Water Rescue Training to Improve the Ability of Waterfall Tourism Managers in Helping Drowning Victims (Study at Nglirip Waterfall Tourism, Singgahan, Tuban)

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of water rescue training on the ability of waterfall tourism managers to help drowning victims at the Nglirip waterfall tourist location, Singgahan, Tuban, Indonesia. This experimental study used one-group pretest-posttest designs. The sample was selected by simple random sampling technique. The instruments used are standard operating procedures and questionnaires. Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon test. The results showed that p-value = 0.000, so it was concluded that water rescue training had an effect on the ability of waterfall tourism managers to help drowning victims.
Keywords: training; water rescue; aid for drowning victims