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No one likes to contemplate the possibility of a water-related accident, but the time you spend this spring preparing lifesaving and emergency equipment may mean a safer summer season.
Sorting through the variety of available equipment can be challenging. “There is a lot of junk being marketed and distributed,” says Gerald M. Dworkin, consultant for New Hampshire-based Aquatics Safety & Water Rescue, a developer of aquatics safety educational curricula. “If a backboard has more flex than a diving board, it is not appropriate.”
Dworkin suggests camps prepare for three potential water-related emergencies: spinal immobilization, hypoxia and water rescue.