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Fall 2014 - Vol FALL 2014 - VOL. 32, NO. 1 ALM FALL 2014 (2) United States Lifesaving Association Mission Statement www.usla.org 866-FOR-USLA (367-8752) ALM EXECUTIVE TEAM We are America’s nonprofit, professional association of beach lifeguards and open water rescuers. USLA works to reduce the incidence of death and injury in the aquatic environment USLA Executive Board USLA Regional Presidents through public education, national lifeguard standards, training programs, promotion of high President New England levels of lifeguard readiness, and other means. All correspondence other than for the magazine Bob Bertrand B. Chris Brewster, San Diego, CA should be sent to: USLA Corporate Office, P.O. Box 366, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 or [email protected] [email protected]. [email protected] Mid-Atlantic Vice-President Ed Zebrowski Peter Davis, Galveston, TX [email protected] American Lifeguard Magazine™Aims peuribclainshLeidfeagnudarddisMtriabguatzeidneto™ every paid member of the USLA [email protected] South Atlantic as a provision of their membership. If you wish to publish an article or submit a letter to the Tom Gill editor, address all submissions to: American Lifeguard Magazine™, 15481 Cottonwood Circle, Treasurer [email protected] Huntington Beach, CA, 92647, or [email protected]. Entire contents protected by the USLA. All Rob Williams, Newport Beach, CA Southeast rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or [email protected] Gerry Falconer transmitted in any form by any means - electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise - Secretary [email protected] without the prior consent of ALM. Unsolicited materials, including all photographs, are submitted Nikki Bowie, Charleston, SC Great Lakes at the sender’s risk and ALM accepts no responsibility. The opinions expressed are strictly those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of ALM or the USLA. [email protected] Joe Pecoraro [email protected] Executive Delegate Gulf Coast Charlie Hartl Tony Prior The USLA manages the AmericAaLnMLAifdevgeuratirsdinMg aIngfaozrinmea™tionand publishes it tri-annually with [email protected] [email protected] mailing deadlines: Fall-November 1, Winter-Feb. 1 and Summer-June 1. The 36-page color publication, now archived on our website, is mailed directly to our 12,000 members comprised Liaison Northwest Cathy VonWald of ocean lifeguards, administrators, competitors, junior guards and alumni. It showcases the Bert Whitaker, Santa Rosa, CA [email protected] lifesaving profession and juniors by targeting a variety of public safety topics including training [email protected] Southwest (CSLSA) and standards, competitions, certification and educational programs. Promote your products Medical Advisor Mike Beuerlein and services by delivering your message directly to the lifesaving professionals and managers Dr. Peter Wernicki, Vero Beach, FL [email protected] who are responsible for purchasing products for their agencies and individual needs. 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Mike Bartlett, Huntington Beach, CA Ed Zebrowski [email protected] [email protected] Heroic Acts Awards Staff Writers Adrienne Groh Mike Bartlett, Huntington Beach, CA [email protected] IN THIS ISSUE B. Chris Brewster, San Diego, CA Junior Lifeguards Dr. Peter Hartsock, Reenie Boyer PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE . 4 US Public Health Service [email protected] Rick Gould, Santa Clarita, CA Membership USLA'S BOB BURNSIDE RECEIVES THE ISHOF'S Peter Davis, Galveston, TX Charlotte Graham PARAGON AWARD FOR WATER SAFETY . 5 Nan Kappeler, Huntington Beach, CA [email protected] Public Education Junior Jam Editor LIFEGUARD: THE BEST TOUGH JOB UNDER THE SUN . 6 Denise Blair Jo Wagenhals, [email protected] [email protected] BEN CARLSON - A TRUE LIFEGUARD HERO . 10 Membership Liaison Public Information and Charlotte Graham, Costa Mesa, CA Media Relations BEN CARLSON: A TRUE LIFEGUARD HERO . 22 Tom Gill [email protected] [email protected] LIFESAVING LEGENDS JOIN HAWAIIANS FOR Design/Typesetting Statistics Jennifer Velasquez, Torrance, CA Rick Gould DROWNING PREVENTION CONFERENCE . 24 [email protected] [email protected] NATIONAL UPSET: MONMOUTH COUNTY WINS TITLE . 27 Staff Photographers Ways & Means Rob Williams Jo Wagenhhals, Southeast [email protected] 2014 NAUTICA USLA LIFEGUARD NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS . 28 Joel Gitelson, LA County, CA Website Mike Bartlett, Huntington Beach, CA Karissa Ickes USLA SENDS YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM TO RESCUE Bill Richardson, Huntington Beach, CA [email protected] 2014 LIFE SAVING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS . 