SASK-RESCUE
Lifesaving & Lifeguard Club
RESOURCES
Standards for NLS & AEC
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SASK-RESCUE Lifesaving & Lifeguard Club
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RESOURCES Standards for NLS & AEC |
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National Lifeguard ServiceCORE ITEMS 1. Throughout practical activities, you must be prepared to answer questions on your understanding of the principles and techniques of lifeguarding included in the NLS test items. In addition, you must be prepared to answer questions drawn from the Canadian Lifesaving Manual and Alert: Lifeguarding in Action, including: · Explain the role and responsibilities of the NLS lifeguard in terms of role modelling, prevention and rescue (Alert, Chapter 1). · Describe critical incident stress and how it can impact lifeguards responding to both successful and unsuccessful rescues (Canadian Lifesaving Manual, Appendix A; Alert, Chapter 6). · Define the legal obligations of the lifeguard in terms of duty and standard of care, liability and negligence (Alert, Chapter 8). · Provide an example of a training activity to improve one component of physical fitness (muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, strength, speed, power or flexibility) as identified by the evaluator. · Explain how to adapt emergency procedures for a facility with only one trained lifeguard on duty and how to use auxiliary staff or bystanders. Discuss the value of written procedures as part of the staff manual. · Provide an example of the regulations that apply to workplace health and safety for lifeguards (for example, WHMIS, Occupational Health and Safety, and Worker’s Compensation). 2. Demonstrate effective communication with: · The public (public relations) and victims. · Fellow lifeguards, supervisor(s) and employer, emergency services personnel and co-workers (for example, cashiers and custodial staff). 3. Demonstrate effective management of the following victim types: · Drowning victim. · Submerged non-breathing victim. · Victim with a suspected spinal injury. 4. Demonstrate the ability to recognize individuals or groups that may require lifeguard intervention or education to prevent an injury. POOL OPTION ITEMS 1. Through practical activities, when possible, demonstrate an understanding of: · Features that vary from pool to pool (or from time to time) and how analysis of these affects lifeguarding. · The role of water treatment systems in providing a safe and comfortable bather environment. · The hazardous nature of chemicals used in swimming pools and the special training required for their safe handling. · Environmental hazards of pools such as glare, water quality and evacuations due to weather. 2. Establish effective supervision of an aquatic facility using: · Observation skills and scanning techniques. · Positioning and rotation. 3. Demonstrate three entries and three removals appropriate for a pool environment. 4. Demonstrate appropriate rescue techniques for a specific pool feature (for example, deep water, bulkheads, shallow steps, wading pool, whirlpool, heights, ramps, flumes, diving boards or towers, or wave action pool). 5. Carry out an effective search for a missing person in the facility. 6. Perform the following physical standards: · Contact and roll over an unconscious victim with a spinal injury in deep water. Carry the victim 15 m, while maintaining immobilization and supporting the victim’s mouth and nose above the water. · Starting in the water, swim a 15 m approach and surface dive to recover a 9 kg object located at a maximum depth of 3 m. Surface and carry the object 5 m to the poolside. · Starting in the water, swim a 15 m approach to contact a drowning victim in deep water. Carry the victim 5 m, supporting his or her head and shoulders above the water. · Approach 5 m on the deck, perform a quick entry into the water and swim a 15 m approach to the submerged victim and carry him or her 15 m, using a control carry. 7. Respond to an emergency situation as a single lifeguard or as a member of a lifeguard team.
Aquatic Emergency Care
1. Candidates will demonstrate an understanding of: · The principles and priorities of emergency care · The purpose and principles of treatment(s) included in each item · Victim assessment · Oxygen supplementation · Characteristics of drowning patterns and trends and common aquatic accidents · The effects of panic and stress upon a rescuer, victim, or bystander in an aquatic emergency and the implications for the rescuer’s decisions · Steps to be taken toward creating effective communication between rescuers and victims 2. Demonstrate the procedure for victim assessment. 3. Demonstrate two assists and one carry appropriate for the safe removal of a victim from a land-based hazardous environment. 4. Demonstrate the following: · The examination and care of a victim suffering from respiratory or cardiac arrest in a situation designed to show ability to deal with the problems of an obstructed airway and vomit in an adult, child, and infant. · Correct procedure for single-rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for adult, child, and infant. · Correct procedure for two-rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for adult, child, and infant. 5. Demonstrate the care of a victim with a suspected spinal injury on land or in the water. Rescuer is to make all decisions and give direction regarding any assistance required. 6. Perform two rescues in an aquatic emergency situation designed to emphasize efficient victim recovery, safe removal from the hazard, and competent victim care. Victim suffering ONE of a, b, c, or d and ONE of e, f, g, h, or i: a) bone or joint injury b) abdominal or chest injury c) heat-, cold-, or pressure-induces injury d) facial injury e) suspected head injury f) severe chest pain g) unconsciousness h) unconsciousness i) medical and other emergencies
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