ASSISTANT SWIM INSTRUCTORS BRONZE MEDALLION BRONZE CROSS NATIONAL LIFEGUARD: POOL AQUATIC LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION o Teaching o Throwing accuracy o Rescue drill o Lifeguarding theory and practice o Evaluating o Self rescue o Fitness challenge o Physical standard: object recovery o Knowledge o Rescue drill o Endurance challenge (600m in 18 min) o Physical standard: underwater swim (15m) o Leadership o Defences & releases o First aid assessment o Physical standard: sprint challenge Bronze Star (Optional) o Safety supervision o Fitness challenge o One-rescuer CPR o Physical standard: rescue drill Recommended: Completed Swim for Life 11 (Star Patrol) o Endurance challenge (500m in 15 min) o Two-rescuer CPR o Physical standard: endurance challenge o One-rescuer CPR: adult & child o Obstructed airway: (400m in 10 min) BRONZE STAR o Obstructed airway: conscious victim conscious adult or child o Physical standard: approach and carry o Obstructed airway: unconscious victim o Obstructed airway: conscious infant o Pool facility analysis o Entries o Circulatory emergencies: shock o Obstructed airway: unconscious victim o Lifeguard communication Bronze Medallion & Emergency First Aid/CPR-B o Inflate clothes and huddle o Circulatory emergencies: o Hypothermia o Pool supervision: Prerequisites: Bronze Star or 13 years of age o Submerged victim recovery heart attack or angina o Walk, spot & evaluate scanning and observation o Rescue Drill 1 o Circulatory emergencies: o Spinal injury management* o Pool supervision: positioning and rotation o Rescue Drill 2 external bleeding o Team search o Pool supervision: intervention o Object support (3 min) o Circulatory emergencies: stroke & TIA o Rescue 1: Multiple victims* o Entries and removals o Fitness Medley o Walk, spot, & demonstrate o Rescue 2: Submerged victim* o Pool emergencies: specialized techniques Bronze Cross & Standard First Aid/CPR-C o Endurance challenge (400m in 12 min) o Spinal injury management* o Rescue 3: Two rescuers o Facility search: missing person Prerequisites: Bronze Medallion and Emergency First Aid/CPR-B o Assessing pulse and respiration rates o Search o Rescue 4: Injured victim* o Management of distressed or o Adult CPR o Rescue 1: Non-Contact* drowning victim o Land Spinal o Rescue 2: Non-Breathing* o Management of submerged, o Victim recognition o Rescue 3: Open Water* STANDARD FIRST AID/CPR-C non-breathing victim o Hand signal communication o Management of spinal-injured victim o Walk & Spot o Emergency First Aid Items o Management of an injured swimmer o o Assistant Instructor In-water search EMERGENCY FIRST AID/CPR-B Two-rescuer CPR: adult, child & infant o Lifeguarding situations* o Rescue with a partner o Suspected spinal injury Distinction (Recommended) o Rescue non-breathing victim o Goals of first aid o Environmental emergencies: (Optional) Prerequisites: in deep water o Legal implications of first aid heat or cold illness Prerequisites: Bronze Cross o Self-protection o Bone or joint injury Bronze Cross or higher and o Anatomy and physiology of ABC priorities o Chest injury 14 years of age o Assessment o Suspected head injury o One-rescuer CPR: adult, child & infant o Seizure o Obstructed airway: conscious victim o Diabetes o Obstructed airway: unconscious victim o Poisoning AQUATIC EMPLOYMENT o Management of bystanders o Critical incident stress management OPPORTUNITIES o Respiratory emergencies o Written test (minimum 70%) o Circulatory emergencies: shock To be considered for employment National Lifeguard: Lifesaving Society by the City of Mississauga Swim/Lifesaving VOLUNTEER o Circulatory emergencies: Pool heart attack or angina applicants must hold the following Prerequisites: Instructors OPPORTUNITIES o Circulatory emergencies: current certifications: Bronze Cross Prerequisites: Volunteers are required at our external bleeding and Standard Bronze Cross pools to assist qualified instructors o Circulatory emergencies: stroke & TIA Swim Instructor and Lifeguard First Aid/CPR-C and or higher and to teach swimming lessons. o Abdominal injuries • Lifesaving Society Swim and 16 years of age 16 years of age Volunteers must be 14 years of o Burn injury Lifesaving Instructors age or older and have a minimum o Facial injury • National Lifeguard Pool swimming certification of Bronze o Care of unconscious victim • Standard First Aid/CPR-C Medallion. If you are interested o Written test (minimum 70%) • Automated External Defibrillator in volunteering, contact the volunteer coordinator at your Apply online at: local pool for details. mycitycareer.ca * THESE ITEMS ARE EXAMINER EVALUATED ITEMS.