Henrietta Amofa PE Written Task 16 October 2015 Drowning although usually not spoken of, is a common cause of death, this could be due to the lack of conversation about the topic of drowning. Leading causes of drowning includes the lack of education of learning how to swim, alcoholism, lack of qualified life-savers, lack of responsibility when swimming in a pool, ocean etc. and lack of supervision over those who swim. There is an incredible importance of life-saving specifically in the drowning field, because if one knows the basic steps to take when witnessing a drowning or be you drowning, the chances of survival is heightened. In Australia according to royallifesaving.com.au, 271 people fatally drowned in waterways in 2015. As previously stated the leading causes included lack of education about drowning, according to dailymail.co.uk, drowning is one of the leading causes of death amongst children aged and the writer even called this a “neglected health issue”, which is now and always will be a problem as according to this same site, 90% of all drowning cases occur in second and third world countries. This is an appalling statistic as in second and third world countries …show more content…
It is important that we appreciate the importance of life-saving, although the way entertainment has portrayed those who are life-savers in a more prerogative light, this role in society must be credited in a higher position as the lives of the life-savers are put in danger to save or protect you from an accident, just as the army protects the country from enemies. We as a society must teach and acknowledge the importance of life-saving by creating training opportunities and trying to create job opportunities which in turn can be beneficial in the long
Assisted suicide should be legalized nationwide in the United States, because every human deserves a peaceful death. Assisted suicide is when person that has been told they are terminally ill and won’t survive, they can go to a doctor and get prescribed a medication that results in death. It’s not murder, it’s giving the person a chance to say their good byes and leave this world when they are ready to go. Not making them suffer and go on when they don’t want to.
This discussion paper will identify how Surf Life Saving has come to form part of Australia’s cultural identity, through a contemporary and historical perspective. Surf Life Saving, (2014) states that the surf lifesaving organisation acts as the major water safety, drowning prevention and rescue authority within Australia, and has been doing so since 1907. Surf Life Saving (2014) establishes that the philosophy of Surf Life Saving is to create a safe water environment for Australians. “Patrols, education, training, public safety campaigns and the promotion of health and fitness” (Surf Lifesaving, 2014) are some of the mechanisms they use to achieve this philosophy. Surf Life Saving is comprised of both paid, and voluntary employees, however the organisation itself stands as a non-for profit organisation. Therefore they have strong community ties, because they’re dependant on fundraising, community donations and corporate sponsorship. They community ties are strengthened due to Surf Life Saving being a sport for the masses. Surf lifesaving caters for all athletes from, “Nippers” to professional athletes, who perform in such events as the annual Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain ironman series (Australian Institute of Sport, 2009).
“There is no danger that the Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable and nothing but inconvenience will be suffered by the passengers.” Says Phillip Franklin, the White Star Line Vice-President (http://thetitanicnhdproject.weebly.com/quotes-from-survivors.html). The ship was considered to be well constructed and would be able to sustain any amount of damage and not sink. Thirty seconds after the Titanic crew members were warned of an iceberg ahead, the iceberg hit the ship.
So far this year, 18 people have drowned in Orange County - 10 in swimming pools, eight in the ocean. Some of the deaths were the result of plain bad luck, while others, it must be said, were caused by the victim's own poor decisions: ignoring riptide warnings, jumping into a pool without knowing how to swim and so on.
