Beneath the Surface with Lui and Noah

In this episode March 23, 2024 we discuss the 2016 drowing of Alex Pierce, a 13 year old who drowned during a pool party put on by the band's booster club at the High School pool where Noah went to school in Murrieta California. We also discuss why school districts are so bad with water safety and how different lifeguard cultures affect the safety of young lifeguards and the safety of facilities. 
https://abc7.com/murrieta-teen-drowning-alex-pierce-death-high-school-pool-vista/2360625/

Episode 2 March 24 How our 78 year old student William saved his own life and what's the best move for diabetes in an emergency. How did a 20 year-old USC student Colin Jacobs drown at a YMCA pool? https://ktla.com/news/local-news/family-seeks-answers-after-19-year-old-camp-counselor-drowns-in-ymca-pool-holds-rally-in-la-canada-flintridge/

Basic CPR vs. Professional level CPR. What is the EAP and What is the Safety team.How to fill the training gap. What happens when a lifeguard doesn't understand the primary responsibility. The rule for lifeguard ratios- how do we determine? Entrapment stories in pools.

In Spring we always get an uptick in backyard tragedies involving pools so this episodes drowning discussions are about an Olympic skier Bode Millers child on June 10 2018 and another backyard drowning in Killen Alabama on April 25th 2024
Riverway Ranch Camp! An amazing example of a camp team that does it the right way when it comes to water safety.
We also talk about what is EMS and the EAP, how your training and the rules of the Emergency Medical System don't always apply in other countries. 
What are barriers for the pool? 
Shallow water blackout and a drowning with one of the city of Long Beach lifeguards
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/23/swimmer-anita-alvarez-loses-consciousness-in-pool-at-world-championships.html
https://www.waaytv.com/news/killen-toddler-dies-after-drowning-in-pool/article_44403a82-0334-11ef-8749-b7b146edc326.html
Miller video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzjP0D0Nvx4
Image taken from today.com

May 5th 
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Two toddlers 16 and 18 month old die at Happy Happy daycare center drowning in northern California in San Jose, October 2, 2023. Pool gate was propped and kids got in. Owners have been arrested for felony criminal child endangerment and criminal endangerment.
Another two 3-year old twin toddlers drown in Phoenix, Arizona. Dad was giving them both CPR at the same time. May 2, 2023
California health and safety code is confusing. 
Electrical shock in pool kills kid in Daly City in 1997
Florida kids watch a guy drown and laugh at him.
 
Image taken From Kron4 news

Horrible boat accidents in Florida and California, pool chemicals and E.coli, and a 5 year old dies in a YMCA in Virginia. 

We are working on editing 6 past episodes and getting them posted but have decided to post the most recent ones as we record them and then will follow with the others gradually. Sorry for the confusion.
There is no drowning discussion on this one. In this episode, we get into a discussion and try to itemize the differences between the Red Cross Lifeguarding version 2019 vs 2024
Emergency oxygen- Why did we start adding it into our training for Breakwater Aquatics and why did we eventually take it out
2 buck chuck is a great wine- Noah and Lui are tipsy toward the end of this one.
 
https://www.mashed.com/101888/truth-trader-joes-two-buck-chuck/

Poppy Pepper drowns on September 19 2025 while group was preparing for brothers swim team party. 
 
Noah Tries alternative healing to kick the drinking craves. 
 
Picture taken from the Gofundme page.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-poppys-final-arrangements?attribution_id=sl:cc86748a-30b2-40be-83f9-90e81870da5b&lang=en_US&ts=1758734440&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp13_c-amp17_control&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

First day of camp at Liberty Day Lake summer camp and 6-year-old Michael Stewart drowns in a lifeguarded pool. Past student throws Lui under the bus and what to expect on orientation day for that new lifeguard job.
 
 
Audio taken from YouTube: 6ABC Philadelphia
https://youtu.be/q6de1OsoOo0?si=T9_p401A-pavZj14
Picture taken from the following article:
Mother's horror as her six-year-old son drowns on first day of $6,000 summer camp: 'They messed up' | Daily Mail Online