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Title Page\nCopyright Page\nTable of Contents\nIntroduction\n About This Book\n Foolish Assumptions\n Icons Used in This Book\n Beyond the Book\n Where to Go from Here\nPart 1 Getting Started with Lifeguarding\n Chapter 1 Lifeguarding 101\n The Importance of Lifeguarding\n The Perks of Lifeguarding\n Developing skills that will benefit you beyond the water\n Increased self confidence\n Communication skills\n Leadership qualities\n Teamwork\n Problem-solving skills\n Handling stress\n Meeting all types of people\n Maintaining a healthy lifestyle\n Practice healthy eating habits\n Get in your cardio and don’t forget to lift!\n Get an appropriate amount of sleep\n Take care of yourself and your body\n The Tough Side of Being a Lifeguard\n Being the bad cop\n It’s not always waves, saves, and babes\n Harsh work environments (hot and cold)\n When thunder roars, stay indoors!\n Facility maintenance\n Decision making (am I making the right decision?)\n Making mistakes and learning from them\n Illness/injury\n Stress\n Death\n While others run out, lifeguards dive in\n Considering What It Takes to Be a Lifeguard\n Getting into and staying in shape\n Training and classroom work\n Taking the required certification exams\n Considering Where Lifeguards Put Their Skills to Use\n At pools and waterparks\n In big and small bodies of water\n Chapter 2 The Elements of Lifeguarding\n There’s More to Lifeguarding than Just Sitting in the Sun\n Look left, look right: Constant surveillance\n Watching the water\n Getting paid to be professional people watchers\n Understanding the Effects of Water\n Swimming in salt water vs. freshwater\n Gauging warm water vs. cold water\n Navigating in calm water vs. turbulent water\n Understanding the Effects of the Sun\n Sun protection\n Facts about skin cancer\n Understanding the Science of Drowning\n Understanding what happens when someone drowns\n Secondary drowning vs. dry drowning\n Knowing how fast someone can go under\n Getting to Know the Equipment You’ll Use\n Suiting up sensibly\n A lifeguard without a whistle is like a firefighter without a hose!\n The power of perching on a lifeguard stand/tower\n Lookin’ cool in polarized sunglasses\n Knowing your rescue equipment (all about buoys)\n First Aid Techniques You Need to Know\n Performing CPR\n Controlling bleeding\n Handling heat-related injuries\n Heat cramps\n Heat exhaustion\n Heat stroke\n Helping someone who is choking\n When your victim is conscious\n When your victim is unconscious\n Treating a bad sunburn\n Managing injuries from encounters with marine life\n Chapter 3 The History of Lifeguarding\n Unearthing the Origins of Lifeguarding\n Shipwrecked!\n Recognizing the need for lifeguards\n Modern-Day Lifesaving: Lifeguarding in the 21st Century\n The Baywatch effect\n The lifeguard shortage\n Looking at How Lifeguards Are Portrayed in Media\nPart 2 Lifeguarding in the Different Facilities\n Chapter 4 The Pool and Waterpark Lifeguard\n Knowing What It Takes to Be a Pool Lifeguard\n Passing the physical examination\n Endurance test\n Treading test\n Brick test\n Continuing your water training\n Becoming certified\n Getting the classroom education\n Working at the waterpark\n Maintaining Your Facility\n Monitoring chlorine and pH levels\n Checking for hazards in and around the pool\n Using an equipment checklist\n The Biggest Danger: Head, Neck Back/Spinal Injuries\n Blowing the Whistle on Bad Behavior\n “No running on the pool deck!”\n “Cut out the horseplay!”\n “Quit the diving board shenanigans!”\n Having Eyes in the Back of Your Head\n Scanning the area\n Paying attention to your blind spots\n Chapter 5 The Stillwater Lifeguard\n Knowing What It Takes to Be a Stillwater Lifeguard\n Physical training\n Classroom education and water training\n Required certification\n Understanding the Silent but Deadly Nature of Water\n Unique dangers in stillwater\n Nature’s hazards\n Uneven and rocky bottoms\n Less buoyant than salt water\n Marine life hazards\n No rip currents, no problem!\n Maintaining Your Facility\n Watercraft\n Environmental concerns (sewage runoff after rain)\n Chapter 6 The Ocean Rescue Lifeguard\n Knowing What It Takes to Be an Ocean Rescue Lifeguard\n Physical training\n Classroom education\n Water training\n Required certifications\n Avoiding the Biggest Danger: Rip Currents\n Understanding the mechanisms of a rip current\n Recognizing a rip current in the water\n Water discoloration\n Wave recognition\n Surface water recognition\n Breaking the grip of a rip\n Maintaining Your Facility\n Lifeguarding equipment\n Lifeguard stands/towers\n Rescue equipment\n First aid\n Phones and radios\n Setting up the beach\n Maintaining your vehicles\n Headquarters\n Enjoying Recreational Activities\n Chapter 7 Lifeguarding as a Career\n Seeing What Opportunities Are Available\n Making a living as a lifeguard\n Wages and salaries\n Opportunity for advancement\n Public sector benefits\n Exploring part-time lifeguarding options\n The seasonal lifeguard\n Year round part-time lifeguards\n Location Makes a Difference\n Working year-round on the West Coast\n Filling seasonal positions in the Northeast\n Finding countless opportunities in the South (and South Pacific)\n Hitting the road to work anywhere in the world\n Choosing a Career that Won’t Be Replaced by Technology\nPart 3 Training and Preparation\n Chapter 8 Diving into Training Workouts\n Workouts for Strength and Stamina\n Getting in the pool\n Getting in the open water\n Working Out in Preparation for a Certification Test\n Training for the prerequisite test\n Anticipating the test topics\n Distance or sprint: Developing a training plan\n Three Sprint Swimming Workouts\n Workout 1: The Express\n Workout 2: Hefty Hundreds\n Workout 3: Sprint City\n Three Distance Swimming Workouts\n Workout 1: Going the Distance!