Poseidon helps prevent drowning accidents

Germany, March 2004

The Poseidon system helped lifeguards detect and rescue an elderly drowning victim in a German pool. The accident happened during the lunch hour, when a man suffered a heart attack during his regular swim session. He quickly sunk to the bottom of the pool at the deep end. Ten seconds later, the Poseidon system detected him and sounded the alarm to lifeguards, who rescued the victim and pulled him out of the water. Pictures below, recorded by the system in real time, reveal the details of the dramatic incident as it unfolded.

Images 1 and 2 Victim starts to sink and reaches the bottom of the pool, still moving. Other swimmers in pool unaware of victim

Images 3 and 4 Alarm triggered

Images 5 and 6 Lifeguard dives in to save victim

Ancenis – November 28, 2000

A young French teenager was out for his usual swim one night. Suddenly something went wrong. He sank to the bottom of the pool, unseen by the lifeguards on duty. Poseidon detected him, alerted the lifeguards, and he was saved. In less than thirty seconds.

Some images from the drowning:
 

Download what the cameras saw (Animated gif: 7MB)