping them and yourself safe.
It gives the life saver a nightmare😂
EXACTLY what I thought and also, make sure to get the person to not be looking at the water if they are drowning, get them away from it because otherwise they will remember water as something very traumatizing
As a lifeguard in Norway, I can confirm what you say. It is actually very important to think about your own safety before you save others, otherwise you can end up with 2 people in danger.
One time I was drowning my friend saved me but I was literally pushing him under water but still he somehow managed to save me
I served as a lifeguard for two years. At a pool and a lake. Murky water training is a whole world different than pool training. For example, lake certificate you must complete a successful stride entry. That is jumping into the water without your head submerging. That way if the victim goes under you have a rough idea of where they are under the water. If a victim is unable to be retrieved you have to make a line in the deep lake water with all the lifeguards and continuously dive and sweep the water for hours! I was Boy Scouts of America Certified which was an identical course to the Red Cross training. Feel free to ask any questions regarding my experience, I would be delighted to inform!
Hello there! I was always wonder how you save someone who is not drawn yet and panicking, trying to grab anything close and climb it up. There were a lot of such situations where a savior becomes another victim as well. Could you please explain what to do in such situations?
@@Querens very good question. I had the same question. But i see the original comment hasn't responded
Hey mate.
Since I don't like swimming in the lake, it creeps me out a bit, I was wondering how hard it is to have someone stay afloat. In the sea once u get a guy from under his armpits it's quite easy to keep them afloat, although not easy to take them to shore.
I wanna take the course in a few months.
@@Querens @Sandeep Sengupta First off I've been taught that you have to have a floating device with you (as a lifeguard have a flutter board or a noodle). In a situation, like you asked, as the lifeguard nears the person who is thrashing, they go into a position called Reverse-and-ready (feet first toward the victim). This preps the lifeguard to push the floating device toward the person who is panicking. The reverse-and-ready position also helps to push the victim away if needed. This is a basic overview.
YOU ARE MAAANNNN!!
The one thing I was taught in Scotland is that is someone is drowning and panicking they will grab you and push you under the water. So you use a piece of clothing to tow them. This happened last year in Loch Lommond where the people that tried to help ended up drowning too. Remember if people are drowning not to let them drown you too. Be safe around water and know how to save lives 🙏
Very true and very important.
Very true, that happened to me when I tried to save someone from drowning, she grabbed my head and I fought hard to kick and push her away from me. Very scary moment. Someone else had to rescue her
it's kinda poetic. When instinct takes over, we don't recognize that someone is saving us. All we know is that there's suddenly an object we can climb on to get air. And we'll drown them to breathe it for a moment longer. 😬
It is scary dawg. I was in the river with my brother and he jumped from the cliff into the deep part with the reassurance that I will save him. Thank God he knew how to swim for a little bit because once we were close to the edge, he was pushing me down and I was starting to drown.
I met a Middle Eastern Mum who was fully covered and brought her young son to the pool to swim. He was playing by himself in the adult pool, and almost drowned. I was there with my young son and husband in the pool.
I saw the kid drowning in the pool at the shallower side of the pool. So I swam towards him, and dragged him out of the water. His mum came afterwards checking if he's fine. It's not a pleasant experience for me although I was happy he was fine. It's surreal and scary to be in the situation. It's not my first time rescuing a child but my feelings was always the same.
It was in the hotel pool so there was no guard.
Anyway, what I want to say is if a parent wants to bring a child to the pool especially in one without a lifeguard, please ensure you change into a proper swimming attire and go down to the pool with your young child and ensure he stays at a safe level in the pool. Bring along an adult who can swim well to watch over the child if you cannot swim.
Nice video. But can you please do an underwater shot of how the rescuer moves his legs and arm swimming backwards while holding the drowned person?
Hi ,Stephanie . That is not a simple way to swim . We call it here in Brazil towing swim . We use our legs as scissors whilean arm is holding the drowned person and the other is neutralize the legs movements. Sorry my english is not sogood , but I hope you got it.
