Abstract:
Drowning is one of the leading causes of unintentional injury and death globally. Drowning occurs in the oceans, beaches, lakes, ponds, rivers, irrigation canals, animal feeders, swimming pools, spas and bathtubs. Heavy thunderstorms, rain, being frustrated, confused, chocking actions, loss of balance, distress, fear and strong waves strongly lead to drowning in open waters even though when, wearing a lifejacket. Due to cold waters, a victim can suffer from hypothermia which causes death rapidly even when wearing a lifejacket. The life savers who are the other alternative to rescue may not be aware of the drowning people and their locations. This is because drowning victims cannot give a signal to attract the lifesaver’s attention.
Many drowning alert systems have been created for the last years but they all base on small ranges of communication. The systems mostly work in swimming pools and small recreation centers. For the sake of transportation, recreation activities in open waters, kayaking, fishing and. so many occasions that lead to drowning are not catered for.
The existing systems us Infrared signals to communicate to the life savers which cannot cover a wide area of communication for example in waterbodies. Some others use cameras to show the picture of what is happening in water. These cameras cannot be used in large open waters but work properly in swimming pools.
These faults can all be solved by the use of drowning alert system which determines the body status of the victim, detects drowning automatically and uses GSM to communicate to the software interface of the life savers. The software interface is being held in the command center or the lifesavers.
