beach rescue
Saving drowning swimmers
Beach rescue refers to the emergency response when someone is in danger in or near ocean, lake, or river water at a beach.
Lifeguards perform beach rescues using flotation devices, watercraft, or swimming skills to reach distressed swimmers: The lifeguard made a beach rescue after spotting a swimmer caught in a rip current.
The term covers both the act itself and the organized service that provides it.
- lifeguardPaid swimming supervisor
- wavesTraveling energy disturbances
- rip currentOutbound coastal water channel
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- surfboardBuoyant wave-riding plank
CPR · mouth to mouth · swimmer · riptide · flotation · whistle · red flag · sand · shore · emergency · resuscitation · buoy · patrol · coastguard · life ring · victim · current · struggling
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- water emergenciesdrowning, near drowning, near-drowning, pool drowning, bathtub drowning
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- Dolphin Storiesdolphin encounters
beach rescuedrowning
Death by water inhalation
water emergency · shark attack · maritime disaster · abandonment
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alpine rescue · cave rescue · avalanche rescue · mine rescue
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