Lifeguards

I’m an ok swimmer, I plan on taking the class next month, and I was just wondering what all you do during the class and what to expect. Thank You!

Many boring classes on first aid, CPR, and many various forms of rescue, aid, surveying, guarding, etc.

Well, it’s fun and good stuff to learn, but when I did it years ago it was boring. But paid off very well.

Yeah, be expected to swim a lot, probably sometimes with bricks. You’ll be expected to rescue people several times, usually your own classmates, and then finally your teacher (my teacher was a huge buff guy at about 270 lbs. I’m a great swimmer and I still barely passed doing a deep-water rescue with him. lol). You’ll do hands on training, learning how to put people in a splint, treat people who are suffering from shock, seizures, heart attacks, stroke, heatstroke, the works. Make sure you KEEP UP YOUR SKILLS throughout the years. I just applied here at my college along with 100 other people, and barely didn’t make it in because I’d forgotten everything about a deep water rescue. (shame shame). Basically, look through your Red Cross Lifeguard manual, pretty much you’ll learn everything in it.

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what types of things will you be doing, the more specific the better. (not the prerequisite, the course)
*also, if you complete the course but fail to become certified, do you have to pay for the course again?

you learn:
cpr
first aid
different rescues depending on the state of victim
recognizing victims
water entries
spinal injury/backboarding
some other stuff too

you’ll learn stuff from a book and videos and quizzes [that you dont need to pass or anything,its just to see where you're at]
and then you’ll go to the pool and practice and do scenarios

and idk what happens if you fail. i passed w/ flying colors [haha my flirt of a teacher told me that] but yeah it’s not that hard. one dumb kid in my class failed and idk i think he just had to come in and retake it

I do training and drag you along with me.

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i signed up for lifeguard class next year at my high school. but im kinda scared that the teacher wont be patient with me. i know how to swim but not that good. i get tired easily. please help!

Yeah, you have to be able to do an endurance swim. You don’t have to be super fast, just able to complete it in a decent amount of time.

You probably also will be required to retrieve a brick from the bottom of the deep end of the pool. Other than those two physical components, the rest is about actual situations, communication, signalling…etc. So don’t worry.

Try to get in some practice at your local pool if you don’t feel confident. But trust me, it’s nothing to stress over about

It is required for a lifeguard job I will be applying for at a water park.
I would get my training through red cross at the rec, but they’re asking for /Ellis Special Facilities Certification/, and I don’t know where to find training for that.

Help me out?
Thank you.

Call the water park and ask where their guards get certified.

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I signed up for lifeguard training class for next year (im going to be 16) at my high school and i want to know what you do there and if its hard? please answer!

It’s not that hard. when I took it we had enough time to practice all the skills, CPR, etc. we were tested on the skills as we went along, not all at once, so it makes it easier. you do have to swim i think 25 laps. i don’t know if it has changed. treading water is another thing you will have to do for awhile.

which should i take?
that had nothing to do with my question

I work at the YMCA, but honestly, there are not many differences between the two. To work at the YMCA, you must be certified through the Red Cross, therefore the training is the same. (Your EAP- emergency action plan depends on your YMCA however).

We are required to swim 500 yards once a month, and attend trainings to keep our "skills" in shape.
Where as the Red Cross only requires 300 yards once a month.

We did have to do the surface dive with the brick under a minute thirty.

With back boarding, it depends who is in the pool, how many YMCA staff members are available to assist in your rescue.

I have lifeguard training tomorow and i was wondering if it was better to wear a one piece or two piece, or does it even matter? All i have is a two piece, so idk if i will be out of place or what. Should i just wear an under armour shirt under it or something? please answer soon, thanks. (:
Would a tankini type bathing suit work….?

Definitely one piece. Two pieces are inconvenient and will easily fall off (i.e. diving, doing laps) – UNLESS you have those sporty two pieces made for actual swimming. If you don’t have a one piece, you can see if you can buy one (they’re usually sold at most clothing stores, even like Wal-Mart), if not, an under armour will work.