Show Sunday Monmij Salt £akc 'Tribunc- vTljc July 16 1939 3 - A 1 I W h Lifeguard's Handbook for !! I t L 'IhK' Those Foolish ' Swimmers Who ? ‘1 Lose Their Heads ik fvv And Disregard Safely Rules r br f b m it - Ifigll B 4 jr Sq bJ--- w- 1 rt 4 '- - ft n ‘B& 4 ’VtWy c Ji'r r J tf ' V “A -- 5'!5: B'" J t I 'It W'- - ' i8l V 1 144 : 1 f: ' W f JH-- — '4VVV tt-i 1- - i ’ t -- r- f - 1 - Approaching a Drowning Victim from Below the lifeguard Grasps llis Thighs and Prepares to Turn Him Around for a Head Carry V v i I ” Is j4 VW 't fBB'i-'i 1 i K ' TO 9-- B- - - - 1 mu £ V i V i SrVC'U jb Photo Stranglehold on lifeguards Trying to Aid Them The Guard Above lias Taken the to Break the Hold Note How lie Pushes the Kneireling Arms Lp 0er His Head Panicky Swimmers Often Clamp a hy Cottrtmr of th Amerinn RH ( rota ictini Below the Surface makes manv an average swimmer feel he If you are going swimming any time McMOSIGLE Chief Lifeguard JOHS is another Johnny Weissmuller or anywhere you must think You Inland han npent thirty-rigDon’t swim awav from shore when yearn on the nation'n monl rroirded mustn’t forget for a moment that danbeach He directn under the nupervininn ger is ever present in the water You learning to swim Stay close to the lifemust continually bear in mind that cerlines W alk out until you are about chest of Sew York’n Park Department the tain precautions have to be taken Reckwork of eighty-threguardn who protect high and swim toward the shore less chance-takinis foolish when your over half a million bathern each weekDon't show ofT by ducking people on cramps life is at stake! end In hin own wordn the veteran of Young boys often do this to girls Many Don't remain in the water Until you times the victim of such horseplay is so After spending more than half my countlenn rencuen telln you how drowning cold The foot calf I've Island beach become on the life thigh at Coney very nccidentn can be prevented weakened by it that she sinks to the botor arms are often affected by muscular compiled with the aid of Park Departtom immediately upon being released ment Supervisor Michael Rampino the cramps at such times And although Don't try to fight a current if you are these cramps are not as overwhelming as following list of “don’ts” for swimmers being carried away from the beach be often ran stomach In are: very cramps they particular they Chief Lifeguard Coney lslandNY Swim with it and diagonally head for anDon't swim too far from shore Swim painful and serious Swimmers should other section of the beach to should not become panicky but within the area patrolled by lifeguards try kACH year thousands of persons Don’t try to rescue some other person s work out a muscular cramp After takarc about 2'0 feet oll shore Our throughout America meet death by swimming up to them while they are and any spot within this area can be ing a deep breath hold it and bend over by drowning And each year thoustruggling furiously in the water I've affected knead the area a than in less and a minute reached a by guard firmly sands more come close to watery grave seen many swimmers unskilled in lifeDon't w alk out on bulkheads or try to should a swimmer signal that he is in —because of carelessness! saving methods caught in strangleclimb up on them from the water They distress All these tragedies and narrow esholds The professional then are usually covered by moss and treachShould you feel that you want to take a double job on his hands capes might be avoided if the swimmers has be You — s knocked can bedo the a so within swim sense common used erously slippery long involved plain Should you attempt to rescue a drownforehand Too many times have I heard parallel to the shore Remember that unconscious from a fall and even receive ing person wait until the water has althem on of one have a skull fracture even famed Channel swimmers rescued persons say while trying to exweakened him sufficiently for you to apDon’t dive from bulkheads or anycuse near drownirigs ‘‘I didn't think I ways had a boat at their elbow They proach A few mouthfuls will never afwhere without knowing the depth of the know the futility of swimming any great was out so far — I