RLSS UK Open Water Lifeguard Courses.

The drowning chain Roles & responsibilities Open Water Lifeguard: • Procedures • Training • Uniform • PPE Sun and skin safety Equipment • First Aid kit Rescue equipment: • Throwbags • Torpedo buoy • Life rings Human powered craft Powered craft Heat related illness Lifeguard welfare Lifeguard and the law Working as a team Open water hazards Environmental hazards Tasks and activity hazards People hazards Communications Working with emergency services Recording and reporting Open Water Lifeguard and Management Methods: • Positions • Zoning • Scanning • Head counting

Emergencies and open water How to spot a casualty: • Weak swimmer • Non-swimmer • Injured swimmer • More than one • Unconscious casualty Ways to enter open water Swimming in open water Approaching a casualty Standoff position Escaping from a casualty: • Front grasp • Rear grasp General principles of escape Rescue of a conscious casualty Land based rescues: • Reaching • Throwing • Wading Water based rescues: • Rescuing a conscious casualty with a rescue tube • Rescue without a torpedo buoy • Extended arm tow Rescue of an unconscious casualty: • Turning an unconscious casualty • Reaching a casualty under water • Swimming underwater Rescue of an unconscious casualty with a torpedo buoy Casualty exits: • Assisted walk out • Assisted lift • Pull ashore • Two-person carry Search for missing swimmer Incident training

Priorities of casualty management Chain of survival Turning a casualty onto the back Managing regurgitation of stomach contents Recovery position Cardiac arrest Principles of airway management Sequence of CPR – adult Choking Drowning and CPR Sequence of CPR - child and infant (baby) CPR CPR using a pocket mask Problems with CPR Mouth–to-nose ventilation More than one rescuer and CPR Priorities of first aid Contents of a first aid box Hygiene procedures Unconscious casualty Shock Breathing problems Dressings and bandages Bleeding Splinters Heart attack Fractures Slings Sprains and strains Cramp Eye injuries Fainting Stroke Bites and stings Hypothermia