Swimming technology - The beach launched an inflatable fleet to rescue drowning victims
You can ask any lifeguard and they will tell you that they need to constantly scan the water and waves if they need to save someone from drowning. Sometimes there will be someone drowning and people on the beach will start pointing towards the water, these onlookers will yell and shout and jump up and down to get the lifeguard's attention. However, this is not always the case. Sometimes there will be so much activity on the beach that no one will notice that someone is drowning, you can see them waving their hands and shaking, but they don't like it.
Interestingly, it is these crucial minutes when someone is in trouble in the water that counts. If they surf at all, it is also very difficult for the lifeguard to leave on time. Even if they have a jet ski or motorized equipment, it still takes time. Although they are almost Olympic-quality rescue swimmers, it can easily take a minute or a half for the victim to come out into the water. By then, the drowning victim has already swallowed water and is in a panic.
Recently, CNN received its awards for individuals who have begun philanthropic efforts to solve problems worldwide. There was a lady whose son was drowned in Lake Michigan. She had developed a nonprofit group to teach children how to swim. It got me thinking. What would happen if we could build a device that a lifeguard could shoot from the lifeguard station to the drowning person? In that case, it would alleviate the minute or half a minute it takes to reach them.
Here is a concept that I would like you to consider. An inflatable unit is fired against the drowning victim or provided by an unmanned micro vehicle. When it reaches the victim, it lands, immerses, inflates and then appears below the victim. The victim doesn't even have to do anything, elevates them to a situation similar to a navy, and all they have to do is wait until the tide brings them back to shore.
Wouldn't it be good, especially if there were more drowning victims? You can save them all at the same time while the lifeguard makes his way to them. If you want to brainstorm or help create and design such a device, I certainly hope you send me an email so we can talk and take this a step further. Until then, I hope you will definitely consider all this and think about it.