@article{ref1,
title="The influence of familiarity on life jacket donning performance: Implications for participant selection",
journal="International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics",
year="2011",
author="MacDonald, Conor Vaughan and Brooks, Christopher James and Kozey, John William and Habib, Anthony",
volume="17",
number="1",
pages="15-23",
abstract="Laboratories and test houses keep a &quot;pool&quot; of test subjects that volunteer to be participants in life jacket approval testing, which is believed to be an incorrect procedure. Fifty-six participants donned 8 child/infant life jackets onto 4 infant manikins in random order with time and accuracy of donning recorded. Average donning time for all 8 life jackets decreased significantly after the first donning experience. The findings show that the effect of familiarity occurs immediately after the first test, regardless of life jacket type, thus &quot;contaminating&quot; the subject and making them unsuitable for further tests. These observations are important for life jacket standards where the life jacket must be donned by a naïve participant. Currently, a poorly designed life jacket may receive a pass as a result of the learning effect as shown by participants with previous donning experiences.  Keywords: Drowning; Drowning Prevention; Water Safety <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1080-3548",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}