Recently added articles from Aquatics International:
'Crisis' handled well.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2006; ... I want to congratulate you on the outstanding article "Surviving a Crisis" in your May 2006 issue. This is, without question, the best article on the subject I have seen. Training guards and other aquatics management personnel on "Surviving a Crisis" may be a wake-up call to ...
Training daze: the waterpark industry should develop standards for training water ride operators.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2006; ... Fractured skulls, amputated feet and bruised vertebrae. Not exactly the stuff of waterpark promotional brochures, but they all happened on water rides in the United States and Canada. And they all made quite a splash in local and even national media. Headlines such as "Boy's ...
Wear the rescue tube.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2006; ... I appreciate the focus on lifeguarding and lifeguard management in the May issue. Both articles, "Managing Your Best" and "Guarding Against Misconceptions," were well-written and informative. I was, however, disappointed with the photograph chosen to accompany the "Managing ...
Water ride injuries.(THE BUZZ: INDUSTRY TRENDS WORTH WATCHING)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2006; ... A 9-year-old's forehead was broken in four places and eyesockets shattered after she and her brother were sent too early down a slide and crashed into their dad at a Salt Lake City park; the boy suffered a concussion and lost teeth. Both feet were amputated on a 7-year-old boy whose foot ...
Woodsy waterparks: campgrounds add waterparks to draw families and extend seasons.(CAMPGROUND WATERPARKS)
Sep 01, 2006; ... Activities now available at your local campgrounds: floating down lazy rivers, rafting into unknown caverns, jumping down tumbling flails, scrambling through grottos and splashing away summer days by the riverbank. A typical outing in the woods? Sure ... if you add chlorine to ...