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My name is Pieter Engelhardt

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I am a Dutch-European and have more than 44 years of experience with the Rescue Brigade and rescue team

and lifeguard because I have been with the Rescue Brigade in the Netherlands since I was 5 years old.

I am a Dutch-European since I was 10 years old, I started studying,

for a swimming instructor until I was 20 years old.

I am a Dutch-European and have more than 30 years of experience

with baby's Swimming.

I have more than 30 years of experience in international professional swimming training and international professional swimming teacher and international professional training for water paranoia and trauma to the water that makes them unable to shower or even go to the pool and international professional stress manager and international professional medical massage for everyone and international professional lifeguard training and international professional paramedical training and international professional aqua gymnastics and international professional swimming therapy and international professional therapy for asthma, copd and disabled children and adults and international professional baby courses and international professional water polo and teaching children in preparation for international swimming competitions and international professional Olympic swimming training and much more......

I speak four languages (English, Dutch and German and Tagalog very well).

I also have Dubai Lifeguard certification and Emergency first aid, defibrillation and CPR (hands only CPR)

* swimming training *swimming teacher * first Survival technique is the basic technique for all swimming techniques in the world, including in the United Arab Emirates. * Olympic swimmer training ( these swimming techniques Freestyle, Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Front crawl, Back crawl, Medley, these are for the Olympic swimmer and international swimming competitions. * international professional training for water paranoia * Water polo training * water therapy * aqua gymnastics * baby courses * Also give Medical massage to everyone * and international professional stress manager * lifeguard training * paramedical training (Emergency first aid, defibrillation and CPR (hands only CPR) * therapy for asthma, copd and disabled children and adults with disabilities and Mild intellectual disability, Moderate intellectual disability, Severe intellectual disability, Very severe intellectual disability and that intellectual disability more often also has a psychiatric disorder.

For example, asthma, copd and psychoses, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, ADHD, depression, epilepsy diabetes and movement problems autism, trauma and intellectual disability, 'mental disability' or mentally retarded

the government of United Arab Emirates gives my permission to everyone in United Arab Emirates, the Survival Technique is the basis for all swimming technique, that survival technique can only be learned from me, because there is no other swimming training in United Arab Emirates that can do this Survival Technique because other swimming training only teach you this swimming technique Freestyle, Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Front crawl, Back crawl, Medley, these are for the Olympic swimmer and international swimming competitions and that is not good because you have to learn Survival Technique first and you can only learned from me

In practice, a lesson looks like this.

We take as an example a girl of 7 years old, who has swimming diplomas A and B and joins our association.

She comes in a group of ± 6 students of as much the same age as possible and starts the education and training for a certificate under the guidance of her own instructor.

Lessons are given every week, the training for a diploma takes about 10 months

prize for rescue brigade training and lifeguard training

Boys and girls from 5 years to 15 years

for the lifeguard training, you pay 700 AED for the months

And

I also give swimming lessons 5 days a week to boys and girls from 15 years and

adult men and women for the lifeguard training, you pay 1,500 AED for 6 months

I see that every time the fake swimming instructor in United Arab Emirates especially in Abu Dhabi

that they make video or photo of your children in the swimming pool especially of the girl and

I see that the fake swimming instructor do every time to make video and photo and that is 100% not allowed.

I have a lot of contact with America FBI to stop this to make

video or photo of children and especially video or photo of the girl.

That making video and photo is not allowed in the swimming pool by all the fake swimming instructor.

Because there are international rules that it is not allowed to make

video and photo of children and especially girls.

If a fake swimming instructor tells you that they show video or photo

to your children or if they swim well is 100% lies.

These fake swimming instructors sell the video or photo of your children

on the black market where they earn a lot of money.

Especially video or photo of the girl the fake swimming instructor earns

a lot of money on the black market and that is 100%.

Please Call Abu Dhabi Police 999

And tell that fake swimming instructor illegally make video and photo

of children and girls in the swimming pool.

Do not go the lifeguard because they get money from the fake swimming instructor

to make video and photo of the children and especially girls.

Because the lifeguard earn too little money with their work, because of the fake

swimming instructor the lifeguard have a little more money because of that video and photo making.

Here are the Code of Conduct for the Swimming Industry.

Version November 2021

The interaction between swimming pool employees and visitors

and swimming students cannot be regulated in detail.

Certainly not when physical contact is necessary in the form of instruction,

correction or assistance (think of visitors with a disability) or to prevent drowning

or another unsafe situation or is necessary for maintaining order and safety.

Nevertheless, it is advisable to establish principles and rules of conduct on

the basis of which the boundary between permitted and undesirable behaviour

of swimming pool employees in specific situations can be determined.

The aim of this is to protect all persons involved and

to promote public confidence in the swimming industry.

The National Swimming Safety Council (hereinafter referred to as ‘NRZ’) and stakeholders

from the swimming industry (hereinafter referred to as ‘the swimming industry’) have entered

into consultations with the aim of realising a code of conduct with the above-mentioned purpose.

To this end, NRZ and the swimming sector have drawn up the

‘Code of Conduct for the Swimming Sector’ and the ‘Principles of Professional Practice in General’

(hereinafter jointly referred to as: ‘the code of conduct’), which contain rules of conduct.

These rules of conduct are intended as a guideline for correct behaviour by swimming pool employees.

The various examples of undesirable behaviour mentioned

in the code of conduct are therefore not exhaustive or static.

A number of terms mentioned in the code of conduct

are defined below.

In 2021, the Code of Conduct for the Swimming Sector was updated by NRZ, in collaboration

with various sector parties, based on the most recent developments.

In addition, the Code of Conduct for the Swimming Sector was supplemented with the section

‘The swimming pool employee in contact with colleagues’.

Swimming pool employee

In the code of conduct, the term ‘swimming pool employee’ is understood to mean:

a natural person who, regardless of the legal status of the working relationship

(civil servant, employee, seconded employee, self-employed person, temporary worker, volunteer, intern, student, etc.), performs work in the:

● executive framework, for example in the position of swimming pool employee or swimming instructor;

● facility framework, for example in the position of canteen employee,

maintenance employee, counter employee;

● management framework;

● administrative framework;

● supervisory framework, for example in the position of delegated diploma swimming.

Visitor

The term ‘visitor’ is understood to mean: any (natural) person, other than

a swimming pool employee, who visits the swimming pool.

Swimming student

The term ‘swimming student’ is understood to mean: any visitor who

receives swimming lessons from a swimming pool employee.

Logbook

The term ‘logbook’ means: a register, written or digital, in which the swimming pool

employee can record the events mentioned in the code of conduct

General principles of professional practice

A swimming pool employee

1. strives to practice the profession as well as possible and in doing so takes into account

the views and positions of the professional group as laid down in the code of conduct;

is constantly aware of the exemplary function when practicing the profession;

2. takes personal responsibility for practicing the profession within the limits of swimming

education and within the applicable regulations of the swimming pool where the work is performed;

3. observes the limits of professional expertise; in the event of the nature and scope of

problems that exceed expertise, the swimming pool employee is obliged to call in other experts;

for example in the event of suspected abuse and mistreatment (in the home situation);

4. is responsible for the further development of professionalism; also in the area of social interaction

and correct communication with visitors, parent(s)/guardian(s) and children;

5. performs the work as a member of a team, in a collegial responsibility;

6. maintains professional contacts with colleagues within the swimming pool

and with the swimming pool management;

7. communicates correctly with colleagues and management in words, gestures,

in writing and via social media or other electronic means;

8. ensures that colleagues adhere to the code of conduct. Where appropriate,

addresses colleagues about undesirable forms of conduct;

9. informs the manager in the event of undesirable forms of conduct or

disregard of the code of conduct by a colleague;

10. refrains from behaviour and statements that discredit the employer,

colleagues or visitors, also when using social media, and is an example to others;

11. can provide a certificate of good conduct (VOG);

12. addresses the employer, colleagues, visitors or parent(s)/guardian(s) in appropriate cases

about undesirable forms of conduct, such as making and sharing images without permission

B. The swimming pool employee in contact with visitors

1. provides an environment and atmosphere in which the visitors of the swimming pool, including

swimming students, children and parent(s)/guardian(s), feel safe; by being visible,

supervising and consistently monitoring compliance with the regulations, house rules,

code of conduct and other internal agreements and enforcing the rules;

2. has the duty to protect visitors against (power) abuse, (sexual) intimidation and

other undesirable forms of conduct within the swimming pool.

The employee is vigilant and alert to signs of transgressive behavior and takes action if necessary;

3. realizes at all times that certain situations and/or actions can be experienced by

the visitor as (sexual) intimidation, or can lead to accusations of undesirable behavior.

The employee acts in accordance with established regulations, house rules, code of conduct

and other internal agreements so that it is easy to explain the actions and

there is insight into the actions and the motives;

4. avoids 1-on-1 situations with visitors in a closed space, unless this is necessary from a safety

and/or health perspective, such as in the event that first aid must be provided, life-saving actions

must be performed or the swimming pool must be evacuated due to calamities.

Such a situation is always recorded in the logbook and reported to the manager;

5. only enters a changing room, shower room, sauna or similar space where a visitor is

after obtaining prior permission from the visitor and will then justify entering the

changing room/shower room to the manager.

If it is nevertheless necessary for reasons of safety and health of the visitor to enter this space, such as in

the cases mentioned in Article 4, the swimming pool employee will announce this clearly and with reasons.

Such a situation is always recorded in the logbook and reported to the manager.

The visitor is granted as much privacy as possible;

6. only has physical contact with the visitor if this is functional and/or necessary,

for example for educational reasons or for reasons of the visitor's safety or health,

for example when first aid must be provided or life-saving actions must be performed.

Does not touch the visitor in such a way that the visitor and/or the employee themselves

can reasonably expect this contact to be sexual, aggressive or intimidating;

7. behaves hospitably and respectfully. Respects the visitor and refrains from treating

the visitor in a way that affects the visitor's dignity.

Therefore, refrains from any form of intimidation, namely: humiliating, threatening, coercing,

swearing, ignoring, bullying, sexual intimidation, discrimination on the grounds of gender, race,

(philosophical) belief, sexual preference, disability or for any other reason;

8. shows involvement with the visitor, but always maintains and maintains

a professional distance in contacts with the visitor;

9. does not penetrate further into the (private) life of the visitor than is necessary for the performance of

the function; this also applies to contacts via social media or other electronic means of communication;

10. clearly indicates the boundary if a visitor insists on intimacy; this also applies if intimacy is

insisted on via social media or other electronic means of communication.

The rules for dealing with 'visitors' in general have been set out above.

The following describes specific additional rules with regard to swimming students

and their parent(s)/guardian(s).

These two groups are primarily visitors to the swimming pool, but

unlike regular visitors, swimming students have social contact with their

swimming instructor during swimming lessons.

There is direct contact between swimming student and swimming instructor within

a dependency situation.

Also in the contact with their parent(s)/guardian(s) there is such a relationship of

dependency between swimming instructor and parent(s)/guardian(s),

whereby the swimming instructor has professional

predominance by virtue of the profession.

The above also applies in appropriate cases to

pool employees other than swimming instructors.

C. The swimming pool employee in contact with swimming students

1. respects the swimming student in look, word, gesture and does not make video recordings,

unless swimming students and/or their parent(s)/guardian(s) themselves request the making

of video recordings and in that case in such a way that the swimming student's dignity is not affected;

2. does not abuse in any way the power and dependency relationship that results

from the profession; both during work and outside of work and in

any form of communication (for example social media);

3. refrains from any form of intimidation, namely: humiliating, threatening, coercing,

swearing, ignoring, bullying, sexual intimidation, discrimination on the basis of gender, race,

belief, sexual preference, disability or for any other reason; children are addressed by their name

and certainly not on their external characteristics or specific behavior;

4. ensures social safety during lessons, especially for the less gifted swimming students; unnecessary

comparison situations and situations that accentuate the physical appearance are avoided;

5. ensures that necessary physical contact is functional and cannot be misunderstood.

Functional contact such as technique, posture and breathing corrections are preceded as much as possible

by an announcement of the contact and are accompanied by an explanation of the reason for the contact.

D. The swimming pool employee in contact with parent(s)/guardian(s)

1. respects the parent(s)/guardian(s) in look, word and gesture;

2. deals correctly with the dominance resulting from the profession in contact with parent(s)/guardian(s);

3. provides honest and relevant information about the progress/performance and (movement)

behaviour to parent(s)/guardian(s) with regard to the swimming student;

4. is visible during the lesson situation.

If the situation requires a 1-on-1 setting, this will be in the presence

or direct visibility of the parent(s)/guardian(s) if possible.

If this is not possible, the employee will discuss this with the manager

and ask the parent(s)/guardian(s) for permission.

The pool employee will also report such a situation in the logbook;

5. realizes that certain instructional actions can be misunderstood by the parent(s)/guardian(s)

and can lead to accusations of (sexual) intimidation; is therefore always prepared to account for

the pedagogical approach followed/the method of instruction to the parent(s)/guardian(s) and manager.

The use of a pedagogical approach that is not applied as standard will be reported by the

pool employee in the logbook and to the parent(s)/guardian(s).

E. The swimming pool employee in contact with colleagues

1. refrains from any form of intimidation, namely: humiliating, threatening, coercing,

swearing, ignoring, bullying, sexual harassment, discrimination on the basis of gender,

race, belief, sexual preference, disability or for any other reason;

2. does not abuse in any way the power and dependency relationship that results from the profession;

both during work and outside of work and in any form of communication (for example social media);

3. enters a changing room, shower room or similar space, where a colleague is,

only after expressly obtaining permission from the colleague;

4. clearly indicates the boundary if a colleague insists on intimacy in any form or at any time;

this also applies if intimacy is insisted on via social media or other electronic means of communication;

5. respects the colleague in look, word, gesture and does not make video recordings,

unless the colleague himself requests the making of video recordings

and in that case in such a way that the colleague's dignity is not affected.

Disclaimer

The authors of the Code of Conduct for the Swimming Industry are not responsible

for the implementation and supervision of compliance.

They accept no liability for any violation of the Code of Conduct for the Swimming Industry by

swimming pools and/or swimming pool employees as referred to in the

Code of Conduct for the Swimming Industry.

National Council for Swimming Safety

This table shows in 1 year time how drowning is in UAE , Abu Dhabi

This is only because of the fake swimming training in UAE.

That people drown in the swimming pool and the water park and the sea

Because these fake swimming training are just lifeguard and not a swimming teacher.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) at least 236,000 people die from drowning every year. It is one of the ten most common causes of death in people between the ages of 1 and 24.

The fake swimming training in UAE gives you and children wrong swimming lessons it gives you and children these swimming techniques, freestyle, butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, front crawl, back crawl, medley, these are only meant for the Olympic swimmer and international swimming competitions.

the Survival Technique is the basis for all swimming techniques,

The survival technique can only be learned from me, because there is no other swimming training in the United Arab Emirates that can do this Survival Technique,

The, right Swimming schools are Europe and America and California and Los Angeles because they are the right swimming schools in the world.

These people from these countries, Europe and America and California, and Los Angeles, know how real swimming lessons should be.

All in UAE need the right swimming certificate and that ABC this swimming certificate can only be given by

Europe and America and California and Los Angeles because they are the right swimming schools in the world.

With this swimming certificate ABC you and children know how real swimming is.

For the youth

What do you like to do most when you go to the beach, by the sea or at the recreational lake?

Play! Jumping in the waves, swimming, floating, building sand castles,

collecting shells, playing football;

it's all possible.

But: safety comes first!

The best International Academy Institute's rescue team and lifeguard United Arab Emirates

believes it is important that children and young people learn and continue to swim well,

and know the dangers of open water.

More safety in, on and along the water.

That is the goal for which the lifesavers and lifeguards of rescue brigades volunteer every day.

We do our utmost to ensure that no one drowns, and that everyone can safely enjoy

the many waters that United Arab Emirates has to offer.

The best International Academy Institute's rescue team and lifeguard United Arab Emirates

needs you, the youth, very much.

Because the youth are the future, including the future of the rescue brigades.

It is very important to learn to swim well.

That means: obtaining the National Swimming Diplomas.

And that is possible at the best International Academy Institute's

rescue team and lifeguard United Arab Emirates.

Read more about it here.

In addition, it is important to learn what to do if you get into trouble in the water and

what you can do if you see someone else in trouble.

Read together with your parents about how to become a rescue brigade member and how to obtain the

Junior Lifeguard and Swimming Lifeguard diplomas.

Maybe you also want to become a lifesaver or even a lifeguard!

Everything you want to know about exercising with asthma

If you have asthma and shortness of breath and tightness of the chest make you less inclined to exercise?

Good news: exercising is good for you, even if you have asthma.

Do you also get so happy from exercising?

It is no surprise that exercising is good for you.

Being active makes you a fitter and happier version of yourself and is good for your health.

But what if that health gets in the way of exercising?

If you have asthma, for example, and shortness of breath

and tightness of the chest make you less inclined to exercise?

Good news: exercising is good for you, even if you have asthma.

Exercising helps to improve your lung function and reduce your asthma symptoms.

We will tell you everything about exercising with asthma.

