My new career: Asynchronous Swimming / water acrobatics.

IF there is one thing that I have learned  over the years in medicine, It's the importance of diversifying and having other skills to offer.  Because you never know when you may be looking for a  new job.  The following clip  is from my audition for the Asynchronous swimming team on the Jade!

video clip courtesy of Karina Mujica

 vidiography & back ground vocals by Sonia Cota!

OK so I don't have the legs to be a underwater ballerina! I did learn some valuable water survival lessons, and we did provide entertainment for the passengers who had not gone ashore!  The benefits of forming a tight  circle of survivors  in the water: conserves heat, easier for rescuers to spot and helps keep moral up.   The modified conga line is a great way to get a whole group of swimmers to move in mass and make certain that no one is left behind!   

The last part  of the training was how to right an over turned life raft.  It can be a  challenging task!  Lesson learned:  it is vitally important to keep your feet firmly planted on the CO2 tank when flipping the raft!  Failure to do so can result in an embarrassing fall, not to mention sutures of the elbow 2nd to an unplanned meeting with the afore mentioned CO2 tank.

Step 1: Climb onto the upside down life raft.

Step 2: Get the straps in hand and then stand on the CO2 tank!

Step 3: You must convince the raft that it WANTS
to turn over! Karina demonstrates the proper
technique!

Step 4: Hang on and wait for the splash
Micheal, The safety instructor who is behind me in the pool looks scared!  Probably
with good reason!

Fortunately the safety training is over!  I survived the class and the test as well!  Now the only thing I have left is the oral exam on Wednesday, and get the sutures out next Friday!