You might still be able to get a free download of the copyrighted 2016, released 2017 American Red Cross Lifeguarding Manual go to:
https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/training-services/no-index/LG_PM_digital.pdf
To make it easier to find the skills sheets pages write in your Red Cross Lifeguarding Manual.
The lifeguarding videos are at:
https://www.redcrosslearningcenter.org/s/lifeguarding-student-videos
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write this in your American Red Cross lifeguard manual
write this in your American Red Cross lifeguard instructor’s manual
How to rescue a drowning victim using a reaching assist or a shepherd’s crook
How to rescue a submerged victim
How to remove a victim from the pool
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
Lifeguard training, swimming, CPR and first aid links has links, quotations from articles for teachers or students on lifeguard training, swimming, CPR, first aid and risk management. They are primarily for current lifeguard candidates in my classes or graduates who are now lifeguard instructors.
California Lifeguards and Title 22
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 this Red Cross first aid textbook
try this link:
The Red Cross had a note: “The 2016 Manuals are best viewed in Firefox or Chrome browsers.”
and perhaps also download 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
CPR Pro skills review questions
First Aid for Public Safety Personnel study guide
Bloodborne Pathogens quick facts
Oxygen administration 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