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How to rescue a drowning victim using a reaching assist or a shepherd’s crook
Preventative lifeguarding (which includes pool staff motto selections in latin)
Emergency Action Plan for a coach or swim instructor
Emergency Action Plan for a juvenile detention facility pool
Neighborhood Watch applied to swim centers
Tips for guarding open water swims from 50 plus triathlons and other open water swims we have volunteered at.
tips for guarding kids’ triathlons
Should lifeguards wear cowboy boots? a quiz for lifeguards or lifeguard classes
How to tell if the lifeguards are doing their job properly
lifeguard training: discussing professionalism
CPO What a certified pool operator (CPO) knows that lifeguards and swimmers should know.
canoe over canoe rescue can also be used on a kayak
Why you should wear a lifejacket.
Swimming and teaching swimming
The American Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety Manual
might still be downloadable for free.
Go to
https://www.redcrosslearningcenter.org/s/candidate-water-safety
scroll down to Participant Materials and click on and open Swimming and Water Safety Manual.
The Cooper 12 minute swim test is on page 195, where it says “The 12-minute swimming test, devised by Kenneth Cooper, M.D., is an easy, inexpensive way for men and women of all ages to test their aerobic capacity (oxygen consumption) and to
chart their fitness program.”
(The American Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety Manual had no index, so I wrote one: Swimming and Water Safety 2009 index).
How can I tell if I’m a good swimmer? has stats to compare yourself to, including some lifeguard tests and the United States Navy Physical Readiness Test swim portion.
The aim of How to tell if the lifeguards are doing their job properly is to provide swimmers, parents, child care providers and other swimming pool patrons with a few guidelines to help them determine if the lifeguards at the pool they go to are doing their jobs properly.
Fifty ways to praise your swim students
First aid and CPR/AED
You might still be able to download a free copy of
the Red Cross Wilderness and Remote First Aid Emergency Reference Guide
https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/training-services/no-index/wilderness-remote-first-aid-erg.pdf
Red Cross Wilderness and Remote First Aid Pocket Guide
https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/training-services/no-index/WRFA_PocketGuide.pdf
Simple secondary survey study sheet
What the AED says as you use it
How to pass a Red Cross written test
Bloodborne Pathogens quick facts
Can a person who is prescribed an epi-pen risk going into the wilderness? (and some sting prevention notes) are at: Anaphylaxis quick facts
advance care directives has links to where to find one you can use
Simple secondary survey study sheet
has:
more details of the SAMPLE questions
Times to suspect a spinal injury: (and use a jaw thrust instead of a head tilt, chin lift).
Reasons why a person might become unconscious or semi-conscious (AEIOU TIPS)
causes of altered mental status, fainting, seizures,
Signs and symptoms of a concussion
care for a stroke
normal respiration, pulse, temperature
and a detailed simple secondary survey (SAMPLE, opqrst)
https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/training-services/no-index/AirwayAdjunctsFactandSkill.pdf
USING A MANUAL SUCTIONING DEVICE, USING A MECHANICAL SUCTIONING DEVICE
https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/training-services/no-index/SuctioningFactandSkill.pdf
Emergency Oxygen Delivery Systems
USING A RESUSCITATION MASK
USING A BVM—TWO RESCUERS
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