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SWBStadtwerke Bonn
SWBStandard Wheel Base (vehicles)
SWBScranton Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania region)
SWBShort Wheel Base
SWBShort Wide Bed (trucks)
SWBSubjective Well-Being (psychology)
SWBSoil Water Balance
SWBSecure Web Browser
SWBSystem Work Blocks
SWBScripts Web Browser
SWBSouthwestern Bell
SWBSouth Wales Borderers (Regiment of the British Army)
SWBSummary of World Broadcasts (British Broadcasting Corporation)
SWBSwitchboard
SWBSteel Wire Braid (cable)
SWBSocial Welfare Board
SWBSouthwest Border
SWBSocial Well-Being
SWBSea Waybill (non-negotiable marine transport document)
SWBSkinny White Boy
SWBShallow Water Blackout (free diving)
SWBSilver War Badge (UK)
SWBSlyck Wagner Brown (professional wrestler)
SWBSolar Wasserstoff Bayern, GmbH
SWBSkirts with Benefits (Title Nine clothing)
SWBStrafwetboek (Belgium)
SWBSales Work Bench (software)
SWBSoftware Blocking
SWBSir William Borlase's School (UK)
SWBSmall Wheel Base (automobiles)
SWBSpray Water Bottle (product; various companies)
SWBStorm Weather-Base
SWBSuncoast Workforce Board (Florida)
SWBSoccer Without Borders (San Francisco, CA)
SWBSports without Boundaries (Laveen, AZ)
SWBScottish Widows Bank (UK)
SWBSchool without Borders (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
SWBScott Weis Band (band)
SWBSalaries, Wages and Benefits
SWBSymphonic Wind Band
SWBSparse Wideband (Omnisense Ltd.)
SWBScheduled Weather Broadcast
SWBSport Without Borders
SWBShort-wave Broadcast
SWBSemi-Weekly Broadcast
SWBSliding Window Buffer (ITU-T)
SWBSouth-West Bound
SWBSandia Wind Balloon
SWBSingle Well Battery
SWBSouthwestern Motor Freight Bureau, Inc.
SWBSwanton, Vermont (border patrol sector)
SWBStandard White Bread
SWBStefan Ward Band (band)
SWBSisters without Boundaries (Wake Forest, NC)
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References in periodicals archive
Shallow Water Blackout (SWB) results from hyperventilating or taking a series of short breaths before going underwater.
An organization called Shallow Water Blackout Prevention has started a movement to increase awareness and promote prevention after the death of Gene "Whitner" Milner, who died at the age of 25 in his family's swimming pool.
The website (www.scuba-doc.com) further explains that "medical researchers feel that many pool deaths, classified as drownings, are really the result of shallow water blackout. Most victims are male adolescents and young adults attempting competitive endurance breath-holding, frequently on a dare.
Shallow water blackout
The group was taught how to choose a mask that fits, de-fog the mask, clear their snorkel, avoid shallow water blackout, and use proper kick techniques.
Hope for Haiti's reefs
"We go uptil 30m but even then there is always the risk of shallow water blackout, so a group of people is good.
Off the beaten track
Dr Ian Roberts, a forensic pathologist, examined the former county swimmer's body, concluding the cause of death was drowning associated with a shallow water blackout. He told the inquest Mr Dunkley, who had also represented Oxfordshire as a 400 and 800 metre runner, may have passed out returning to the surface after staying underwater too long and starving his brain of oxygen.
He lived life at full throttle; TRAGIC DIVE DEATH OF REEF RESEARCHER, 28
Dr Ian Roberts, a forensic pathologist, concluded the cause of death was drowning associated with a shallow water blackout.
Marine conservationist drowned diving on reef; STUDENT WAS RESEARCHING FOR MASTER'S AT BANGOR
One example of the lack of research: "shallow water blackout" can only occur when coming up from depth.
I apologize for borrowing the term "shallow water blackout." But while not technically the same, pool blackouts are very similar to open water shallow water blackouts.
It expresses the dangers of shallow water blackouts, but doesn't give swimmers and coaches guidelines for effective and safe training techniques.
Breath holding needs more explanation, research
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