didn’t think the curfect him seriously As you come close water or the condition of the bottom rent was so strong— I didn’t think I’d get distance without aid near at hand spin him around until his back is torebroken necks number of a seen I've Don't eat heavily before you go tired so quickly!" or head-hol- d wards you and take a hair-holsuch sult from diving There's the answer to the whole probswimming If you do stay away from and hit out for the beach RememDon't run or dive into a surf of un- the water for at least an hour and r half lem — "I didn't think!” ber that the best lifeguards seldom make known strength An swimming rescues if they can help it undertow may prove They usually employ r boat buoys a dangerous even line or anything which will support or though you are only drag a person to safety standing waist high Don't swim as far on a rough day as in the water But you do on a calm one The water may more importantly ttre you more than you realize and mnkc should you do this it necessary for you to be aided back to try not to become shore again An under-- ’ panicky Don’t fake a drowning There is nothtow is merely a reing more maddening to a lifeguard than of movement ceding to find that someone is only water caused by the when they call for help He"kidding” realizes piling up of waves on that he might be needed at some other a sloping shore You spot in the water where another person 4 will not be "sucked i" really in distress I’ve seen many down” by it It will fakers regret they had pulled such a however carry you despicable trick after the guard in quesaway from the shore tion "brought" them in ! But the next wave Don't become panicky if you step into will carry vou bark t a deep hole When this occurs push up tow aid shore again B from the bottom strongly and catch a j If i Lj: you are caugh breath each time you reach the surface “ H I in an undertow you Your struggles will thus be seen on a hould relax and rest V guarded beach and help will soon arrive the trough By inclining your kicks toward shorn Try to remember you can often gel out of a deep hole that it w ill carry you yourself out a shorter disDon't perform violent athletics on the tance than you were shore and then plunge into rold water in by the st'4 brought It may induce stomach cramps and is a 4 preceding wave severe shock to your heart After any i Thru juxt as the next strenuous workout on the bench the T ! J wave online along get water should be entered slowly and the your body parallel shock will be minimized ith the surface of Don't fail to with the lifethe water and swim This is one of Die most imporv guards like blazes Keep rr-- f tant "Don’ts” I ran think of Almost rescue we make on rough days is pealing the trick and N you will soon reach every due to the failure of swimmers to heed our warnings with promptness If a Don I di ink alcohol gtianl approaches you in the water and j1 before the indicates that you are too far from slim e I coining I lie Girl Iifrguaril Almtr lenionst rntes lire Snfrat Vbv to Approucli water It bnngxnver- - take his wold He knows the currents SirfniT iVulc How Mtr Grasps IDs Wrist as Mir Maneuvers Him Into Position for H confidence and a los and weather conditions better than you Ilriul ( nrrv Mwin s Keeping Out of IG'iteli of Glulrlrlog Hands of reasoning It do this rule has or two Failure brought paralyzing stomach cramps to thousands of persons and many times resulted in the loss of life Swimmers forget that the shock of immersion in cold water almost immediately stops the work of the digestive organs and brings to observe e g J Ifrw rturteafWa a- r JMh- -s -- if ' The Lifeguard at Bight Breaks Thin Hold hy Pushing Hard Against the Nirlini'g Kilts W li ile Sliding Backward and Away rnithiirii By John McMoniglc tow®— life-line- Kn- x - i life-sav- life-line- 3r -- d ‘ c - J tMi r it Hy thrusting Out His Arm and Pushing Against the Victim's Chest the Lifeguard Prevents Him from Obtaining a Hold ‘v r WB fMiM I I ' hear Two Holds the Are the Best and the Methods to Lmplny in Towing a irtim to Shore Sava Chief Lifegunrd' McMnnijjle 'I he Drowning Man Can’t Obtain a Hold on the Guard I Hair-Carr- y Head-Carr- |