Between the Waves

NASBLA

An audio series to discuss topics important to today's water safety professionals.

  1. 23/06/2021

    Processing Risk

    This episode takes a look at how we employ the availability heuristic or in easier terms availability bias -- a mental shortcut we use based on a much more powerful and vivid, or immediately available example, stories or experiences to judge the imaginability or the probability of something happening to us, or others, rather than what the data bears out.

  2. 27/04/2021

    The PLAN

    A discussion about the National Water Safety Action Plan and the Working Group on Life Jackets/PFDs/and other Floatation Devices. Find more details at www.watersafetyusa.org/nwsap

  3. 16/03/2021

    Golden Nuggets of the National Defense Bill of 2021

    On this episode we discuss some of the hidden gems of HR 6395, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 Act, that have a direct impact on the recreational boating safety.

  4. 26/01/2021

    Oxygen - The Wonder Drug

    Oxygen - The Wonder Drug

  5. 02/12/2020

    Neuroplasticity of the Brain and Boating

    The episode explores the neuroplasticity of the human brain and why the boating environment creates a beginner's gauntlet to become a safe and successful boater.

  6. 05/10/2020

    Swimming Lessons A Cornerstone of R3

    As many in the recreational boating and outdoor communities initiate their "R3" programs, hoping to recruit, retain and reactivate boaters and outdoor enthusiast, is the need for swimming lessons being addressed? Do swim lessons address a foundational barrier to boating and other outdoor activities?

  7. 15/09/2020

    Seatbelts and Airbags...Why not?

    In 2019, the United States Coast Guard indicated in its annual statistics report that the most likely injury to be sustained by an accident victim was lacerations with over 593 occupants receiving one followed closely behind by broken bones at 472. Most lacerations occur on the head or the legs. In this episode we will explore the topics of seatbelts, and airbags, and their potential use in the marine environment.

  8. 26/08/2020

    When Good Intentions Create Bad Outcomes

    Every year, the recreational boating market is flooded with the newest ideas and innovations in technology, which oftentimes may not have gone through the rigorous testing cycle that the consumer expected. Consumers often believe that if a product is available on the shelves, or brought to the market, that is must be reasonably safe. This episode discusses a number of items that have the recreational boating community perplexed, as well as tapping into a national approach that may be needed to help alleviate some of these issues.

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An audio series to discuss topics important to today's water safety professionals.

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  • Creator
    NASBLA
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © NASBLA | 2020
  • Show Website
    Between the Waves