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Re:Top Paid LA Lifeguards Earned Up to $392k in 2019 by bmitc on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:22PM (#26624173)
Accurately calculating the risk of a lifeguard job seems tough to me. It seems to me it’s a rather binary risk. You either don’t drown or you drown, but obviously the less probable of those outcomes is very serious. In other dangerous jobs, there is more of a gradient of danger.
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Re:Top Paid LA Lifeguards Earned Up to $392k in 2019 by Retric on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:39PM (#26624450)
Saving a panicky drowning person can involve them punching you etc. Local hazards can include sea life, infections, debris, rocks etc leading to a host of serious injuries.
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Re:Top Paid LA Lifeguards Earned Up to $392k in 2019 by kevin_thibedeau on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:43PM (#26624517)
Lifeguards are taught to push dangerous panicky people under the water and approach from behind to reduce their threat.
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