The American Red Cross Lifeguarding course aims to provide entry-level lifeguard participants with the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize, and respond to aquatic emergencies, and provide care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries, and sudden illnesses until emergency medical services personnel take over. This is a great opportunity to get your lifeguard certification and guarantee yourself a summer job!
Day 2
Today, we were back in the pool. We learned about both rear and front passive rescues, submerged victim rescues, two-person removals with backboards, and spinal injury rescues. Teams worked on practicing the timed skills we will be assessed on later in the week. We also learned some shallow and deep water life-saving skills.
Tomorrow, we will spend time in the classroom working on CPR and First Aid.
Day 3
Today was not the most exciting day for the students. They spent the morning learning CPR for adults and infants, using an AED, as well as first aid skills. In the afternoon, they were in the classroom and worked hard to get through the online material to become a lifeguard and help them study for the written portion of the lifeguard test.
Day 4
The students started the day finishing up the lecture from yesterday before taking the written portion of their lifeguarding test.
Then, the students had to pass an individual test before becoming lifeguards. The test consisted of a deepwater victim rescue, removal of the victim from the water on a backboard with help, and finally administering CPR.
The last step to becoming a lifeguard was a team test, demonstrating those same skills while working together to make a rescue and administer CPR. They made it, officially lifeguards!
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