Lifesaving Pool Bronze Medallion – (This is equivalent to RLSA Bronze Medallion)

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The Lifesaving Pool Award aims to teach emergency rescue techniques, swimming and survival skills, basic spinal management techniques and Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Please enquire if you would like to book a course.

Introduction:

Target Audience:

This course would suit clients requiring RLSA Bronze Medallion:
• As a minimum qualification to provide supervision at a low patronage pool
• To develop a pathway to a Pool Life Guard Certificate

Learning Outcomes:

HLTAID001 – Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
SISCAQU002 – Perform Basic Water Rescues

Learning Methods:

Practical demonstration of:
• Non swimming and swimming rescues using various equipment
• Throwing unweighted rope to person in difficulty 10m from safety within 30 secs
• Swimmming to and tow an unconscious breathing casualty 50 metres within 3mins and 15 secs
• Swimming 400 metres, using 4 different strokes, within 13 minutes
• Survival swimming dressed in trousers and long sleeved shirt.
• A search and rescue in 2 metres of water
• Management of Spinal Cord Injury in shallow water.
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Program Benefits:

Content:

Understand the legal framework around aquatic venues
Apply and perform basic water rescues
Identify potential hazardous situations
Identify and evaluate minor aquatic emergencies
Assess possible emergency or rescue situations
Respond to an emergency
Organise further emergency care as required
Record and report an incident
Apply and perform CPR