Indiana school using high-tech device that alerts lifeguards when someone is drowning
Indiana school using drowning detection headbands
Some schools in Northwest Indiana have a new plan to keep swimmers safe. A new high-tech device that looks like a simple head band can alert lifeguards if someone is drowning. Mark Caron, CEO of Wave Drowning Detection Systems, and Hobart aquatics director Kenneth Cawthon talk more about it.
CHICAGO - Some northwest Indiana schools have a new plan to keep swimmers safe.
It is a high-tech device that looks like a simple headband, but it can alert lifeguards if someone is drowning.
The systems are in use at the Hobart Aquatic Center, but you can buy them for personal use as well.