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Signs of swimmer in distress/near drowning
scubatrivia - 12/09/2012 12:16 AM
This is a very important video to watch - for ANYONE who is going near water. Particularly important for scuba divers as this contradicts what we are taught in the PADI Rescue course. Panicking people splash at the surface, but drowning people are often silent .A person may drown and nobody may notice the signs of trouble until it is to late .Usually most people expect a swimmer may be in some sort of trouble and struggling in the water accompanied by yelling or crying out for help. But as the ...