That is the same exact risk that anyone trying to prevent a drowning faces.
You’re negating the fact that non-suicidal people being rescued will not actively try to harm you or prevent their own rescue once the panic subsides. Many people in this thread do not understand the risk a rescuer would face in this situation. Your first duty is ALWAYS to your own safety so that, at minimum, you don’t compound the problem.
You’re negating the fact that non-suicidal people being rescued will not actively try to harm you or prevent their own rescue once the panic subsides
I’m guessing you have zero experience or training on this subject? Drowning people usually don’t stop panicking until they loose consciousness, or are back on land and have stopped hyperventilating. You literally just put them in a headlock and something to grab at that isn’t you.
You are also conflating suicidal behavior with homicidal behavior, just because someone is having a mental health crisis doesn’t mean they are inherently violent.
You’re negating the fact that non-suicidal people being rescued will not actively try to harm you or prevent their own rescue once the panic subsides. Many people in this thread do not understand the risk a rescuer would face in this situation. Your first duty is ALWAYS to your own safety so that, at minimum, you don’t compound the problem.
I’m guessing you have zero experience or training on this subject? Drowning people usually don’t stop panicking until they loose consciousness, or are back on land and have stopped hyperventilating. You literally just put them in a headlock and something to grab at that isn’t you.
You are also conflating suicidal behavior with homicidal behavior, just because someone is having a mental health crisis doesn’t mean they are inherently violent.