{"id":3792,"date":"2021-04-13T13:39:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/project.studio024development.nl\/h2o-drones\/?p=3792"},"modified":"2021-06-16T15:02:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T13:02:04","slug":"how-can-an-rov-ensure-certainty-in-rescuing-drowning-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.h2o-drones.com\/en\/nieuws-en\/how-can-an-rov-ensure-certainty-in-rescuing-drowning-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"How can an ROV rescue drowning victims?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How are drowning victims rescued now?<\/h1>\n

To rescue drowning victims on call teams are used, consisting of divers and their supervisor. Based on a situation analysis, a grid is laid out in which the diver must search. If this is a grid of 25 square meters, for example, each meter must be searched piece by piece. This is labor intensive and takes a lot of time, time that drowning victims do not always have!<\/p>\n

There is always a backup diver who can also be used to relieve or speed up the process, but the safety of the divers themselves must also be considered. No one wants to see extra injuries during a rescue mission. It is therefore important to combine effectiveness and safety for an ideal outcome, but how can this be done?<\/p>\n

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Who is responsible?<\/h2>\n

Netherlands Coastguard<\/strong><\/a> regulates ‘large’ areas including the coastal areas (Wadden Sea North Sea), the streams near Zeeland and the IJsselmeer. In addition, there are 2 possibilities, a safety region calls in the KNRM<\/strong><\/a>, (this however only concerns the inland waterways, including rivers and lakes.) or the safety region takes action itself without communication with the KNRM.<\/p>\n

In the latter case, the respective safety region calls on its own equipment. Here they often choose who or what is fastest on the spot to carry out the required actions. (Quote from Safety Region Midden-West Brabant: “In practice, this will therefore be done by the best-equipped party”) This concerns the execution of Search and Rescue missions.<\/p>\n

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What are the results?<\/h2>\n

The first thing to state is that we have deep respect for the men and women who work in this sector! And of course, if they had a method that didn’t work at all, this would have been eliminated long ago. So the results are not purely negative.<\/p>\n

Results vary by action and situation. In turbid water it is more difficult for a diver to search, and he or she must be extra careful to keep himself or herself safe. Searching by touch here therefore takes a very long time. In clear water situations the search is often already easier and the diver can work better..<\/p>\n

The desired result is always to get the drowning person out of the water alive! But unfortunately this is not always possible. If a drowning person has been trapped underwater for several minutes, the chance of survival are slim. This is very unfortunate, but even then it is important to get this drowning person above water. This offers security and closure options to family and friends of the deceased.<\/p>\n

How can we help?<\/h2>\n

So the desired result is not always achieved yet! This is a big problem, which we can reduce. With the underwater drones<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0there are more possibilities underwater and this will therefore improve the response and search time!<\/p>\n

We are able to:<\/p>\n

Reduce the search time:<\/h3>\n