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2016 Winter American Lifeguard Magazine WINTER 2016 - VOL. 33, NO. 2 ALM WINTER 2016 (2) ALM EXECUTIVE TEAM IN THIS ISSUE USLA Executive Board USLA Regional Presidents USLA Special Assignments President New England American Lifeguard Magazine Peter DaVis, Bob Bertrand B. Chris BreWster PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE . 4 GalVeston, TX [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Mid-Atlantic Bylaws and Policies THE HISTORY OF BEACH LIFEGUARDING WORLDWIDE: PART I . 5 Vice-President Ed ZebroWski Ed ZebroWski III Rob Williams [email protected] [email protected] NeWport Beach, CA South Atlantic Certification [email protected] WORLD CONFERENCE ON Tom Gill TonY PrYor Treasurer [email protected] [email protected] DROWNING PREVENTION 2015 . 14 Michael BradleY Southeast Lifesaving Sport Charleston, SC GerrY Falconer Ed ZebroWski [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] A LIFE SAVED BY LIFEGUARDS AND AN AED . 15 Secretary Great Lakes Heroic Acts Awards Nikki BoWie, Joe Pecoraro Adrienne Groh Charleston, SC A LIFESAVER WHO GAVE HIS ALL . 16 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Gulf Coast Junior Lifeguards Executive Delegate TonY PrYor DaVid Robinson Ed ZebroWski III A METEOROLOGIST’S VIEW OF A RESCUE . 20 [email protected] [email protected] Cape MaY, NJ [email protected] Northwest Membership Bert Whitaker Charlotte Graham UNDERWATER BLACKOUT . 24 Liaison Officer [email protected] [email protected] B. Chris BreWster San Diego, CA Southwest (CSLSA) Professional Development BLOCK THE BLAZE PROGRAM EXPANDS . 27 [email protected] Mike BeUerlein Michael BradleY [email protected] [email protected] Advisor Ralph Goto Pacific Islands Public Education CHANGING FIRST AID GUIDELINES . 28 HonolUlU, HI Ralph Goto Denise Blair [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Medical Advisor Public Information and DRONING ON ABOUT DRONES . 32 Dr. Peter Wernicki, Media Relations Vero Beach, FL Tom Gill [email protected] [email protected] THE “EYES” OF THE LIFEGUARD . 34 Legal Advisor Statistics John "Chip" More, Rick GoUld NeptUne CitY, NJ [email protected] [email protected] Ways & Means USLA Executive Director Rob Williams KaY SmileY [email protected] [email protected] Website Karissa Ickes [email protected] United States Lifesaving Association We are America’s nonprowfiwt,wp.ruofselsas.iorngal as8so6c6ia-FtiOoRn-UofSbLeAac(h36li7fe-8gU7a5r2ds) and open Water rescUers. The USLA Works to redUce the incidence of death and injUrY in the aqUatic enVironment throUgh pUblic edUcation, national lifegUard standards, training programs, promotion of high leVels of lifegUard readiness, and other means. Corporate address: P.O. BoX 366, HUntington Beach, CA 92648 or [email protected]. American LifegUard MagaZine ™Aims tehreicoaffniciLailfemgaugaZridneMoaf gthaezUinSeL™ A, mailed FebrUarY 1, JUne 1, and October 15 to a membership of aboUt 10,000 members and sUbscribers. The opinions eXpressed are those of the contribUtors and do not necessarilY reflect the VieWs of the USLA. We Welcome stories, photos, and adVertising Which target oUr aUdience of athletic, beach oriented people. OUr jUnior lifegUard members (oUr largest member categorY) range in age from 8 - 18, With an aVerage age of 12. TheY are aboUt 55% male, 45% female. OUr lifegUard members (professional, alUmnUs, and life) range in age from 16 to oVer 85, With an aVerage age of 29. TheY are aboUt 80% male, 20% female. Readers inclUde lifegUard agencY chiefs, jUnior lifegUard program administrators, and others inVolVed in pUrchasing decisions. Promote YoUr prodUcts and serVices bY deliVering YoUr message directlY to lifesaVing professionals throUgh the onlY magaZine targeting beach lifegUards in the US. We rarelY paY for articles or photos, bUt giVe fUll credit. We paY $100 for coVer photos. Deadlines for contribUting stories, photos, or adVertising to ALM are March 15 (sUmmer edition), JUlY 31 (fall edition), and NoVember 15 (Winter edition), Unless a later date is approVed bY the editor. YoU are encoUraged to contribUte earlier, as this increases the possibilitY of selection. Address all inquiries to the editor at: [email protected]. Cover Shot: HaWaii CoUntY Water SafetY Officer Ad Size Only One Issue Three Issues Kaleo HaUanio receiVes the USLA Medal of Valor Half Page $300 $810 ($270 each) from USLA AdVisor Ralph Goto in recognition of a Full Page $500 $1350 ($450 each) Inside Cover $600 $1620 ($540 each) harroWing big sUrf rescUe in 2014 of tWo sUrfers at Back Cover $750 $2025 ($675 each) KahalU’U Beach Park. Photo coUrtesY of: Jo Wagenhals. © United States Lifesaving Association. All rights reserved. The material contained in ALM may not be reproduced, displayed, modified or distributed without the express prior written permission of the copyright holder: [email protected]. ALM