View from the Pool

Poolview's Robin McGloughlin in  conversation with Gary Johnson, an Australian lifeguard trainer and industry guru.  
Todays topic is "Face Masks" and we are not talking about the ones we see at Halloween!! 
Gary provides some fascinating insight into the history of resuscitation in Australia, 1960's risk free medical experiments, AED's, CPR Face Shields and finally Tamworths equivalent of "Red" in Back to the Future!
A great listen for anyone who wants to understand the Australian perspective. Read the follow up blog on www.viewfromthepool.com 

Poolview's Robin McGloughlin in  conversation with Robin Mitchell of Pioneering Pool Solutions. He has over 20 years experience in the swimming pool industry including 5 years in operational management as well as 7 years working within the swimming pool chemical industry. From Lifeguard to company owner,  Robin's has had quite a journey so far - not forgetting dancing to the Shamen with Mrs Baxter (soup) back in the mid 90's!!

Poolview's Robin McGloughlin in  conversation with David Monkhouse of 
Leisure-net Solutions and active-net in the UK. Commencing with David's early days as a Lifeguard through to Leisure Manager, joining SLM, Y2K end of the world meetings (who remembers those?), IT expertise, Quest and eventually through to the formation of Leisure-net with business partner Mike Hill. 
Forming a new Hockey Club, Petting Zoo's, Zoom, Covid and the vastness of Australia all get a mention along the way too.

Poolview's Robin McGloughlin in  conversation with Andy Read, Head of Safety - Places Leisure. The conversation covers 80's leisure, CCT, the introduction of Automated External Defibrillators, (Andy is a member of the "I survived with some help from an  AED club"). We chat about his campaign to introduce more AED's into the community and finally discuss his new initiative to introduce protocols and make available, Leisure Centre's outdoor activity areas and car parks for the air ambulance to land on in an emergency.

Poolview's Robin McGloughlin in  conversation with Gary Johnson, an Australian lifeguard trainer and industry guru.  Amongst the topics discussed are Gary's innovative and challenging High Intensity Lifeguard training techniques, which are covered for other trainers to try for themselves . Face masks, purple gloves, Caveman "fight or flight" and Fairy Liquid all get a mention too.