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The primary purpose of the American Red Cross Lifeguarding program is to provide participants with the knowledge and skills needed to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies and to provide professional-level care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries and sudden illnesses until emergency medical services (EMS) professionals take over.

To participate in an American Red Cross lifeguarding course, participants must:

• Provide proof of identity and age. Participants must be at least 15 years old on or before the final scheduled session of the course.
• Successfully complete Lifeguard Certification Pre-Course: Water Skills Requirement Class. This prerequisite swimming skills evaluation is designed to confirm that participants have the physical ability to successfully participate in the training. The evaluation includes an endurance swim that includes treading water using only the legs, and a timed event that involves retrieving a 10-pound submerged object, swimming it back to the exit point and exiting the water without using a ladder or steps. Select the Pre-Course tab on the menu to the left for more information about this class.

The courses in the American Red Cross Lifeguarding program focus on developing knowledge and skills in four main areas:

• Foundational lifeguarding concepts, such as recognition of distressed swimmers and drowning persons, surveillance and scanning technique, and injury prevention
• Water rescue and extrication
• Resuscitation (including giving ventilations, providing CPR and using an AED) and first aid
• Individual and team rescue and response

To successfully complete their American Red Cross lifeguarding training and receive certification, participants must:

• Complete all online coursework in advance of the corresponding in-person session.

The online portion must be completed PRIOR to the start of the in-class portion. The online session for the Lifeguarding course has 16 modules and takes approximately 6 hours to complete all modules of the online session. Each individual module takes approximately 15 – 30 minutes to complete. The online portion can be found by visiting https://redcrosslearning.com/auth/login  two weeks before your course date (Please allow up to 24 hours after registration for your online course to be activated). It is important that participants use their own email address when signing up to be properly credited for their work.

• Attend the entire course and participate in all class sessions.
• Actively participate in all course activities, including assuming various roles during skill practices, skill drills, activities and scenarios.
• Demonstrate proficiency in all skills taught in the course, including conducting surveillance, performing water rescues, responding to emergencies and providing resuscitation and first aid care.
• Pass a final written exam with a minimum grade of 80 percent.
• Pass three final skill assessments:
  • Assessment 1 – Timed Response Participants must complete a passive submerged rescue, extricate with the assistance of an assisting rescuer, and rapid assessment (including the delivery of 2 initial ventilations by either rescuer) within 1 minute, 30 seconds, and then provide 3 minutes of single-rescuer CPR.
  • Assessment 2 – Rotation and Scanning Participants must rotate into the lifeguard station, conduct surveillance from the station for 1 minute, and rotate out of the station.
  • Assessment 3 – Final Team Response Testing Scenario Participants must perform a passive submerged rescue, extrication and rapid assessment, followed by multiple-rescuer CPR and use of AED and BVM resuscitator.

Upon successful completion of the course, participants receive a certificate for Lifeguarding, Shallow Water Lifeguarding or Aquatic Attraction Lifeguarding that includes CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and First Aid and is valid for 2 years.

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