two on board

[Byron]

Good fun this lifeguard training:
http://meninnylon.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/saved-by-lifeguard-wearing-100-nylon.html?zx=94d71c65fc65ee80

[Byron]

That should have gone straight down to 8th pic instead of producing all the page.

[Crail]

Byron, no apology is needed. Nice post with great eye candy. I was patient and when I got to that pic; figured that was what you had intended. Takes brains to be stupid like me. LOL

[Byron]

:o Thanks - I have to say it wasn't all down to my idiocy as that damned pic gave me a different URL every time I clicked on it - and STILL it would not detach itself from the meninnylon blog page.

[Torchwatch]

Seems you cannot can an url for a single picture on that site as enlarging each picture is still on the same url.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QLg4Z9XeaIs/TnrRzKKtuiI/AAAAAAAAC4U/e_2vqzcWEsk/s1600/pic1199376305_18557_67%2BLaying%2BOn%2BTOP.jpg

However, clicking with the right mouse then selecting "Open image in new tab" does isolate the image as above. it is a very long url so copy it, not type.


An unconscious casualty being recovered using a surf ski or board has to be laid flat on the board, face down. You push them on from the side using their arms to hold them on the ski or board then turn them to face front.

As there is now no room left on the ski or board then the rescuer has to ride on top.

A logical and legitimate rescue technique.

Most unconscious casualty rescues involve close contact between rescuer and casualty eg cross chest and chin tows.

A surf ski is a board used like a canoe, it may have a seat and foot grips moulded into the deck and is propelled using a canoe paddle, always remember to put the plug in before using and unplug after, the air in a hot surf ski left on the beach may over expand and crack the glass fibre hull.

A rescue surf ski will have handles on the rear, these are so that a conscious casualty may grab them and the rescuer then paddle the surf ski to safety.


Yes Byron (see below) I have edited this post several times to get it right it has been a learning experience.
You can edit your post, but there seems to be a time window and other non listed rules about how and when you can do it.

[Byron]

You have now produced what I intended so I have to remember
right click and new tab to extract a pic.
Btw at the bottom of your post it is "edited by" - does that mean
you altered something before sending ?
(I am confused by that rule "you may NOT edit your post")

[Swimmboy]

Dang - that zoom picture sure shows the 'top' guy giving us a mega-view of crack!

[Byron]

.........thanks to Torchwatch for making a proper job of
what I thought would be appreciated in some quarters !

[MicroRon]

Thank you for the 'technique' illustration; Here's a snippet from a previous post:

" An unconscious casualty being recovered using a surf ski or board has to be laid flat on the board, face down. You push them on from the side using their arms to hold them on the ski or board then turn them to face front.~ ~ ~ As there is now no room left on the ski or board then the rescuer has to ride on top.~ ~ ~ A logical and legitimate rescue technique."

Now I know this comment is much later than the original post and comments by others, but please permit an older guy to come to the slow realization that the 'rescuer' also has the perfect example of what some would call a 'bubble butt', but... as far as I am concerned... this rescuer could say to me anytime, " I've got your back" :) !!~~!!

[Byron]

...I guess on this occasion we have the luxury of a fantasy provided
by two hunky lifeguards demonstrating the logical and appropriate technique
(though I sure hope the under-partner is concious !)

[Torchwatch]

If you are young and fit enough to attempt a Beach Lifeguard Qualification course I suggest that you have a go. The training is challenging but you will be training with other young and fit candidates performing all the body contact rescue techniques in the water. You will divide your time between playing rescuer and casualty and get the chance to ride on the board and on the casualty.

As a "casualty" you will be taken out to deep water by rescue power craft and drop in off the sides, to quote Clint Eastwood in Hamburger Hill "I could never understand the need for jumping out of a perfectly functioning (air) craft." You then float on the surface, play dead and wait to be rescued.

The physically most demanding part of the exam is the 400m run followed by 200m sea swim and and return tow, commencing resuscitation on the beach.

This is followed by the section with the surf ski or board.

I've saved 3 lives since then (one actually in the water) so perhaps it was worth it.

[Byron]

Sounds rigorous to say the least and extra Brownie points deserved
I think for perfecting technique in British waters.

(Curious about three lives saved but only one from water)