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AUSTSWIM has gained an outstanding national and international reputation for the training of quality teachers of swimming and water safety. Government, the aquatic industry and the community recognise AUSTSWIM awards as the industry standard for teachers of swimming and water safety. The high-quality courses from AUSTSWIM have been enhanced by manuals and associated learning materials which cater for the teacher-training needs of a rapidly expanding and vibrant aquatic industry. This manual represents the next step in AUSTSWIM's commitment to continuous improvement and quality outcomes and as such represents a significant step forward in providing an enhanced experience for students.

The improved four colour design and presentation will further assist course candidates to acquire the appropriate knowledge and skills to become competent teachers in aquatic education. The topics deemed necessary for learning all aspects of teaching swimming and water safety are covered by this manual. While these skills are being developed, every opportunity is taken to impart water safety knowledge, to reduce the likelihood of aquatic incidents, including drownings.

This manual plays a pivotal role in facilitating the delivery of quality swimming and water safety programs throughout Australia.

AUSTSWIM has gained an outstanding national and international reputation for the training of quality teachers of swimming and water safety. Government, the aquatic industry and the community recognise AUSTSWIM awards as the industry standard for teachers of swimming and water safety. The high-quality courses from AUSTSWIM have been enhanced by manuals and associated learning materials which cater for the teacher-training needs of a rapidly expanding and vibrant aquatic industry. This manual represents the next step in AUSTSWIM's commitment to continuous improvement and quality outcomes and as such represents a significant step forward in providing an enhanced experience for students.

The improved four colour design and presentation will further assist course candidates to acquire the appropriate knowledge and skills to become competent teachers in aquatic education. The topics deemed necessary for learning all aspects of teaching swimming and water safety are covered by this manual. While these skills are being developed, every opportunity is taken to impart water safety knowledge, to reduce the likelihood of aquatic incidents, including drownings.

This manual plays a pivotal role in facilitating the delivery of quality swimming and water safety programs throughout Australia. ... Read more

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The swimming programs developed by the Australian organization AUSTSWIM are highly respected worldwide. Now, with Human Kinetics’ release of this international edition of Teaching Swimming and Water Safety, you can follow AUSTSWIM’s program for teaching children swimming and water safety. These aquatic education experts will teach you how to

• implement important safety procedures;

• use a variety of effective water familiarization techniques;

• develop floating, propulsion, and deep water skills;

• introduce diving; and

• teach and refine the six common strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, sidestroke, and survival backstroke.

Highly illustrated and easy to follow, Teaching Swimming and Water Safety gives you valuable information on how to safely and effectively teach young swimmers important beginning swimming and water safety skills. Teaching hints and skills processes are included to help you answer questions that come up along the way—it’s a resource you will want to refer to again and again. ... Read more

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Highly recommended for swimming instructors
The book is very well structured, very clear and very rich illustrated with nice and clear pictures.
Kind of basic but that's its intention.
Highly recommended for swimming instructors.
Good as reference too. ... Read more

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Be prepared for water emergencies! If you are responsiblefor the welfare of those who spend time in or around the water—asan aquatic manager, scuba diving instructor, or emergency rescueworker—or if you’re a water sport enthusiast yourself, then youneed to know how to prevent and manage aquatic accidents. Thispotentially lifesaving guide shows you how.

The only book of its kind, Aquatic Rescue and Safety provides detailed information on how to identify, treat, and prevent all types of submersion injuries. Written by a veteran scuba diving instructor and water-rescue instructor trainer, the book presents the latest, most effective rescue and first aid procedures—techniques proven to save lives—for all water-related injuries.

The book also provides specific steps that you can take to prevent accidents, and it gives you the tools you need to promote safety on the water, including tips for people who have children with them in aquatic settings. Whether you are simply an avid boater or swimmer or a member of a water rescue team, this book will help you acquire the knowledge and skills to prevent water-related injuries and save lives. ... Read more

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From two of Canada's premier sea kayaking instructors and the leading magazine of the sport comes the ideal book for any paddler wanting to venture safely beyond sheltered waters. This essential handbook shows how to understand weather, waves, and currents; use emergency communications; analyze risk; and perform a wide variety of kayak rescues. ... Read more

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Great reference for sea kayaker
This book excels where Sea Kayker Magazine's Deep Trouble fell short. This is a volume with fewer stories and presents in-depth and comprehensive coverage of just about all topics on kayaking technique and strategy.When I read it first, I did not pay too much attention to the first chapter on judgment and leadership.Now I am re-reading it and finding it very interesting.

