As the forces Crown Lifeguards pandemic to try to protect themselves while working to save lives

Lifeguarding has always been a high-risk job. But among the crown pandemic to protect those who work bathers are facing a new level of danger. From stubbed toes for cardiac arrest, open water lifeguard is to act as a first responder training for all types of medical emergencies that can happen on the beach, often putting them in close proximity to the patrons of the beach. And when it comes to water rescues, sometimes they come into direct physical contact with humans, water or gasping may spit – an aspect of their work, new concerns about the way that SARS is increased -CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 spreads. Lifeguards of places across the country, the time expressed concern, saying that the unique nature of lifeguarding will lead to a high risk of exposure to crown this summer. It is said that even though they are working to reduce this risk, the fact remains that many of the protections in the water are useless. With Memorial Day – the holiday weekend in May marking the start of the summer season when many US beaches – is fast approaching, no lifeguard patrols, what they can to try to ensure that their employee’s place work will be equipped to do, without risking virus load. Unfortunately, with the prospect of crowded beaches and the dangers of water rescues in the mix, it is not yet seem to be a surefire way to guarantee lifeguard protection against infection. effective security measures crown complicated especially given that according to the Centers for control and disease prevention (CDC), as many as 25% of people infected with the virus may not show symptoms. Cary Epstein, the owner of the professional lifeguarding epi-center of salvation and a longtime at Jones Beach lifeguard in Wantagh, N.Y., says these Lifeguards statistics requires working under the assumption that all have come in contact with infected at the beach. “There are people who are symptomatic and those who are asymptomatic, so there is no way someone and judge to examine if they are a carrier of the coronavirus,” he says. “We must assume that every person we contact with the virus [and interact with them as such].” They are like states such as Delaware, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey to set some state beaches in time for Memorial Day weekend opening, Epstein says that lifeguards are likely to be equipped with personal protective equipment (PPE) on a daily basis as they did in the past. Although basic lifeguard first aid kit typically a bit ‘DPI as surgical gloves and safety glasses, says that N95, surgical face masks or other from the CDC recommends the dissemination of Corona fastening rarely need to be controlled. this kind of reassess security protocols is a top priority for lifeguard patrols throughout the country right now, Epstein says. In San Diego County, where the beaches throughout the year began with limited access at the end of April reopening, B. Chris Brewster, US President lifesaving Association (USLA) National Certification Committee and the former head lifeguard for the city of San Diego, says that on-duty lifeguard wear masks at all times to meet the May 1 county public health mandate that requires all residents to wear face coverings while in public. But that’s not the case everywhere. “It could be a regulation that the term [face] finishes a state or county, or even if it does not, it is a decision could be made by lifeguards employer available to protect workers and the public,” says Brewster . “Each area will vary not only the rules, but also to the decision of the employer.” This is “what we do” Of course, if a lifeguard must hurry to help a swimmer struggling in the water, DPI that the work on the ground not applicable. “There’s all this other problem, as we have the same conversation [safety], when we talk of bailouts water production. Because this is what we do,” says Epstein. “Of course it responds to emergencies on the beach but lifeguards bailouts of water and N95 masks, and surgical gowns and any other personal protective equipment you can think of using the earth, can not be used in the water.” In Broward County, Florida, where the closure was extended beyond the beaches in an unspecified time on May 7, throughout the year, Jim McCrady, vice president of Southeast USLA region and a long beach lifeguards in Fort Lauderdale, he says. that the lifeguards of the county are the weather is at work to keep people from the beaches next to police officers. But he says he saves on the difficult question of how safe is not a clear answer beaches Water Open Run do once. What lifeguards are already taking preventive measures – to keep an eye out for emergencies before they occur, people away from potential hazards such as current or Shorebreak leadership, etc. – are more important than ever to limit the number of bailouts’ water we need to have coped McCrady says. According to the annual statistics for the USLA calculated questioning his chapters beach lifeguards nearly 