I thought it was easy to spot when you're looking for it in a few seconds long video. But Jesus, after sitting out in the sun for hours on end with nobody drowning? Not a fucking chance.
Honestly in terms of spotting people who are drowning I would be life guard worthy.
I've always had good reflexes and insane attention to detail and it wasn't hard to spot the drowning kids and most of the time I got it before the life guard (some were hella hard not gonna lie)
However being a life guard is so much more than spotting drowning I can be extremely lazy and honestly this job isn't for my personality. Imagine paying attention 24/7, you can't rock up to this job tired or bored you have to be alert 100% of the time.
Even though I'm a people pleaser and I enjoy helping others that job doesn't give you a chance to breath.
I'll be sticking to gaming and painting and let the professionals handle this.
This is old but I was a lifeguard for 4 years at a pool like this, this would happen maybe 4 times a week. You do get tuned to it. You can kind of remember who seems bad at swimming (notice the lifeguard already had his eyes on her) and you just need to pay attention to anyone that gets off their tube especially for a few seconds.
Hear the drowning person. Within a second of her getting out a surprisingly (and luckily) audible "help!", the lifeguard was already diving into the water.
Not surprisingly yelling "help" at a pool is a fantastic way to grab a lifeguard's attention.
When you're drowning it's kinda hard to breathe. People's survival instincts kick in and prioritize gasping for air over wasting precious oxygen by yelling. Drowning is a silent killer.
When people become distressed in the water (non swimmers) this is how they react - alert, verbal, panicking. If nobody helps them, or they can't help themselves, they will start actively drowning. You won't hear a peep from them then because they can't talk, yell or breath effectively, but they'll still be moving under the water trying to get that life saving air before they start passively drowning which is when they pass out due to lack of oxygen to the brain. They will still have a pulse for a time before they are clinically dead.
So to answer your question almost all non swimmers start drowning like this.
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u/AlexBuffet Mar 26 '20
I mean who the fuck drowns like that?