Tuk-Tuk Drivers, Vendors Help Patrol Beaches

by Aun Pheap | September 5, 2016

Preah Sihanouk provincial police are looking close to the beach in their latest effort to recruit lifeguards, calling on beachside vendors and tuk-tuk drivers to volunteer amid a spate of drownings on the coast.

Five foreigners and a Cambodian have died in Sihanoukville’s waters since August 10, with a father and son from South Korea drowning after 140 police officers were deployed to monitor five beaches late last month.


Men stand on the Royal Group’s jetty on O’Tres Beach in Preah Sihanouk province in January. (Seng Ou)

Twenty civilians have already volunteered their services, provincial police chief Chuon Narin said on Sunday.

“We will recruit more people to be lifeguards and they will be required to get intensive training to rescue people at the beaches of Ochoeuteal, O’Tres, Independence, Prey Treng and Koh Rong,” he said.

The volunteers—mostly tuk-tuk drivers and vendors—are charged with informing tourists of the dangerous winds that have hit the coast as well as taking to the water if someone is in danger, he said.

According to deputy provincial police chief Nop Panha, police officers who received training from a group of French lifeguards in 2011 will train the volunteers.

“We will give unofficial training to the lifeguards on how to rescue people from the water,” he said. “If the victim loses consciousness, they will be able to hold the victim upside down or press on their chest to get the water out.”

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'' According to deputy provincial police chief Nop Panha, police officers who received training from a group of French lifeguards in 2011 will train the volunteers.

“We will give unofficial training to the lifeguards on how to rescue people from the water,” he said. “If the victim loses consciousness, they will be able to hold the victim upside down or press on their chest to get the water out.”

What fuking planet is this? Can they be this stupid? Really?

Oh dear lord


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Apparently, holding the drowning victim upside down was standard practice, back in the '50s.

. . . hold a drowning victim upside down. This maneuver was standard first aid in 1956 when my brother nearly drowned, . . .

http://susanscott.net/OceanWatch2001/nov30-01.html

Does it ever work?


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ខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ-ក្មេងស្រីម្នាក់នេះលង់ទឹកសមុទ្រនៅព្រែកត្រែងកាលពីម៉ោងជិត៤ល្ងាចថ្ងៃ៧កញ្ញា២០១៦ ឥឡូវដឹងខ្លួនហើយក្រោយការសង្គ្រោះបឋមពីញាតិមិត្តបានជោគជយ័ និងកំពុងយកមកសង្គ្រោះបន្តនៅមន្ទីរពេទ្យ៕

Sihanoukivlle: A woman drowned at Prek Treng beach around 4 pm on 07 September 2016. She was saved after having received first aid from friend. She is not being hospitalized at the hospital.

Source Huy Bunleng






However, they still use TIGER BALM.

Is this correct? To do CPR, you just grab those orbs on her chest and push up and down, right?

All merriment and contemptuous laughter aside, is there anyone living in S'ville who could actually teach these public-spirited volunteers
to do it right?

Or would that seem too much like a "White Saviour" bestowing wisdom on the ignorant savages?

Sihanoukville life guard ready to plunge into the waves at the first sign of distress. FB.

CEOCambodiaNews wrote:
Sihanoukville life guard ready to plunge into the waves at the first sign of distress. FB.

Here we go again,,, CEO Cambodia News , only giving half the story. There appear to be TWO lifeguard's there, ready to do a rescue.


And maybe more asleep on the floor ?