While an /The other is neutralizing.
@@carlosfernandodioriogoncal4857 Your English is great, in fact better than most Americans:)
@@vivian2217 LMAO
@@vivian2217 I’m Australian not just America
I rescued a child in a pool once, I'm not sure anyone even noticed it. He was 3-4 years old on a floatie and slipped off. I was standing on the edge literally right next to where he went under, and jumped in and pulled him up (I had a mouth full of food, which I always remember for some reason). There were a lot of kids and it was crowded - I was only a teen myself. He's married and I think has a son now! But they're absolutely right, drowning is quick and subtle.
You're a hero! That man will remember you for his entire life.
Quick question: I actually know the basic swim movements, but I have a fear of water because I almost drowned as a child. However when I was about 16 or 17, I had to swim at school, and my swim teacher wanted me to go into the deepest pool. She assured me that my movements are good enough to actually swim, however my fear holds me back. So I listened and went in, it went well in the beginning, I stuck close to the walls just in case, however after a while I started panicking and drifted off, further into the middle, then all of a sudden I started splashing, and eventually I was drowning. Damn I was scared, choking on water, no-one in sight (At this point I still wasn't crying out for help, because of embarrassment and just not truly recognizing the danger quite yet) However, I then remembered what people say about not panicking, so I actually calmed down, allowed my body to sink a little deeper, but now with less thrashing, I was able to better recognize my movements and just repeated the skills I learned, how to move my arms, and legs, and pushed myself back to the surface and swam back against the wall. I finally realized what had happened and let out a deep sigh of relief. But afterwards I decided not to push my luck and just didn't go into the deepest pool ever again. What do you guys think about this story? Do I really just have a fear holding me back? Or should I just stay the hell away from deep waters? 😅
You absolutely have fear holding u back lil bro
You just gotta realise that the human body floats if you have lungs full of air,
Don't be scared of going into those deep parts of the water and realise you're constantly in control.
Remember, you are bigger than Your mind.
Happy Swimming!
@@armaansamirizvi3354 Thank you, I'll be sure to keep this in mind.
@@SensitiveSavage you should definitely try to overcome it, but there's no need to be reckless, so if you go swim in a deep pool again be sure that there's someone trained that can help if anything goes wrong 😉
You have to keep trying! I’ve almost drowned at least 5+ times. When I was little I would practice in the jacuzzi think I was doing good then jump in the pool and sink like a rock. Every fail was scary but I was determined to not forever be the kid that has to sit on the side during birthday parties that couldn’t swim . I kept testing my boundaries. I did it smartly when adults were around and I was saved each time I failed. Eventually one random day I was with two friends at a pool. They were swimming and I jumped in the deep end and I could swim!! I was screaming like I m doing it!! They were confused like is this really your first day? I’m like yeah look at me I’m swimming!! Ever since that day I could swim. No regrets
Keep trying.
Practice with others around who are aware that you are not/are afraid of swimming and deep water. Swimming in deep water and being able to rescue yourself is a skillset that takes practice. The first time you may need it is not the first time you want to practice having to swim long distance, float, breath hold, and resting or performing a self rescue from the sides of a pool, boat, or parts of an ocean, river. Slipping into the water is rare but it can happen, even when you do your level best to avoid water.
Avoidance usually only means that when the accidents take place you are more likely to die because you never took the time to practice. Try and find something fun to do in the pool or water so that you feel comfortable. (Think learning kicks and turns in the water, swimming distances while alternating strokes and breath holds/float techniques, catching dive rings, ect.) The more comfortable you are with the physical effort of swimming the better off you will be.
If somewhere offers it (as not all pools do) make sure your swim training includes classes that require you to be fully clothed during an emergency accidental immersion. Most accidents occur with clothes on and the extra weight can make people too tired or shocked to pull themselves out. They start to panic with the weight on them and forget their swim technique.