We explain what asthma is exactly, why exercising is good if

you have asthma and which sports are suitable.

Because asthma is not a reason not to exercise, but rather to exercise.

With our handy tips for exercising with asthma, you can get started right away.

What is asthma?

1. Why is exercise good if you have asthma?

2. Which sports can you do with asthma?

3. Tips for exercising with asthma

What is asthma?

Asthma is a chronic, or long-term inflammation of the tubes in your lungs.

Do you not suffer from asthma?

Then the tubes in the lungs are wide, so that you can breathe in and out without problems.

Do you suffer from asthma?

Then your lungs are oversensitive and contract when certain stimuli are detected,

causing the tubes to become narrower.

This reduces the airflow to your lungs and you get problems breathing.

What do you suffer from if you have asthma?

Shortness of breath, coughing, wheezing and fatigue are well-known complaints for asthma patients.

These complaints are caused by allergens such as pollen, pets and dust mites.

And smoke, cold, polluted air and even stress can also worsen your asthma symptoms.

Asthma is a disease that cannot be cured.

The treatment of asthma is aimed at making the periods without complaints as long as possible

and keeping the condition of the airways as good as possible.

You do this with the help of medication, such as inhalers and anti-inflammatories.

Just as important are lifestyle changes, such as quitting smoking,

avoiding certain circumstances that aggravate your complaints and of course exercising.

Why is exercising good if you have asthma?

Exercising is good for you, especially if you have asthma.

Being active means an improvement in your condition and a number of important benefits.

Easier breathing - Exercising ensures a greater lung capacity and strong respiratory muscles.

This makes it easier for you to breathe, even during exercise.

Weight loss - About half of people with asthma are overweight.

This excess weight puts a strain on your respiratory system.

Exercising helps you to lose weight in a healthy way,

which in turn has a positive effect on your respiratory system.

Improved recovery capacity - By exercising regularly,

you improve the recovery capacity of your airways.

This can make an asthma attack less severe and shorter.

Increase resistance – Exercise improves your immune system.

Your body uses that immune system to protect you against pathogens.

This makes you less susceptible to an asthma attack and you are therefore literally

and figuratively stronger in your shoes.

Do you have a serious form of asthma or are you wondering how to start exercising with asthma?

Then don't start alone, but choose to work on your condition together

with a sports doctor or physiotherapist.

This way you can be sure that you are exercising in a safe

and responsible way with asthma.

2. Which sports can you do with asthma?

Are you convinced of the benefits of exercising with asthma?

Then you are probably curious about which sports are best for you with asthma.

Sports that improve endurance are particularly good for you, such as walking, jogging, cycling and swimming.

Walking – Do you want to do some exercise, but at a leisurely pace?

Then walking is the ideal sport for you.

Walking at a leisurely pace improves your condition.

Do you opt for Nordic Walking, or walking with poles?

Then you also walk upright, which opens your chest and makes breathing even more pleasant.

Jogging – Jogging is walking at a fast pace or running at a leisurely pace.

Jogging, like walking, improves your fitness without having to exert yourself too much.

Cycling – Cycling in the fresh air is good for you.

Cycling ventilates your airways.

During a bike ride, you breathe more intensely and clean your lungs in this way.

Swimming – The high humidity and pleasant temperature make swimming an

ideal sport for many asthma patients.

Whichever sport you choose, build it up slowly.

This way you prevent asthma attacks and annoying injuries.

All beginnings are difficult, even when you start exercising with asthma.

Remember that perseverance wins.

Once you have been doing it for a few weeks

and experience positive effects on your body, you will know what you are doing it for.

We give you 5 useful tips for exercising with asthma.

3. Tips for exercising with asthma

1. Always make sure you have medication with you for an unexpected attack.

Especially if you do intensive sports in cold and dry air, you are more likely to have an attack.

2. Tell your sports buddy(ies) or trainer that you have asthma and what they should do if you have an attack.

If something happens, they will not be scared, but they can take action.

3. Always listen to your body.

Do you feel an attack coming on?

Then take a break

4. Sometimes things go well and sometimes they do not go so well.

This applies to athletes without asthma as well as to you.

Accept that and do not force yourself if you feel that you have no energy.

5. Choose a sport that you like. Sports are a lot easier if you enjoy them.

Can't figure out which sport that is?

A physiotherapist or sports doctor can help you choose the sport that suits you and your asthma.

Exercising is good for you, especially if you have asthma.

The chronic disease is an inflammation of the tubes in your lungs, which causes you to suffer

from tightness in the chest, shortness of breath and coughing.

Exercising with asthma improves your condition.

This makes it easier to breathe and improves your resistance.

Choose sports such as walking, jogging and swimming if you are going to exercise

with asthma and build up your activities gradually.

Always take your medication with you when you go to exercise

and inform your training partner(s) about your asthma.

Accept that exercising with asthma does not always go well and listen to your body.

You can also perform top-notch with asthma.

Well-known athletes such as Chris Froome, Erben Wennemars and Marleen Veldhuizen

prove with their many medals that anything is possible.

Asthma is not a reason not to exercise, but rather a reason to exercise.

I hope you have lots of fun exercising!

Exercise is important to stay healthy.

The advice is to exercise moderately intensively for at least 2.5 hours per week.

Think of cycling or walking, for example.

Do this spread over several days.

But what if you have asthma?

Is exercising healthy with asthma?

And what do you take into account when you exercise?

Benefits of exercising with asthma

Exercise is especially important with asthma.

Regular exercise or movement strengthens the respiratory muscles and increases lung capacity.

This means you become less short of breath.

In addition, you also train the oxygen absorption of the muscles.

You feel better and get tired less quickly.

The importance of warming up and cooling down for asthma

If you have exercise-induced asthma, it may sound strange that exercising is healthy for you.

Exercising can then cause shortness of breath.

But if you do it sensibly, you will also benefit from the aforementioned advantages.

Start exercising with a gentle, good warm-up and build up the effort.

You can also use bronchodilator medication beforehand to prevent shortness of breath.

This medication can also resolve the shortness of breath during exercise.

Do not stop abruptly after exercising, but do a good cool down,

in which you gradually reduce the effort.

Your heart rate and breathing will slowly return to normal in this way.

"Especially with asthma, you should

stay in the best possible condition"

Be careful with certain sports with asthma

The choice of a sport is very personal.

Choose something you like and that is not too heavy for you in terms of breathing strain.

With some sports, there is a greater chance of coming into contact

with stimuli that can trigger an asthma attack.

Below are a number of examples:

All outdoor sports.

Do you also have hay fever?

In the seasons when certain grasses or trees bloom, there may be a lot of pollen in the air.

Take into account additional stimuli that can trigger an attack.

Winter sports.

The transition from warm to cold or vice versa can be a stimulus

that triggers an asthma attack for some people.

Sports in the cold, such as skating and skiing, increase the chance of an attack.

Try to keep breathing through your nose while exercising.

This humidifies and warms the air you breathe in, which means you irritate your lungs less.

A good warm-up and cool-down help your body get used to the temperature differences.

Swimming.

The water in some swimming pools contains a lot of chlorine.

If you are sensitive to this, look for a swimming pool with no or less chlorine.

Take the bronchodilator with you

Despite all the preparatory measures, you can still become short of breath.

In that case, it is good to have your bronchodilator medication with you.

For example, a spare in a locker at your sports location.

Bronchodilators come in 2 variants: powder inhalers and metered dose aerosols.

If you use a metered dose aerosol, it is important for it to work properly that you

also have the corresponding spacer with you.

If necessary, you can inhale the bronchodilator medication before exercising.

Are you a top athlete?

Then keep in mind that some inhalation medication

is on the doping list for some sports.

Tell your sports buddies about your asthma

Bystanders can be very shocked by someone having an asthma attack and often do not know what to do.

Tell your friends that you have asthma and explain that they should not panic.

Tell them where you keep your medication and ask them to take you to a quiet environment during an attack.

9 reasons why swimming is good for body and mind!

Swimming is not only fun, it is also excellent for your health.

And that goes much further than just improving your fitness.

Benefit 1: Swimming boosts your health and mood

Swimming has a relaxing effect.

This is because the water makes you feel lighter and gives your heart peace.

Relaxing swimming reduces stress and depression.

Swimming is also a cardiovascular workout and such workouts improve your

mood and increase your self-confidence.

This is because you produce more of the hormone serotonin while swimming.

The effort of swimming gives you more energy than it costs you.

Immediately after exercising, you have more energy available than a few hours earlier,

when you came home tired from work.

All of the above things ensure that swimming boosts your physical and mental health.

Benefit 2: Swimming improves your sleep pattern

Your general health also depends on your night's sleep.

Because during the night,

your mind and body recover and rejuvenate.

So sleeping well is important and exercising properly will help you with that.

Because during (heavy) exercise, hormones are released that give you a better night's sleep afterwards.

Benefit 3: Swimming keeps blood pressure low

Since the water in a swimming pool exerts more pressure than air outside the water,

the water ensures that the blood flows back to your heart more easily.

As a result, your heart has to work 10 to 15% less hard!

Benefit 4: Burn 500 calories per hour

Swimming (not floating ;-)) burns about the same number of calories as running at 10 km/h.

With half an hour of swimming, you easily burn 300 kcal.

Benefit 5: Reduces the impact on the joints

Swimming is a low-impact sport.

By that we mean that swimming is good for your muscles, tendons and joints.

In the water you weigh 90% less and you therefore spare your body much more!

That is also the reason why injured athletes often start working on their fitness again in the pool.

Benefit 6: Strengthens the muscles

In addition to a fat-burning fitness training, swimming is

also a resistance or strength training.

You get that resistance from the water itself.

Because water works harder against you than air.

Swimming also builds muscle mass.

If you also alternate the different strokes, you also train the muscles in different ways.

Swimming helps you develop a balanced body and is the ideal full-body workout.

Benefit 7: Reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease

Swimming, like other forms of cardiovascular exercise, lowers your blood pressure

and your cholesterol level and thus reduces the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

To do this, you need to swim at least three times a week for 30 minutes

or otherwise increase your heart rate.

Benefit 8: Strengthens the capacity of the lungs

Asthma patients are often advised to swim, preferably in an indoor pool.

The warm and humid climate is better for the airways than the drier outdoor air and indoors

the amount of pollen in the air is also limited, which is so bad for hay fever and asthma patients.

But swimming also offers benefits to asthma patients in general. Swimming increases lung capacity

and improves breathing, things that asthma patients in particular benefit from.

If you exercise regularly, you will have a larger lung capacity.

This is not only reserved for swimmers, but applies to all sports.

For example, if you go swimming once a week, you will soon notice

that you will be less likely to get out of breath when walking up stairs, for example.

Benefit 9: Strengthens the bones

Weight-bearing sports such as running are known to increase your bone density.

Because your body has to carry more weight during these exercises, your bones become stronger.

For a long time, it was thought that swimming as a low-impact sport did not come with this advantage.

However, recent research shows that swimmers do have a lower bone density than runners

and strength athletes, but still a higher density than non-athletes.

Swimming therefore increases your bone density.

Swimming:

The high humidity in a swimming pool combined with the high temperature

makes it an ideal environment for most asthma sufferers.

The right medication and the right exercise can have a positive effect on asthma.

A very suitable exercise is swimming.

Swimming is a favorite activity for many children and adults with asthma

and has been linked to a number of health benefits, including improved physical

fitness and mental well-being.

Swimming is traditionally recommended for people with asthma

because the warm and humid environment is less challenging.

Tips for swimming with asthma

Do:

1. Use the 'nose' test.

If you notice a strong chemical odor after being in the pool

environment for more than three minutes, this could indicate an imbalance in

the pool chemicals or problems with the pool ventilation.

You should not stay in the water for too long and inform the pool management.

2. Always shower before entering the water to maintain good water conditions.

3. Keep your reliever inhaler to hand

4. Consider using your reliever inhaler (as prescribed) 10 minutes before your swim

5. Warm up and cool down properly to reduce the risk of exercise-induced asthma

6. Consult your GP if swimming seems to aggravate your asthma.

This may be a sign that your current treatment is not working.

Don’t:

1. Swim on days when you have asthma symptoms or if you have a cold

Participate in other aquatic activities with asthma

Open water swimming

Remember that the water temperature is likely to be colder, which can affect your asthma.

Wearing a well-fitting wetsuit can help.

Take your inhalers with you if you are swimming far from shore.

A waterproof wallet or bum bag can be useful.

Swimming abroad

Remember that different climates can affect your usual asthma control;

particularly changes in humidity, pollen levels or air quality.

You may need to adjust your inhaler use.

Discuss this with your GP or asthma nurse before travelling.

Take into account local hygiene standards for swimming pools as these can vary.

Lifeguards

The lifeguards are for all ages with the main goal:

Learning to swim very well!

Every week you work on your fitness, your swimming technique and your swimming skills in a playful way to teach yourself and others to swim red in the water.

By practicing with different techniques, rescue equipment and tools you become a little faster, stronger and more agile each time.

The lifeguards are not directly a competitive sport, but every swimming season you work towards a next swimming diploma. For everyone at their own level and also for all ages.

If you have enough diplomas, you can later even become a lifeguard or supervisor in a swimming pool

What do we do

The lifeguards practice weekly in the swimming pool.
Everyone trains at their own level and works towards the next diploma.

Working together is important in the lifeguards, which is why the trainers also organize joint

lessons so that the different levels can work together and learn from each other.

Swimming Rescue Training

In the United Arab Emirates, thousands of people accidentally end up in the water every year.

Hundreds of people unfortunately do not survive this.
The International Academy Institute's rescue team

and lifeguard United Arab Emirates
therefore provides challenging training for Swimming Rescue,

for young and old.

In this training, making yourself (more) able to save yourself in the water and learning

to save others from the water is central.
This training forms the basis for our volunteers of the beach

and event security.

A child can start the Junior Rescuer training immediately after obtaining a swimming diploma from the swimming ABC, in which increasing your own safety and self-reliance

in the water is the main focus.

Within the International Academy Institute's rescue team and lifeguard United Arab Emirates,

Swimming rescue (popularly called rescue swimming or rescue swimming) is a special swimming technique with the aim of being able to save someone from the water in a life-threatening situation

Method

A drowning person can be rescued from the water in different ways.
The rescuer can perform a wet or dry rescue.
In a wet rescue, the rescuer enters the water and swims to the drowning person.
When arriving at the drowning person, the rescuer grabs the drowning person and transports the drowning person back to the shore in one of the transport grips.
The rescuer must be aware of the possibility that the drowning person will grab him.

In that case, he will first have to free himself with a rescue grip that has been taught for that purpose.
The rescuer can also choose not to enter the water and to perform a so-called dry rescue.
For this, he can use a contact-making aid or rescue device.

The rescuer throws this to the drowning person, after which the drowning person grabs the rescue equipment.
The rescuer then pulls the drowning person to the side.

As a sport

Unlike in the Netherlands, in Australia, Belgium and Germany swimming rescue is a branch of

sport in which competitions are held.
Emergency situations are simulated.
The sport consists of various disciplines.
In Belgium, competitions are held in seasons that are provincial, Flemish and Belgian.
Some disciplines are, for example, Pop rescue, lifesaver, rescue combination, ....
There are also various types of relays, in which series are made per age group.
If a team consists of different age categories, it comes into the so-called open category.

Swimming Rescue

Introduction

Once you have obtained your Swimming ABC, you have mastered the basics of swimming.
But what if you accidentally end up in unknown water, such as a lake or river?
And what do you do if others are in danger in the water?
Learning what to do in these types of situations is called swimming rescue.

During the swimming lessons of the rescue brigade, you first learn to save yourself from the water.
The diploma line that goes with this is the Junior Rescuers.
Then you learn to save others from the water with the Swimming Rescuer diplomas.

Finally, you learn to lead a team that saves other people during the Life Savers.
This is the highest diploma line that De Reddingsklos offers weekly at the swimming pool.

Would you like to learn more after your ABC?

And to ensure that you can save yourself and other people from the water?

Then continue with the swimming rescue lessons after your ABC, or register via the Registration heading!

Below you will find more specific information about the relevant diplomas.

Junior Lifeguard

The Junior Lifeguard diploma line consists of 4 diplomas.
Junior Lifeguard 1 is very similar to swimming diploma C.
That is why we often skip this diploma, or you go straight for Junior Lifeguard 1 instead of diploma C.

During the Junior Lifeguard lessons you improve your swimming techniques and learn to save yourself in unexpected situations.
For example, when you fall from a boat into the water.
Below are some important diploma requirements.

Final objectives: Junior Lifeguard 1

* Floating fully clothed on a buoyancy aid in the 'HELP' position (a position in which you lose as little heat as possible).
* Swimming lanes independently, treading water and climbing out of the water without the aid of a ladder.

* Diving rings from the bottom of the pool.
* Scudding (lying on your back in the water and moving forward only by means of hand/wrist movements).

End goals: Junior Lifeguard 2

* Climbing over a raft while fully clothed and swimming under it.
* Diving into the water and then touching two objects floating under the water.
* Swimming laps independently, treading water and climbing out of the water without the aid of a ladder.
* Communicating in the water with someone standing on the side and floating in the ‘HELP’

position with the aid of a ball that is thrown to you.

