Presentations
Presentations given at conferences on drowning prevention are included in this section.

Rip Currents (by Peter Myles)

17/05/2015

Peter Myles lives in Port Elizabeth (SA) and is International Tourism Consultant, Coastal & Maritime Specialist, Chair of NMB Maritime Cluster, Steering Committee Member of the International Coastal & Marine Tourism Society, and UNWTO Collaborator.

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"Recreation and tourism" by John Connolly

02/10/2014

In this presentation given at the Foundation's 2014 Drowning Prevention and Rescue Conference held in Dublin (30/9-2/10/2014) John Connolly goes into the casual factors of holiday drowning.

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"Why do swimmers drown" by John Connolly

30/09/2014

The majority of those who die by drowning are believed to be swimmers and drown close to safety. This presentation given by John Connolly at the Foundation's 2014 Drowning Prevention and Rescue Conference held in Dublin (30/9-2/10/2014) considers different aspects of the key question “Why are swimmers unable to swim a short distance to safety when their lives depend upon them doing so successfully?” It is suggested that drowning is situational and experience in one body of water may not transfer to others but can give swimmers a false sense of safety.

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Bluewater Bay Surf Lifesaving presentation for the Bavo Verheyden Trophy 2014

29/07/2014

The presentation of the drowning prevention programme by Bluewater Bay Surf Lifesaving Club which has been put forward for the Bavo Verheyden Trophy in 2014. Bluewater Bay Surf Lifesaving Club won for the third consecutive time the Bavo Verheyden Trophy for the best drowning prevention initiative during 2014.

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Drowning Prevention Program Bluewater Bay 2012/2013

30/11/2013

In this presentation, Bluewater Bay Surf Lifesaving Club, gives an overview of all practical measures taken on the beach of Bluewater Bay to prevent drowning.

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Presentation by SCT at the Drowning Prevention and Rescue 2013 Conference

25/04/2013

At this conference, organized by the Irish Lifesaving Foundation from 24th till 27th of April 2013 in Dublin, a half day was reserved for presentations on holiday drowning. Our experience is that generally speaking, the phenomenon of holiday drowning is a completely underestimated and under-researched topic. The world of tourism and the world of lifesaving (prevention of drowning) do hardly meet. We have personal experience that the touristic sector is most of the time indifferent to the problem of drowning of tourists. They do not want to go into the risks of drowning. Touristic sector focuses on the economic advantages, and fears that naming risks gives a negative impression of the destination. Mostly my presentations are a call for enforced and combined power of the world of lifesaving and the world of tourism to reduce the number of coastal drownings.

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