Swimming
Mr. Jim Seay and Mr. Pat Culkeen
 | Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim.
| Demonstrate your ability to jump feetfirst into water over your head
in depth, level off and swim 25 feet on the surface, stop, turn
sharply, resume swimming, then return to your starting place.
| Demonstrate water rescue methods by reaching with your arm or leg,
by reaching with a suitable object, and by throwing lines and objects.
Explain why swimming rescues should not be attempted when a reaching
or throwing rescue is possible, and explain why and how a rescue
swimmer should avoid contact with the victim. | |
| Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat.
| Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test.
| With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both as
tender and as rescuer. (The practice victim should be approximately 30
feet from shore in deep water.) | |
