Everyone in the gym wears a mask (mandated in our state in the gym) however, one of the guards spent most of the hour I was swimming in the chair (in between breaks) with the mask off, unless she had to speak to the other guard. She's taken short mask breaks in the past, but this was ridiculous. All member have to wear the mask in the gym, while working out, on the deck, etc. and an employee of the fitness center doesn't. I'm surprised the other "main" guard has let this go, since he never removes his mask.
Tell that to Madeleine Brown, a freshman swimmer at Emory who died at practice when no lifeguard was on deck. One of the masters swimmers noticed her unconscious by the gutter and pulled her out, but it was too late. Now all Emory practices require a lifeguard, because even the best swimmers can get into trouble and slip underwater unnoticed. www.wistv.com/.../
How tragic and heartbreaking! I was shocked that Kurt, an emergency room physician no less, would say such an irresponsible thing. Kurt, as you should know, the lifeguard's job is to WATCH the swimmers at all times. That is their sole focus. If that gal's teammates were present, don't you think their focus was on their own swimming, which was what they were supposed to be doing? They probably didn't notice what had happened to that gal, if they were staring at the black line on the bottom of the pool.
Tell that to Madeleine Brown, a freshman swimmer at Emory who died at practice when no lifeguard was on deck. One of the masters swimmers noticed her unconscious by the gutter and pulled her out, but it was too late. Now all Emory practices require a lifeguard, because even the best swimmers can get into trouble and slip underwater unnoticed. www.wistv.com/.../
How tragic and heartbreaking! I was shocked that Kurt, an emergency room physician no less, would say such an irresponsible thing. Kurt, as you should know, the lifeguard's job is to WATCH the swimmers at all times. That is their sole focus. If that gal's teammates were present, don't you think their focus was on their own swimming, which was what they were supposed to be doing? They probably didn't notice what had happened to that gal, if they were staring at the black line on the bottom of the pool.