86,000 rescue and took more than 8 million of preventive measures in 2018, last year, carried out with the data. “Lifeguards usually very preventative lifeguarding do,” says McCrady. “But as soon as open beaches to do it, we will be particularly vigilant and we must be preventive.” If a lifeguard has to go on a water rescue, physical contact with the victim should only when absolutely necessary, initiated McCrady says. “If we have to save someone we do, we can take a kayak or paddle board from the victim and a rescue or relief pipe may resort to throwing so that we can deliver on the ground with the length of the new rope buoy release the victim of the Savior, “he says. “If that person is set to the point of action that do not rely on the buoy itself, then and only then would go into the water, physically keep the person on the buoy and bring them in.” “It is not infallible” There is also the question of how to perform CPR safety of a victim of that game must be brought to account for their lives. Lifeguards were with pocket masks and mask valve bag – animation that protection can contribute to bodily fluids savior, pathogens – for years. But due to the fact that the crown can spread through the air pocket masks and require close face to face contact, says Epstein, the lifeguards have to rely only on the bag valve masks this summer, their risk of exposure to reduce the virus. He says the downside bag valve masks is that they need to operate two people generally efficient. “The lifeguarding rule that, when it will be the first [Savior on stage] and needs someone come back to life, whipping pocket mask and usefulness that before,” he says. “So, if someone else is, you can go to a resuscitator or continue to use the pocket mask. But it is transmitted by COVID-19 aerosol, is the new reality that you click on this is not a practice that we want to see the realization of our lifeguards. “Stay tuned for our daily newsletter Crown. And then there are the attempts to prevent the spread of the virus among its ranks. detoxify the control of routine temperature for social distancing lifeguard chairs between the layers, patrols also work for the revival protocols, lowered household infection rates. While the CDC recommends that people wash their hands often, avoid having people close contacts who are sick, cover your mouth and nose covered with a damp cloth in public, coughing and sneezing coverage and surfaces clean and disinfect frequently touched, such measures a little ‘is not always practical or possible lifeguards on the beach. In Fort Lauderdale, McCrady says that in addition to keeping six feet away from each other, are the guardians closely for symptoms crown to monitor each other. “If we work every morning, we took our temperature, and we are asked a series of questions regarding any of these symptoms is that we can have,” he says. “Every time we enter our lifeguard headquarters, we have your back temperature and the response to verify the same set of questions.” For some teens and college-age lifeguards working on seasonal beaches, the status of some of them -jobs summer is still in the air. to speak, but also with concerns for additional safety, the younger lifeguards that time are planning to go ahead with lifeguarding this summer if their beaches are open. “The dangers of it weighs, it’s still something that I would definitely do,” says Cameron DeGuzman, 21-year-old student Binghamton University, who in the summer at Jones Beach in New York lifeguard. “I think if we get into the situation on the labor market, then we take precautions and we’ll be smart about it. It’s not that I’m not doing something considered for my safety.” Pat Wilson, 20, student Fordham University who even with lifeguards Jones Beach, he agrees that his concerns are not big enough to keep him from his work. “The beach is part of every summer and lifeguards are an important part of it,” he says. “So it’s a risk we are willing to take, even when it comes to this summer a bit ‘greater risk.” “Someone has to watch the water” Regarding Dillane Wehbe, a 20-year-old student at Fordham Sachuest Beach Newport, RI lifeguards concerns, so it is his civic duty to do his job, knowing that people in his water regardless by the fact that the beaches are open. “Somebody has to look at the water,” he says. “Regardless of whether it is open, people on the beach and go swimming.” Although the situation is still evolving, he says Epstein security remains the top priority for the life guards and that some of the new measures are taken, probably beyond this summer. “I think the changes we are experiencing are not just going for the summer 2020. I think what we are going through will be a change in the world in which culture and how we do things a lifeguarding safe approach” perspective, he says. “It seems safe to say that going forward is lifeguarding in relation to highly increased level of risks and dangers that can occur on a daily basis.” Please send any suggestions viruses, cables and stories @ time.com.
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