My only other big piece of advice is when a drowning looks like it's taking place (that this video didn't cover) throw something to the person and do not go in yourself if there is something buoyant nearby. Even for a very experienced swimmer, if the person comes to or won't relax after you have a hold of them, you need to get them calm or risk being pulled under and becoming a second victim. This is why life guards always have the leashed floatie with them when they go into a rescue. A poor swimmer is more likely to kill you after or as you rescue them because they have a tendency to panic. By giving them something to hold onto while you pull them along, they are less likely to be panicked, making your job MUCH easier.
Good thing we dont have 30 second unskippable ads in these kind of videos
we don't?
That thing with children and bathing rings is a very real danger. I remember being on vacation with my mom. We were at the hotel pool and I had my bathing ring on. Children are stupid and don’t think their actions through. In the spirit of this I jumped, head first, into a relatively deep part of the pool, bathing ring equipped. It was way smaller than the one in this video so I was quite literally stuck upside down in the water. Luckily my mom was watching from her seat, as responsible parents do, and jumped in to save me. I have no idea if there was a life guard, but I really hope my mom was just faster than them.
Rare wind That's why my dad wouldn't get me an inflatable ring for swimming in a lake .I was mad about it at the time. Thank you for relating to us your experience about what can happen if you dive in with an inflatable ring on your waist
For submerged vic recovery, you want to protect the airway as well either by pushing the head down or by covering the mouth and nose.
U can often c this in freediving
Good swimmer and good rescuer!👏🏾
This is amazing, informative and funny 😂
loved the upside down donut! 9/10 for posture! thanks for this vid
Ay Dios, ¡lo que se encuentra cuando se nada en Internet! llegué a este vídeo buscando técnicas para patear menos y tener mayor velocidad. Muy interesante esto del rescate. Creo que generé adrenalina sólo viéndolo sentada en la comodidad de mi sala. Gracias, me gustó.
If that hot life guard dude was at my pool I'd definitely consider faking a distress
creepy but ok
@@hitthatrwnoflare9645 lol 😆
I remember me, my brother, and my gf swimming in Lake Michigan last summer when I was 17, during a yellow flags day with heavy undertow. I was enjoying the big waves while bouncing off the bottom. My gf and brother are not good swimmers at all so that’s why we have just been staying in areas where we can touch the bottom but I start searching for my brother and I see he’s far out treading water and I knew something was wrong so I go to get him. I get to him and he’s in a spot where even I can’t touch. I feel like the waves undertow was sucking us out more so I try physically dragging him to me. We both go under and I’m trying to get up while trying to hold him up because I know he wouldn’t be able to tread while the waves are bombarding us. I turn around and my gf is right behind me. I’m screaming for her to go back while I’m gasping for air and burping up water in between the waves and so is my brother. Either she gets sucked out and I make it to her and the waves are still horrible and I’m on my tippy toes along the bottom while my gf and brother cling on to me. I try holding them up, Each wave that comes we’re all submerged and come out burping up water and gasping. My little brother let’s go at somepoint because he sees what’s happening to me. I start to go sideways from shore because that’s the only thing I can think of doing. We get to a spot where I know my gf can actually stand and I tell her to go get out and I turn around to find my brother. I see two men wading out and I scream at them to help my brother who’s closer to them now. The men seem to struggle too while getting them out. I am a football player and wrestler so I am decently strong but I felt helpless in this Situation and I thank God that he allowed us to live. The sounds of us burping up water and gasping for air in our panic and desperation haunts me to this day a year later and I can’t get it out of my mind. I pray no one will ever have to go through something like that. I’ve had nightmares and episodes of trauma. Whenever I see someone remotely struggling in water or gasping in water or thrashing around it tightens my throat and I feel the panic inside me start to rise. I think about what could of happened that day and it makes me horrified.
Very scary situation indeed ,😮
Thank God you all survived
You were traumatized. I’m so sorry, but you clearly did save your brothers life, and likely your girlfriend’s as well. If it is a still affecting you, maybe some counseling/therapy would help. (I too, have had a terrifying event happened that has traumatized me. Six months ago. I am going to counseling and it has helped)
Bless you.
