chaos86
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Ok, so I'm standing here in the foyer of my school's Rec center, dripping chloriney water onto the tile floor (and getting rude looks from the cleaning staff). Why? Because some guy decided it would be fun to 'play dead' as we lifeguards call it. Here's the PSA: If you really want to lie face down in the water and just float (I know, it's fun), especially if you're hard of hearing like this guy, put a hand out to the side with a thumbs up or OK sign or something. Otherwise your arms will suddenly be pulled forward to brace your neck because the lifeguard thinks you have a spinal injury.
On a side note, last month a lifeguard and pool management company in Florida was sued because the lifeguard didn't respond to someone 'playing dead' face up, because "people float like that all the time". The victim's spinal cord was severed when his son jumped on him, and when the lifeguard didn't respond, the man suffered hyperthermia and shock.
Swimmers of America, stop 'playing dead'!!!
If you don't want to read all that here's my PSA again: If you really want to lie face down in the water and just float (I know, it's fun), especially if you're hard of hearing like this guy, put a hand out to the side with a thumbs up or OK sign or something.
On a side note, last month a lifeguard and pool management company in Florida was sued because the lifeguard didn't respond to someone 'playing dead' face up, because "people float like that all the time". The victim's spinal cord was severed when his son jumped on him, and when the lifeguard didn't respond, the man suffered hyperthermia and shock.
Swimmers of America, stop 'playing dead'!!!
If you don't want to read all that here's my PSA again: If you really want to lie face down in the water and just float (I know, it's fun), especially if you're hard of hearing like this guy, put a hand out to the side with a thumbs up or OK sign or something.