Final objectives: Junior Rescuer 3

* Perform a dry rescue using a rescue device.
* Swim independently long distances in different swimming strokes.
* Transport a rescue dummy in the ‘head hold’ for 25 metres in single backstroke.

Final objectives: Junior Rescuer 4

* Perform a dry rescue using a device.
* Instruct an adult to make an adequate alarm (via 999).

999 for Police

998 for Ambulance

997 for Fire Department (Civil Defence)

996 for Coastguard

995 for Find and Rescue

* Jump into the water wearing a life jacket and then float in the HELP position for 30 seconds.
* Swim at least 11 metres underwater.

Swim 12.5 metres breaststroke to a floating rescue dummy and then

transport it to the side in the head hold.

Swimming Rescuer

The Swimming Rescuer diploma line also consists of 4 diplomas.

During the Swimming Rescuer lessons, you will improve your swimming techniques and

learn to rescue other people from the water in unexpected situations.

For example, when someone is in the water who can no longer swim.
Below are some important diploma requirements.

Final objectives: Swimming Rescuer 1

* Performing rescue holds on dry land: the double wrist hold.
* Performing a dry rescue using a rescue device.
Communication with the pseudo-drowning person is very important here, as is ensuring adequate alarm.
* Swimming independently in various swimming strokes while dressed.
* Using a corner dive, dive up a rescue dummy in the sailor's hold and then hold it above

water with your head for 5 seconds.
* Swim towards a pseudo-drowning person and then transport them in the following different holds:

hold (after applying a double wrist hold), wrist hold and head hold.

Final objectives: Swimming Rescuer 2

* Performing rescue holds on dry land: the backward hug.
* Performing a dry rescue using an aid.

Communication with the pseudo-drowning person

is very important here, as is ensuring adequate alarm.
* Swim at least 16 metres under water.
* Take measures against finger cramps on the shore.
* Swim towards a pseudo-drowning person and then transport them in the following different grips: head grip (after applying a backwards grip), wrist grip, hold (after applying a double wrist grip) and sailor's grip.

Final objectives: Swimming Rescuer 3

* Perform rescue manoeuvres on dry land: the forward hug.
* Swim at least 175 metres in a maximum of 5 minutes and 15 seconds, divided over at least

3 different swimming strokes of your choice.
* Perform measures against calf cramps on the side.
* Swim 50 metres front crawl with fins on within 60 seconds.
* Carefully enter the water with blinded goggles on and then swim to a floating object on the instructions of a person on the side and bring it back to the side.
* Perform a wet rescue using an aid.

A position determination must be provided, using a cross bearing.

Final objectives: Swimming Rescuer 4

* Perform a wet rescue using a rescue device.
* Swim 200 metres in different swimming strokes while dressed.
* Perform measures against thigh cramps on the side.

* Swim 50 meters front crawl with fins on within 45 seconds.
* From the side, make a position determination with a fellow candidate, using a cross bearing, after which the candidate swims to the position and a rescue dummy dives and brings it to the side.

Life Saver

The Life Saver diploma program consists of 3 diplomas.

During the Life Saver lessons, you will improve your swimming techniques and your fitness,

and you will learn to lead a team that carries out a rescue.
Some important diploma requirements are described below.

Final objectives: Life Saver 1

* Answer theoretical exam questions that relate to topics in the Life Saver manual, chapters 1 to 7.
* Perform various rescue maneuvers in the water.
* Reenact a pseudo-accident, with two rescuers, in which a dry rescue must be performed

in cooperation using a rescue device.
* Transport a pseudo-drowning person 50 meters in a head hold (25 meters)

and in a shoulder hold (25 meters), while dressed.
* Determine a position from the side with a fellow candidate, using a cross bearing, after which the candidate swims to the position, puts on a pair of blindfolded goggles and then dives into a rescue dummy.
* Demonstrate various rescue manoeuvres in the water and then transport the pseudo-drowning

person in various transport manoeuvres.
* Perform a Body Hug (a way in which a rescuer can easily turn a drowning person over and take him/her with him/her if he/she is lying unconscious on his/her stomach in the water).

Final objectives: Life Saver 2

* Master the theory regarding the actions that must be taken when rescuing drowning people from open water (Life Saver manual, chapters 1 to 7).
* Make a buoyancy aid from a piece of clothing in the water and float on it for 30 seconds in the HELP position.
* Swim at least 25 metres under water.

* Swim at least 225 meters in a maximum of 6 minutes and 15 seconds divided over at least 3 breaststrokes and 2 backstrokes of your choice.
* Reenact a pseudo-accident with two rescuers in which a wet rescue is carried out in cooperation, systematically searching an area for a rescue dummy.
* Enter the water safely, swim to a drowning person with cramps and help them to the side, where they demonstrate how to relieve the cramp.

Final objectives: Life Saver 3

* Obtain a valid First Aid certificate.
* Master the theory regarding the actions that must be taken when rescuing drowning people from open water (Life Saver manual chapters 1 to 8).
* Carry out a wet rescue using fins and a rescue device.
* Transport a pseudo-drowning person 50 meters with fins in the triangle grip and then transport them 50 meters in a transport grip not described in the Life Saver manual.

* Swim 75 meters front crawl with fins on within 60 seconds.
* Reenact a pseudo-accident, with two rescuers, in which a wet rescue must be performed

in cooperation using a line rescue.
* Demonstrate actions on the side to check consciousness and breathing, concluding

by demonstrating the chin lift.

Lifeguards.

The lifeguards are for all ages with the main goal:

Learning to swim very well!

Every week you work on your fitness, your swimming technique and your swimming

skills in a playful way to learn to save yourself and others in the water.
By practicing with different techniques, rescue equipment and tools you become

a little faster, stronger and more agile.

The lifeguards are not directly a competitive sport, but every swimming season you work towards a next swimming diploma. For everyone at their own level and also for all ages.

If you have obtained enough diplomas, you can later even become a lifeguard or supervisor in a swimming pool

National Swimming Diplomas via local rescue brigades

Learning to swim well and then continuing to swim ensures greater swimming safety and prevents drowning. That is why the Dutch Rescue Brigade is affiliated with the National Swimming Diplomas program of the National Swimming Safety Council (NRZ)

Rescue swimming

Learning rescue swimming

Learning rescue swimming is learning skills that ensure that you can get the drowning person out of the water in a correct and efficient manner.

You will learn transport techniques including the head grab, the wrist grab and the armpit grab.

When analyzing such a situation, the rescuer will choose between a dry or a wet rescue.

If a dry rescue is chosen, the rescuer stands on the side and uses a rescue device to

pull the drowning person to the side.

In a wet rescue, the rescuer jumps into the water and grabs the drowning person out

of the water using one of the transport handles.

(In preparation for the drowning person to grab you in an unfortunate way.)

You learn rescue swimming at the rescue brigade.

There are various rescue brigade associations throughout the Netherlands.

You can join these as a child or an adult.

You can start rescue swimming after obtaining your swimming diplomas.

Rescue swimming exercises

During rescue swimming exercises, you will be taught swimming techniques that are necessary for a rescue operation. You will also be taught that you do not always have to go into the water.

You can also save the person with a rescue wedge or something similar.

If there is no other option, then just go into the water.

Some exercises offered in rescue swimming are:

Swimming under water

Retrieving diving rings above water as quickly as possible

Retrieving a rescue doll above water

Rescuing yourself in an ice accident

Performing a rescue operation from the side with a rescue device

Transporting a drowning person

Caution during a rescue operation.

It is essential that you approach a drowning person in the appropriate manner.

Panic means that the person can grab you in the most unfortunate way.

It is then important that you apply one of the learned rescue moves.

Therefore, speak reassuringly to the person and explain what you are going to do.

It is then wise to grab the person from behind and then use one of the different transport moves.

This way you can easily and safely bring the person to the side.

Transport and rescue moves

The situation will determine the choice of the different transport moves or possible rescue moves.

Of course, depending on the drowning person's condition, you will have to make a plan of action.

You will have to observe if the victim is sane, see if he/she is injured, if he/she is panicking or very calm, is the water deep or shallow, cold or warm.

You will have to approach it thoughtfully and strategically.

Some of the previously mentioned transport grips

Head grip
The head grip is most commonly used for a drowning person who is unconscious.
The rescuer moves behind the person
and places his hands on either side of the hearing.
He then swims in a lying position on his back in order to bring the drowning person to the side.

Armpit grip
This swimming technique is used for a drowning person who is calm because he has sustained a head wound.
As a rescuer, you will have to position yourself behind the drowning person and place your hands in the

armpit of the person in question.
The shoulder of the drowning person then rests on your thumbs and you can then push the victim to the side with your legs while swimming on your back.

Wrist grip
In the case of a restless drowning person, the rescuer will have to use the wrist grip.
The rescuer will position himself behind the drowning person.

The rescuer will then use the learned arm techniques during this rescue operation.
This will ensure that the drowning person will be able to offer little to no resistance.

Shoulder grip
The rescuer uses arm techniques here in which the drowning person's shoulder is in a certain clamping position. This will ensure that the person will not be able to offer any resistance.

Seaman's grip
The seaman's grip is used on a calm drowning person.
Here you can clearly explain what you are planning to do.
The rescuer will position himself behind the drowning person.
On the back in combination with arm techniques, he will have to grab the drowning person's

swimwear and swim to the side.

Rescue swimming - the extrication grips

A drowning person can be grabbed by the rescue swimmer in various ways.
Based on practical situations, it can be deduced that there are always identical ways of grabbing.

The grips from which you might have to free yourself are;

The wrist grip where the drowning person holds you by the wrist with one hand or
both
The wrist grip where the drowning person grabs you from below, with both
hands
The grip where the drowning person holds the rescuer from the front.
The grip where the drowning person holds the rescuer from behind.
Grabbing at the chest where the drowning person wildly embraces the rescuer from the front.
The grip where the drowning person firmly grabs the rescuer around his
hipbones where the rescuer's arms are clamped in the grip.

All these grips also have a rescue technique that you are taught during rescue swimming.
All in all, rescue swimming is a fun swimming sport for people who like to swim well and want to provide assistance

Junior Rescuer (1 to 4)

A Junior Rescuer can save himself, is free in the water and can use various aids and rescue equipment

to save someone from the water's edge.

After Swimming ABC, children can immediately progress to Junior Rescuer 1.

Sports and fun are the main focus of the Junior Rescuer diplomas.
The main goal is to increase children's self-reliance in a playful way.
First by further eliminating fear of water, improving swimming

technique and dealing with special situations in the water.
Then children are introduced to various aids and rescue equipment and a start is made on learning

the skills to perform a dry rescue (a rescue from the edge).
When a child has obtained all the diplomas, he is a Junior Rescuer.

Swimming Rescuer (1 to 4)

A Swimming Rescuer can save a drowning person by searching for him, approaching him

and transporting him, possibly with aids and rescue equipment.

The Swimming Rescuer goes a step further than the Junior Rescuer.
In these courses you learn how to rescue someone by swimming (a wet rescue).
In this wet rescue the emphasis is on approaching and transporting a drowning person.

Cooperation is central to these courses.
More attention is paid to how to act during an accident, searching for drowning people in unknown water

and ensuring safety during a rescue for the rescuer and the drowning person.
When a child has obtained all the diplomas, he is a Swimming Rescuer.

Lifesaver (1 to 3)

A Lifesaver is not (yet) a professional, but does have the skills to rescue drowning people and provide assistance.
The Lifesaver diplomas are the last diplomas in the Lifesaving line.
A Lifesaver becomes skilled in rescuing drowning people and increasing his self-reliance and thus learns to provide adequate assistance (independently) if he encounters a drowning person somewhere.
In addition, providing first aid is also part of the training.

When all diplomas have been obtained, someone is a Lifesaver.

Clothing requirements for the Junior Lifeguard diplomas

Swimming gear

T-shirt, blouse or shirt with sleeves
Long trousers (long trousers that fit seamlessly against the skin are not permitted)
Rain/wind jacket (meaning a jacket with long sleeves, often made of a type of nylon)
Shoes that do not or do not allow the foot to bend freely

It is permitted for candidates to wear a dress with sleeves or a skirt/blouse with sleeves instead of trousers/blouse.
The dress/skirt must reach over the knee.

Clothing requirements for the Swimming Lifeguard and Lifesaver diplomas

Swimwear
T-shirt, blouse or shirt with sleeves
Long trousers (long trousers that fit seamlessly against the skin are not permitted)

It is permitted for candidates to wear a dress with sleeves or a skirt/blouse with sleeves instead of trousers/blouse. The dress/skirt must reach over the knee.

Junior Rescuer 1 to 4 (approx. 5 – 10 years)

The youngest members of our association learn how to save themselves

if they end up in the water with these diplomas.

The emphasis is on survival swimming and expanding swimming techniques.

In addition, the Junior Rescuers learn how to perform a number of simple rescues.

Swimming Rescuer 1 to 4 (approx. 10-14 years)

The Swimming Rescuers learn all kinds of techniques to perform different rescues.
This includes using different rescue equipment, but also lifting drowning people to shore

and searching for victims underwater.

In addition, work is done on expanding swimming fitness.

Lifesaver 1 to 3 (approx. 14-16 years)

The Lifesavers not only master the different rescue techniques, but also learn to work together to solve complex accidents with multiple drowning people.

The practical lessons are supplemented with a bit of theory.
We use the manual of the Dutch Lifeguard Brigade, which goes into more depth on challenging subjects such as ice accidents, cars in the water and leading a team of rescuers.
From the Lifesaver 2 diploma, you must be in possession of a valid first aid diploma, so that you can also help a drowning person once he has been brought to shore.

Higher federation training (16+)

Of course, after obtaining the regular diplomas, you must keep your knowledge up to date, so even if

you already have all the swimming rescue diplomas, there are various options.
You can train with the water rescue group, where swimming rescue and boat rescue are combined.
If you enjoy transferring your knowledge to others, you also have the opportunity

to obtain your instructor diploma.
In addition, there are various other activities that you can practice within the rescue brigade to put your knowledge into practice, such as guarding the lakes around Breda, the Netherlands.

Seniors (18+)

During all our swimming hours, there is the opportunity to swim a few laps yourself.
Some parents of youth members also swim themselves while their child is taking lessons, but instructors and members who already have all the diplomas can also use these moments to keep their fitness up to par.

Rescue swimming

Part of preventing and combating drowning deaths is training new rescuers.
In this way, we hope to be able to prevent drowning accidents.
Rescue swimming can be learned from a young age.
First, the basics must be learned: the A and B diplomas.
Once this has been achieved, rescue swimming can be started.
Rescue swimming is given according to a recreational training line of the Dutch Lifeguard Brigade to

lifesaver in which the participants learn to increase their self-reliance in a sporty way.
In addition, they learn the basic skills of swimming rescue.
Lifesavers can save themselves and others in an emergency.
The main thing in the training is that the young rescuers enjoy the water.
The training to become a lifesaver consists of a continuous learning line, divided into three diploma categories:

Junior rescuer – approximately 5-10 years

How do I save myself?

After obtaining the A and B diplomas, children can progress to junior lifeguard.
The focus of these four diplomas is to increase self-reliance in a playful way.
We do this by improving basic swimming skills and allowing children to gain

experience with special situations in the water.
We then introduce them to rescue and aids in a simple form and start teaching

them the skills to perform a rescue from the shore.

Swimming lifeguard – approximately 10-14 years

How do I save someone else?

The four swimming lifeguard diplomas focus on improving rescue techniques.
We teach swimming lifeguards how to safely rescue someone else.
This can be done both from the shore (dry rescue) and from the water (wet rescue) with an aid or rescue device.
We also learn how to approach and transport a drowning person safely.
The young lifeguards also search for a drowning person under water.

Skills such as handling a simple rescue (raising the alarm and getting help) are also covered.
Because a swimming rescuer needs to be in good shape, the condition is improved with each diploma.

Lifesaver – approximately 14-16 years

How do I save someone else and lead a rescue?

The three diplomas for lifesaver focus on further development of the rescuer's rescue skills.

In addition to independently saving a drowning person, a lifesaver can also direct other

lifesavers in carrying out a rescue.
First aid skills are also included in this diploma.
In addition to swimming training, a piece of theory will also have to be learned.
During this training in the swimming pool, many lifesavers with these diplomas

also start the basic training on the beach.

Swimming Rescue

They are aimed at children from 5 years old, with diploma A and/or B.
There is also a group for the less young, from ± 18 years old.
In order to become a good lifeguard, the first requirements are that someone can swim well

and knows the dangers of the water.
The lesson program is therefore tailored to this.
Our students are first trained in good swimming, by means of stroke improvement and distance swimming,

both in swimwear and with clothes on.
In addition, they are made aware of the dangers of inland waters and the sea, such as flowing water,

whirlpools, groynes and the like.

Then the real rescue work begins.

The safety of the lifeguard is paramount.

Our students are taught how to save a drowning person from the shore with, for example, rescue blocks, rescue hooks and other rescue equipment and how to bring a drowning person to shore.

During water rescues, the rescuer is taught how to enter the water most safely, how to free himself/herself from all possible grips and how to transport the drowning person.

