Ric Neubert Elected Chairman AAPA
The President and CEO of Delta Companies Inc., Ric Neubert, elected the Chairman of the Arkansas Asphalt Pavement Association (AAPA)
during the Association’s Annual Convention in Hot Springs, AR, on April 4th.
During Mr. Neubert’s acceptance speech, he challenged the membership and the asphalt paving community to keep safety at the forefront of
our operations; provide value to our customers, especially since the citizens of Arkansas have twice voted to invest in the state’s infrastructure
in as many years; and to remember we are not finished with finding funding solutions to the ever-growing need for capacity improvements
and maintenance of Arkansas’ infrastructure.
The Mission of AAPA is “Quality asphalt through communication, design, research, and
education.”
The Goals of AAPA are to:
• Support quality asphalt research and design
• Improve communications in public and private sectors
of industry
• Liaison to peer groups, i.e., AGC, ABC, Asphalt Institute, etc.
• Governmental liaison
- City
- County
- State
- Federal
• Education concerning benefits of
asphalt usage
Congratulations Chairman Ric Neubert!
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
The warm summer months are approaching, and many will take to the water. Drowning is the number two cause of accidental deaths in the U.S. behind automobile
crashes for children under the age of 15.
Conditioned by media, many are led to believe that when someone in the water is drowning, they will be splashing around violently, waving their arms above their
head and screaming loudly for help. In actuality, none of the above is true. This certainly does not mean that a person thrashing around and yelling for help is not
in real trouble, but that person is not actually drowning. What that person is experiencing is called “aquatic distress” which might but not always occur before they
actually start to drown. Obviously, anyone in aquatic distress needs help and it is imperative to get to the person as soon as possible and perform a rescue.
It is very important to be aware that not all people will experience aquatic distress prior to actually drowning. It is possible that they may make no sound at all and
exhibit no splashing. They may be in what is known as the “Instinctive Drowning Response”. If someone is exhibiting the following, the person most probably is in
fact in the process of drowning.
1) Drowning people are usually unable to call out for help. This is because
speech is a secondary function of the respiratory system and not the primary
function which is breathing. If a person is called to and say nothing, do not
assume the lack of response means that the person did not hear you. They
may already be drowning.
2) Drowning people’s mouths alternate going from below to above the water.
They are not above the water long enough to exhale and call out for help.
Exhaling and inhaling happen very rapidly before sinking below the water
again.
3) Drowning people are not capable of raising their arms above their heads.
They instinctively push down on the water in an attempt to leverage their
body to lift their mouth out of the water.
4) Drowning people cannot control their arm movements and are incapable of
waving, moving toward a rescuer or reaching out for an object such as a
rescue ring or rope.
5) A drowning victim will remain upright in the water with no evidence of a
supporting kick from the beginning to the end of the drowning response.
Other signs of drowning include:
• Head low in the water, mouth at water level
• Head tilted back with mouth open
• Glassy eyes unable to focus or eyes closed
• Hair over forehead or eyes
• Not using legs, no vertical kick
• Hyperventilating
• Appear to be trying to swim but not making progress
• Appear as if trying to roll over on back
• Appear as if they climbing a ladder
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Watch for these signs and everyone can help keep others safe this summer.
Delta Triangle Newsletter 2014 | ISSUE 2