PEH 153: Lifeguard Training

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Class Program
Physical Education and Health
Distribution
Physical Education Activity
Credits 2 Lecture Hours 11 Lab Hours 24
Instruction leading to qualification for American Red Cross Lifeguard/First Aid/CPR/AED training certification.

Prerequisites

Persons are eligible who have passed their fifteenth birthday, are in sound physical condition, and have completed the following prerequisites:
Quarters Offered
Spring
Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the following knowledge or skills:

  1. Demonstrate techniques for injury prevention (personal and rescuee)
  2. Demonstrate safe response to an emergency situation.
  3. Demonstrate the ability to perform effective CPR and appropriate use of an AED
  4. Demonstrate the ability to perform basic first aid
  5. Respond to life threatening and non-life threatening emergencies as a 1st responder
  6. Demonstrate effective water rescue techniques for active drowning and passive drowning victims
  7. Demonstrate first aid for standing and non-standing head, neck and spinal related injuries
Institutional Outcomes
IO3 Human Relations/Workplace Skills: Students will be able to demonstrate teamwork, ethics, appropriate safety awareness and/or workplace specific skills.
Course Content Outline
  1. Chapter 1 – The Professional Lifeguard
  2. Chapter 2 – Facility Safety
  3. Chapter 3 – Surveillance and Recognition
  4. Chapter 4 – Injury Prevention
  5. Chapter 5 – Emergency Action Plans
  6. Chapter 6 – Water Rescue Skills
  7. Chapter 7 – Before Providing Care and Victim Assessment
  8. Chapter 8 – Breathing Emergencies
  9. Chapter 9 – Cardiac Emergencies
  10. Chapter 10 – First Aid
  11. Chapter 11 – Caring for Head, Neck and Spinal Injuries
Department Guidelines
PO5 should be assessed: Students will be able to solve problems by gathering, interpreting, combining and/or applying information from multiple sources.