Thai boy drowns despite good Samaritan's attempted rescue

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Picture: INN

 

Police and rescue services were called to the Pranburi River yesterday after a 14 year old boy drowned in the Tha Luang area of Prachuap Khirikhan.

 

The 14 year old Thai boy had invited his Myanmar friend aged 11 to go swimming.

 

Wan kept to the river bank but his friend swam out to an area of the river with a depth of several meters and a current swept him away, reported INN.

 

Somchai, a witness, said he saw what happened and jumped into the river to save the boy.

 

But tragically he was swept away from his grasp before his very eyes. 

 

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[vandeventer]

Very sad, all the good intensions in the world won't save the boy. But if kids learned first aid at school, kids like this would have a much better chance of surviving.

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, vandeventer said:

Very sad, all the good intensions in the world won't save the boy. But if kids learned first aid at school, kids like this would have a much better chance of surviving.

Learn to be a strong swimmer first, then learn when it's best to stay out of fast flowing rivers.

CPR is only works when you fish them out in good time.

[vandeventer]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Learn to be a strong swimmer first, then learn when it's best to stay out of fast flowing rivers.

CPR is only works when you fish them out in good time.

So you think first aid which includes cpr is not a good thing to learn at school. To me if there is any chance to save someone it pays to know what you are doing.

[richard_smith237]

3 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

So you think first aid which includes cpr is not a good thing to learn at school. To me if there is any chance to save someone it pays to know what you are doing.

 

So you really meant... [But if kids learned first aid about safety and First Aid at school, kids like this would have a much better chance of surviving].

 

Schools world wide are ineffective at teaching necessary life skills. 

Nearly all kids will grow up to ride / drive a vehicle - how many are taught this in schools ???

Nearly all kids will grow up and at some point be exposed to water ? how many are taught key lifesaving skills and water safety, electrical safety, fire safety etc etc

 

 

[mushroomdave]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Learn to be a strong swimmer first, then learn when it's best to stay out of fast flowing rivers.

CPR is only works when you fish them out in good time.

Totally agree!! Maybe do what Taiwan did in 2010 when I was there, a National Swimming Initiative.  And their numbers plummeted quickly, easily reaching their objective well ahead of schedule.  

 

https://swimswam.com/taiwan-to-promote-national-swimming-program-should-america-too/

Edited March 30, 2022 by mushroomdave

[hotchilli]

9 hours ago, mushroomdave said:

Totally agree!! Maybe do what Taiwan did in 2010 when I was there, a National Swimming Initiative.  And their numbers plummeted quickly, easily reaching their objective well ahead of schedule.  

 

https://swimswam.com/taiwan-to-promote-national-swimming-program-should-america-too/

Should be in the school curriculum, every school with ages around 4+ should have access to a swimming pool and teach them at a young age.

But schools have a different agenda here.

[mushroomdave]

4 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Should be in the school curriculum, every school with ages around 4+ should have access to a swimming pool and teach them at a young age.

But schools have a different agenda here.

Yes not as easily done in Thailand.  But the Taiwan initiative I mentioned was part of the standard education as my link mentioned.  All the kids I taught (elementary/secondary) all took lessons at school.

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, mushroomdave said:

Yes not as easily done in Thailand.  But the Taiwan initiative I mentioned was part of the standard education as my link mentioned.  All the kids I taught (elementary/secondary) all took lessons at school.

Easily done if the will is there.

Divert money from the military's intention of spending billions on aircraft and submarines and plough it into the schools.

[Tropposurfer]

16 hours ago, vandeventer said:

So you think first aid which includes cpr is not a good thing to learn at school. To me if there is any chance to save someone it pays to know what you are doing.

Both are essential for all.