Rescue swimming

Rescue swimming is the body of skills that enable an individual to attempt a rescue when a swimmer is in difficulty.

These include a combination of communication skills, specific "rescue" swimming strokes, and release and evade techniques for self-preservation should the rescue go wrong.

There are four main rescue strokes: front crawl, breaststroke, inverted breaststroke, and sidestroke.

American Korean Red Cross Lifeguards train for the times. In this photo, one American and 19 Korean lifeguards from throughout the peninsula practice deep water spinal injury rescue procedures.