WINTER 2016 (3) PRESIDPeEter NDavTis,’GSalvesMton, ETX SSAGE I'm VerY honored to haVe been elected step doWn after 12 incrediblY prodUc - as YoUr President and Will do mY best to tiVe Years becaUse it is time for others to listen and sUpport oUr shared joUrneY. I shoUlder that bUrden. FortUnatelY, he look forWard to Working and collabo - Will continUe to contribUte significantlY rating together to better serVe the to the organiZation. USLA’s mission to sUpport the nation’s lifegUards, redUce open Water droWn - ings, and promote lifesaVing sport. In Please don't be shy about order to continUe the incredible Work offering advice, opinions, that has been done Up to this point, I or constructive criticism. Will need help and gUidance from manY of YoU. Please don't be shY aboUt offer - It is onlY in the Wake of Chris BreWster’s ing adVice, opinions, or constrUctiVe departUre that We can begin to see hoW members and agencies in their charge criticism. eXpansiVe his Work for the USLA Was; of preVenting droWning on oUr nations For those of YoU that I don't Yet knoW, Chris has broUght Us far and fast. As a beaches and lakes. alloW me to introdUce mYself. I'm Peter resUlt of his and oUr collectiVe effort, LifegUards are a UniqUe breed. We are DaVis and I am a lifegUard. I'Ve liVed on We'Ve become a major force in lifesaV - amphibioUs creatUres Who go Where all three coasts bUt greW Up primarilY ing and droWning preVention. We’Ve others don't dare, to help those in on the GUlf Coast Where I Was from a also matUred into a professional bodY need. BUt We are UniqUe mostlY becaUse long line of beach people. I started sUrf - that has learned to Work together, We haVe a skill set that alloWs Us to ing at 10 and alWaYs admired the life - despite occasional differences, for a serVe so directlY and comprehensiVelY. gUards. I'Ve noW been gUarding for 34 common goal. EVen thoUgh We're all We rescUe in Water, treat medical emer - Years and am cUrrentlY the Chief of the proUd of What We'Ve become, We also gencies, enforce laWs and rUles, and GalVeston Island Beach Patrol. knoW We haVe to continUe forWard to help When needed in all kinds of other Like manY of Us, I became inVolVed With meet to oUr shared goals. WaYs. What separates Us from most is that We often preVent bad things from the USLA throUgh lifesaVing competi - This is an eXciting time for the USLA. happening before people eVen realiZe tion. ThroUgh competition, I gradUallY OUr partnerships With the leading theY are going to be in troUble. came to realiZe all that We do in this organiZations in lifesaVing and droWn - great organiZation inclUding droWning ing preVention, both here and abroad, At the end of a long daY, manY people preVention, pUblic edUcation, sUpport - continUe to strengthen. We'Ve made are able to come home and saY theY did ing oUr members and agencies, proVid - significant steps in promoting lifesaV - good things. HoWeVer, as lifegUards We ing training and certification standards, ing sport to the neXt WaVe of athletes can saY We kept someone from dYing. recogniZing those Who risk their liVes for and We are financiallY better off than We can saY that We helped oUr felloW others or contribUte significantlY, and eVer before. We'Ve also recentlY com - brothers and sisters When theY Were staYing on top of the latest innoVations pleted a comprehensiVe strategic plan most in need; that We saVed a life. throUgh continUed contact With each and are finaliZing specific goals and BecaUse of this shared eXperience and other and With oUr global partners. timelines related to commUnication, oUr shared calling, lifegUards from all aroUnd the World haVe a bond. We are We are the latest in a long line of men social media, collaboration, increased a global familY comprised of different and Women lifesaVers that haVe broUght training and edUcation, and an increase tribes. WhereVer YoU go in the World, Us to this point. All that We are and all of more inclUsiVe leadership pathWaYs for oUr neWer members. lifegUards Will Welcome YoU and are that We do is bUilt Upon the foUndation there for YoU. JUst as YoU are for them. theY created for Us. In tUrn, We Will con - With this roadmap We can take the tinUe that tradition Until others carrY neXt steps toWard a fUtUre Where the It is mY priVilege to serVe YoU and this oUr Work forWard. OUr most recent USLA is a hoUsehold name that does noble groUp. President, Chris BreWster, has chosen to eVen more to sUpport oUr incredible LifegUards for Life! ALM WINTER 2016 (4) THE HISTORY OF BEACH LIFEGUARDING WORLDB.WChrIisDBreEw:ster PART I Editor’s Note: A book entitled The In the 1800s, the beach Wasn’t seen as might enjoY a pond or lake. Of coUrse, Science of Beach Lifeguarding is in press an attraction, bUt a dangeroUs place. the threat of droWning Was eVer pres - and scheduled to be published in 2016.
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