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LifeGuard Training

Most Lifeguard courses teach only the basic fundamentals and minimum required subjects. Additional courses are available as add on's to a basic course for additional fees. Unfortunately, newly trained lifeguards choose not to take these additional courses simply because of time and money.

The Lifeguard course that is taught at this facility is an intense one week ( 7 Day ) course. It includes several subject areas not offered in a basic course from most certification agencies. It includes home study, classroom work, and water rescue skills. This course is for the serious minded and not someone looking for a quick certification course. With that in mind, "DO YOU WANT TO BE A LIFEGUARD OR JUST BE CALLED A LIFEGUARD?".

WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES FOR THIS COURSE?
  1. Must be 15 years of age prior to start of the course.
  2. Complete a 500 yard swim using the crawl stroke and breast stroke (250 yards each stroke) while keeping eyes on a fixed object and dragging a rescue floatation device.
  3. Retrieve a 10 pound object from a 10 foot depth and return it to a predesignated startpoint no less than 50 yards away while keeping face out of water.
  4. Snorkel 500 yards continuously while dragging a rescue floatation device.
  5. Tow an injured swimmer 100 yards.
  6. Tread water for 15 minutes with hands out of the water the last two minutes.
  7. WE DO NOT PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION. YOU MUST PROVIDE YOUR OWN.

The skills that you will learn and perform during this course of instruction will require the use of strong swimming and water skills.
Again, this course is not for the faint of heart. The only easy day is pre-enrollment day.

WHAT WILL I LEARN IN THIS COURSE?
  1. Fundamentals of Leadership.
  2. Psychology of Rescue.
  3. Accident Management.
  4. Responding to Emergencies.
  5. Emergency First Repsonse.
  6. In water rescue/extraction skills.
  7. Basic Life Support for Professionals (BLS PRO).
    • This course is a CPR/First Aid/ AED course for infant, child, and adult. It includes advanced skills, such as two person CPR, not covered by a standard CPR/First Aid course.
  8. First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life
    • This course teaches first aid for injuries such as jellyfish stings, fire coral, sea urchines or catfish stings.
  9. Oxygen First Aid for Aquatic Emergencies
  10. Basic and Advanced Oxygen first aid for Scuba.
  11. Introduction to Scuba and the related Equipment.
WHAT DOES THIS COURSE INCLUDE?
  1. All Books
  2. Certification fees
  3. Certification credentials from the DIVERS ALERT NETWORK based out of Duke Medical University
  4. Certification credentials from Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), the worlds largest diving certification agency, based in California.
  5. A pocket mask for rescue breathing
  6. Use of scuba equipment during training
WHAT MUST I PROVIDE?
  1. Swimsuit
  2. Towel
  3. Swim goggles
  4. Neoprene rubber boots for scuba
  5. A willingness to learn
WHAT IS THE COST OF THIS COURSE?
$500.00

WHEN IS THE NEXT COURSE?
TBD
Pre-enrollment and the prerequisite water skill evaluations will be conducted on 8 April 2008 at 9:00am.
Please meet at the dive center no later than the scheduled time.
Being on time is being 15 minutes early. Lifeguards are never late!
Remember to please bring a swimsuit and a towel.

EXPERIENCE A HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFEGUARD TRAINING