Swimming Scenarios Assesment

immediately pushed myself away from her because I remember that my own safety comes first when it comes to saving people. I used a clear and firm voice and told her I will not save her if she touches me and I told her to hold on to the noodle and I will bring her back safely to the "shore", but only if she calms down first. When I'm swimming back to the "shore", I look back from time to time to make sure she is holding on to the noodle with her head held up above the water. In the end, I managed to save all three swimmers efficiently and safely.

The reason behind my strategy was firstly I didn't use the rope to save anyone. Because using the rope isn't one of my strength, therefore it will cost me a lot of time if I chose to use this equipment to save the weak swimmer. Instead I used the noodles twice, first as a tool to pull the non-swimmer back to the "shore", second was to use it as a floating device, to keep the weak swimmer's head above the water to prevent her from drowning. I also save time by telling the bystander to carry the unconscious swimmer back to the "shore" while I bring the weak swimmer back at the same time. I'm glad I worked quite fast because when I was taking the assessment, I imagined myself in a real life situation, since it is a matter of life and death, I think that was the best strategy out of all my other strategies.

For the four steps (the four A's), I have performed the first three steps as quickly as possible.

. Awareness - I first recognized an emergency need to save the casualties in the pool because they were yelling for help and struggled in the water.

2. Assessment - I immediately assessed the environment, making sure the swimming pool is safe and made judgments on applying all I have learnt about life-saving.

3. Action - I developed a plan as fast as I could to rescue the casualties and tried my best to rescue them effectively and efficiently.

4, and After care - I was not able to do After care, this was due to lack of time. If I had more time, I would learn about After care so I would be able to apply it to the task.

If I were to do this rescue over again, I would observe the environment first and give clear instructions to the bystander before jumping into the water, because it will a waste of my energy to scream all the way to the bystander. Other than that, I think I will follow what I did this time as it was quite an efficient rescue.

Medora Choi 11AM

3th March, 2009

Year 11 MYP Physical Education: Aquatics

Swimming Scenarios Assessment

Ms. Bolton