Much more informative than BABEwatch !
I wonder how strong you'd have to be to pull yourself and someone up
Not so strong, people will float with lungs full of air. So with water in the lungs they way just 1-3kg underwater.
very!!
not at all. i'm slightly out of shape and can pull around a person just like that who weighs 15kgs more than me. The issue is stamina as i get i get tired relatively quick.
@@werespawn2665 nope
I'd go swimming everyday if the lifeguard look like that
This is recommended as I’m gonna be a lifeguard this summer 😂❤ but on a real note I have rescued a kid from drowning while the pool was doing those waves and i was swimming with my friend and I just noticed something behind me he was face down but wasn’t getting up for air as someone would eventually, I just put my goggles and looked underneath and he was clearly grasping for air and just flailing around so I lift him up under his arms and the poor thing just buried his face on my chest and hugged me and started crying, his face was red and I asked do you know where your mom or dad is? He must of not been no older than 4-5 years old with no flotation device and at the deepest end of the pool, me and my friend signalled and shouted for a lifeguard sitting on those high chairs but he wouldn’t look at me, I was worried he inhaled water into his lungs; he finally spotted his parents and I said what happened and I think they should take him to the hospital to check he doesn’t have water on his lungs; they didn’t even care. I hope that boy is fine and doing well today. I’m relatively small, short and with a lot of health issues, and if it was a heavier and taller person than me idk how I’d do it, so thanks for this video ❤
What about the technique of how to hold them while they're struggling so that the don't drown you?
Often needs a floatation device (especially if they're heavy and hard for you to pull up) or to pass them something to hold rather than letting them grab onto you, apparently, according to the other comments.
Thank you very much for a demonstration
So scary I noticed he grabbed the person from behind the head this should of been mentioned
Please explain what you mean?
@@Christian_Wedoy she probably meant 2:41
Awesome video btw bro!
I don’t think it was needed… it’s clearly so their head isn’t underwater. Kinda just straightforward really.
You grab people by the head or face to keep them above water, especially if they are still conscious. If they are unconscious and a life guard does not have their floatie (specifically because keeping an unconscious person on it adds more time to effect the rescue) there is no other way to keep their head stable than grabbing them by the nape of the neck (the back or front, depending on if they have to right them). The victim can no longer actively control their breathing and therefore their buoyancy. Better to be sore than dead, when it comes to drowning.
I just finished my silver DLRG certification yesterday! Your holds are a bit different but the basic content is the exact same and it’s cool to see the small variations!
ich halte nichtmal 10 minuten normal ganze Zeit schwimmen durch... Congrats
The man is like a hero that's crazy how people can swim that fast
Nice content man keep up the good work
Thanks, happy you liked it
What content you fool
Which country is this? Nice big swimming pools, very spacious surroundings! 👍
I just rescued someone from drowning yesterday, just pulled his hands and get him to safety. I didnt know the right technique, and now I'm watching this.
My husband recently got into the river drunk and the current was taking him out. He was swimming against the current so I ran in to help him then had to call his friends. I was so pissed, I told him not to go deep and yet he wanted to show off. His friends were saying no he is fine and yet not noticing he is swimming against the current because they don’t know about that. Worst experience in my life.
I would hate to be the guy at the bottom 😂 2:15
from my experience of almost drowning, it starts with lots of splashing, then i just sink to the bottom, eyes closed contemplating what will happen next, then my brother saves me
really useful ❤️
Thanks
It would be a little different for a head, deck or spine injury. But great video
Good content keep it up!
THANKS
That video was PERFECTION !!!
Thanks. I knew it would help to get some Baywatch bodies in there.
He has put in a lot of effort
Very informative. Keep it up
Underwater videos needed ! It needs a lot effort to bring a person to the shore 🥰 so we need step by step guide 😉
It is coming
Not gay but I need this man to watch me when I swim lol
newsflash: you ARE gay.
Why? Are you latent?
