SWBA® imapereka chitetezo cha kupuma pamtunda wamadzi kwa akatswiri opulumutsa madzi osefukira komanso njira yopulumukira magalimoto omira.
Mu 1942, Jacques-Yves Cousteau ndi Émile Gagnan adapanga chida choyamba chodalirika komanso chochita bwino pamalonda cha Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA), chodziwika kuti Aqua-Lung. Mu 1945, Scott Aviation adagwira ntchito ndi dipatimenti yozimitsa moto ku New York kuti ayambe kukhazikitsidwa koyamba kwa AirPac, Chida Chodzipangira Chopumira (SCBA) chozimitsa moto.
Ngakhale njira zopulumutsira madzi mwachangu zidayamba kuonekera m'ma 1970, kuchepetsa ziwopsezo zomwe zidawopseza chitetezo cha opulumutsira zimayang'ana kwambiri pakupanga zida za Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs). Komabe, ngakhale mutakhala ndi PFD yamphamvu kwambiri, Kumira kumatha kuchitika chifukwa cholakalaka pang'ono ngati supuni ya tiyi yamadzi. Njira yokhayo yotsimikizirika yopeŵera kumira ndi kupewa kulakalaka madzi, ndipo zimenezi zingatheke kokha ndi chitetezo cha kupuma.
Monga SCUBA ndi SCBA nthawi zambiri zimakhala zazikulu komanso zolemetsa, sizoyenera kupulumutsa madzi mwachangu. Mu 2022, Mtsogoleri wa PSI Dr Steve Glassey, ndi Mtengo IPSQA Swift Water Rescue Assessor, adayambitsa mayesero kuti agwiritsenso ntchito Emergency Breathing Systems (EBS) pofuna ntchito zopulumutsa madzi mofulumira, zomwe zinapangidwa "Swift Water Breathing Apparatus" kapena SWBA. EBS ndi makina a mini-SCUBA omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi oyendetsa ndege kuti athawe ndege zomwe zatsika m'madzi. Amagwiritsidwanso ntchito poyenda panyanja ndi m'malo ena apanyanja kuti athawe zombo zomira kapena kugubuduzika. Komabe, palibe miyezo yomwe imayang'anira EBS yomwe ili yoyenera kupulumutsa madzi mwachangu.
Dr Glassey, yemwenso ndi a PADI Public Safety Diver, adagwira ntchito ndi akatswiri amakampani ndi maloya kuti apange njira yotseguka Upangiri Wabwino Wogwiritsa Ntchito - Zida Zopumira Madzi Othamanga komanso adapanga chiphaso chokhacho cha SWBA pa intaneti ndi kutsimikizira pa intaneti nthawi yeniyeni kwa iwo omwe ali ndi zidziwitso zodziwikiratu zopulumutsira madzi mwachangu komanso zodumphira pansi. SWBA idakhala chizindikiro cholembetsedwa mu 2023 ndipo itha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi chilolezo. Kugwiritsa ntchito mwachizolowezi SWBA mounting system, mankhwala ovomerezeka amtundu wa SWBA amatha kuikidwa ku ma PFD osiyanasiyana kuti agwiritse ntchito EBS m'madzi othamanga.