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spnpeoplenews
get a formal qualification when
NEWS IN BRIEF
training assessors from Britain
made a second trip.
Trainers Angela Buckley and New swim chairman
Elaine Lewis, for the National London Swimming has appointed
Pool Lifesaving Qualification, Richard Graham as its new
made their first trip to Ghana in Chairman as it works towards
2007 where they were asked getting more people in more
by the Commonwealth Office pools and deliver a realistic legacy
to deliver the NPLQ. Many from 2012.
people drown in the rivers in Graham’s involvement within
Ghana, either learning to swim professional sports dates from the
or playing in the water when 1980s and includes senior roles
they can’t swim. There are a within federations, agencies and
few school teachers who are major event organisers in a variety
able to teach swimming but on of countries and disciplines.
Ghana benefits from
the whole there is little “I am delighted to be joining
opportunity to learn. A total of London Swimming at a key
40 people with a variety of moment in its development,” said
lifesaving expedition
abilities turned up to complete Graham. “We have a great
the course, some were already executive team in place and I feel
The influential Royal Life Saving number of deaths by drowning working as lifeguards but had that we are in a position to
Society has taken its expertise in the country. Lifeguards there no actual training and some elevate aquatic sports in London
to Ghana in a bid to fight the were given another chance to weren’t able to swim. to a new level of popularity. My
experience will hopefully add
another resource to help make
that happen.”
FIRST ENTRAPMENT
LAWSUIT HITS US
Pool hygiene ‘worse
The first entrapment lawsuit Chemical accident
has been filed in the United A chemical cocktail forced harmful
States under the Pool and
than imagined’
fumes to fill a school pool.
Spa Safety Act – better Firefighters had to aerate areas
known as the ‘Entrapment New research reveals the mixed with the chlorine in the around the swimming pool in
Act’. The wife of a man who pool hygiene of swimmers pool water to form disinfection Bracknell. The caretaker at the
drowned in a club pool has may be a lot worse than by-products. special school was mixing
sued the owners, claiming people imagine. Two Epidemiologist Michele chemicals for the pool when he
her husband was held down international reports say Hlavsa said she wasn’t became light headed at around
by the drain under 10 feet of there is a worldwide need for surprised by the latest studies. 4pm and the accident happened.
water in the pool’s deep end. greater efforts to educate “We suspect the actual Firefighters had to secure the area
The lawsuit suit marks a users on proper pool percentage of people who pee and wore breathing apparatus
milestone in moves all around behaviour, especially in pools in the pool could be higher. As while opening doors and windows
the world to see an and hot tubs. we’ve seen in other studies, to make the area safe.
entrapment act enforced and In a survey by the Water swimmers don’t always see
properly operating. The Quality & Health Council the connection between their
Virginia Graeme Baker Pool nearly half of those behaviour and the quality of Rebecca’s charity role
and Spa Safety Act child safety interviewed admitted to the water in which they swim.” Double Olympic gold-medal
law became effective through engaging in one or more Pool operators also need to winning swimmer Rebecca
the US in December last year. unhealthy pool behaviour. think twice about swim Adlington, has accepted an
Lorenzo Williams 38, was One in five said they have nappies. According to invitation to become the latest
swimming in an indoor pool urinated in a public pool, and research led by Dr. James Ambassador of the Encephalitis
when his wife Erika realised one-third said they never take Amburgey nappies used for Society, a national charity and the
he was underwater. a pre-swim shower. the pool do not protect only resource of its kind in the
Employees eventually pulled “We did the survey because against the spread of the world supporting people affected
Lorenzo Williams out of the each year we talk about how recreational water illness by the illness.
water. He could not be saved. it’s important for swimmers to cryptosporidium. Rebecca’s sister Laura was
The medical examiner’s office be hygienic,” said Linda Amburgey tested various seriously ill in 2005 with
ruled the death an Golodner, from the Water swim nappies, including Encephalitis, a life threatening
accidental drowning. Quality & Health Council “It disposables and the reusable illness which leaves many of those
The factor that shows this is a problem, that variety. They simulated the who survive with injury to the
played most prominently people are not being hygienic release of disease-causing brain. Laura made a good
immediately afterwards was when they go in the pool – microspheres and found they recovery, however the experience
the statement that the man and it makes big difference as release approximately 50% of and its effect upon the family has
was entrapped by the suction far as their own health is the microspheres within one stayed with Rebecca. Following
of the swimming pool drain. concerned.” minute. “I think the swim Rebecca’s success at the Beijing
The lawsuit cites the lack of A growing body of research nappies provide a false sense Olympics and her subsequent rise
a ‘federally mandated anti- suggests that urine, as well as of security,” he added. “We in popularity, Rebecca was
entrapment system.’ It isn’t other body fluids such as need to develop products determined to make charitable
known yet how many drains sweat, can cause respiratory that work or technologies work part of her agenda – an
were on the pool or what kind problems, skin rashes and that will remove the obvious choice was of course a
of covers were involved. other physical ailments when cryptosporidium.” cause close to her heart.
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