ID NUMBER: 2203267

NAME: FETALVERO, DIANE FAE M.

COURSE&YR: BS ARCH 2
CLASS CODE: 7837UA

TASK 7
Water Rescue and Response:
Analyzing a Water-Rescue and Response Situation

Analyze the given situations and conclude what proper course of action
should be taken based on available information to a potential water rescue
situation. Determine what should be done first and last as well as the available
resources in the scenarios.

1. You walk on the footpath along with the pool when you notice someone in
distress who is signaling for assistance. She is 6m away from you. There is only a
rope you can retrieve from the cottage you just passed by.

1. Signal the person that you see her and that help is coming.
2. Look for a nearby lifeguard and alert them of the situation.
3. If a lifeguard isn’t present, grab the rope from the nearby cottage.
4. Use the rope as a heaving line for a throwing assist.
5. Brace yourself on the pool deck and place your leg opposite the
throwing arm forward.
6. Step on the line with the forward foot and avoid stepping on the coil
line with the other foot.
7. Communicate again to the person that you’ll be throwing a line, and
she must grab it.
8. Bend your knees and throw the line upstream to the swimmer.
9. As soon as the person grabbed the rope, you must slowly pull her to
safety, leaning back away from the water.
10. If the person missed grabbing the line, draw the rope back and throw it
again.

2. You walk along the river when you notice someone 8m away who is
distressed and signaling for help. You have found an old rope that was used
on a paddle steamboat. Reveal how you would rescue this person.

1. Stand safely on the river bank at a point where the person is near the
bank.
2. Signal the person that you see him or her and that help is on the way.
3. Alert people nearby for help, especially by calling the rescue
authorities.
4. If there is no one to help and no way to contact for rescue, prepare
yourself to save the person yourself.
 5. Grab the old rope used on the steamboat and eliminate every
possible damaged part of the rope. You can use the butterfly knot to
isolate the damaged parts. If you also have any available lighter or
a strong, thinner rope around, you can use it to fix the rope’s frayed
sections.
6. Find a nearby sturdy tree, heavy rock, or any solid post for where you
can tie the rope to make sure the rope won’t be swept away into the
river current.
7. Use the rest of the rope as a heaving line for a throwing assist.
8. Brace yourself on the bank and place your leg opposite the throwing
arm forward.
9. Step on the line with the forward foot and avoid stepping on the coil
line with the other foot.
10. Communicate again to the person that you’ll be throwing a line, and
he or she must grab it.
11. Bend your knees and throw the line upstream to the person.
12. As soon as the person grabs the rope, you must slowly pull him or her
to safety, leaning back away from the water.
13. If the person missed grabbing the line, draw the rope back and throw
it again.

3. You were on the schools swimming pool to practice your butterfly stroke for
an upcoming competition and are the only one in the pool area when you
noticed someone floating in the pool's 8ft area. When you checked what it
was, you were shocked to find a person floating and unresponsive to your calls.

1. Quickly call the emergency number for rescues. But if the situation calls
for an immediate rescue, brace yourself to save the person.
2. Before diving in, look for life vests and take one for yourself and one for
the person to be saved. If there none, try to find any flexible rescue
floating buoy to be used for the rescuee.
• Approach the person from behind.
• Wrap around the life vest or the flexible rescue floating buoy around
the person focusing on his or her center of gravity.
• Embracing the person with the rescue gear, slowly submerge yourself
into the water from your side, turning the person face-up from the
water.
• Carefully swim away from the deep water and reach the entrance
of the pool while still embracing the person from behind.
3. If there are no rescue floatation gears around, approach the person on
his or her side.
• Place your arm across the person’s shoulders and with your hand,
grab his or her front bicep. From there, turn the person facing up.
• Place your arm over the person’s arm then to his or her back to
support the person’s body.
 • From there, hold his or her head and place them into your shoulder
and slowly swim away from the deep water into the entrance of the
pool.
4. Once on the entrance, carefully grasp the person under the armpits.
Support the him or her head with your forearms.
5. Walk backward slowly, dragging the person out of the water. Use your
legs, not your back, to power the movement.
6. Once out of the water, check for consciousness and breathing.
7. If the person is not breathing, call the local emergency number and
provide resuscitative care according to your level of knowledge and
training.

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