Prior to this volume, I've read several kayak books by kayaking oracles (Dowd, Foster, Hutchinson) and this one definitely presents multiple topics that are either not covered elsewhere at all of are not covered elsewhere in this detail.

Even when topics presented in this book are redundant with other sources, the relative emphasis on safety rather than efficiency is new and I found it compelling. ... Read more

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Most sailors go to sea without prior knowledge of the cruising lifestyle and its demands, learning by experience. Jeremy Hood utilizes his years of personal experience to teach safety measures and prudent seamanship to would-be cruisers so they can set out on a vessel designed or altered with their well-being in mind, aware of potential risks, familiar with possible solutions, and possessing increased self-reliance to help minimize or resolve problems.

Safety Preparations for Cruising begins with a chapter on general preparations. Eighteen other chapters comprehensively cover safety material related to every facet of cruising, from the structural integrity of the vessel and its potential for breakdowns (hull, above and below decks, engine, and electronics) to basic skills (navigation, first-aid, communications) to dangerous situations (fire, heavy weather, taking on water, man overboard, abandoning ship). Each chapter begins with a real-life experience introducing the topic covered. With a personal and objective style, the author shares helpful information and presents alternatives that can guide our future decisions. A valuable checklist concludes each chapter, both summarizing the discussion and measuring strengths and vulnerabilities in ourselves and our vessel. This primer on safety is essential for anyone fitting out or preparing for offshore cruising. ... Read more

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Jeremy has been there and done it
This is a must have and must read and read again. Common sense by a hands-on seaman. Jeremy includes some nice british flegmatism and understatements and I particularly like his low pressure suggestions: in the end if you want to be safe your way that is fine as long as you don't put other people at risk. I have been on the water quite a bit (see my website www.maartenvanhasselt.com for more on that) and I find this a good refresher and I have had some moments where I added things to my "to do" list.
Not 5 stars because it is a reference book and not a book to read in one go but it is not intended to. Looking forward to a book by Jeremy with more stories: that is a neat part of introducing the chapters.
One can only hope that many people will buy and read and act on this book rather than wing it as so many do these days endangering themselves and others.

Awesome Read
This is an awesome book full of insight and helpful info from a sailor with theexperence to write about it. It is presented in a way that makes it enjoyable to read while still full of good info. ... Read more

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Even a shallow pool can be dangerous if you don't take care! Come inside "Safety Around Water" and learn how to keep safe and have fun at the lake, swimming pool or pond. ... Read more

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Children learn how to safely have fun in a pool, at thebeach and in the ocean with their favorite hip hop mob kangaroocharacters: Runabout, Reader, Rhythm and Rapper.The American RedCross provided their expert advice. ... Read more

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It is a warm day and everyone wants to go swimming. The Camp of Champs members find out quickly that whenever they are near the water, they must have adult supervision at all times. ... Read more

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Award Winning Series
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The only one around...a uniqe children's book!
This is the ONLY children't book available on the market teaching the importance of water safety. It's beautifully illustrated;children immediately identify with the lively, fun fruit characters. Louie and his friends are delightful, but more significantly, underscore a crucial message about the importance of water safety. This book should be 'required reading' for any small child exposed to open water. This beautiful little book makeslearning fanciful and fun, while imparting a potentially life saving message.

Highly recommended for its contribution to child safety.
Written by Jeana Thomas, Camp Of Champs is a children's picture book about water safety, illustrated by Lisa Allen Triefenbach in vivid color. Since drowning is the second leading cause of accidental death for children under age 14, the message of SAFE - Stop and Find an Adult before you Enter the water is a welcome "must" for every young child, regardless of whether he or she already knows how to swim. Camp Of Champs teaches children to wear a life vest while learning to swim, to always have someone good at swimming watching, and never to chase after a toy that falls into the water. The eye-catching, playful, full-page illustrations help drive home the potentially life-saving message of water-safety. Camp Of Champs is a superb gift book excellent for being read aloud to very young children, and more importantly, carries the highest recommendation for its contribution to child safety. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Flying Safety, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1313 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Water or a sports drink.
Author: Bartley J. Ward
Publication: Flying Safety (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 63Issue: 6Page: 4(2)

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Simple easy to learn basics that will make any trip down river more fun and as safe as possible.
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Excellent Book At A Super Price
Fast read, chock full of good information about river features, navigation, hazards, and safety based on actual accident reports.I am taking the author's advice though and signed up for a river navigation and safety course from a local certified whitewater instructor/guide.

