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To teach lifeguard candidates
the skills and knowledge needed to prevent and respond to aquatic
emergencies. The course content and activities prepare candidates to
recognize and respond quickly and effectively to emergencies, and prevent
drownings and injuries
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Understand the value of
behaving in a professional manner
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Learn how to identify
behaviors of a distressed swimmer and an active or passive drowning
victims
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Understand the components of
an emergency action plan and how to activate it
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Understand the general
procedures for a water emergency when rescuing a victim
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Demonstrate how to perform
equipment-based rescues
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Learn how to give first aid
and how to care for breathing and cardiac emergencies
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Learn how to recognize and
care for possible head, neck and back injuries.
Prerequisites:
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Minimum age of 15
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Swim 500 yards continuously,
using these strokes in the following order:
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200 yards front of front
crawl using rhythmic breathing and a stabilizing, propellant kick
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100 yards of
breaststroke
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200 yards of front crawl
using rhythmic breathing and/or breaststroke. The last 200
yards may be a mixture of front crawl and breaststroke.
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Swim 20 yards using front
crawl or breaststroke, surface dive to a depth of 7-10 feet, retrieve a
10-pound object, return to the surface and swim 20 yards back to the
starting point with the object. When returning to the starting
point, the participants face must remain above the water, and the
participant must hold the 10-pound object with both hands
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