Um I want that life guard to rescue me :D
I’m just imagining the civilian’s minds like thinking they actually drowned
It is a shame that we are no longer in the late 1990s
Why?
@@Loyal_homie100 because the late 1990s where grate
@@erajehaidery2019 for who?
@@babauranai probably for everyone
He is strong..Bravooo 🥰🥰
yeah we are planning to cast him in next justice league
A pool is different, but in a lake if im with someone who starts drowning and panicking, if he is bigger than me im not going to go close to him. Because he will just drag me down and we both die.
Ya i am gonna question myself 2 if this happens
I saved a little girl from drowning when i was 7..
The father was so happy i saved her- and I'm like "I DON'T EVEM KNOW HOW TO SWIM YET, I'M WEARING A LIFE JACKET AND I'M 7" [my mother never brought me to any swim places before, cuz i never really liked water touching my skin. I also didn't say these words to them, i was a shy child TvT]
OMG Oscar save me 🤤😍😍
Me and my wife saved today totally drank man in Athens, Paleo Faliro beach by dragging him around 250 m from sea to the shore. He was almost unconscious , did not move. I am good swimmer, did 10 k open water swimming several years ago, but I was totally tired at the shore after 250 m rescue swim, holding the head of man from the back and my wife assisting me and pulling the arm. My son 10 years old was swimming close with us. The most awful thing is that there was rescue team on the beach, but they were not watching at all - nobody was trying to assist us until we reached shore. Only then rescue arrived and helped. Hope the man will be fine, as he was still slightly breathing and ambulance took him quite fast.
Totally disagree. If someone is actively in distress you need to grab and give them a flotation device. Absent that a pole, a stick, etc. Coming right up to a drowning person like that would be the last choice. Reason is a drowning person is desperate/panicking and will claw and grab at you. They'll bring you down under the water in an attempt to get to the surface themselves. Don't be another victim. Get a flotation device.
1:32 I didn't know a women can be saved by pulling on their hair like this. Interesting to know
Wait so even if they are sunken like that to the bottom they are still considered “drowning” instead of just drowned or dead? How long till they die then
You guys should have shown a video underwater while kicking so every newbies will see the kicking techniques. That's the most important part and you missed it. 😅
I love the background music but I think my swimming strength is not enough to rescue someone drowning especially already drwoned
The music plays in all drowning situations: real, imagined, or Baywatch.
My mother's sisters and brother grew up playing in Lake Michigan.....and none of them could swim worth a nickel .Lake Michigan has big waves and under tows..... And its cold !
I was olso drowning while swimming in Hrishikesh Ganges river ..but just one day earlier only I performed last rites of my mother in the same river..n next day I swam aftr 10 years hnce after a minute or so I started drowning but somthing happnd strange n miraculously I popped up out of water like somone lifted me up it happnd in seconds dat I cudnt get it actually initially..but then people n mi sister miself guessed it was my mom who saved my life that day like an Angel still she does all the time ..I miss my mom ol the time and get gt out of this loss
Cool edits
How did you stay at the bottom of the pool like that?
It is easy for a stable person to save but what about a panic one, explain
We will get to that in another video
Most often they will be panicked until you get them up out of the water past their shoulders. This is a fun video to watch but I hope people don't intend on using this for their personal life near water. This will surely end up causing deaths if it is not clear this is not something you can just hop into the water and perform, this takes much training to do it safely and effectively. A small child drowning is more than strong enough to pull a full grown swimmer down let alone another drowning adult. Please leave the rescuing to the people who are trained. The best thing you can do if you notice someone drowning and are not trained as a lifeguard is to call for help and try to reach or throw something to them.
I'm just amazed how he does the underwater save without goggles.. impressive merman!
Nice 👍
Thank you
When I was younger I wanted to be an ocean lifeguard but I was rejected because I didn't look hot like those Baywatch guards.