30 HONORING A LEGACY OF LIFE-SAVING . 31 THE WONDERFUL JOURNEY OF TWO EXPERIENCED DORYMEN . 32 Cover Shot: In memory of Ben Carlson, Newport Beach Lifeguard Division Fire Dept. AARON PEIRSOL TO START WORK AS NEWPORT BEACH LIFEGUARD . 33 Photos courtesy of Newport Beach Lifeguards. JERSEY SHORE LIFEGUARD HITS THE HALF-CENTURY MARK . 34 THE CHAIN OF SURVIVAL . 34 ALM FALL 2014 (3) PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE B. Chris Brewster, San Diego, CA You must go out. from lines in rescues along coastal cliffs. In some cases That was the maximum of the these injuries were career end - members of the United States ing, resulting in disability Life-Saving Service over its retirements. many years of lifesaving from 1848 to 1915. It was a The ultimate sacrifice, loss of reminder and a point of pride life, is thankfully rare in our among the lifesavers that no profession. We have the bene - matter the conditions, if there fit of better training, better was someone in distress in the equipment, and the experience water they would go. of over 100 years of trial and error. We have national stan - One of the tragic outcomes dards and leadership that can occurred in March 1902 when help avert injuries. But some - seven lifesavers nobly per - times they are unavoidable. ished in an effort to save the crew of the vessel Wadena off Once or twice each year the Cape Cod in high seas. "We USLA issues the Medal of must go," said the lifesaving Valor to give due recognition station keeper, "there is a dis - to lifeguards who have volun - tarily risked their life to an tress flag in the rigging." Over extraordinary degree in saving the years of the Life-Saving or attempting to save another Service many went out. Some person, or who sacrificed themselves for the benefit of others. did not return. These are circumstances of the highest peril. They mostly That high tradition of placing the safety of those we protect end well. They do not always. The stories behind these above ourselves remains among the members of the United medals can be awe inspiring. States Lifesaving Association. Thankfully, most of our res - This year the lifesaving profession lost one of our own during cues are routine and completed without injury to anyone. an effort to rescue a swimmer in distress. Ben Carlson was a There were over 66,000 rescues reported by beach lifeguards longtime member of the Newport Beach, California lifeguard last year. That is more than 66,000 potential tragedies avert - organization. By all accounts he was a highly accomplished ed with those rescued returned safely to their family and waterman with a history of big wave surfing. Though he lost friends to live, we trust, a long and happy life. his life in big surf, he was not a stranger to it, nor did he Not all rescues are routine though and we must take care to apparently fear it. Things happen that no one can explain. remind ourselves that every rescue involves hazards to the We lifesavers, in placing the safety of others ahead of our lifeguards who effect them. Victims in their panic may grab own, implicitly accept that there are no certainties. The and submerge a rescuer. Multiple victims may overwhelm a chance of drowning death at the beaches we patrol is 1 in 18 rescue effort. Over the years I worked as a lifeguard chief I million beach visits according to years of reports. The chance reviewed dozens of serious injury reports involving lifeguards of death for a lifeguard is much less it seems. But we swim who had been dashed against rocks, knocked unconscious, toward danger. That is where bravery comes in. exposed to highly contaminated water, and even burned in fire. Injuries to bones and joints were too common as life - So here’s to Ben Carlson. guards ran through the water on uneven surfaces or hung He went out. ALM FALL 2014 (4) USLA'S BOB BURNSIDE RECEIVES THE ISHOF'S PARAGON AWARD FOR WATER SAFETY Bob Dillon, Monmouth County, NJ Bob Burnside received the International Bob was introduced for his Paragon Award Swimming Hall of Fame's "Paragon Award" by "Sheila Taormina" - a well know person in the category of "Water Safety" on Friday, on the Olympic scene. She is a four consec - June 13th, at the ISHOF in Fort utive time Olympian in three completely Lauderdale, Florida. The Paragons are different sports (Swimming in 1996, given out each year in six catagores. Bob Triathlon in 2000 and 2004, and. the was nominated by USLA President Chris Pentathlon in 2008).
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