\n Workout 2: The Ladder\n Workout 3: The Bearcat\n Stepping on the Track\n Stretching prior to running\n Stretching drills\n Rope stretching (static alternative)\n Mobility series\n Sprint drills\n Grasping common track terminology\n Three Distance Running Workouts\n Workout 1\n Workout 2\n Workout 3\n Three Sprint Running Workouts\n Workout 1\n Workout 2\n Workout 3\n Chapter 9 Staying in Shape All Year\n Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle\n Hitting the gym\n Lifting weights\n Upping your cardiovascular fitness\n Getting in the pool\n Swimming like you mean it\n Chapter 10 Working on In-Service Training and Drills\n Running First Aid Drills\n Managing spinal injuries\n Create the scenario\n Recruit your victims\n Mix it up\n Controlling major bleeding\n Know what’s in your first aid kit\n Steps for stopping the bleed\n Tourniquet use\n Attending to drug/alcohol overdoses\n Opiate overdoses\n Use of Narcan/naloxone\n Overdose-related drills\n Alcohol-related emergencies\n Responding to cardiac/respiratory arrests\n Running Through Mock Water Rescues\n Saving active drowning victims\n Determine your role\n Assess your victims\n Know your equipment\n Ring buoy practice rescues\n Drills for approaching active drowning victims\n Escape and release drills: front head-hold escape and rear head-hold escape\n Treating unresponsive victims\n The face down swimmer\n The face up swimmer\n Check the ABCs\n Submersion: Search and rescue\n Handling Specialized Equipment\n Rescue boards\n Jet skis and rescue sleds\n Boats (motorized and non-motorized)\nPart 4 Exploring Other Lifeguarding Activities\n Chapter 11 Working Outside of Your Lifeguard Facility\n Lifeguarding and Water Safety in the Private and Public Sectors\n Checking Out the Types of Gigs You Can Get\n Working open water swims and triathlons\n Backyard pool parties and other events\n Teaching others as a lifeguard training instructor\n Movie, TV, and film sets\n Balancing Your Full-Time Job and Side Gigs\n Chapter 12 The Sport of Surf Lifesaving\n Competing for Lifeguarding Excellence\n Facing off against guards from near and far\n Benefits to competition\n Demonstrating Your Skills in Different Relays and Events\n Surf race\n Board rescue race\n Mixed landline rescue race\n Beach flags\n Beach relay\n Surfboat race\n Entering Competitions\n Finding competitions (local, regional, and national)\n Knowing what you’ll pay\n Seeking sponsorships\n Prepping to Compete\n Team workouts and preparation\n Assemble the dream team\n Train, train, train\n Getting the equipment\n Chapter 13 Starting Early: Junior Lifeguard Programs\n Introducing Junior Lifeguard Programs\n Creating future lifeguards\n What to expect from a typical junior lifeguard program\n An average day in the life of an open-water junior lifeguard\n Growing as a person\n Working with Junior Lifeguards as an Instructor\n Entering Competitions at the Junior Level\n Chapter 14 Joining a Professional Organization\n Enjoying the Benefits of Professional Organizations\n Seeing What Professional Organizations Are Available\n The United States Lifesaving Association\n The International Life Saving Federation\n The American Red Cross\n The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of the USA\nPart 5 The Part of Tens\n Chapter 15 The Lifeguard’s Ten Commandments\n Watch the Water\n Educate the Public\n Protect Yourself from the Sun\n Enforce the Rules\n Know Your Facility\n Practice Makes Perfect\n When in Doubt, Go!\n When Thunder Roars, Stay Indoors\n Be Professional\n Talk to Your Senior Guards and Heed Their Advice\n Chapter 16 Ten Tools You Need in Your Backpack\n A Pair of Sunglasses\n A Bottle of Sunscreen\n A Whistle\n Your Bathing Suit\n A Trusty Water Bottle\n A CPR Pocket Face Mask\n A Towel\n A Warm Sweatshirt\n A Hat\n A Tasty Lunch or Snack\n Chapter 17 Ten Reasons to Dive into Lifeguarding\n You’ll Learn How to Save Lives\n You Will Build Lifelong Skills and Character Traits\n You Will Serve the Public\n You’ll Make Lifelong Friendships\n It’s the Fountain of Youth\n You Get Paid To Do This\n It’s a Never-Ending Challenge\n It’s an Adrenaline Rush\n You’ll Have a Different Type of Office\n You Don’t Have to Quit Your Day Job\n Chapter 18 Ten Reasons To GO (On the Rescue!)\n You Hear “HELP!”\n Climb the Ladder\n Bad Hair Day\n Mom Tells You To Go\n Face Down and Motionless\n Concussed!\n Into the Deep End\n The Grip of the Rip\n Points for Assist\n A Gut Feeling\n Chapter 19 Words of Wisdom from Ten Lifeguards Near and Far\nIndex\nEULA