Fred D Mentor Group - Part II (Page 31)

And, as I posted in response to yours, it's a total non sequitur anyway

god almighty, forget trying not to post in TT, it's getting to where i can't even read it anymore.  Swim buddy system lauded as "thinking it through"

I'm also just cranky, first day back in the office after vacation

Every time this topic comes up, Tom wants draconian regulations.  Nothing new.

I know, but it's not Tom, as I expect that from him.  it's the whole sky is falling mentality

My opinion:

- there's a small but real chance someone will have a problem on a swim
- TIME is everything when someone has a cardiac or breathing problem
- water rescues take too much time in long distance swimming events

I think the #1 thing I'd suggest is more wetbikes on site for the lifeguards.  They're faster and more stable than jetskis.  Surfboards and kayaks are too slow to make a long distance rescue in 4 minutes or less.  You *might* get chest compressions or rescue breathing on a surfboard; probably not at all on a kayak.  They're good for monitoring swimmers or getting them out of the swim pack TO a wetbike.  Not good alone for rescues.

THIS^^^

We can't fix the problem unless we actually know what the problem actually is, and what measures can actually help the problem in an effective way.

Catwoman - 2012-08-13 11:50 AM I really can't believe the direction that thread has taken. Swim buddy? WFT?

I heard that Crowie and Macca decided to be swim buddies at Kona.

Mark and Fred, and any other medical professional, you have to check out one of the responses to Kido's dizzy thread in TT

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, come on! You mean you can't quote a Spike TV staged "reality" show as expert medical advise?  We should just cancel med schools and sit people down in front of the TV.  "Dude, it was on 1,000 ways to die, it's so fer reals".

If you need that in sarc font, I'm in the wrong forum.

Clots form every time I sit down!  Who knew!

Even when clots do form (rarely), people need to remember the basic circulatory pathway from science class:

veins -> right atrium -> right ventricle -> lungs -> left atrium -> left ventricle -> oxygenated blood to the body.

Your brain is the last place a venous blood clot from your leg is going to end up.  Not to say the lungs are any safer, but man I hate misinformation like that.

That's my guess too.  Their registration numbers were probably way low with the $1200 and then with the general negative responses that seem to be reported, they will probably need to reset their thinking.