What are the precautions for swimming in the river?

Summer is coming, so you must pay attention to the following points when swimming in the river. First of all, you can't go swimming in the river when the river surges after the rain. Two, the pool area formed in the river and the fast-flowing place can not swim. Thirdly, swimming in the river requires three swimming skills: backstroke, dog planing and vertical swimming. Four, swimming in the river must carry life-saving equipment such as lifebuoys. Five, swimming in the river is not allowed to go alone, at least to keep more than two people (and these two people must master more than three swimming skills and first aid skills).

I grew up by the river, and swimming in the river has the most say. I remember every time I went swimming in the river, my father would tell me that drowning in the river would lead to drowning, and others would swim back in the Yangtze River. During the Dragon Boat Festival, we went swimming in the river, but we drowned.

The story goes like this. In Changsha Town, Kaizhou District, 1950, there was a man named Wang, 28 years old. He asked the army for family leave and went home for the Dragon Boat Festival. His cousin knows that he is very good at swimming. Once, he swam in the Yangtze River and invited Wang to swim in the river. It had just rained, and the river in Puli surged, which made Wang laugh.

On June 27th, 2022, our hometown Puli River is located on the bank of Erdaogou. Because it just rained, the river surged. A boy of 17 years old, who was swimming in the river, was unfortunately drowned, which once again sounded the alarm for people swimming in the river.

The river in my hometown is called Puli River. Although the river looks calm, there are not a few people drowning in it every year. There is a place in this river called Guantan, which is even more sinister. No matter how well you swim, you may die. Just because it is sinister, there are people who don't believe in evil, but they insist on trying. Eight out of ten people who went down failed to come up again.

This closed jar has a stone wall on one side and many stones under it. When the river flows through it, it will form a vortex. Because of the vortex, the sediment here will be carried out, so a deep pool will be formed. Standing on the bank of the closed jar, you can see that the water here is blue-green, just like the seawater in the ocean, and it will seep into people when you look at it.

Therefore, the first and most important thing to swim in the river is not to go after it has just rained, and the second is not to swim in the pool in the river. Often there will be a lot of eddy currents in this place, which will drag swimmers to the bottom.

According to my years of swimming experience in the river, swimming in the river requires three skills, the first is dog planing, the second is backstroke and the third is standing swimming. Why do you say that? Although the dog planer swims slowly, it is a necessary skill to save lives. Although the dog planer doesn't need hands out of the water, it can keep its body from sinking and its eyes from getting wet. When swimming with a dog paddle, its eyes can clearly see the situation ahead and the current on the river.

But when we spend too much energy swimming in the river, we must use backstroke, because backstroke is completely floating on the water, which can quickly alleviate the problem of physical exertion without blowing off dust.

Of course, under special circumstances, after using backstroke to restore physical fitness, you need a supplementary skill, that is, standing swimming, moving your feet back and forth to make your body stand upright on the water. This is also a skill to relieve physical fatigue, which can quickly observe the water surface and make self-help measures in time.

Matters needing attention and self-help points in swimming in the river

I. Matters needing attention

You can't swim in the river when the river swells after the rain. After the rain, the temperature of the river is low and fast, and the river is turbid, so the vortex can't be seen clearly, so it is very dangerous.

You can't swim in the pool in the river. The water in the pool is blue-green, so you can't swim. This kind of swimming pool usually has a vortex, which makes it easy to drag swimmers to the bottom.

You can't swim alone in the river, you must have people who are proficient in three or more swimming skills.

Swimming in the river requires life-saving equipment, such as tying a lifebuoy to your waist.

Swimming is forbidden in the waters after sand mining, because a large amount of silt forms a swamp-like quagmire in the waters after sand mining, and once swimmers enter the quagmire, they will be swallowed up.

Necessary skills for swimming in the river, such as dog planing, vertical swimming and backstroke.

Swimming is prohibited in fast-flowing river sections.

Second, how to save yourself

1. If you swim in the river and encounter a whirlpool, you will basically die in one sentence, and there is no possibility of survival. So don't go anywhere with a swimming pool. If you are in a calm river and encounter excessive physical exertion, you can use the method of standing swimming to gradually approach the river bank, or use backstroke to temporarily relieve it, and then continue to approach the river bank. You'd better bring life-saving equipment. At this time, you can use lifebuoys to save yourself.

2. If you are swimming in the river and see that your partner is physically exhausted, you must not rescue him head on. You will be pushed into the water by your partner, which will not only save people, but also throw yourself in. The correct way is, if you have life-saving equipment, give it to the other party. If there is no life-saving equipment, swim to his back quickly, hold his neck with his arm from behind, and take the posture of standing and backstroke to rescue the other person ashore. If the other person has hair, you can drag the other person's hair from behind and let the rescued person float on the water in a backstroke position.

Third, the taboo of swimming in the river

1, to avoid diving into the river bottom for a long time. If you dive in the river for a long time, you will consume a lot of physical strength. Moreover, if you dive into the river and step into the mud with your feet, it is easy to get trapped, or get entangled in weeds and get stuck in rocks. These are fatal.

2. In case of danger, never use breaststroke, butterfly stroke and kite stroke, because both of them are in flowing water, which consumes a lot of energy, while kite stroke looks handsome, because every time your arm comes out of the water and re-enters the water, it will stir up a splash, which will directly fascinate you and make you unable to make a timely and accurate judgment with your eyes wide open.

Swimming in the river requires more than three swimming skills, such as upright swimming and backstroke dog planing, and is equipped with life-saving equipment. You must go with two people who are proficient in three or more swimming skills. After the rain, you can't swim in the river when the river surges, in the pool, in the river for a long time, in the waters where sand has been mined, or in the waters where the river is rushing.