The recovery and surfacing of a sunken drowning person is also covered.

A number of subjects are covered separately, such as:

rescues in stagnant and flowing water
ice accidents
car in the water
own safety in the sea

Practice

In practice, a lesson looks like this.
As an example, we take a 7-year-old girl who has swimming diplomas A and B and who joins our club.
She is placed in a group of approximately 6 students of as much the same age as possible and starts the education and training for a certificate under the guidance of her own instructor.
Lessons are given every week, the training for a diploma takes approximately 10 months;
Then it is a wait until September, when the new season starts and the child from

our example can start the next diploma.

Swimming Rescue Diploma Requirements

The following diplomas can be obtained in the

Swimming Rescue department:

Junior Rescuer - 5 to 10 years

A novice rescuer may not be expected to perform a rescue while swimming.

It is important that self-rescue is possible, after which familiarization and use of

contact-making aids and rescue equipment follows.
Junior Rescuer 1
Junior Rescuer 2
Junior Rescuer 3
Junior Rescuer 4

Swimming Rescuer - 10 to 15 years

A Swimming Rescuer is expected to be able to perform a rescue while swimming.

This advanced rescuer level is divided into two functional areas of focus, namely basic

wet rescue techniques and complex wet rescue.
Swimming Rescuer 1
Swimming Rescuer 2
Swimming Rescuer 3
Swimming Rescuer 4

Life Saver - from 15 years

In this training program, a candidate is prepared to assist with supervision and surveillance.

Theory is added to the practical components.

Life Saver 1
Life Saver 2
Life Saver 3

Swimming Rescue Clothing Requirements

Clothing requirements for the recreational diploma line up to and including junior lifeguard 4

* T-shirt, blouse or shirt with sleeves
* Long trousers (long trousers that fit seamlessly against the skin are not permitted) Rain/wind jacket (meaning a jacket with long sleeves, often made of a type of nylon)
* Shoes that do not or do not allow the foot to bend freely.
* Candidates are permitted to wear a dress with sleeves or a skirt/blouse with sleeves instead of trousers/blouse. The dress/skirt must reach over the knee.
* The items of clothing must be fastened in such a way that they cannot be lost during the stay in the water.
The clothing must be clean and in good condition.
* The use of normal glasses plus or minus dioptres is permitted.

Goggles to protect the eyes from direct contact with the swimming water, such as diving goggles, are not permitted in any part of the exam (with the exception of the parts where tempered glasses are mentioned).

Diving goggles (tempered glass), where clearing is possible, are only permitted on the basis of a medical indication and an approved written dispensation (see article 1.4) and are entirely at your own risk

Clothing requirements for the recreational diploma line swimming lifeguard 1-4 and Life Saver 1-3

* T-shirt, blouse or shirt with sleeves
* Long trousers (long trousers that fit seamlessly to the skin are not permitted)
* Candidates are permitted to wear a dress with sleeves or a skirt/blouse with sleeves instead of trousers/blouse.
The dress/skirt must reach over the knee.
* The items of clothing must be fastened in such a way that they cannot be lost while in the water.
The clothing must be clean and in good condition.
* The use of normal glasses plus or minus dioptres is permitted.
Glasses to protect the eyes from direct contact with the swimming water, such as diving goggles, are not permitted in any part of the exam (with the exception of the parts where tempered glasses are discussed).
Diving goggles (tempered glass), where clearing is possible, are only permitted on the basis of medical indication and an approved written dispensation (see article 1.4) and are entirely at your own risk.

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Think about what you already know, for example:
the drowning person, the rescuer, rescue equipment, aids, boats, beach or sea.
Think about what you want to tell, for example:

* What does your lifeguard brigade do?

*What is the history of your brigade?
* What do you do during a lesson?

*What is the most fun to do?

*Why do you also swim with clothes?
* What do you do with rescue while sailing?

*What do you do during surveillance?

*What types of boats are there?
* What is a rescue device or aid?

*How do you use them?
* What are the dangers of the sea?

*How do you recognize the Lifeguard Brigade?

*What flags are there?
* What diplomas are there?

*What do you need to be able to do to get a diploma?

RN-KNBRD certificate Junior Lifeguard 1
For clothing requirements, see the ER, article 2.1.

A. To be performed dressed:

1.

a. Enter the water from the edge of the pool with a bomb,
b. followed by 50 meters of swimming in breaststroke, keeping the eyes above water, treading water for 5 seconds in the first lane,
c. immediately followed by 50 meters of swimming in single backstroke; during the backstroke, the candidate must hold the head with both hands,
d. then climb out of the water without using a ladder.

2.

a. Enter the water from the edge of the pool with a plastic bag, filling the plastic bag with air during the jump,
b. followed by 30 seconds of floating on the plastic bag in the “HELP” position.

B. To be performed in swimwear:

3.

a. Jumping into the water from a starting block or raised pool edge, followed immediately by:
b. Subsequently, without coming up, touching two floating objects under water, these are located between 1.5 and 1.8 meters deep and 5 and 7 meters from the pool edge,
c. followed by 18 meters of swimming in breaststroke, keeping the eyes above water.

4.
a. Jumping into the water from a starting block or raised pool edge, followed immediately by:

b. 8 meters of breaststroke, followed by a half turn around the longitudinal axis; 8 meters of backstroke, followed by a half turn around the longitudinal axis and finally 9 meters of breaststroke.
c. 150 metres of swimming, with alternating 25 metres of breaststroke and 25 metres of single backstroke, followed by climbing out of the water without using a ladder.

a. Jump into the water from a starting block or raised pool edge, followed immediately by swimming 50 metres in:
b. 12.5 metres of front crawl
c. 12.5 metres of breaststroke
d. 12.5 metres of back crawl
e. 12.5 metres of single backstroke

6.

a. Jump into the water from the pool edge with a bomb,
b. followed by swimming 5 metres in breaststroke,
c. then dive to the bottom of the pool with a corner dive and pick up 1 of the 5 diving rings from the bottom of the pool and show it above water. The distance between the diving rings is ± 1 meter and they are between 1.5 and 1.8 meters of water depth on the pool floor.

7.

a. Jump into the water from the pool edge,
b. immediately followed by 9 meters of underwater swimming.

8.

a. Carefully enter the water from the pool edge, grab the edge and then push off with the feet from the pool edge.
After pushing off, the swimmer must float on his back for 10 seconds in an "X" shape with the ears in the water and the arms and legs passive,
b. then tread water for 30 seconds.

RN-KNBRD certificate Junior Lifeguard 2

For clothing requirements, see the ER, article 2.1.

A. To be performed dressed:

1.

a. Carefully enter the water from the pool edge,
b. followed by 50 meters of swimming in the breaststroke, keeping the eyes above water and climbing over a raft once and swimming under a raft once,
c. immediately followed by 75 meters of swimming in the single backstroke; during the backstroke, the candidate must keep both hands behind or above their own head,
d. subsequently climb out of the water without using a ladder.

2.

a. Enter the water from the pool edge with a plastic bag, filling the plastic bag with air during the jump,
b. followed by 30 seconds of floating on the plastic bag in the “HELP” position.

B. To be performed in swimwear:

3.

a. Enter the water carefully from the pool edge,
b. followed by 50 metres of swimming in breaststroke, keeping the eyes above water, after 5 metres sinking vertically once (diving; whereby the candidate goes completely under water vertically from the water surface),
c. immediately followed by 75 metres of single backstroke; in the backstroke, the candidate must keep both hands behind or above their own head.

4.

a. Enter the water with a head-first jump from a starting block or raised pool edge, immediately followed by:
b. Subsequently touching two floating objects under water that are between 1.5 and 1.8 metres deep and 5 and 9 metres from the pool edge.

5.

a. Enter the water from the pool edge with a bomb,
b. followed by 5 metres of swimming in breaststroke,
c. then dive to the bottom of the pool with the corner dive and pick up 2 of the 5 diving rings from the bottom of the pool and show them above water.
The distance between the diving rings is ± 1.5 meters and they are between 1.5 and 1.8 meters of water depth on the bottom of the pool.

6.

a. Jump into the water from the edge of the pool and swim 150 meters in:
b. Swim 10 meters underwater,
c. 15 meters breaststroke, keeping the eyes above water,
d. 25 meters single backstroke
e. 25 meters breaststroke, keeping the eyes above water,
f. 25 meters front crawl,
g. 25 meters back crawl,
h. then 25 meters compound backstroke.

7.

a. Jump into the water from the edge of the pool with a bomb,
b. then turn back to a horizontal position and swim in breaststroke to a ball that is thrown (distance side/candidate = approx. 2.5 meters),
c. then with the ball in your hands ask if the ball may be thrown back to the side, after agreement throw the ball back to the examiner (distance candidate/side = approx. 2.5 meters).

8.

Using an aid, touch a floating object that is in the water at a distance of 2 meters from the pool edge.

RN-KNBRD Junior Rescuer 3 certificate

For clothing requirements, see the ER, article 2.1.

A. To be performed dressed:

1.

Perform a dry rescue using a piece of rope or garden hose. A pseudo-drowning person must be reassured by speaking to them.
The pseudo-drowning person is in the water 2 metres from the edge of the pool.
Get the drowning person to the side.
The assignment is completed when the drowning person has 1 hand on the side and is lying facing the side.

2.

Jump into the water with a life jacket on and then float in the “HELP” position for 30 seconds, swim back to the side and climb out of the water via the steps.

3.

a. Carefully enter the water from the edge of the pool,
b. then swim 100 metres in the breaststroke, during which a somersault forward must be made 2 times
c. 50 metres single backstroke, holding a ball or stick above water between the hands as in the headlock.

B. To be performed in swimwear:

4.

Carefully enter the water from the edge of the pool, immediately followed by swimming 225 metres in:
a. 25 metres front crawl, b. 25 metres back crawl,
c. 100 metres breaststroke, with the eyes above water,
d. 25 metres sailor stroke,
e. 50 metres compound backstroke.

Enter the water with a head dive from a starting block or raised edge of the pool, immediately followed by swimming 11 metres underwater.

Carefully enter the water from the edge of the pool, then:
a. 25 metres breaststroke,
b. 25 metres single backstroke, carrying a ball in the “headlock”.

Carefully enter the water and then;
a. Swim 10 metres in breaststroke, keeping your eyes above water,
b. Lower yourself vertically under water (dip) and pick up 2 of the 5 rings from the bottom of the pool, which are at least 2 metres apart, at a water depth of between 1.5 and 1.8 metres; the rings must be shown above water.

8.

Perform a dry rescue using a stick or flexibeam.
A pseudo-drowning person must be reassured by continuing to talk to the pseudo-drowning person.
The pseudo-drowning person is in the water at approximately 2 metres from the edge of the pool.
Get the pseudo-drowning person to the side.
The task is completed when the drowning person has 1 hand on the side and is lying with his or her face towards the side.

KNBRD Junior Rescuer 4 certificate

For clothing requirements, see the ER, article 2.1.

A. To be performed dressed:

1.

Perform a dry rescue using a rescue tube.
A pseudo-drowning person must be reassured by continuing to talk to the pseudo-drowning person.
The pseudo-drowning person is in the water at ± 6 meters from the pool edge.
The pseudo-drowning person must be able to grab the line of the rescue tube without moving.

The pseudo-drowning person must be retrieved after throwing the rescue tube/throwing bag.
The assignment is completed when the pseudo-drowning person has 1 hand on the side and is lying with his face towards the side.

2.

Jump into the water with a rescue/life jacket on and then float in the “HELP” position for 30 seconds, followed by swimming 25 meters in a backstroke.

3.

Jump into the water from the pool edge and then swim 100 metres in breaststroke, with eyes above water, within 4 minutes.

B, To be performed in swimwear:

4.

Jump into the water from a starting block or raised pool edge, immediately followed by 250 metres of swimming in:
a. 50 metres front crawl,
b. 50 metres back crawl,
c. 75 metres single backstroke, with a ball or stick held above water between the hands as in the head grab,
d. 25 metres sailor's stroke,
e. followed by 50 metres compound backstroke.

5.

Jump into the water from a starting block or raised pool edge, immediately followed by 12.5 metres of underwater swimming.

Cautionarily enter the water from the pool edge, then:
a. 12.5 metres breaststroke, with eyes above water
b. transport rescue dummy * in headlock.
c. The task is completed when the rescue dummy is facing the side.

Carefully enter the water and then:
a. swim 10 metres in breaststroke, with eyes above water,
b. dive to the bottom of the pool with the corner dive and pick up 1 of the 3 diving rings from the bottom of the pool and place it on a cone placed on the bottom of the pool without coming up for air.

The distance between the diving rings and cone is ± 3 metres and they are between 1.5 and 1.8 metres of water depth on the bottom of the pool.

8.

Perform a dry rescue using a rescue ball or throwing bag.
A pseudo-drowning person must be reassured by speaking to them.
The pseudo-drowning person is in the water 6 metres from the edge of the pool.
Get the drowning person to the side.
The task is completed when the drowning person has 1 hand on the side and is lying with his face towards the side.

Note::

* Rescue dummy (according to ILS requirement) floating (standing) on the water surface

RN-KNBRD Swimming Rescuer 1 diploma

For clothing requirements, see the ER, article 2.1

A. To be carried out while dressed:

1.

On dry land, successively apply the actions to free oneself from:
a. the double wrist grip;
b. the forward hug.

2.

Carry out a dry rescue using a rescue device.
A pseudo-drowning person must be reassured by continuing to talk to the pseudo-drowning person.
The pseudo-drowning person is in the water at a distance of 7 metres from the edge of the pool.
The pseudo-drowning person must be able to grab the rescue device without being allowed to move in the water.
The assignment is completed when the drowning person has 1 hand on the side and is lying with his face towards the side.

3.

Carry out a dry rescue using an aid. A pseudo-drowning person must be reassured by continuing to talk to the pseudo-drowning person.
The pseudo-drowning person is in the water at a distance of 2-5 metres from the edge of the pool. The pseudo-drowning person must be able to grab the rescue equipment without being allowed to move in the water.
The task is completed when the drowning person has 1 hand on the side and is lying facing the side.

4.

Jump into the water with a head start from a starting block or raised edge of the pool, immediately followed by swimming 150 metres in:
a. 25 metres front crawl;
b. 50 metres backstroke, with a ball or stick held above water between the hands as in the head hold;
c. 25 metres compound backstroke;
d. 50 metres breaststroke, with the eyes above water.

B. To be performed in swimwear:

5.

Jump into the water from the edge of the pool, immediately followed by
6 minutes of swimming divided over at least 3 different strokes, this at the candidate's choice.

Each stroke must be performed for at least 25 meters consecutively.

A distance of at least 125 meters must be covered within these 6 minutes.

6.

Jump into the water from the edge of the pool, then swim 50 meters in the front crawl within 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

7.

Carefully enter the water from the edge of the pool, then swim 10 meters in a breaststroke, then a corner dive must be performed and a rescue dummy on the bottom must be brought above the water in the sailor's grip and with a stretched arm above the head.

After this, the mouth of the rescue dummy must be kept above the water for 5 seconds.

The rescue dummy must be in the water at a depth of between 1.5 metres and a maximum of 3 metres.

8.

Jump headfirst into the water from a starting block or raised pool edge, immediately followed by 14 metres of underwater swimming.

9.

Perform a wet rescue using an aid and/or rescue device.
A calm, cooperative pseudo-drowning person must be calmed/reassured/told what is going to happen.
The pseudo-drowning person is in the water at a distance of 8 metres from the pool edge.
The pseudo-drowning person must be brought to shore by giving a foot tap.

RN-KNBRD Swimming Rescuer 2 diploma

For clothing requirements, see the ER, article 2.1

A. To be performed while dressed:

1.

On dry land, perform the actions in succession to free oneself from:
a. the double wrist grip;
b. the forward hug;
c. the backward hug.

2.

Carefully enter the water from the edge of the pool, then swim 10 meters in a breaststroke, then perform a corner dive in water with a water depth of 1.5 meters to a maximum of 3 meters, dive for a rescue dummy located on the bottom, whereby the candidate takes the rescue dummy up in the sailor's grip and comes up with the other arm stretched above the head.
Then hold the rescue dummy above water with the mouth for 5 seconds.

3.

Carefully enter the water and free oneself from a pseudo-drowning person (at a distance of 10 meters from the pool edge) with the forward grip and then carry 7.5 meters in the head hold immediately followed by 7.5 meters in the wrist hold (total 25 meters).

4.

Jump into the water with a head dive from a starting block or raised pool edge, immediately followed by 150 meters of swimming in:
a. 50 meters front crawl;
b. 50 meters sailor stroke;
c. 50 meters compound backstroke.

B. To be performed in swimming costume:

5.

Jump into the water with a head dive from the pool edge, immediately followed by minutes of swimming divided over at least 3 different swimming strokes, this at the choice of the candidate. Each stroke must be performed for at least 25 meters consecutively. A minimum distance of 150 meters must be swum within these 6 minutes.

6.

Jump into the water from the pool edge and swim 50 metres in the front crawl within 2 minutes.

7.

Jump into the water from a starting block or raised pool edge with a head-on dive, immediately followed by swimming 16 metres underwater.

8.

