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Basic Water Safety

Overview

Learn how to not drown if you find yourself in the water, either by choice, or by accident. This is a skill that every person should learn.

Investiture Achievement Connection: This Honor is related to the Investiture Achievement requirements for every class’s Health and Fitness sections which require either completion of this Honor or the Swimming - Beginner Honor.

Requirements

1. Enter and exit the water unassisted.

2. While holding your breath, fully submerge your face under water for five seconds.

3. Alternately inhale through the mouth above the surface and blow bubbles through the mouth/nose, with face completely submerged, seven times rhythmically and continuously.

4. Open your eyes under water and retrieve submerged objects two times.

5. Calmly attempt to front float for five seconds.

6. Front glide for two body lengths.

7. Calmly attempt to back float for fifteen seconds.

8. Holding on to the side of the pool, kick with your feet for twenty seconds.

9. Using arm and leg motion, swim five body lengths.

10. Learn to put on a Life Jacket and float for thirty seconds.

11. Demonstrate water safety by:

  • a. How to call for help in case of an emergency.
  • b. Learn how to release a cramp.
  • c. Demonstrate reaching assist.
  • d. Learn at least ten safety rules when around water.

Answer key & resources

Investiture Achievement

This honor is required, suggested or listed as an option in:

See also

Adapted from AY Honors/Basic Water Safety on the Pathfinder Wiki, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. See the original page's history for its authors.
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