Do Lifeguards Monitor the Events They Should?

Lyndsey K Lanagan-Leitzel; Cathleen M Moore

doi:10.25035/ijare.04.03.04

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Do Lifeguards Monitor the Events They Should?

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Do Lifeguards Monitor the Events They Should?

Lyndsey K Lanagan-Leitzel and Cathleen M Moore

International journal of aquatic research and education (Champaign, Ill.), Vol.4(3), pp.241-256

08/2010

DOI: 10.25035/ijare.04.03.04

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Abstract

Lifeguard training texts suggest that a lifeguard should continually scan their zone of coverage, carefully examining patrons whose behavior is consistent with drowning or distress. The current study examined whether lifeguard performance is consistent with these specifications, and whether these behaviors have enough visual interest to attract the gaze of non-lifeguards looking for drowning behaviors (“trained”) or those who were given no specified target (“naïve”). Participants viewed video clips of natural swimming taken from three aquatic locations while an eye-tracker recorded their eye position. Lifeguard performance was to some extent consistent with the specifications above, although on many measures it was not statistically better than briefly-trained participants. Implications for future research and training are considered.

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Title: Subtitle: Do Lifeguards Monitor the Events They Should?
Creators: Lyndsey K Lanagan-Leitzel
Cathleen M Moore
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: International journal of aquatic research and education (Champaign, Ill.), Vol.4(3), pp.241-256
DOI: 10.25035/ijare.04.03.04
ISSN: 1932-9253
eISSN: 1932-9253
Language: English
Date published: 08/2010
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center
Record Identifier: 9984214752102771

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