Perform a dry rescue using a rescue device of the brigade's choice.
The pseudo-drowning person must be calmed/reassured/told what is going to happen.
The pseudo-drowning person is in the water at a distance of 10 metres from the pool edge.
The pseudo-drowning person must be able to grab the rescue device without being allowed to move in the water.
The pseudo-drowning person must be brought to the side, whereby the hand-holding procedure is carried out without bringing the drowning person to the side.

RN-KNBRD Swimming Rescuer 3 diploma

For clothing requirements, see the ER, article 2.1

A. To be performed while dressed:

1.

Carefully enter the water and swim to a dressed pseudo-drowning person (who is lying in the water 5 meters from the pool edge), free him/her from the double wrist hold and then carry him/her 5 meters in the hold and then
5 meters in the wrist hold, 5 meters in the shoulder hold and 5 meters in the head hold, bring the drowning person to the side.
The assignment is completed when the drowning person has 1 hand on the side and is lying facing the side.

2.

With a head-dive into the water from a starting block or raised pool edge, immediately followed by 150 meters of swimming in:
a. 50 meters front crawl;
b. 50 meters breaststroke;
c. 50 meters combined backstroke.

B. To be performed in swimwear:

3.

Jump into the water from the pool edge, immediately followed by 6 minutes of swimming divided over at least 3 different strokes of the candidate's choice. Each stroke must be performed for at least 25 meters consecutively. A minimum distance of at least 175 meters must be covered in these 6 minutes.

4.

Jump into the water from the pool edge and swim 50 meters in the front crawl within 1 minute and 45 seconds.

5.

The 1st lifeguard lines up a 2nd lifeguard.

The 2nd lifeguard carefully enters the water from the pool edge and puts on tinted goggles (with safety or tempered glass).
On instructions from the 1st lifeguard on the shore, the 2nd lifeguard swims to a floating object 8 meters away. Both the 2nd rescuer and the floating object are retrieved by the 1st rescuer by retrieving the line, whereby the object is brought to the side.
The task is completed when the 2nd rescuer has 1 hand on the side and is lying with his face towards the side.

6.

Performing a wet rescue using a rescue device or aid.
A pseudo-drowning person must be calmed / reassured / told what is going to happen. The pseudo-drowning person is in the water at a distance of 12.5 meters from the edge of the pool. The pseudo-drowning person must be brought to the side.
The task is completed when the drowning person has 1 hand on the side and is lying with his face towards the side.

7.

Performing measures against cramps on the side and in the water:
a. Finger cramp;
b. Thigh cramp;
c. Calf cramp.

8.

From the pool edge, carefully enter the water, swim in breaststroke towards a pseudo-drowning person dressed in swimwear and have yourself firmly grabbed and then perform the techniques of the following rescue holds, after the rescue hold, 10 meters must be transported each time in the indicated transport hold:
A. Forward embrace transport in the shoulder hold
B. Backward embrace transport in the wrist hold
C. Chest embrace transport in the head hold

RN-KNBRD Swimming Rescuer diploma 4

For clothing requirements, see the ER, article 2.1

A. To be carried out while dressed:

1.

Carefully enter the water and swim to a dressed pseudo-drowning person
(who is lying in the water 5 meters from the pool edge), free him/her from the chest grip and then carry him/her 7.5 meters in the wrist grip and then 7.5 meters in the shoulder grip, 5 meters in the armpit neck grip, bring the drowning person to the side.

The assignment is completed when the drowning person has 1 hand on the side and is lying with his/her face to the side.

2.

Enter the water with a stride jump, then float for 30 seconds in the HELP position using a floating object or a life jacket.

3.

Jump into the water from a starting block or raised pool edge, followed immediately by swimming 150 metres in:
a. 50 metres front crawl;
b. 50 metres sailor stroke;
c. 50 metres back crawl.

B. To be performed in swimwear:

4.

Jump into the water from the pool edge, followed immediately by swimming for 6 minutes, divided over at least 3 different strokes.
Each stroke must be performed for at least 25 metres consecutively. A distance of at least 175 metres must be swum in these 6 minutes.

5.

Jump into the water from the pool edge, followed by swimming 50 metres front crawl, within 1 minute and 30 seconds.

6.

Jump into the water from a starting block or raised pool edge, followed immediately by swimming 17 metres underwater.

7.

The task is completed when the 2nd rescuer has 1 hand on the shore and is lying facing the shore.

Performing a wet rescue using a contact-making aid or rescue device of a restless/busy pseudo-drowning person.
A pseudo-drowning person must be calmed / reassured / told what is going to happen.

The pseudo-drowning person is in the water 12.5 meters away from the pool edge.

The rescue device or aid must be able to be grabbed by the pseudo-drowning person without him/her being allowed to move in the water.
The pseudo-drowning person must be brought to the side.
The task is completed when the drowning person has 1 hand on the side and is lying with his/her face towards the side.

9.

Carrying out measures against cramps on the side and in the water:
a. Finger cramp;
b. Thigh cramp;
c. Calf cramp.

10.

Carefully enter the water from the edge of the pool and free yourself from the forward grip of a pseudo-drowning person wearing a swimsuit (who is lying in the water 5 metres from the edge of the pool), then transporting yourself in (where contact with the pseudo-drowning person must not be lost between the tasks):
a. 5 metres with the wrist grip;
b. 5 metres with the shoulder grip;
c. 10 metres with the armpit-neck grip;
d. The task is completed when the drowning person has one hand on the side and is lying facing the side.

RN-KNBRD diploma Life Saver 1

For clothing requirements, see the ER, article 2.1

A Theory:

In a series of 20 different questions, always give the most correct answer.
Text questions and photo questions are asked.
The questions relate to the subjects in the Life Saver Manual, chapter 1 to chapter 5.
A maximum of 4 questions may be answered incorrectly in order to pass this part.

B To be performed while dressed:

1.

Jumping into the water from a starting block or raised pool edge, immediately followed by swimming the following distances within 5 minutes:
a. 50 meters breaststroke;
b. 50 meters front crawl;
c. 50 meters seaman's stroke.

2.

Reenacting a pseudo accident, with two rescuers, in which a dry rescue must be performed in mutual cooperation with a rescue device. The pseudo-drowning person is 11 metres from the edge of the pool.
The rescue is complete when the drowning person has 1 hand on the side and is facing the side, and adequate alarms must be provided.

3.

Transport a pseudo-drowning person over a distance of 25 metres.
Start from the edge of the pool with 12.5 metres of transport in the wrist grip, then 12.5 metres in the shoulder grip, bring the drowning person to the side.
The task is completed when the drowning person has 1 hand on the side and is facing the side.

4.

In the water, where it is not possible to stand and free from the side or line, remove clothing.

C To be carried out in swimwear:

5.

Jump headfirst into the water from the edge of the pool, immediately followed by a maximum of 10 minutes of swimming divided over at least 2 breaststrokes, at the candidate's discretion. Each stroke must be performed at least 50 meters consecutively.

In these 10 minutes, a minimum distance of 200 meters must be swum.

6.

With a head-first jump with the fins on, enter the water from the pool edge.
Swim to a pseudo-drowning person who is 25 meters away.
The pseudo-drowning person is transported 25 meters with the help of a rescue tube.
The assignment is completed when the drowning person has 1 hand on the side and is lying with his face to the side.

Demonstrating different methods to enter the water from the pool edge (stride jump, head jump and/or carefully entering the water) as well as demonstrating two extrication moves and two transport moves (both at the examiner's discretion).
Indicating when and why this method is used.
After the last transport move, bring the pseudo drowning person to the side.
The assignment is completed when the drowning person has 1 hand on the side and is lying with his face towards the side.

8.

Entering the water with a head jump from a starting block or raised pool edge, immediately followed by swimming 18 metres underwater.

9.

Enter the water carefully, then swim 15 metres in a stroke chosen by the candidate, then surface with a rescue dummy (which is at least 2 metres below the surface of the water at the bottom of the pool), whereby the candidate correctly (in the sailor's grip with an arm stretched above the head) brings the rescue dummy above water and holds it above water with his mouth for 15 seconds.
Lower the rescue dummy and exchange it with a ready-made pseudo-drowning person, transport this pseudo-drowning person in a transport grip of the candidate's choice over 15 metres and bring the drowning person to the side.
The task is completed when the pseudo-drowning person has 1 hand on the side and is lying facing the side

10.

The 1st rescuer gives instructions to a 2nd rescuer.
The 2nd rescuer carefully enters the water from the pool edge and puts on tinted goggles (with safety or tempered glass).
On instructions from the 1st rescuer on the shore, the 2nd rescuer swims to a point approximately 8 metres from the shore and dives for a rescue dummy lying on the bottom (water depth between 1.5 metres and 2.5 metres), whereby the candidate brings the rescue dummy to the surface in the correct manner (in the sailor's grip with an outstretched arm above the head).
The 2nd rescuer transports the rescue dummy to the shore on instructions from the 1st rescuer.
The task is completed when the rescue dummy is lying facing the shore and the 2nd rescuer has 1 hand on the shore.

11.

Jump into the water with one stride from a starting block or raised pool edge, with fins in hand, immediately followed by; a. put on fins in the water and then swim 50 meters in;
b. 25 meters with a breaststroke to a pseudo-drowning person;
c. 25 meters pushing of a pseudo-drowning person;
d. the task is completed when the drowning person has 1 hand on the side and is lying with his face to the side.

12.

In the water, perform successively:
a. 1 minute treading water;
b. 1 minute floating;
c. 1 minute treading water using arms;
d. 1 minute treading water using legs.

RN-KNBRD diploma Life Saver 2

For clothing requirements, see the ER, article 2.1

A. Theory:
The candidate must master the theory regarding the actions that must be performed when rescuing drowning people from open water.
The theory includes the Life Saver Manual, chapter 1 to chapter 7.

The most recently published exam protocol is used when taking the oral exam.

Valid First Aid certificate, as stated in ER art.2.2.r

B. To be performed while dressed:

1.

A re-enactment of a pseudo accident, with two rescuers, in which a wet rescue must be carried out in mutual cooperation with an aid or rescue device of the rescue brigade's choice.
The pseudo-drowning person is 12.5 meters from the pool edge in the water.
The assignment is completed when the pseudo-drowning person has been brought to the shore, by giving a foot

3.

Carrying out a wet rescue in which an unconscious pseudo-drowning person is 25 meters from the pool edge.
Carefully enter the water and approach the unconscious pseudo-drowning person defensively.
Carry the unconscious pseudo-drowning person 10 meters in the armpit grip and 15 meters in the head grip.

4.

The candidate enters the water carefully and searches the lane systematically in a lane of 2.5 meters wide and 10 meters long with a minimum water depth of between 1.5 and 1.8 meters and retrieves 3 of the 4 diving rings or diving boards.

5.

In the water, where it is not possible to stand and free from the edge or line, remove clothing.

To be performed in swimwear:

6.

With a head-dive into the water from a starting block or raised pool edge, immediately followed by swimming 250 meters within 10 minutes in:
a. 50 meters breaststroke;
b. 50 meters front crawl;
c. 50 meters polo crawl;
d. 50 meters backstroke;
e. 50 meters in back crawl.

Perform a wet rescue using fins and an aid from a restless/busy pseudo-drowning person.
The pseudo-drowning person must be calmed/reassured/told what is going to happen.
The pseudo-drowning person is approximately 20 metres from the pool edge in the water.

The pseudo-drowning person must be brought to the side.

The assignment is completed when the pseudo-drowning victim has been brought to shore, by giving a foot

8.

Jumping headfirst into the water from a starting block or raised pool edge, immediately followed by swimming 20 metres under water.

9.

Carefully entering the water, then swimming 20 metres in a stroke of the candidate's choice, then diving for a rescue dummy on the bottom (at least 2 metres under the water surface), whereby the candidate brings the rescue dummy up in the correct manner (in a sailor's grip with an outstretched arm above the head) and holds it above water with his mouth for 15 seconds.

10.

Demonstrating 1 extrication manoeuvre and 1 transport manoeuvre of the examiner's choice and depending on the condition of the victim.

The following holds must be mastered by the candidate up to this point:

Extrication holds: Double wrist hold Forward hug Backward hug Chest hold

Transport holds: Head hold Hold hold Wrist hold Triangle hold Drag by one rescuer Shoulder hold Push Armpit hold Armpit neck hold

11.

With fins on, enter the water in stride;
a. demonstrate two extrication holds (examiner's choice);
b. Push 25 meters;
c. Drag 25 meters by one rescuer.

RN-KNBRD diploma Life Saver 3

For clothing requirements, see the ER, article 2.1

A Theory:
The candidate must master the theory regarding the actions that must be performed when rescuing drowning people from open water.
The theory includes the Life Saver Manual, chapter 1 to chapter 7.

The most recently published exam protocol is used when taking the oral exam.

Valid First Aid declaration, as stated in ER art.2.2.r

To be performed while dressed:

1.

Enter the water from the edge of the pool with a head-first jump, followed by a 200-meter swim in: a. 50-meter breaststroke;
b. 50-meter polo crawl;
c. 50-meter backstroke;
d. 50-meter seaman's stroke.

2.

Reenacting a pseudo accident with two rescuers, in which a wet rescue is carried out in mutual cooperation, in which the bottom is systematically searched for a rescue dummy in an area of 10 meters long by 2.5 meters wide (dummy lies on the bottom of the swimming pool in a minimum water depth of 1.7 meters in the area of 10 by 2.5 meters).
Transport the rescue dummy in a transport grip to the side.
The rescue is complete when the rescue dummy is lying with its face towards the side and the hand of the rescuer on the side, in addition, adequate alarm must be provided.

3.

Transport the pseudo-drowning person successively 50 meters in, contact must be maintained with the drowning person at all times:
a. 10 meters in the armpit grip;
b. 10 meters in the head grip;
c. 10 meters in the wrist grip;
d. 10 meters in the shoulder grip;
e. 10 meters in the armpit neck grip;

4.

In the water, where standing is not possible and free from the edge or line, remove clothing.

C To be performed in swimwear:

5.

Jump into the water with a head start from the pool edge, immediately followed by swimming 300 meters within 9 minutes.

6.

Jump into the water with a head start and fins on from the pool edge, immediately followed by swimming 300 meters with fins on within 6 minutes.

7.

Jump into the water with a head start from the pool edge, immediately followed by swimming 100 meters within 2 minutes.

8.

Jump into the water with a head start from a starting block or raised pool edge, immediately followed by swimming 25 meters underwater.

9.

Enter the water carefully, then swim 25 metres in a stroke of the candidate's choice, then dive for a rescue dummy on the bottom (at least 2 metres below the water surface), whereby the candidate brings the rescue dummy up in the correct manner (in a sailor's grip with an extended arm above the head) and holds it above water with his mouth for 30 seconds, then transports the rescue dummy 25 metres to the side.
The rescue is complete when the rescue dummy is facing the side. This task must be completed within 2 minutes.

10.

Enter the water carefully,
a. Demonstrate double wrist grip, forward and backward hug;
b. Transport a pseudo-drowning person 50 metres in three transport manoeuvres (each transport manoeuvre must be carried out for at least 12.5 metres, the transport manoeuvres are at the examiner's discretion).

11.

Carefully enter the water and perform a Body Hug on a pseudo-drowning person who is lying approximately 12.5 meters from the edge.
Bring the drowning person to the edge.
The task is completed when the pseudo-drowning person has 1 hand on the edge and is lying with his face to the edge.

What is a lifeguard?

A lifeguard has trained in professional water rescue for drowning people.

He or she is structurally deployed by a rescue brigade to supervise and provide assistance in, on and along the water; on the coast, in inland waters and in the swimming pool.

This can also be at water-related events.

The lifeguard is therefore affiliated with the rescue organisation that is Reddingsbrigade Nederland.

You become a lifeguard through the Lifeguarding training program.

The general tasks of a lifeguard are:

* providing information

Being a point of contact for and providing information to recreational users.

* supervising

Supervising beach guests, bathers, swimmers and (water) sports enthusiasts. Recognizing people who may get into trouble or are in trouble.

* intervening early

Acting proactively to prevent incidents. For example by placing signs or raising flags.

* providing assistance

Taking action in the event of (water) accidents and providing first aid.

* reporting

Keeping track of activities and incidents in a daily report; to learn from and for reporting.

In order to be able to perform these tasks responsibly, a lifeguard must have good local knowledge; know where/when it is safe and where/when it is not.

A lifeguard must be in good physical condition to be able to use the knowledge and skills in practice.

A lifeguard must be able to handle the rescue equipment available at the rescue station; regular training with this is therefore a requirement.

A fully trained lifeguard masters rescue techniques in order to be able to perform rescues. Which ones are used depends on the situation; every rescue is different, so this is anticipated.

A lifeguard is always clearly recognisable.

The clothing colours yellow and red are internationally recognised and are therefore used all over the world.

He or she has a positive, motivated attitude.

A lifeguard must use the correct forms of conduct and behave correctly at all times; after all, it is about both service and representativeness.

