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Mindlessness to Mindfulness

With the big Memorial Day weekend coming up to kick off the traditional summer season, we hope lifeguards will make every attempt to convert “mindlessness” to “mindfulness.” In a survey we recently conducted and published in IJARE, vol. 7, issue 1 with nearly 900 lifeguards, one of the most common responses lifeguards said they feel while lifeguarding is “bored” and “boredom” while providing visual surveillance. One lifeguard even described his or her tour of duty on the stand as “…mind…See More

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Dave Allen commented on Tom Griffiths's blog post SWB: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back

"Here is the story from Santa Cruz about a 10 year old swim team member that had to be revived with CPR. The coaches are going to continue to do the same hypoxic training but do a "better job" of educating their…"

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SWB: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back

Just when the major water safety agencies (ARC, YMCA, NSPF and others) come together to ban excessive and prolonged underwater swimming and breath-holding to combat unconsciousness and drowning, the media kicks it up a notch by glorifying this deadly practice. The movie Chasing Mavericks is a must see for anyone in water safety. This story about a young boy who trains to become a world class big wave surfer, repeatedly shows his breath-holding antics, in the classroom, in his bathtub, in the…See More

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Tom Griffiths commented on Gary Thill's blog post Showflation

"Yes, in a perfect world fewer conferences may be better by being more efficient, but of course it’s not Utopia out there. As I have discovered more recently, different conferences seem to attract very diverse audiences. AOAP and NDPA are two…"

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John Tuohy commented on Tom Griffiths's blog post When it comes to your EAP - Don't Blow it!

"Short blasts? Long blasts? One, two, three blasts? His blast, her blast, my blast, your blast?.... Blow an air horn! Brilliant Tom."

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Mario Vittone commented on Tom Griffiths's blog post When it comes to your EAP - Don't Blow it!

"I agree - an emergency should be communicated with it's own distinct sound, leaving no question about the communication. In the Coast Guard, nothing sounded like the "SAR Alarm" - you knew if you heard it, you were headed to the…"

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Jim Wheeler commented on Tom Griffiths's blog post When it comes to your EAP - Don't Blow it!

"Good point Tom and Steve, we atarted using airhorns in Walnut Creek in 1976. I have been a huge advocate for them since and most of my client facilities use them still today."

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Tom Griffiths commented on Tom Griffiths's blog post When it comes to your EAP - Don't Blow it!

"Good Thoughts Steve! It has been my experience that often when an emergency strikes, some lifeguards either can't blow the whistle due to hyperventilation from anxiety or react to the emergency without blowing the whistle, both of which…"

Mar 27

Stephen Keifer commented on Tom Griffiths's blog post When it comes to your EAP - Don't Blow it!

"Hey Tom, Good topic! I know from my observations visiting pools that a variety of whistle signals are used for the same thing, depending on the pool supervisor. I also see that most every site I looked at on the internet had a different…"

Mar 27

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When it comes to your EAP - Don't Blow it!

As we prepare for summer and reexamine our Emergency Action Plans (EAP), I believe the trusty lifeguard whistle should now be scrutinized for its role when a catastrophe strikes. When investigations take place after a drowning or other serious water emergency, the actual use of the whistle often comes into question. Because the whistle is used in aquatic facilities for a variety of reasons (communications, rule enforcement, emergencies) often there is misuse and miscommunication surrounding…See More

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Michele O'Donnell commented on Tom Griffiths's blog post March is the Month for Opportunity!!!

"Drowning Prevention definitely a passion of the Y. Wish I could make it this year. Tom is a great speaker and motivator. Thanks for joining us last May in Pa. Have Fun !"

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March is the Month for Opportunity!!!

Two exciting conferences are coming up soon and all aquatic professionals should do their best to be there. One is the Association of Aquatic Professionals (AOAP), March 3 March 6 in Austin, TX and the other is National Drowning Prevention Alliance(NDPA) in Ft. Lauderdale March 13-15, 2013. While both conferences offer excellent educational and networking possibilities, they do cater to slightly different audiences. AOAP tends to draw aquatic professionals working at municipal pools, YMCA,…See More

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Mindlessness to Mindfulness

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:52am 0 Comments 0 Likes

With the big Memorial Day weekend coming up to kick off the traditional summer season, we hope lifeguards will make every attempt to convert “mindlessness” to “mindfulness.” In a survey we recently conducted and published in IJARE, vol. 7, issue 1 with nearly 900 lifeguards, one of the most common responses lifeguards said they feel while lifeguarding is “bored” and “boredom” while providing visual surveillance.

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SWB: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back

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March is the Month for Opportunity!!!

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When it comes to your EAP - Don't Blow it!

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What is Your New Year’s Resolution for Your Aquatic Facility/Program?

Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Some people say that New Year’s Resolutions aren’t any good. They don’t work and they won’t last. But I disagree. For quite some time now I have picked a professional project to initiate as my New Year’s Resolution.

I actually came up with this idea at my very first job as a young adolescent working at a lake in New Jersey. Frank Murray was an apple farmer who could not swim but he ran one heck of a swimming hole that turned into a prototype for today’s water…

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At 1:44pm on December 1, 2010, Jim Reiser said…: Hi Tom,

Listen to my blog when you get a chance. I mention the Note & Float and your website.

thanks!
jim

At 3:52pm on August 16, 2010, Jim Reiser said…: You're welcome Tom!

jim

At 9:49am on August 12, 2010, Jim Reiser said…: Hi Tom,

Just linked your "Note and Float" site up on two blogs. One on my AI Connect blog I posted today and one on my www.SwimProfessor.com blog I posted yesterday.

Jim Reiser
jreiser@swimprofessor.com

At 9:32am on April 21, 2010, glenn pang said…: Hi Tom, It was real great to finally get a chance to meet you personally. Aloha glenn

At 6:39am on September 17, 2009, Robert E. Ogoreuc said…: See you got linkedin in working. Talk soon.

Bob