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• Water (Aqua)

  • Can be a great venue to relax, workout, have fun, and do some recreational activities in their most natural form.
  • It has a unique attraction for people of all ages.
• Aquatic Recreational Activities

  1. Kayaking
  2. Canoeing
  3. Surfing
  4. Snorkeling
  5. Water Aerobics
  6. Swimming
  7. Scuba Diving
• Common dive signals

  
• Common dive signals

  
• Health Benefits of water-based activities

  1. Decrease risk for chronic disease.
  2. 2. Beneficial for people with arthritis
  3. Improves bone density.
  4. Enhances mental health.
  5. Reduces stress, anxiety, and depression.
• Guidelines and Prevention for Water-Based Recreational Activities

  1. Spot the dangers.
  2. Always swim within your ability.
  3. Look out for yourself and other swimmers.
  4. Do not swim if you have a gastrointestinal stomach upset or skin or respiratory infection.
  5. Shower before you swim.
• DRABCD Action Plan

  A set of procedures used by first aiders when encountering a casualty.

  Also known as the primary survey in first aid.
• D - danger

  R - response

  A - airway

  B - breathing

  C - circulation

  D - defibrillation
• Danger: Check the area for any potential dangers to yourself, bystanders, or the patient.
• Response: Check if the casualty is responsive by asking them questions or gently squeezing their shoulders.
• Airway: Check the casualty’s airway to ensure it is clear and open.
• Breathing: Check if the casualty is breathing normally.

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• Circulation: Check the casualty’s circulation by looking for signs of life such as movement, coughing, or breathing.
• Dry Land Swimming Exercise

  • are workouts that mimic the movements and intensity of swimming but are performed on land.
  • These exercises help improve strength, flexibility, and endurance, and are particularly beneficial for swimmers to enhance their performance in the water.
• Kayaking

  • A water sport that involves paddling using a double-bladed oar and a small boat known as a kayak.
  • The boat sits low in the water and usually only accommodates a single paddler, but tandem kayaks hold two people, and some boats hold three people.
• Canoeing

  • Like kayaking, but a canoe is wide open.
  • Canoers sit on a raised seat or kneel on the bottom of the boat and use a single-bladed paddle.
• Surfing

  • A surface water pastime in which the surfer rides on the forward part, or face, of a moving wave, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore.
• Snorkeling

  • The practice of swimming on or through a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, a shaped breathing tube called a snorkel, and usually swim fins.
  • This allows the snorkeler to observe underwater attractions for extended periods with little effort.
• Water Aerobics

  • The performance of aerobic exercise in water such as in a swimming pool.
  • Done mostly vertically and without swimming typically in waist-deep or deeper water.
  • A type of resistance training.
• Swimming

  • An individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one’s entire body to move through water.
• Scuba Diving

  • A mode of underwater diving where the diver uses a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba), which is completely independent of surface supply, to breathe underwater.