This summer, there have been alarms about several drowning incidents, and last week a woman died on Gotland.

According to Tord Thuresson, security manager at Tofta lifesaving station on Gotland, the lifeguards' work is usually about 80 percent on land and 20 percent in the water.

This year, that figure has changed.

More and more of the lifeguards' work is now taking place in the water and Thuresson says that the figure is now 50-50.

- We have a lot of people on Gotland this year.

It is clear that the more people who bathe, the greater the risk that things will happen, says Tord Thuresson.

Preventive work

The lifeguards' work involves, among other things, patching up someone who has been injured on land and retrieving people from the water that is floating too far out.

Thuresson says that a large part of the work is preventive.

- We steer clear before something has happened.

See the Swedish Lifesaving Society tell in the clip below how to act if someone is drowning.

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Your actions can save lives!

Mikael Olausson from the Swedish Lifesaving Society gives his best advice on how to act if you discover that someone is drowning.

Photo: Photo: SVT / Sebastian Strandberg