john.robert_mcpherson
28 Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC training Indonesians in Cardio Pulmonary Resusitation, Waja SLSC, Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977
28 Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC training Indonesians in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation, Waja SLSC, Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977
The ABC of lifesaving, 'Airway, Breathing, Circulation', makes perfect sense in English. Our challenge was how to move proven training techniques into a different linguistic and cultural context. We seemed to succeed as the trainees found ways to grasp and remember concepts and mnemonic acronyms presented to them in English and from English language textbooks.
The redoubtable Australian surf lifesavers' Blue Book with its encyclopedia of information was never far away during instruction, and if the text at times posed difficulties of comprehension for the Indonesians the excellent illustrations spoke in any language. I always thought of the Blue Book as a product of a Soviet Design Bureau. The genius of the Bureaus was to understand that once a design left their office it would be completely in the hands of disinterested incompetents who would take it through manufacture, use, and on to disposal. Designs therefore had to be simple as well as effective. Witness the AK47 Kalashnikov assault rifle, the T55 tank and the Soyuz space capsule. Venerable, proven products that most simpletons can use effectively. The Blue Book was a good example of complex information presented in an easily comprehensible manner.
28 Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC training Indonesians in Cardio Pulmonary Resusitation, Waja SLSC, Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977
28 Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC training Indonesians in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation, Waja SLSC, Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977
The ABC of lifesaving, 'Airway, Breathing, Circulation', makes perfect sense in English. Our challenge was how to move proven training techniques into a different linguistic and cultural context. We seemed to succeed as the trainees found ways to grasp and remember concepts and mnemonic acronyms presented to them in English and from English language textbooks.
The redoubtable Australian surf lifesavers' Blue Book with its encyclopedia of information was never far away during instruction, and if the text at times posed difficulties of comprehension for the Indonesians the excellent illustrations spoke in any language. I always thought of the Blue Book as a product of a Soviet Design Bureau. The genius of the Bureaus was to understand that once a design left their office it would be completely in the hands of disinterested incompetents who would take it through manufacture, use, and on to disposal. Designs therefore had to be simple as well as effective. Witness the AK47 Kalashnikov assault rifle, the T55 tank and the Soyuz space capsule. Venerable, proven products that most simpletons can use effectively. The Blue Book was a good example of complex information presented in an easily comprehensible manner.