Jandug,Charie Mae A.

BSRT 2

ASSIGNMENT IN P.E .4

WHAT IS LIFESAVING?

Lifesaving is the act involving rescue, resuscitation and first aid. It often refers to
water safety and aquatic rescue; however, it could include ice rescue, flood and river
rescue, swimming pool rescue and other emergency medical services.

IMPORTANCE AND BENEFITS OF LIFESAVING

It focuses on drowning prevention and rescue in a coastal setting. General lifesaving does

not limit its activities to beaches - its aim is to promote water safety around ponds,
lakes, rivers, pools, in the home, at school and in any other applicable environments:

 It is a skill you might use to rescue your loved ones.

 It can bridge the gap between an incident being discovered and the arrival of
emergency services. In effect early intervention during a rescue can make a
crucial difference between life and death.
 It is also a professional skill for you to make extra income (Professional
Lifeguard or Part-time Lifeguard)
 Skills will be taught:
o Basic survival skills
o Basic lifesaving ensuring your personal safety first
o Resuscitation – EAR and CPR
o Basic first aid knowledge
o Using the correct techniques to rescue during different situations

TYPES OF STROKES WITH INSTRUCTIONS

 Side Stroke  
Side stroke one arm is clearly used in the supporting the injured
swimmer. Regardless of whether you are towing them at a distance
with something or supporting them directly with your arm around
their chest. But regardless of the technique, you use you are only
swimming with three limbs, which changes the whole dynamics of the
stroke. You can do it if you know how to do sidestroke properly but it
is definitely not a simple side stroke it is something different. 
  Life Saving Backstroke

Lifesaving backstroke involves using both your hands to support the

injured swimmer. This is not survival backstroke which is slow steady
and as long as you are not swimming away from a shipwreck, a very
relaxing stroke. 

Survival backstroke is about maintaining heat by keeping your legs

and arms together as long as possible. It is about traveling as far as
you can with absolute minimum effort, conserving as much energy as
possible. 

There is nothing about life-saving backstroke that is conserving energy

and you don't have time to conserve heat. Your legs are going like
anything. It is hard and exhausting. The two strokes are diffidently
different. 

 Breaststroke

Breaststroke is the same as survival breaststroke and in a sense, you

would be right. Swimming action is exactly the same but the stroke is
not. Your arms move in a shorter stroke and faster in order to support
the swimmer that you are rescuing and get them to safety as soon as
possible. As with survival backstroke, survival breaststroke is about
slow and steady conservation of energy, rescue or life-saving
breaststroke has nothing to do with conserving energy.