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Images: Rescue in the pool

A pool-monitoring system in Wales spots a motionless child underwater and pages the lifeguard.
By Bill Detwiler, Contributor
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Girl sinks

A pool-monitoring system in Wales on Aug. 28, 2005, spots a young girl sinking in the deep end. The Poseidon system, from Vision IQ, is designed to alert lifeguards in real time and give them the exact location of possible trouble.

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At the bottom

Swimmers at the surface fail to notice the trouble below. And Vision IQ notes that it's "virtually impossible for lifeguards to see everything that is happening in the pool all of the time."

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Locating the child

The Poseidon system responds within seconds, pinpointing the girl's location and paging the lifeguards.

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Lifeguard in action

The girl lies motionless in about 12 feet of water as the lifeguard descends to her position.

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Heading to the surface

Lifeguard and girl head to the surface, where she was rescusitated; the elapsed time of the entire incident, Vision IQ said, was 62 seconds. The girl then was taken to a hospital, where she recovered.

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