SETTING

Online + Classroom/Pool Skills Session

• Combines the flexibility of online training with instructor-led skills session
• Start taking your online portion immediately
• Convenient locations and times for in-person skills check with experienced instructors

DESCRIPTION

The American Red Cross Lifeguarding Recertification Course gives participants who are currently certified the opportunity to review the course knowledge and skills within a formal course setting to maintain their certification.

The American Red Cross Lifeguarding course provides participants with the knowledge and skills need to:

• Prevent, recognize, and respond to aquatic emergencies.
• Provide professional-level care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries, and sudden illnesses until emergency medical services (EMS) professionals take over.

Lifeguarding (Including Deep Water) training is conducted and evaluated in water depths ranging from 0 feet to water 7 feet and greater (ranging from 8-12 feet maximum), depending on the depth of the facility in which the training is conducted.

Shallow Water Lifeguarding (water up to 5, 6, or 7 feet) training is conducted and evaluated in water depths ranging from 0 feet to water 5, 6, or 7 feet, depending on the maximum depth of the facility in which the training is conducted.

Length

Online: approximately 6 hours (varies)

In Person: 10 hours

intended audience

Any individual who will work as a lifeguard or who wants training as a lifeguard.

Prerequisites

Entry into the course is strictly limited to those who meet the prerequisites. Failure to have attained the appropriate skill level could pose a safety threat to themselves and to others in the class.

Participants must:

• Be at least 15 years old on or before the final scheduled session of the course.
• Successfully complete the two prerequisite swimming skills evaluations:
  • Complete a swim-tread-swim sequence without stopping to rest (swim 150 yards, tread for 2 minutes, swim 50 yards).
  • Complete a timed event within 1 minute, 40 seconds (swim 20 yards, dive to 7-10 feet and retrieve 10-pound object, sim 20 yards holding the object).

REQUIREMENTS

Participants must:

• Successfully complete the online session, including each lesson and assessments.
• Attend the in-person skills session and actively participate in all course activities, including assuming various roles during skill practices and assessment scenarios.
• Demonstrate competency in all required skills.
• Pass the final written exam with a minimum grade of 80%.
• Pass the three (3) final skill assessments which include: timed response, potation and scanning, and the final team response testing scenario.

certification

Upon successful completion, participants will be issued a digital certificate by email from the American Red Cross that is valid for 2 years.

To maintain the Lifeguarding certification, a currently certified lifeguard must successfully complete the Lifeguarding Recertification course (or the full Lifeguarding course again) prior to certificate expiration. A 30-day grace period may apply but it does not extend the certification beyond the 2 years. Once the Lifeguarding certification is expired, a participant must complete the full Lifeguarding course again.