Our research team hope that a more collaborative model of risk reduction will cut the toll on our country’s coast
Last weekend a team from the University of Melbourne, members of Life Saving Victoria and lifeguards from the Lorne surf club undertook 12 skill development sessions with approximately 250 beachgoers, conducting 82 follow-up interviews. This effort builds on a pilot study last year that asked beachgoers how lifeguards could better support members of the public. A common response was to request the training needed to be safer on Australian beaches.
Existing understanding of rip formation, identification and escape was relatively poor, but learning was effective when lifeguards were able to point to features in the sea and explain the underlying processes driving formation. Participants were able to recount the lessons to researchers, demonstrating clear learning.
Participants learned and accepted that panic, stress and exhaustion all contribute to poor decision making, meaning we ought not expect people to make rational decisions during a crisis.
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