He or she is an ambassador of the Dutch Lifeguard Brigade and shows hospitality at the work location. All materials to be used (lifeguard post, lifeguard equipment, vessels and vehicles, equipment) must also be representative and have a neat, professional appearance

Emergency services tasks

The focus of these courses is on the emergency services tasks that lifeguards of

rescue brigades perform, including:

supervising, providing first aid, rescuing drowning people, monitoring events and operating in flooded areas (National Rescue Fleet).

Skills and characteristics

In addition to learning practical (emergency services) skills, the courses also focus on aspects such as: preparation, aftercare, cooperation, leadership and communication.

Gaining knowledge and broadening skills go hand in hand with the development of personal characteristics

that are necessary for the work.

Qualifications and licensing regulations

Holders of the diplomas in this training line meet the minimum competence requirements that the Dutch Lifeguards' Brigade sets for the qualifications for lifeguards. In addition, rescue brigades can set additional requirements, depending on local wishes and circumstances.

After obtaining a qualification, lifeguards must further expand their experience.

All lifeguards who have a qualification must also continuously maintain their

competences and demonstrate them regularly.

A licensing scheme has been developed for this purpose.

For an international reference framework, the training courses of the Dutch Lifeguard Association are in line with the training requirements formulated by the International Lifesaving Federation (ILS).

What does the Rescue Brigade

The training courses of the Rescue Brigade

form the basis of our assistance.

The Rescue Brigade offers fun and

challenging rescue training courses for

young and old.

A child can immediately start the training as

Junior Rescuer after

obtaining a swimming diploma from the

Swimming ABC, where increasing

their own safety and self-reliance

in the water are paramount.

The training

then progresses from self-rescue, via

rescuing friends and rescuing

with aids and rescue equipment to a

training to become a fully-fledged rescuer.

Key words in the training courses of

Reddingsbrigade Nederland are

endurance, orientation,

coordination, insight, cooperation and

communication, where the safety of the rescuer always comes first.

The lifeguards of the Rescue Brigade

are optimally trained for their

supervisory task and providing

assistance along the coast and in

water-rich areas, thanks to their own high-quality

training courses!

What courses can you follow?

Recreational courses:

• Junior Lifeguard

• Swimming Lifeguard

• Life Saver

Water rescue:

• Junior Lifeguard

• Lifeguard

• Senior Lifeguard

• Rescue Brigade driver and skipper.

The Rescue Brigade is the largest rescue organisation on and around the water in

the Netherlands with the mission of preventing and combating drowning.

The Netherlands is a water country.

The Rescue Brigade's vision is to let the Netherlands

enjoy its water safely.

Water rescue

The Rescue Brigade is active all year round

in various

places along the coast and in water-rich

(recreational) areas, with (preventive) supervision and assistance.

The lifeguards you see walking

on the beach in the summer are volunteers of the

Rescue Brigade. Men, women,

boys and girls who are trained

to professionally supervise

bathers and water sports enthusiasts at

Dutch (recreational) areas.

Every year, the Rescue Brigade

registers thousands of rescue operations along

the beaches and in inland waters,

of which about 300 rescues from a

life-threatening situation.

In particular, wind and current, increasing inattention

towards children, unwise

behaviour on and around the water and an

increase in water sports activities

along the coastline and on recreational water,

where more accidents also occur,

cause many problems. In addition, the Rescue Brigade is often busy

providing first aid on a beautiful summer day.

This can range from putting a plaster on a graze or

treating a jellyfish sting to performing resuscitation.

It is a great asset that no fewer than 5,000

of these professionals are committed to

safety on and around the water.

Rescue brigades are also increasingly being called upon to provide security at

(water sports) events.

Regular cave events where the Rescue Brigade

often ensures safety are the

New Year's dives and the arrival of Sinterklaas

Disaster management

In the event of flooding, the Rescue Brigade can be deployed

for evacuation and assistance.

For this purpose, an agreement has been concluded with the Ministry of

Security and Justice and the Rescue Brigade has at its disposal the

National Rescue Fleet consisting of, among other things,

90 vessels specially designed for

sailing in flooded areas and

evacuation purposes.

These vessels are manned by

1,700 specially trained rescue brigade

volunteers, who are available 365 days a year.

Lifesaving sport

“Rescuing as a top sport!”

The ultimate form of rescue work

is known within the Rescue Brigade as the Lifesaving sport.

Lifesaving sport is a spectacular sport that is

derived from real rescue work in

the water and is an attractive sport,

in which a combination of technique,

tactics, strength and speed determine the result.

The Lifesaving sport is the only

sport in the world where participants

first learn the skills to save themselves and then

use these skills in competition.

The Lifesaving sport consists of

competitive parts in the swimming pool, the

“Pool Events” and on the beach and in the

sea, the “Ocean Events”.

The Lifesaving sport has an Olympic

nomination and the top sports department of the

Dutch Lifesaving Brigade even belongs to the top 7 in the world with

this sport form of rescue work!

Rescue swimming

What is rescue swimming?

Rescue swimming is providing swimming assistance to a drowning person in and around the water.

You will learn important extrication and life-saving techniques when dealing with drowning people.

Rescue swimming is not just swimming.

It is a rescue operation that is carried out with knowledge and skill.

Rescue swimming sport

Rescue swimming sport is a sport with added value.

The sport was created to make every good swimmer who is interested a lifesaver.

Rescue swimming is also considered an exciting swimming sport that is beneficial and useful.

In addition, a sports competition has been created in which you can measure your own skill.

In the area of disaster, you will have to test yourself and float.

Learn rescue swimming

Learning rescue swimming is learning skills that ensure that you get the drowning person out of the water

in a correct and efficient way.

You will learn transport techniques including the head hold, the wrist hold and the armpit hold.

When analyzing such a situation, the rescuer will choose a dry or wet rescue action.

If a dry rescue action is chosen, the rescuer stands on the side and uses a rescue device

to pull the drowning person to the side.

In a wet rescue action, the rescuer jumps into the water and grabs the drowning person out of

the water using one of the transport grips.

(In preparation for the drowning person to grab you unluckily.)

You learn rescue swimming at the rescue brigade.

There are various rescue brigade associations throughout the Netherlands.

You can join these as a child or an adult.

You can start rescue swimming after obtaining your swimming certificates.

Transport and rescue manoeuvres

The situation will determine the choice of the various transport manoeuvres or possible rescue manoeuvres.

Of course, depending on the condition of the drowning person, you will have to make a plan of action.

You will have to observe if the victim is in his/her right mind, see if he/she is injured, if he/she is in panic or very calm, is the water deep or shallow, cold or warm.

You will have to approach it thoughtfully and strategically.

equipment

All objects that we can use during a rescue but that are not specially made

for it, are called aids.

Aids can often be found at or near the scene of an accident.

For example, a stick, plank, branch or rope.

By handing an aid, contact can be made with the drowning person.

By throwing something to the drowning person that floats, such as a play ball, he can also stay afloat.

Rescue equipment

If an object is specially made for rescuing drowning people, it is a

rescue aid.

Rescue equipment is sometimes placed in dangerous places, where the risk of drowning accidents is high.

These rescue equipment often have striking, bright colours, such as orange or white-red (checkered).

Alarm

Children can ask someone to call 999 or do it themselves.

Explain that the operator tries to get an overview of what is going on by means of specific questions (protocol).

In case of an emergency, you can call the following numbers while anywhere in the UAE:

999 for Police

998 for Ambulance

997 for Fire Department (Civil Defence)

996 for Coastguard

995 for Find and Rescue

Information to be provided:

1 Name of the person reporting the accident

2 Location of the accident

3 Nature of the accident or incident (e.g. car in the water)

4 Number of victims

5 Whether there are any injuries

Addressing the drowning person

It is important to make contact with the drowning person and reassure him.

Say who you are and that you are going to help him.

You can reassure a drowning person by telling him to stay calm, try to float or try to tread water.

In addition, don't forget to ask whether he is/was alone or with others,

whether he is in pain and what exactly happened.

Rescue swimming exercises

During rescue swimming exercises you will be taught swimming techniques

that are necessary for a rescue operation.

You will also be taught that you do not always have to go into the water.

You can also save the person with a rescue wedge or something similar.

If there is no other option, then just go into the water.

Some exercises that are offered during rescue swimming are:

* Swimming under water

* Retrieving diving rings above water as quickly as possible

* Retrieving a rescue doll above water

* Saving yourself in an ice accident

* Carrying out a rescue operation from the side with a rescue device

* Transporting a drowning person

Thoughtfulness during a rescue operation.

It is essential that you approach a drowning person in the appropriate manner.

Panic makes the person able to grab you in the most unfortunate way.

It is then important that you apply one of the learned rescue moves.

Therefore, speak reassuringly to the person and explain what you are going to do.

It is then wise to grab the person from behind and then use one of the various transport handles.

This way you can easily and safely bring the person to the shore.

Transport and rescue handles

The situation will determine the choice of the various transport handles or possible rescue handles.

Of course, depending on the condition of the drowning person, you will have to make a plan of action.

You will have to observe if the victim is in his or her senses, see if he or she is injured, if he or she is panicking or very calm, is the water deep or shallow, cold or warm.

You will have to approach it thoughtfully and strategically

Extrication Holds

Double Wrist Hold

The double wrist hold is used when the victim has grabbed the rescuer

by one or both wrists.
Extrication from the double wrist hold is as follows:

* When the victim grabs you by the forearms, you turn your arms downwards in a

quick movement and pull yourself free.

In some cases, you have already freed yourself in this way (quick release).

If this does not work, you can free yourself by following the steps below:

1. Grab the victim's wrist with your hand, placing his thumb on the outside and your fingers on the inside.

2. Then turn your 'free' hand between the victim's thumb and index finger inwards.

At this point, turn the other hand in the opposite direction.

3. The victim will have to let go of the 'free' hand.

4. Stretch the arm that the victim is holding on to in the direction of your chest.

This will pushes the victim backwards, increasing the distance between you and the victim.

5. Then pull your arm out of the water with a quick circular movement until it is above your shoulder.

6. Then put your arm under the victim's armpit, so that he is lying with his back to you.

7. The victim can then be transported in a suitable transport grip

Backward hug

The backward hug is used when the victim grabs the rescuer from behind with both arms.

The release from the backward hug is as follows:

* While you try to move your chin to the chest, you also move your

shoulders upwards at the same time. This prevents the victim's arms from getting caught under

your chin and your windpipe from being compressed.

At the same time, you try to hang backwards, which will give the victim the feeling that he is going under water.

Grab the victim's elbows and then dive downwards (quick release).

If this does not work, you can free yourself by following the steps below:

1. Push your chin down onto your chest so that the victim can no longer squeeze your throat.

Then take a deep breath.
2. Then grab the victim's arm underneath with both hands (assuming that the victim's right arm is underneath).
3. With your left hand, clasp the victim's wrist.
With your right hand, grab the victim's elbow and turn your head to the left.
4. Now simultaneously pull your left arm down and push the victim's arm up over the back of your

head with your right arm.
5. Continue the movement with your right arm so that you end up lying behind the victim.
6. Now let go of the victim's elbow and grab the victim's right wrist with your freed hand.

Then transfer the victim to a suitable transport grip.

Forward hold
This hold is used when a victim grabs you from the front or, if you are swimming,
from below around your body with two arms.

The release from the forward hold is as follows:
When you are grabbed in the forward hold, the victim
will often try to get himself on top of you, so that he can lean on something.
By staying above the victim as a rescuer, the victim will
let go almost immediately.
To release quickly, as a rescuer you grab the victim under the
elbows and push yourself down.
In many cases you can now dive away under the arms of
the victim (quick release).

If this does not work, you can release yourself according to the steps below:
1. Grab the victim as firmly and as far as possible, with your left hand around the
victim's waist, on his back. If the victim is dressed, he can be grabbed by the clothes on his back.

2. Then you put your right arm over the victim's left arm and place your right hand across the victim's mouth and against the victim's nose.
Push the side of your little finger against the victim's nasal bone.
The mouth and nose are closed off in this way.
3. Then you push the victim as far away from you as possible.
This increases the distance between you and the victim.
You use the space created to dive down and free yourself.
4. At the same time, you pull the victim with his back towards you with your left hand.
5. In this way, you catch the victim with your right arm in the shape of a hook.
6. Immediately afterwards, you bring the victim to the side in a suitable transport grip.
In this situation, the wrist grip is the most obvious transport grip.

Some of the previously mentioned transport grips

Head grip

The head grip is used on a calm or unconscious drowning person.
This is first practiced by transporting a stick or a ball.
A rescue doll is then used to teach the head grip.
With the head grip, you hold the victim's head.
You do this as follows:
- Make cups with your hands.
- Place your hands over the drowning person's ears and let your fingers point towards the crown of his hair

(do not poke the eyes)
- Keep your elbows as close to each other as possible.

Hold

The hold is a transport hold that follows from

the double wrist hold.

After performing the double wrist hold, the lifesaver has the drowning person in the hold.

Wrist hold

You can use the wrist hold to transport a victim who is restless (for example, he is waving his arms around).
- Pass your right hand between the victim's body and right arm
and grab his wrist as close to his hand as possible.
- Use your left hand to grab the victim's left wrist in the same way.
- Then pull your own hands as close as possible to the same height as the victim's chest.

His elbows are now far apart, making it difficult for him to resist.

seaman grip

The seaman grip can be used in rough weather and/or water conditions, with an unconscious victim and/or to reassure a victim.

– Hold the victim around his chest, with your arms under his armpits.

Armpit Hold

The armpit hold can be used for a calm or unconscious victim, without head or

vertebral injuries, in calm weather and water conditions.

- With slightly bent arms, grab both armpits of the victim and swim back in

single backstroke.

Shoulder hold

You can use the shoulder hold when you want to control a restless victim.
- Go between the victim's body and arm on both sides of the victim and place your hands on the victim's shoulders.
- Move your elbows as far apart as possible, so that they are as close as possible to the victim's.
The victim's elbows are now also far apart.

Defensive approach

At a safe distance from the drowning person, at least 3 meters, take a moment of rest and lie down on your back with one leg stretched out towards the drowning person and the other leg slightly

bent. Speak to the drowning person again and observe him.

You now definitively choose the

rescue method that you are going to use.

By speaking to the drowning person and telling

what you are going to do, you often prevent him from grabbing you and you reassure the drowning person.

If he does try to grab you, you can swim away immediately or push yourself off with your feet

against the drowning person to protect yourself.

With a defensive approach, you do not have to come near the drowning person.

Rescue swimming – the extrication holds

A drowning person can be grabbed by the rescue swimmer in different ways.

Based on practical situations, it can be deduced that there are always identical ways of grabbing.

The holds from which you might have to free yourself are;

*The wrist hold where the drowning person holds you by the wrist with one hand or

both

* The wrist hold where the drowning person grabs you from below, by both

hands

* The hold where the drowning person holds the rescuer from the front.

* The hold where the drowning person holds the rescuer from behind.

* Grabbing the chest where the drowning person wildly embraces the rescuer from the front.

* The hold where the drowning person firmly grabs the rescuer around his

hip bones where the rescuer's arms are clamped in the hold.

All these holds also have a rescue technique that you are taught during rescue swimming.

All in all, rescue swimming is a fun swimming sport for people who like to

swim well and want to provide assistance.

Location determination

By making a cross bearing you can accurately determine the location of

a victim in the water.

If a victim disappears under water or the circumstances

do not allow you to enter the water yourself, you can accurately report the exact location of the victim to the emergency services when they arrive.

A cross bearing is made by two people.

One of the two (this person may not move!) draws an imaginary line to a fixed point on the other side or in the

water, over the victim.

The other person draws another imaginary line as perpendicular to the

first line as possible, also over the victim.

The victim is located at the point where the two lines intersect.

Information

Warning flags

Rescue brigades have warning flags for the flagpole and for flagpoles at their post(s).

These are hoisted or placed at the waterline by lifeguards, based on the current situation.

To inform and warn bathers, swimmers, water sports enthusiasts and other recreational users of risks associated with open water (sea or inland water) on site.

At swimming locations where lifeguards supervise, the use of warning flags by the lifeguards must be clear to the public. That is why a national protocol applies with the aim of: clarity.

Meaning

The public is strongly advised to take note of the meaning of the:

warning flags for the flagpole

warning flags for flagpoles

All warning flags adopted by the Dutch Lifeguards originate from the International Life Saving Federation (ILS), the International Life Saving Federation of Europe (ILSE) and/or the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Information

Flags for flagpole

Rescue brigades have warning flags for the flagpole at their post(s).

These are hoisted by lifeguards, based on the current situation.

To inform and warn bathers, swimmers, water sports enthusiasts and other recreational users of risks associated with open water (sea or inland water) on site.

Surveillance

The role of lifeguard is the best-known task of lifeguard brigades.

Many brigades have their own area within which drowning deaths are prevented as much as possible, with preventive measures and operational rescue actions.

The lifeguard also performs a lot of first aid.

Beach flags

The boundaries of the guarded part of the beach are indicated by means of red and yellow flags.

These colours are also often found in the clothing of the rescue workers: red trousers and a yellow sweater.

Water sports are not permitted between the flags.

Furthermore, the flags have the following meaning:

* Red flag:

* Danger! It is forbidden to bathe or swim.

* Do not swim! Very dangerous!

