drowning is the number two cause of
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In fact, many of us could not recognize the sign of drowning. This is because;drowning is usually a deceptively quiet event. We always expect that there is waving, and
yelling for help. But, it does not look like we think. Parent and adult will having no idea it is
happened eventhough they watch them do it. They actually doesnt know the sign and
different between drowning and aquatic distress. Actually, aquatic distress is people are
yelling for help and thrashing. For example, when we have been pulling far away from the
beach by wave, we will panicked and started to wave for help. It does not take long time.
Article Drowning does not look like drowning in the Coast Guards On Scene Magazine
written by Dr. Pia explain the instinctive drowning response and sign of drowning people.
Actually drowning people are unable to call out for help. This victim can assist their own
rescue like grab lifelines, throw ring and other example. This is because, breathing must
fulfilled before speech occurs. 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
peoples mouths are above the surface, they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to
sink below the surface of the water. Actually, drowning people cannot wave for help.
Pressing down on the surface of the water, permits drowning people use their nature
instinctively to leverage their bodies and extend their arm laterally, so they can lift their
mouths out of the water to breathe. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on
the surface of the water cannot stop drowning and will perform voluntary movements like
waving for help, moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.
They cannot voluntarily control their arm movements through the Instinctive Drowning
Response. Eyes closed, gasping, trying to swim but not making headway, mouth open with
head tilted back are some of the sign drowning people. Importantly, we need to remember
that drowning people can only struggle from 20 to 60 seconds on the surface of the water
before submersion occur. If we know and understand all the sign of drowning and water
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safety, maybe we can help drowning people in first time. So, this information quiet good to
help us know about water safety.
We need to overcome drowning issues before it is getting worse. So we have some
suggestion to overcome this matter. First, we need to have a swimming club for a kid. We
need to teach them about water safety besides swimming. So that, our children can knows the
situation that will harm them. Swimming class for parent and adult also must be held often to
provide them information about water safety care. We need to learn how to swim because it
is good for our body and can help us
Malaysians love to swim and picnic in waterfall area like Sg Chiling, Kuala Kubu
Bharu. So, we need to provide lifeguard in this area. Many drowning cases area happened in
this area. So, many qualified lifeguard are need to guide and care the safety of visitor there.
While in hotels pool, staffing should favor the use of pool attendants as opposed to lifeguard.
Cooperation each other on duty will help to secure customer safety while swimming.
We need to have volunteer from Life Saving Society Malaysia and Ministry of
Defence Department to build up one big crew to be lifeguard or pool attendants. We can train
them to be a good lifesaver. Furthermore, they can work anytime and anywhere when their
service is needed.
If there is no lifeguard on Duty, we can put a sign that saying Pool Open- No
Lifeguard on Duty. Swim at your Own Risk. So, our traveler and costumer will be careful
about their family and have most highly curios about their family safety. We need to teach
our community about the important of thing to prevent drowning.
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Conclusion
Finally, we can conclude that drowning can be preventing if our community have awareness
about this issues. We do not have to be swimmer to be a life saver. If we know about water
safety, good in swimming, know the sign or response of drowning people, we can save them
in the first time. Besides that, we must obey the command by lifeguard at the beach or the
pool. Moreover, collaborate with interested parties like Ministry of Tourism and Ministry Of
Defence Department in occupy enough qualified lifeguard in drowning incident typically
happened like Teluk Sepat, Kuantan. I think the number of drowning people in Malaysia will
dropped if Malaysians have consciousness to overcome this issues together.
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