Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning (A Must Read)

[tryfuhl]

wow.. this should be common knowledge but it isn't. .. thanks for posting... I've had this happen to me in a lake after a mean belly flop from a 3m board on my first ba kflip attempt when i was 9 or so...and got no response from the guard.. I was able to tread slightly but had the tilted head, lack of headway when paddling, etc

[GMScud]

Thanks for that post FD. My wife was an all-American water polo player in high school, and she lifeguarded for years. She mentioned something similar to this to me one time a few years back when were watching a movie and there was a "hollywood" drowning scene. She said something along the lines of "most times you don't even know the person is actually drowning if you don't know what to look for."

I was somewhat aware of this, but not to this extent. Great info.