Have any of you seen or experienced serious pool accidents, such as saves, drowning, collisions with serious consequences...? I haven't seen myself, but I've heard of some scaring collisions due to too crowded lanes. In one case, a swimmer's toe was broken; in another, a swimmer's eyeball was taken out :eek: while backstroking and another swimmer freestyling and didn't see the first swimmer (who didn't wear goggles). In another case, a swimmer drowned (cause unknown) and her body stayed at the bottom of the pool for a long time before being discovered--someone swam above and past her three times and saw her still there. It's said the lifeguards were changing shifts during that time and didn't pay attention.
I was a lifeguard for about 5 summers. During that time I think I counted 11 saves that I did. One was on a class mate. Another hitting the board with his head incident. He was fine. The rest were kids under 5. Most were because they were using those arm swimmy things and then they were taken off. The kids thought they could stil swim so they jumped in. Wrong! Then I had to jump in to get them out.
I was a lifeguard for about 5 summers. During that time I think I counted 11 saves that I did. One was on a class mate. Another hitting the board with his head incident. He was fine. The rest were kids under 5. Most were because they were using those arm swimmy things and then they were taken off. The kids thought they could stil swim so they jumped in. Wrong! Then I had to jump in to get them out.
