What is the lifeguard manual?

The American Red Cross lifeguarding manual provides important safety information along with the necessary tools and techniques needed when caring for those in and around water. You can purchase the American Red Cross Lifeguard Manual on the Red Cross Store.

What does BSI stand for in lifeguarding?

The Basic Swim Instructor (BSI) BSI candidates are not required to perform advanced swimming strokes and skills such as butterfly, backstroke and diving.

What does SDS stand for in lifeguarding?

Material Safety Data Sheet. OSHA. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. PFD. Personal Flotation Device.

How long is a lifeguard stand?

Lifeguards should be able to recognize and respond to a drowning victim within 30 seconds. Able to keep their face out of the water. Able to call for help.

What should you do during an extrication procedure lifeguard?

If the victim is in the water and is breathing, you and at least one assisting lifeguard will try to minimize movement of the head, neck and spine during extrication, using a spinal backboarding procedure to extricate the victim from the water.

What is the squeeze play technique in lifeguarding?

Also known as: A technique similar to the vice grip, used to stabilize a standing or sitting guest who is displaying the signs and symptoms of a spinal injury.

What does Rice lifeguarding mean?

For sprains remember RICE: Rest, Immobilize, Cold, Elevate.

What is a shallow water lifeguard?

Shallow water lifeguarding refers to facilities that have water five feet in depth or less. Shallow water lifeguard jobs require you to know how to prevent and handle emergencies in entry-level shallow water.

Is it hard to pass lifeguard test?

Lifeguarding tests, in my experience, are generally so easy that if passing them is a concern, you should reconsider an occupation where people’s lives can depend on your swimming ability.

How many laps is a 300 yard swim?

six laps
What does swimming 300 yards, six laps in the YWCA pool, without stopping feel like? It’s hard for me, sometimes, not to think about other triathletes to whom this looks as easy as walking and get discouraged because it sometimes feels to me like climbing Everest.

Is the Red Cross lifeguard manual industry standard?

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What do you need to know to become a lifeguard?

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How to become a certified lifeguard in Kentucky?

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How to become a Red Cross lifeguard in Maryland?

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