Mar 26, 2021
A lifeguard is responsible for ensuring the safety of people within a designated area – be it a swimming pool, beach, or other open water environment. Lifeguards are often portrayed as either sitting and watching the water or carrying out dramatic rescues – but there...
Sep 1, 2020
If you get in trouble in the water, floating on your back and calling for help can help save your life. No one knows this better than Ravi Saini, a 10 year old boy who survived for over an hour in the cold North sea after getting in trouble in the water at a UK beach....
Jun 10, 2020
Floating neck rings have gained popularity in Vietnam in recent years, and we have noticed a number of organisations running and promoting the use of floating necks rings for babies. However, according to world leading experts on baby swimming teaching, this aquatic...
May 28, 2020
With around 2,000 fatal child drowning cases a year in Vietnam, drowning prevention activities are essential. However it’s important that interventions are evidence based and safe to ensure they are effective and do not put children at risk. Drowning is the leading...
Apr 8, 2020
If someone is not breathing, performing CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation) can give that person a chance of survival. CPR is chest compressions, often combined with artificial ventilation (or rescue breaths), which helps circulate oxygenated blood around a casualty...