The lifeguard training for Los Angeles County sounds like the training to be a Navy SEAL ......The lifeguards at the ocean beaches could get out to the drowning person faster if they use a jet ski
Can you make a video of how to swim back up from water without floating
If someone is drowning, they will be frantically grabbing and pulling on the person trying to save them. Once water gets into people's nose or airway, they won't be able to transition into being calm. Secondly you have to be really strong to save someone from the bottom because you have to kick up yourself plus them. This made it look too easy. If you aren't as calm or as strong as trained lifeguards, you will only be joining in as an extra drowning death.
You should check out the video coming out tomorrow. A tiny 155cm girl pulling a 187cm 85kg man from the bottom easily.
Do you need to go underwater with your lungs full of air or empty?
I almost drong today, i was in a pool without knowing how to swi., dove to what i thought was the 5 foot section but when i ran out of breath under water, all i could to is try to jump up, but i couldnt breath because my mouth kept getting full of water and now i jabe p.t and dont ever want to be near uncomfortable depths in a pool or ocean
When I was a child my older brother used to do the upside down donut on purpose 🙄
What if the drowning person is so panicking and accidentally keep drag you down?
Iam almost died becuz that,glad my friend was there too
Well this person is unconscious..
Informative but we don't have lifeguards in Michigan on the beaches of the great lakes or the Inland Lakes . so you're on your own
外國的泳池也太深了吧 0口0！這至少六米深耶...
On my phone the thumbnail looks like two sumo wrestlers underwater .
It is just WTF... real drowning is completely insane
For me, my mother would tell me not to save someone from drowning, even if I know how to swim, my mother would just tell me not to. So, I am just gonna someone drown if that's what my mother says.
I hear you put your arm around the neck because my dad lost his brother from drowning and instead of putting his arm around my late uncles neck he wrapped his arms around his stomach, my uncle slipped out of my dads grasp 3 times and after the 3rd time he drowned. My dad almost drowned too but he was saved.
Aqua mans competent brother
He applues the extended arm,that's what I've been though above all in case of awake and panicking person
Can you do a bit in sea
Oscar the real aqua man 😆
I almost died today and none of the life guards did anything because I was drawing in front of them but and I don't know how to swim and the rope that says where it's deep it lied so I almost drowned and I somehow saved my self I couldn't move for 20 sec but then I could move slowly and survived.
Title is misleading. You didn’t show us how to save the person, you showed us how it’s done. I was looking for how to pull the person out of the water.
Here you go. th-cam.com/video/ZgryKsisVUg/w-d-xo.html
im gonna make a life guard because I’ll save the kid drowning not him 😊
Thanx
maybe try not putting ads in these type of videos
Bring something they can grab that floats if they are not small persons, otherwise the could drag you down in panic!!
How deep is the pool seems like 20+ feet 🔥
Everybody has an accent.
Where and what languages do all of you speak?
We are from Norway, Serbia and Trinidad and Tobago.
@@Christian_Wedoy Thanks. I love languages and also am currently learning to swim. Your videos are very educational.
i dont mean to make actual advice comical or anything, especially bc everyone is talking abt saving lives and shit, but, i clicked on this video thinking that to guy on top of the other guy in the thumbnail was moist critikal and was SHOCKED to find it wasnt.
yes. i learning now
swimmers are just overall great people
I wish i knew this before loosing my sister I am helpless at that moment 😭😭😭
Hey dred I’m drowning ❤
Not to long ago we went to our local pool we brought our friends and my friend was in the deeper part and she tried her best to survive soon enough my dad went in and saved her i literally felt horrible not helping because i thought she knew how to swim
Also a one tip can be to grab them by their hair or shirt if they have one on also neck if possible
Drowning victims do not wave their arms. Silent and fast is real life.
Tips: you can breath in this video.
I trying to help a drowning person but got an add and I could not skip it so ummmm
Even in the Caribbean its probably called floating arse up.
They didn't seem to have a word for the inner tube is what he meant, or at least, that's how I took it, hence the other one calling it a doughnut, etc.!
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Why pretending to drown, that’s not a real emergency
It's a demonstration for educational purposes... it's not ethical to go drown someone for real to make a video.
@@pinokosthewifelmao