* This flag is raised when the water conditions are very dangerous.

Bathing, swimming and other activities in and on the water such as

water sports are strongly discouraged.

* Double red flag

* Swimming and bathing prohibited!
* These flags indicate a prohibition.

Bathing, swimming and other activities in and on the water such as water sports are prohibited.

You can be fined for this.

* Yellow flag:

* It is dangerous to bathe or swim.
* This is usually due to the weather.
* Floating objects are prohibited.
* Be careful when swimming! Dangerous!
* This flag is raised when the water conditions are dangerous. Bathing, swimming and other activities in or on the water such as water sports are discouraged. Bathers and swimmers must be extra careful and vigilant.

* Red-yellow flag:

*The area between the two flags is a supervised bathing zone. Lifeguards keep an eye on this zone.
*Water sports are prohibited in this zone.
*If this flag is hoisted on a lifeguard station, it means that thisstation is open.
*Lifeguards present!

*This flag indicates that the lifeguard station is open and that the lifeguards' working area is supervised by qualified lifeguards

* Orange windsock:

* You may bathe and swim.

* But the use of floating objects (rubber dinghies, air mattresses, swimming rings) is prohibited due to the risk of drifting away.

* Be careful when swimming! Do not use floating devices!

* The windsock is hoisted in offshore winds and indicates that it is unsafe to go on the water with (inflatable) floating devices.

* White flag with question mark:

*Someone (usually a child) has been found who is looking for his or her family/friends, or someone (usually a child) is missing.

*Child found!

*This flag is raised when a child has been found.

*Parents and guardians who are missing a child are requested to report to the rescue station immediately.

*Green flag with white cross First Aid

Personnel present at rescue post!

This flag indicates the presence of first aid personnel at the rescue post.

*Purple flag Dangerous (sea) animals and/or vermin in the water!

This flag indicates that there are dangerous (sea) animals and/or vermin in the water.

Bathing and swimming are not recommended.

Information

Flags for flagpoles

Rescue brigades have warning flags for flagpoles at their post(s).

These are placed by lifeguards, based on the current situation, in pairs at the waterline.

To inform and warn bathers, swimmers, water sports enthusiasts and other recreational users of risks associated with open water (sea or inland water) on site.

* Black and white checkered flags:

In the area between the two flags you may practice permitted water sports.

Water sports area!

Two of these flags indicate a demarcated water sports zone; an area or boundary of an area where water sports are practiced.

Bathing or swimming there is strongly discouraged.

*Red-yellow beach flags

Swimming area supervised by lifeguards!
* These beach flags indicate a demarcated swimming zone.
* The area between them is under permanent supervision of qualified lifeguards.

Swimming between these flags is recommended.
* Water sports are not allowed in this area.

*Red beach flags with 'DANGER' in yellow letters

Area with dangerous conditions!

These beach flags indicate a demarcated area where the water conditions are dangerous.

Bathing, swimming and other activities on or in the water such as water sports have an increased risk; swimming between these flags in particular is strongly discouraged.

Training

Rescue brigades are involved in training lifeguards, for example in swimming rescue.

Swimming rescue is also a sport (lifesaving sport) and the KNBR D organises various national championships. The KNBRD is also a sports association that is affiliated with NOC*NSF.

A brigade also often has youth members, who sometimes only train in a swimming pool, or on the beach with a Rescue Brigade. They often train to become a lifeguard.

It is often the case that beach brigades train on the beach in the summer and in a swimming pool in the winter.

Disaster management (National Rescue Fleet, NRV)

About half of the rescue brigade units in the Netherlands can be called upon to provide assistance in

the event of water damage, flooding and dike breaches.

A fleet of 90 fully equipped rescue boats is available for this purpose, which are specially designed

for evacuation purposes and sailing in flooded areas.

For example, during the flooding of 1993 and 1995, crews of the Dutch rescue brigades

were active in evacuating residents.

The fire brigade is in charge during disasters and there is cooperation with, among others, the national unit of the Police, the Royal Netherlands Army, the Red Cross and the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Society (KNRM).

KNBRD rescue boats

Rescue Brigade, Den Helder, June 22, 2013

The rescue brigades stationed at sea cannot do much in the surf with the relatively slow and small lifeboats.

That is why a sturdy and fast federal lifeboat or surf boat made of polyester was developed for them together with shipbuilder Mulder & Rijke from IJmuiden, the first of which was put into service in 1972.

In 1992, a successor was introduced, the Rescue II, which is somewhat larger and has

a more powerful outboard motor.

A (smaller) version of this boat was later also made, which was intended for use on inland waters,

called the Rescue 2000.

The Rescue III has been in production since 2005.

This boat improved some of the drawbacks of the Rescue II, such as the high weight, which

made launching from the beach difficult.

Since 2013, a number of rescue brigades have also been using boats from Thinn-Silver,

a Dutch company from Maasbracht.

This model of rescue boat is also sold by Thinn-Silver to rescue services in other countries,

such as the DRLG in Germany.

Since 2018, the RNR490 has appeared, a RHIB of 4.9 metres, which is suitable for both

rescues at sea and on inland waters.

Dutch Lifeguard Brigade

The umbrella association of the Dutch lifeguard brigades is the KNBRD (Royal Dutch Association for the Rescue of Drowning Persons), in daily communication they call themselves 'Dutch Lifeguard Brigade'.

Almost all Dutch lifeguard brigades are affiliated with the Dutch Lifeguard Brigade.

In 2009, these are 182 independent associations, with a total of approximately 30,000 members.

They are active on the North Sea coast, on the Zeeland waters, the IJsselmeer,

inland lakes, rivers and swimming pools.

A lifeguard brigade affiliated with the Dutch Lifeguard Brigade will often not only be active in monitoring a surveillance area or event, but also in training new lifeguards.

During the training, the new lifeguards receive extensive instruction on practical actions such as swimming rescue, boating rescue, first aid and first aid.

In further training, the rescuers are also theoretically prepared for rescue work and the leadership skills of the rescuers are developed.

The association states its objective as: 'Preventing and combating drowning in the broadest sense of the word.'

Official emergency worker

The 4×4 vehicle of Rescue Brigade "De Puitaal" in Petten with the jet ski of this brigade attached.

On the left in the photo is the fast boat of this brigade, ready to leave.

After years of tolerating driving with blue lights and sirens, it was announced in November 2007 that the Dutch Rescue Brigade and all affiliated rescue brigades would henceforth continue as official emergency services.

The rescue brigades are therefore official emergency services organisations and have a status that is in many respects equal to the police, fire brigade and ambulance.

This has led, among other things, to the introduction of the new national logo, linked to the BZK Striping.

The new logo was introduced because the term rescue brigade is not protected and can be used generally.

The new logo is a combination of the name with a symbol.

The use of the logo is reserved for rescue brigades that are affiliated with the Dutch Rescue Brigade.

During the announcement in 2007, the new BZK Striping was also shown.

The cars are orange with the same striping as the fire brigade.

National Office

The KNBRD, the umbrella organization of the rescue brigades, is located in IJmuiden.

The National Office, which was put into use in 1996, offers space for the association office, the National Training Center (NTC), storage and repair facilities for boats (the Service Center) and rooms for meetings, for theoretical and practical lessons and for taking exams.

The Office also houses an operational center that serves as a national action center for the deployment of the rescue brigade during major water accidents such as floods.

Over the years, the Dutch Rescue Brigade has published many brochures and leaflets with information about swimming and boating rescue and about the dangers of the sea.

Furthermore, standards have been drawn up for various swimming certificates, certificates and diplomas and all kinds of materials such as rescue blocks and seat belt cutters can be purchased from the association.

KNBRD

Dutch Lifeguards

Dutch Lifeguards or the Royal Dutch Association for the Rescue of Drowning Persons (KNBRD) is an umbrella organization with 148 local lifeguards affiliated, with a total of over 21,000 members.

Among them are 3,100 registered lifeguards, well-trained volunteers who are active on the coast, in inland waters, in swimming pools and during water-rich events.

The National Office

of the Dutch Lifeguard Brigade, located in IJmuiden, also functions as an operational centre when the National Lifeguard Fleet (NRV) is deployed in the event of major water disasters and flooding.

Legal entities

The Dutch Lifeguard Brigade is registered as an association with the Chamber of Commerce and houses two legal entities:

* Stichting Reddingsbrigade Nederland Exploitatie

Serves local lifeguard brigades and other organisations by selling and maintaining lifeguard equipment.

* Foundation Netherlands Institute for Safety of Swimming

Locations (NIVZ)

Mission: to optimize knowledge about (physical) safety at and around swimming locations.

The NIVZ performs pre-scans and risk assessments, and fulfills an advisory role for local safety policy.

The NIVZ works with models from the International Life Saving Federation of Europe (ILSE) and is exclusively authorized to apply these to Dutch (swimming) waters.

The Dutch Lifeguard Association is dependent on financial

support from third parties.

The organization has been an official public benefit organization

(ANBI) since January 1, 2008 and a CBF-recognized charity

since December 1, 2022.

The Dutch Lifeguard Association is affiliated with the International Life Saving Federation (ILS) and the International Life Saving Federation of Europe (ILSE), and as a sports association with NOC*NSF.

The lifesaving sport is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Parts of the lifesaving sport will be demonstration sports at the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane (Australia).

History

The date of establishment of the Royal Dutch Association for the Rescue of Drowning Persons (statutory name) is September 16, 1917.

The history is described in the anniversary book De Redder in Nood; 100 years of the Dutch Lifeguard Brigade, of which King Willem-Alexander received the first copy in the anniversary year 2017.

King Willem-Alexander receives the anniversary book.

Dutch Lifeguards

Celebration of 100th anniversary

Dutch Lifeguards versus the Royal Dutch Association for the Rescue of Drowning Persons (KNBRD) celebrated its 100th anniversary on 16 September 2017.

King Willem-Alexander honoured the organisation with a visit and received the first copy of the anniversary book The Rescuer in Need; 100 years of the Dutch Lifeguards.

100 years of Lifeguard Brigade and 5,000 volunteers: chapeau!

It started with five lifeguard brigades spread across the country that were set up to teach swimmers how to save people who cannot swim.

And thus reduce the number of drowning accidents.

After the first initiatives in Den Bosch, Amsterdam, Breda, The Hague and Haarlem, an umbrella organization was set up to bring uniformity: the start of the Dutch Association for the Rescue of Drowning People.

Tomorrow, exactly 100 years ago.

And that certainly deserves to be celebrated!

5,000 Lifeguards

In those 100 years, the Dutch Lifeguard Brigade has grown into a national association of 166 affiliated Lifeguard Brigades

throughout the Netherlands.

Year after year, they continue to prove that an association

like this is of great value.

Under the motto ‘as long as not everyone can swim, every swimmer must be able to save’, lives are saved every year.

On the coast, the IJsselmeer, the peripheral lakes and the recreational areas throughout the country, a total of 5,000 active volunteers are ready to ensure the safety of users of our surface water.

Within the swimming sector, we know better than anyone how important a lifeguard is.

Not everyone can swim and those who can swim can end up in a situation where they cannot make it swimming.

Last summer, the lifeguards came into action 3,810 times to help people.

In 176 cases, this involved a rescue from a life-threatening situation.

Vital importance

It is therefore vital that the volunteer lifeguards supervise our beaches and water-rich (recreational) areas in the summer.

But the Rescue Brigade does even more.

They also offer fun and challenging rescue training courses

for young and old.

Even after obtaining the swimming ABC, children can start the Junior Rescuer training, in which increasing their own safety and self-reliance in the water are paramount.

The training then progresses from self-rescue, via rescuing friends and rescuing with aids and rescue equipment to a training to become a fully-fledged rescuer.

After all: what you learn young, you do when you are old.

Rescue brigades are also increasingly being called upon to provide security at (water sports) events and festivals.

Regular major events where safety is ensured are the New Year's dives and Sinterklaas processions.

In addition, they selflessly man the National Rescue Fleet in the event of flooding Rescue Brigade

Dutch Lifeguard Brigade celebrates its 100th

anniversary

The Dutch Lifeguard Brigade will be celebrating its 100th anniversary on 16 September.

On 16 September 1917, the official founding meeting of the ‘Dutch Association for the Rescue of Drowning Persons’ took place at the initiative of five lifeguard brigades from Den Bosch, Amsterdam, Breda,

The Hague and Haarlem.

Now, 100 years later, the Dutch Lifeguard Brigade has grown into a national association of 166 affiliated lifeguard brigades throughout the Netherlands.

The Dutch Lifeguard Brigade will be celebrating its 100th anniversary on 16 September.

Now, 100 years later, the Dutch Lifeguard Brigade has grown into a national association of 166 affiliated lifeguard brigades throughout the Netherlands. Establishment

The first lifeguard brigades were established in the years before, because drowning accidents in their places of residence were an opportunity to teach people who could already swim how to save their fellow human beings. Subsequently, the association's motto that was used for many years was created:

"as long as not everyone can swim, every swimmer must be able to save".

By establishing an umbrella association, the aim was to bring uniformity to the teaching

material and methods for saving drowning people.

Mission

After 100 years, preventing and combating drowning is still the mission of the Lifeguard Brigade.

5,000 active volunteers are now ready to allow the Netherlands to enjoy the water safely.

Last summer, the volunteer lifeguards came into action 3,810 times to help people.

In 176 cases, this involved a rescue from a life-threatening situation.

Jubilee Day

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Dutch Lifeguard Brigade,

there will be various activities on September 16.

During the jubilee day, there will be a beautiful presentation of old and new Rescue equipment

at Duinrell Plaza and the public can see what the Lifeguard Brigade does.

King Willem Allexander will be present at the Jubilee Day of the Dutch Lifeguard Brigade.

HISTORY OF THE KNRM

The history of the KNRM goes back to 1824.

Rescuing shipwrecked sailors was not a given in 1824.

Only after a maritime disaster and a rare rescue attempt, in which six rescuers drowned, did an

organized rescue system emerge with rescue stations along the coast.

The history of the KNRM is fascinating, intriguing and comprehensive.

The development of rescue materials has made enormous progress.

Boats became more seaworthy and faster, the equipment safer, the volunteers more professional.

What has remained unchanged is the selfless dedication of our courageous volunteers.

They are still ready every day to save the lives of others.

The KNRM Royal Dutch Rescue Company

has been offering assistance 24/7 to people in trouble on the water since 1824.

This is done through the efforts of more than 1400 volunteers.

They work from the 45 rescue stations distributed along the coast, the IJsselmeer and the Wadden Islands,

using 75 rescue boats to offer the assistance required.

A professional organization supports the volunteers from its office in IJmuiden.

Surrounded by the past, on the way to the future.

A lot has changed in those 200 years: from rowing lifeboats to fast motor boats and from cork life jackets to special survival suits.

What has not changed is that KNRM employees do the work completely free of charge and voluntarily.

We reflect on the past, commemorate the rescuers who gave their lives for others and look ahead to the future.

The theme of 200 years of KNRM is therefore 'surrounded by the past, on the way to the future.'

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HISTORY OF SWIMMING

Swimming goes back centuries

Although many people swim in swimming pools, lakes and seas every year, this sport

has of course also undergone development.

Because where people swim now for different reasons, that was also the case in the past.

But real swimming was often not yet possible; being able to move themselves in

the water and keep themselves afloat was still enough back then.

The history of swimming therefore starts very early.

The oldest stories about swimming come from Egypt, where this form of exercise

was already practiced thousands of years ago.

After all, food had to be gathered and a profession as a fisherman or sailor usually required that one could swim.

But of course it wasn't very peaceful in the past either.

So it was better that soldiers could swim to attack the enemy or flee through the water.

SWIMMING AS PART OF THE EDUCATION

Over the centuries, swimming was not just a form of survival. The relaxing effect of water

also became increasingly apparent.

Learning to swim became part of education, mainly for educated people.

Because by mastering the art of swimming, one could make use of the beneficial effects of water.

The wealthy Greeks and Romans built increasingly larger bathhouses,

so that people could exercise and relax in the water.

Swimming became a form of exercise and improved health to a great extent.

SWIMMING AS A SKILL FOR THE ARMY

As mentioned, being able to swim was an important part of surviving during wartime.

There are stories about Napoleon's army learning to swim in military swimming schools,

so that they could attack enemies near watery places.

The surprising effect and the possibility of escaping via water gave swimming soldiers an advantage.

MORE AND MORE PLACES TO SWIMMING

History of swimming When it is hot, people look for cooling in lakes, canals and the sea.

This was also the case in the past,

but swimming outside had more disadvantages.

Because cooling often took place in polluted places, which did not really benefit health.

There was therefore a need for more regulation of swimming spots.

At the beginning of the 19th century, areas of cordoned off bathing water were created, where one could swim (somewhat) in a 'clean way'.

Besides the fact that people could cool off here, swimming education was also increasingly considered.

(often small) swimming schools were opened,

where children, adolescents and soldiers learned to swim.

Often the swimmer was tied to a fishing rod and the art of swimming was taught from a boat.

In the second half of the 19th century, swimming became even more important.

Men from good families in particular became increasingly convinced of the beneficial effects of water and its positive effects on health.

As swimming became increasingly recommended, the demand for swimming devices naturally increased.

