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Safety Studies In Open Water Swimming

Posted on:2018-04-11Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z Y YangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2347330542462366Subject:Physical Education and Training
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Open water swimming refers to people swim in the river,lake,sea and other natural water areas.The author analyzes the security issues in the open water by using literature data,questionnaire survey,interviews and other ways.This paper investigates the factors that may affect the safety of swimmers in open water through a variety of research methods,deeply analyzes the risk of these factors affecting swimmers safety,and also tries to find out ways to avoid such risks and accidents,providing theoretical base for people who engage in this sport.To promote the development of open water swimming activities in China,to make people keep safe while enjoying the fun of sports,to improve people's safety awareness towards open water swimming,to enhance people's confidence in joining this sport,this paper,through the analysis of the questionnaire results,studies the safety issues existing in the open water swimming and concludes the following results:1.Management factors in the open water swimming have a significant impact on the safety of swimmers.In the open water swimming competition,the government departments and the organizers consume a host of material resources,financial resources,manpower for the tournament service,and sometimes the tournament service staff is more than the players,in this case,the government departments,tournament managers to make full use of resources properly become extremely important.The distribution of life-saving equipment,life-saving personnel,directly relates to the safety of the players.The attention of organizations toward implementation of policies and safety measures is very important.2.The site facility has a great impact on the open water swimming safety.The open water,the water pollution,water storms,fast water flow,barriers in the water and other factors will have an impact on swimmers.When the danger occurs,it is also important to have enough life-saving equipment on site.3.The environmental factors in the open water swimming have most obvious impact on the safety of swimmers.Environmental factors such as water flow,water temperature,wind and waves,tides,aquatic biological factors and weather changes have the greatest impact on swimmers.These factors are the main causes of safety accidents.The water flow,water temperature,wind and waves,tides and other water environmental factor changes are likely to cause swimmers drowning.The toxic aquatic's bite will also produce risks to swimmers.4.Personal health conditions in the open water swimming also produce influence to the safety of swimmers.Swimmers' physical health and mental health conditions will affect the state of swimmers.Whether swimmers have diseases,drinking or not will affect the swimmers' state in the water.When swimmers get psychological stress,their muscles will shrink resulting in deformation of the action,which threaten the safety of the swimmers.5.The emergency situation in the open water swimming also has an impact on swimmers.Due to the open environment,long time and distances of swimming,the physical safety of the athletes will be affected by a variety of factors.However,most of the drowning accidents are caused by the emergency situation.Therefore,the emergency situation in the open water swimming poses a great threat to the swimmers.When swimmers get muscle spasms,which also known as cramps,inhaled water,hypothermia,dehydration,body collision,paroxysmal disease,the swimmers will be dangerous.
Keywords/Search Tags:open water areas, swimming, safety issues
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