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Get Ready for Summer with Red Cross Lifeguarding
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With summer just around the corner, now is the time to start thinking about vacation plans, summer camps and summer jobs. As an American Red Cross lifeguard, you can have the summer of a lifetime changing lives every day!
The American Red Cross Lifeguard program is a 32 hour training program that will help you train to keep people safe while in and around the water - from swimming pools to waterparks! During the course, you will:
- Understand the value of behaving in a professional manner.
- Learn how to identify behaviors of a swimmer, distressed swimmer and an active or passive drowning victim.
- Understand the components of an emergency action plan and how to activate it.
- Understand the general procedures for an emergency occurring in the water or on land.
- Demonstrate how to perform equipment-based rescues.
- Learn how to provide first aid and how to care for breathing and cardiac emergencies.
- Learn how to recognize and care for possible head, neck or back injuries.
Join the Next Generation of Lifesavers today and become an American Red Cross lifeguard. You can change a life...starting with your own.
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