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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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