Table 1.
Examples of questions asked in the ‘Citizen Lifesavers Survey’.
Note that some questions are slightly modified from versions in the actual survey (S1 Appendix).
Table 2.
Details about the bystander survey respondents at the time of completing the survey in relation to gender, age, number of rescues performed/type of waterway and if they were working in water safety.
The total survey sample size was n = 243. Values in bold represent maximums for relevant categories. Shaded areas were found to be statistically significant.
Table 3.
Details about the bystander and their most recent rescue.
Values and percentages under the ‘Water Safety Training Column’ are based on sample sizes shown in left hand column (with the exception of ‘Gender of Bystander’). Values in bold represent maximums for relevant categories. Shaded areas were found to be statistically significant. Asterisks represent the significance level of the relationship, where * = p ≤ 0.05; ** = p ≤ 0.01 and *** = p ≤ 0.001.
Table 4.
Details surrounding the context of the bystanders’ most recent rescue.
Values in bold represent maximums for relevant categories. Shaded areas were found to be statistically significant. Asterisks represent the significance level of the relationship, where * = p ≤ 0.05; ** = p ≤ 0.01 and *** = p ≤ 0.001.
Fig 1.
The number of rescuees involved in the bystanders’ most recent rescue.
Gender differences are indicated based on the number of rescuees involved in the rescues.
Table 5.
Bystanders’ reflections on their most recent rescue.
Percentages are indicated in parentheses with those in italics related to sample sizes shown in italics. Values in bold represent maximums for relevant categories. Shaded areas were found to be statistically significant. Asterisks represent the significance level of the relationship, where * = p ≤ 0.05; ** = p ≤ 0.01 and *** = p ≤ 0.001.
Fig 2.
Actions that bystander rescuers’ indicated they would undertake differently if they had to perform a similar rescue in future (n = 40).
Table 6.
Characteristics and differences of bystander rescuers and rescues between Australian aquatic environments.