Explains the most common hazards confronting canoeists
River Safety: A Floater's Guide examines actual floating accidents, then moves on to identify and explain the most common hazards confronting canoeists. Author Stan Bradshaw draws upon more than twenty-five years of experience and eleven years of teaching canoeing safety to show how the vast majority of fatal river accidents are easily avoidable if canoeists follow a few basic, simple rules. From "reading the water" and identifying river hazards, to basic principals and techniques of river navigation, to fundamentals of river rescue and a thorough discussion of clothing and equipment, River Safety is highly recommended reading. Enhanced with equipment and first aid kit check lists, a section on important knots for river runners, and an extensive directory of river running courses offered throughout North American, River Safety is a "must" for the novice canoeist and has much of significant value for even the seasoned river floater.

Small investment for a lifetime of reward
I'm an open ocean paddler and thought I could handle an upcoming rivertrip without any fuss; but this book brings to light in an easy to readformat the great need that even the most experienced of paddler has toproperly prepare for the calmest of water journeys on the best of days. I'mvery greatful for the river reading techniqes Bradshaw discribes and forthe true stories of people who lost their lives because they weren'tprepared. With so many people getting out on the water these days, bookslike this are essential and will save many lives. ... Read more

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Swimming participation in the United States rose to 58 million in 2005, according to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association. A popular activity for both fun and fitness, swimming is now easier to learn, enjoy, and use as exercise with Water Fun. Including more than 100 stunts, skills, games, and workouts that may be tailored to meet specific needs, this book has something for every age and skill level.

To help beginners gain confidence in the water, basic water exercises that may be performed in a vertical position are provided, along with workout options that do not require participants to be fully submerged in the water. Water Fun also includes activities for exercisers who want to transition from water exercise to swimming. Athletes, along with instructors, coaches, and athletic trainers, will also find sport-specific and cross-training activities to enhance their conditioning regimens.

With a complete collection of individual and group activities that require little, if any, equipment, Water Fun has everything water exercisers need to become more comfortable and skilled in the water.

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The beautiful locales, exotic plant and sea life, and relaxing environs of dive locations are even more peaceful when you are armed with the expertise and skill to stay safe in any situation.

With self-rescues, buddy rescues, open-water resuscitation, and towing techniques, Scuba Diving Safety will become your most valuable diving companion. Covering a full range of underwater environments, as well as dangerous marine life, entanglements, and equipment failures, this vital resource is an essential reference for every underwater enthusiast.

Do not rely on someone else--or chance--to keep you safe. Let Scuba Diving Safety help you prepare for the unexpected and provide the confidence to enjoy your underwater adventures to the fullest. ... Read more

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Informational and Educational
Another good book from Human kinetics, covers area of like PADI Rescue course matherials, but with more details and real-life expiriences. If you want to enrich your knowledge and you are an inexpiriences (new) diving proffessional, this is the right book for you.

Great Book
This was a great review of safety practices while diving. If you have been certified for awhile and have not attended training for a few years this is a great book to get you back up to speed.

It says Survival Guide - It really is...
It does say on the cover that it is the survival guide - it really is. I readquite a few rescue diver manuals, but this completes it. From the planning to the equipment to the environment to the first aid, everything is technically covered. There are some sections that provide some tips on diving skills, and dive professionals should pay attentions to them as those little things can save a lot of your time and your students' in the class while you actually are passing important dive safety tips down to them.

Some sections, especially rescue technique sections, were visually explained so that a reader can visualize the body positions also.

Orr's Safety Stop section was added touch to the book as it is based on the real story and experience. Some of them made me think of what I would do if I were in his position so that a rescue would be conducted safely.

As certified dive equipment repair technician, I seriously appreciated Equipment section of the book. It is easy to forget that we carry life-support equipment while having fun underwater, and this book not only took it seriously but pointed out the basic facts that are easily forgotten by divers in professional manner.

Overall, I'd recommend this book to all divers as this is easy to read comparing to other dive safety books out there that make my head scratch, but I'd highly recommend to all rescue-level divers that want to extend their knowledge in overall dive safety, and instructors should definitely use this book as a reference and addition to your dive safety related courses and encourage your students to obtain a copy. They say that the knowledge is a power, but it really is. ... Read more