“Make no mistake about people who leap from burning windows. Their terror of falling from a great height is still just as great as it would be for you or me standing speculatively at the same window […] the variable here is the other terror, the fire’s flames: when the flames get close enough, falling to death becomes the slightly less terrible of two terrors. It’s not desiring the fall; it’s terror of the flames.” This was said by American author David Foster Wallace who died by suicide in September of 2008. Most people do not want to die, dying is absolutely terrifying but for some, it becomes a choice between leaping out the window and sailing down to a quick death at your own hands and getting caught in the building and waiting for the
Swimming became a favored recreational activity in the US during the 1800’s. The occurrence of drownings intensified as water activity become more common. As many as 9,000 people drowned every year in the early 1900’s(History of Lifeguards). Once the businessmen who opened the pools and resorts realised there was an issue, they inserted lifelines. However, it became evident that these lifelines were insufficient because struggling swimmers weren’t able to clench onto them. For this reason, Duke Kahanamoku established the rescue board in Hawaii. Meanwhile in South Africa, Captain Harry Sheffield constructed the first rescue float. Although these worked for a few years, they were not the best option. A few communities stationed police officers at local water bodies to execute water rescues; However, this took away resources from law enforcement. This led to facilities hiring men and women who were trained particularly in water rescue. These individuals were labeled as lifeguards(History of Lifeguards). Now, when you attend a beach or a pool that is monitored by a USLA afflicted lifeguard, you have a 1 in 18 million chance of drowning(American Lifeguard).
Safety is the number one concern with any water sport. In May, the U.S. Coast Guard released its Recreational Boating Statistics, which revealed 701 boating fatalities nationwide in 2016 (Coast Guard). Alcohol
Dear friends; to anyone whom it may affect, you should all know that I am dead.
I am adventurous. No I don't sky dive, wrestle crocodiles, or swim with sharks, but when asked by a group of friends to go cliff diving last summer, my best response was, “Sounds like fun!” I had never been afraid of heights yet have never experienced the thrill of cliff diving. All I could ask myself was, “What could go wrong?”
6. Beeck, EF, Branche, CM, Szpilman, D, Modell, JH, and Bierens, JJ (2005). A new definition of drowning: towards documentation and prevention of a global public
There were less than twenty-five people in the water, so I was guarding by myself while the other lifeguards took a break. I took note of a woman who was in the water with three children under the age of ten years old. The children looked to be average swimmers for their age, but the mediocre supervision of their guardian concerned me. Ten minutes into my shift, I heard a scream for help from the deep end of the pool. As I turned around, I saw a young girl flailing her arms and struggling to keep her head above the water. It was one of the children that I had been keeping an eye on. I immediately jumped towards her and landed behind her, much to my own surprise. She was at least five metres away from me, but the apparent rush of adrenaline allowed me to jump right to her. I grabbed her around her waist and sat her on my hip in the standard lifeguard carry. I made my way to the side of the pool deck where my supervisor was waiting to help me reassure the child and report the
The debate over whose decision it is to uphold a human life is one with a vast range of opinions. Some believe it should be up to God, whereas others assert that it is the right of an individual; however, the ultimate verdict rests in the hands of the government. When tragedy leaves a victim in critical condition with no assurance of recovery, circumstances do not allow for a straightforward action plan. In any state of affairs, it is optimal to continue the life of a patient, even if it seems as though the ideal solution is death. Medical practitioners, relatives, and patients themselves do not deserve the pressure to decide this grave fate. The choice between life and death should not exist. Every human is entitled to the right to live, and
When most people hear the word "shark", the image of a vicious killing machine pops into their head. They picture something out of the movie Jaws, where a massive Great White shark terrorizes an entire beach and eats dozens of people. However, this fictional story is nothing more than Hollywood entertainment. In the real world, the tables are turned. Humans are the ones who kill sharks, and not just by the dozens. It has been estimated that over 100 million sharks are killed every year by humans (http://www.iflscience.com). Some estimates claim that the actual number of sharks killed every year could be as high as 273 million (http://www.iflscience.com). In this research paper, I will inform you of the many ways that sharks are being killed,
The Titanic, one of the biggest well known tragedies in history. The horrific accident was a catastrophe that impacted the world. Devastating news that this colossal ship everyone thought was indestructible had sunk from a collision with an iceberg. But the question is, could the terrible tragedy have been stopped? Why did the Titanic give so easily following the hit?
In 1999, nearly 1,000 children younger than 15 years of age drowned in the United States. It is surprising to many parents that young children tend not to splash or make noise when they get into trouble in the water and thus usually drown silently. An adult should always be watching young children playing, swimming, or bathing in water.