Doing lifeguard training next week, kind of anxious…?
February 62010
So yes, I am doing a 4 day lifeguard training course next week that will be from 9 to 6 everyday, and have become quite anxious about doing it. i am on a competitive swim team, so my swimming skills are good, but i have never participated in this type of training, let alone have a job. so if any of you guys have or known someone who has gone through the standard lifeguard training course would like to enlighten me on what happens/what is taught, that would be greatly appreciated.
It’s easy, they’ll teach you everything you need to know. I bet most people there are starting at the same level as you do.
You’ll learn different rescue situations, including drowning and spinal victim, some first aid stuff (i.e. bandaging, CPR)…etc.
It’s nothing to worry about. Trust me. And I’m not even a competitive swimmer 
February 6th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
i just did that a week ago, it wasnt bad, just very long! im not a competitive swimmer, i just swim in the summer and i did fine. they just had us swim 300 yards everyday as a warm up, then swim like 50 yards, pick up a 10lb brick and bring it back. the only thing i had trouble with was getting a dummy at the bottom of the 12ft part of the pool. just pay attention and youll pass.
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February 6th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
you will be taught how to approach a drowning victim in the water
you will be taught what to do if the drowning victim grabs you
you will be taught how to break the hold the drowning victim might get on you
you will be taught how to hold the drowning victim so you can swim and get both of you back to shore
you will be taught respiration techniques
you will be taught basic first aid
depending on the class, you may be taught cpr
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lifeguard for a number of years for los angeles city pools in the 1960s
February 6th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
It’s easy, they’ll teach you everything you need to know. I bet most people there are starting at the same level as you do.
You’ll learn different rescue situations, including drowning and spinal victim, some first aid stuff (i.e. bandaging, CPR)…etc.
It’s nothing to worry about. Trust me. And I’m not even a competitive swimmer
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Lifeguard