But because many swimming spots were constructed outdoors, swimming was often

only possible in the summer months.

To meet the rising demand, the first indoor swimming pool in The Hague was opened in 1883.

Not only could you swim here, but you could also use the numerous bathtubs and steam baths.

It was only 13 years later that an indoor swimming pool was added in Amsterdam.

General swimming history

Man has been mastering the art of swimming for a long time, as evidenced by rock paintings

from prehistoric times in a cave in southwestern Egypt.

At first glance it is a remarkable place, because the so-called 'cave of the swimmers' is

located in the middle of the Sahara.

However, the rock paintings date from the last ice age, about ten thousand years ago, when

a different climate prevailed there.

Numerous swimming figures are depicted on the walls.

Some swimmers perform the frog stroke with their legs, which forms the basis for the well-known breast stroke.

A few thousand years later, across the Mediterranean, swimming was highly regarded by

the Greeks and Romans as an essential part of education.

The expression Neque literas, neque natare didicit to describe an 'uncivilized' person - someone who has not learned to read, write or swim - makes this clear.

Among the Greeks and Romans there was a close connection between swimming and bathing culture.

The beneficial effect of bathing was combined by the Romans with swimming activities.

This was possible because their bathhouses often had large pools where they could swim.

In the Middle Ages, swimming and diving were among the seven knightly perfections, alongside chess, poetry, horse riding, archery, fencing and hunting.

The farmers and townspeople were deprived of this noble occupation.

The German humanist Nicolaus Wynman published the very first book with swimming instructions

in Augsburg in 1538: Colymbetes.

Much later, at the end of the eighteenth century, two other Germans also focused on swimming education: Johann Gutsmuths and General Ernst von Pfuel.

In 1797 Gutsmuths published his Kleines Lehrbuch der Schwimmkunst.

In it he made some suggestions to prevent drowning, such as the use of cork vests and swimming belts.

Gutsmuths also believed that 'swimming should become the main part of education'.

He stated: 'Until now, drowning has been the fashion, because swimming was not the fashion.

Should swimming now become fashionable?'

There was already a lot of attention for swimming in military circles at that time.

The Napoleonic Wars made this necessity clear, because an army that can overcome water barriers

requires soldiers who can swim.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, military swimming schools were founded in various countries.

One of the first was founded in Prague in 1810 by the Prussian general Ernst von Pfuel.

On the initiative of this trailblazer – and author of the book Űber Schwimmen und

Schwimmschulen – swimming schools were established in Vienna and Berlin.

Like many of his contemporaries, he was a great supporter

of the breaststroke, which was taught there.

In the early 1800s, the first places were set up on the banks of canals and canals in the Netherlands to

somewhat regulate swimming in open water.

'Swimming facility' is a big word for such a facility: it usually consisted of no more than a fence, a jetty,

some bushes or a staircase to the water.

In the larger cities, the municipality sometimes appointed a supervisor at such places.

That supervisor was far from being a lifeguard, let alone a swimming instructor.

Around that time, a swimming school was founded in the Amstel in Amsterdam, on the Doelenstraat

for young people from the Burgerweeshuis.

The first military swimming school was established in Breda in 1830.

One of the teachers was C.W. Ploenius, who then moved to Amsterdam.

In 1846 he started the first facility specifically intended for swimming, located in the Amsterdam IJ on the Westerdoksdijk.

Children received swimming lessons from a boat with fishing rods outside. The dressing up facility with sixty cabins was unique.

The first swimming club in the Netherlands moved into the 'swimming school on the IJ' in 1870, the current Koninklijke Amsterdamsche Zwemclub 1870.

A century and a half ago, swimming increasingly developed as a sport, instead of an activity primarily

focused on hygiene and personal preservation.

Swimming lessons were largely reserved for the upper middle class, because they had

the time and resources to become proficient in them.

It was mainly boys and men who practiced swimming and later also swimming.

Girls and women were considered to be less physically able to participate

in swimming competitions.

Morality regulations also formed a barrier for women to swim.

At the end of the nineteenth century it was common for women to wear ankle-length

robes when entering the water.

So there was not much more for women than paddling.

At the Kurhaus in Scheveningen it was therefore customary for ladies to be driven into the sea in special beach carriages at low tide, and then from there to step discreetly dressed into the salt water.

Over time, this prudishness disappeared and special women's swimwear was created – in pure new wool, that is.

These wool swimsuits were not only beautifully designed, but also functional.

Men also had to adhere to dress codes.

From 1819 onwards they had to wear swimming trunks on the beach, when swimming in city water

and in swimming schools.

The less well-off citizens obviously did not have swimming clothes, and therefore the rental of swimming suits and towels at swimming establishments was completely normal.

At the end of the nineteenth century, thalassotherapy or seawater therapy emerged, a medical treatment involving baths with mineralogical or organic seawater.

This is how the first health resorts came into being near the sea.

More and more people went to the sea during their holidays or free time - a big change for the small fishing villages, which were growing rapidly.

Residents expanded their homes to provide additional rooms for tourists, or simply built new shelters. Schiermonnikoog, Ameland, Terschelling, Vlieland, Texel, Schoorl, Egmond, Wijk aan Zee, Zandvoort, Noordwijk, Katwijk, Scheveningen, Kijkduin, Domburg and Vlissingen were rapidly expanding at the seams.

But people didn't just bathe and swim on the beach.

The first indoor swimming pool was built in The Hague in 1883.

The operation of the swimming pool was made cost-effective by also offering other facilities, such as

more than thirty tub baths, a shower room and a steam bath.

Amsterdam only had its first indoor bath in 1896, as did The Hague with a wider range,

including Turkish steam baths.

The Zuiderbad followed in Amsterdam in 1912 in the Velox building - which previously housed

a cycling school - close to the Rijksmuseum.

This conversion into a swimming pool was a private initiative of various physicians, who placed swimming primarily in the context of personal hygiene and the promotion of healthy exercise.

The Zuiderbad was said to be the largest swimming pool in Europe.

At that time, the swimming public consisted mainly of adults.

Swimming was therefore quite an expensive hobby.

The operation of the baths was a costly affair, which meant that the entrance fees for

visitors were often considerable.

The rejuvenation of swimming only started when school swimming was supported by the government

and youth could learn to swim at significantly reduced rates.

In the field of influence between private entrepreneurs and municipalities, a remarkable

private initiative emerged in 1923.

After a conflict between swimming club Het IJ and the operator of the Zuiderbad about the availability

of the pool for polo competitions, some members decided to have their own indoor pool built.

That year, law student Han Bierenbroodspot proposed setting up a system of savings banks to

finance a new swimming pool.

Tenderers had to periodically deposit an amount into the fund that was secured

for the swimming pool to be built.

The savings banks were managed by a legal entity: NV De Sportfonds.

In the beginning, these greenhouses grew slowly, due to the often small contributions that were paid monthly.

However, Bierenbroodspot received support from the National Insurance Bank in 1926 as

the main provider in the field of social security.

The bank was prepared to provide a large loan to supplement the capital it had saved and

the municipality decided to guarantee this.

This new swimming pool became the Sportfondsbad Oost.

In 1929 the time had finally come: an old gas factory was transformed into a 25 meter swimming pool

with a smaller, shallow instruction pool and stands.

The initiators would successfully exploit the new pool.

The favorable results provided an impetus for associations elsewhere to also establish a sports fund pool

in consultation with the municipality - a form of public-private partnership avant la lettre.

This so-called 'sports fund approach' proved successful and caught on throughout the country:

of the 41 indoor swimming pools that saw the light of day before the Second World War,

eighteen were financed by the NV Sportfonds.

Dutch swimming started in 1870 with the Amsterdam Swimming Club, making it the

oldest swimming club in Europe.

The initiators wanted to promote the art of swimming, reward people for saving drowning people and

organize competitions - a distant predecessor of the Rescue Brigade.

The club moved to a new bathing facility on De Ruijterkade in 1882 with a separate pool for ladies.

A long-cherished wish came true for many women, because women's swimming and women's

visits were not allowed at most swimming pools.

Although the women's pool was still surrounded by large screens, it represented an emancipatory

breakthrough in swimming history.

In order not to offend the gentlemen's decency, ladies in turn had to wear an appropriate uniform

if they wished to attend the men's matches.

The gentlemen then had to wear a jersey that covered the upper body and trousers up to the knee.

The Hollandsche Dames Zwemclub (HDZ) was founded in 1886, probably the oldest in Europe.

HDZ played an important role in the development of swimming education, especially through

its president 'Swimming Mother' J. Triebels-Koens.

Swimming clubs were also founded in the rest of the country, including in Gouda, Arnhem and Leiden,

in the course of the nineteenth century.

All these associations felt the need for cooperation and coordination of regulations

in order to achieve greater unity.

At the invitation of the Amsterdam Swimming Club, five associations gathered in Amsterdam in 1888 for

the first meeting of the Dutch Swimming Federation (NZB).

This focused on broadening the sport of swimming in our country, which was succinctly summarized

in the federal slogan 'Every Dutch swimmer'.

Because diplomas provided an incentive and a benchmark, the 'experienced swimmer'

diploma was introduced in 1890.

To guarantee the quality of swimming education, guidelines and federation diplomas were

introduced for swimming instructors

The first swimming pool

The first swimming devices appeared in the Netherlands in the early 1800s.

The facilities here were limited, these swimming facilities were often no more than a

jetty with a fence on the banks of canals or canals.

It took until 1828 before competitive swimming really returned.

That year, the first competition swimming pool was built in England.

In the following years, the popularity of swimming continued to increase.

So you can see that the swimming facilities in the Netherlands is the oldest company,

because it has been around for 224 years and has many years of experience in

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Partly because of this, swimming was included as an Olympic sport at the

first modern Olympic Games in 1896.

However, only men were allowed to participate.

Not in a swimming pool, but in the sea.

It didn't matter what swimming style one had, everything was allowed.

Nowadays

Nowadays, 97% of teenagers have a swimming diploma and the Netherlands has an extensive

network of swimming pools.

Most complete with slides, wave pools or hot tubs.

There are also restaurants near the baths and you can store your clothes or even your

Cowboysbag or laptop bag in a locker.

This way you can easily go for a quick swim before or after work.

Outings with the whole family have also become an indispensable part of

our society and in many places school swimming is still extremely popular.

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These are the five different swimming strokes

Starting at the beginning, we will explain all the swimming strokes to you.

Officially there are six types of swimming strokes:

Breaststroke

Front crawl and freestyle

Back crawl

Butterfly stroke

Alternate stroke

1 . Breaststroke

The breaststroke is a stroke in which you push the water to the side and back with your arms.
The arms remain in the water.

Your legs make a sideways and backwards kicking motion.

During the breaststroke you start with the arm stroke and immediately follow it with the leg stroke.

2. Front crawl and freestyle

Front crawl is also known as freestyle.

This is the stroke in which you move fastest in the water.

This stroke starts with your position in the water.

Make sure you rise higher by tightening your abdominal muscles and tilting your pelvis.

You kick with your legs.

It is important that you try to keep the stroke small and below the water's edge.

Try not to take the kick from your knees but from your hips.

The arm stroke is the most important with this stroke.

You have four phases for this: you pull with your arms, you push with your arms, you pull out and you skip.

During the pulling phase you pull your arms through the water from front to back.

Make sure your fingers are together so that you grab the most water.

Then push your hand and arm out of the water with as much water in it as possible.

Take it out and bring your arm forward again.

Difficult?

Take a look at a front crawl course or a video tutorial.

3. Back crawl

The back crawl is a stroke performed on the back.

The back crawl is usually taught to children right away.

You move on your back through the water and therefore see nothing.

That's why you have to look back every now and then and be careful.

Back crawl is the same as front crawl, except your arms go the other way around.

You can do that!

4. Butterfly stroke

In butterfly stroke, your legs move up and down at the same time.

It resembles a wave movement that rolls through your body:

you start it in the hips and you strengthen it with your legs.

At the same time, make sure that both your arms are crossing the water at the same time as you lower your legs.

Underwater, make sure your fingers stay together so that you make the most powerful stroke possible.

5. Alternation stroke

The medley is not a separate technique, but it is often swum in competitions.

This is a variation of all the above swimming strokes in succession.

You start with the butterfly stroke, followed by backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle.

You often swim 25 or 50 meters per stroke.

Different types of swimming

We mainly know all these different swimming strokes from short and long course swimming

in a 25 or 50 meter swimming pool.

We practice lap swimming most often.

In addition, you have, for example:

open water swimming

all-around swimming

rescue swimming

The Netherlands is a global leader in swimming safety

The Dutch system of swimming education and obtaining swimming diplomas is unique in the world.

The first Dutch Swimming Diplomas A will soon be awarded in China. Ying Shi, owner of several swimming schools in the Chinese capital Beijing, has a mission in her country.

She wants to make China safer for swimming with the Dutch approach to swimming education.

Today is International Water Safety Day.

Figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the risk of drowning in the Netherlands is low compared to other countries in the world, despite the fact that the Netherlands is a water-rich country and is largely below sea level.

Learning to swim well is and remains the best remedy against drowning.

The WHO has described the incidence of drownings in 116 different countries. An incidence of 1.0 per 100,000 persons is stated for the Netherlands.

This puts the Netherlands in second place worldwide, after England.

The Netherlands has a long tradition of swimming lessons, which prepare children and adults for the Dutch living environment with lots of water.

The first swimming lessons were given in Amsterdam in the mid-19th century.

We are now a century and a half further and there is an extensive network of swimming pools in our country, there are vocational training courses that provide well-trained swimming teachers and there are licensed swimming lesson providers who teach children and adults to swim.

With these swimming lesson providers you will learn the skills linked to the National Swimming Safety Standard, the National Swimming Diploma C.

All of this is very important to achieve the goal of 'Making the whole of the Netherlands safe for swimming' and fortunately the number of drownings in the Netherlands appears to have continued to decrease over the past twenty years.

Chinese swimming school owner Ying Shi moved back to China with her family a few years ago after studying and working in the Netherlands for about 15 years.

Her young children took swimming lessons in China.

After a few months of swimming lessons, she noticed the difference between the progress in swimming skills of her children compared to the progress of children of friends who had swimming lessons in the Netherlands.

This is how her mission was born to introduce the Dutch vision on swimming safety and swimming lessons in China. Ying Shi returned to the Netherlands with several swimming teachers for training and to take a test, so that examiners for diploma swimming are also available in China.

Now her swimming school, called Haimei, provides swimming lessons in Beijing for the Swimming ABC.

She also regularly travels through China to give presentations about the Dutch approach.

She has also given interviews for national radio and TV in China.

Province by province, she wants to increase swimming safety for China's almost 1.4 billion inhabitants and the National Swimming Safety Council supports her in her mission.

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Medal of the Society for the Rescue of Drowning Persons

History in the Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country rich in water and its inhabitants have lived with the water throughout the centuries.

People often went out of necessity to the water for the transport of goods, fishing and crossing rivers.

Recreational water use has also been known since time immemorial.

Accidents in which people drowned regularly occurred.

Those present often did not know what to do to help unconscious drowning people who had been pulled out of the water.

In order to change this, the Society for the Rescue of Drowning People was founded in 1767, which aimed to teach people how to treat (apparently dead) drowning people in order to increase their chances of survival.

A gold medal was also established to promote rescues and resuscitations.

Resuscitation was often done by stimulating the intestines with tobacco smoke blown into the anus.

The enema tobacco pipe that was used for this purpose is depicted on the Medal of the Society for the Rescue of Drowning People.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, people realized that many people were still drowning unnecessarily and a number of important developments were initiated.

In 1908, the 's-Hertogenbosch rescue brigade was founded with the aim of improving rescue equipment and saving drowning people.

This example was soon followed by the Amsterdam Rescue Brigade (1913),

the Haarlem Brigade for the Rescue of Drowning Persons (1913), the Hague Volunteer Brigade for the Rescue of Drowning Persons (1915), the Leiden Rescue Brigade (1918) and a brigade in Breda.

From 1913 onwards, in collaboration with the Dutch Swimming Federation and the Amsterdam Swimming Club, people were trained for a swimming rescue diploma.

All local rescue brigades trained people in treating drowning persons and swimming rescue.

Competitions were also soon held to encourage people to become proficient.

The brigades each had their own way of teaching.

With the aim of introducing some uniformity and to support and learn from each other, a national association was founded in 1917 by five brigades;

The Dutch Association for the Rescue of Drowning Persons (NBRD).

In 1923, the first national examination requirements were published so that there was a quality standard for the training courses.

The first textbook of the association was published in 1931 and described how a drowning person could be saved.

It can be seen as the first edition of the modern 'Manual for Swimming Rescue'.

In 1950, Prince Bernhard became patron and in 1952 the predicate Royal was awarded (KNBRD).

The number of rescue brigades grew steadily.

The training courses were highly valued and statements such as 'As long as not everyone can swim, every swimmer must be able to save' became popular.

During the flood disaster of 1953, the rescue brigades did good work and the importance of a strong organisation and good facilities became clear once again.

The National Disaster Fund made money available for equipment and the design and construction of sixty rescue boats was started.

The association also received money for a secretariat from 1955 onwards.

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