Kelly Martinez posted, It is REALLY scary stuff. After the AOAP Conference in 2012, and many sessions discussing why people are still drowning in lifeguarded facilities when negligence is not a factor, we decided to test our pools this summer. We found that our lifeguards are really good with recognizing and responding to an active or distressed victim, but when tested, our guards rarely recognized a victim that wasn't moving. For a few years now, we have been training dropping silhouettes, Vigilant Voice, Count to 10 and GO, Disappearing Dummies, no long breath holding, etc. so we thought we were pretty safe. Not so!!! We started using a secret victim (not a guard in a red suit) and had them play in the pool for a little while and then float face down (they used a straw to breath so they