Aqua Culture Training Center

Aqua Culture Training Center's last regularly scheduled lifeguard course of the season starts this Sunday. Sundays, May 3 and 10, 12 pm to 9 pm, and Sunday, May 17, 5 pm to 8 pm (final testing at HCC). This is a blended learning course, so act fast so you have time to complete the online work. Register now. https://www.aquacultureswimschool.com/training-center-registration/

2022 Schedule - Aqua Culture Training Center now available - online registration and payment
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REVISED PREREQUISITES FOR LIFEGUARDING INSTRUCTOR/INSTRUCTOR TRAINER REVIEW COURSE

As of August 24, 2021, the prerequisite to participate in a Lifeguarding Instructor and/or the Lifeguarding Instructor Trainer Review course has been revised to include Lifeguarding instructors/trainers whose certifications have expired no more than one year.

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July 20, 2020
Extension to Grace Period to Take Lifeguarding Review Course
To better support lifeguards certified in American Red Cross training, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the grace period for completing the Lifeguarding review course will be expanded from up to 30 to up to 120 days after their lifeguarding certification has expired. Expired lifeguards will now have 120 days to complete the review course.

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Some lifeguard changes have been instituted. In areas that adopted the 2018 MAHC, aquatics venues that serve alcohol must have lifeguards on duty. Additionally, lifeguards must have personal protective equipment on their persons or rescue tubes. And the new code includes fine-tuning of glare assessment for lifeguard positioning.

New Model Aquatic Health Code Released The new edition puts in place several changes regarding water quality, lifeguarding, chemical safety, indoor air quality and other aspects of commercial aquatics facilities.

Dry Drowning and Other Misnomers Many aquatics professionals may wonder what to make of terms they hear in the media, such as: dry-, wet-, near-, silent-, and secondary drowning. Let’s make it simple up front: These terms should not be used to describe drowning. Here's why.

This highlights one of the dangers of lifeguards working alone. If something happens to the guard there is no back up.

Autopsy: Lifeguard drowned after epileptic seizure CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - An autopsy shows a 21-year-old lifeguard found dead in a YMCA pool had an epileptic seizure while standing at its edge, causing her to fall in the water and drown. The Charlotte Observer reports that Yesenia Jimenez Linares was found dead in the pool April 6, several hours aft...

Holding professional lifeguards to professional standards. The article does not mention any contributing factors, just seems to be a failure to recognize an emergency.

Lifeguard Working During Stamford Near Drowning Arrested The lifeguard who was on duty while a 5-year-old nearly drowned at Chelsea Piers in Stamford on Aug. 3 was arrested on Wednesday, police said.

It would be unlikely for a grand jury to indict a parent in the accidental drowning of their child.

“It’s different, though, when you talk about a third party, a coach or someone who a parent has left to care for their child,” he said. “That is a different standard for a grand jury.”

Charges rare in recent drownings, but Southlake teen's coach will go to court Tracey Anne Boyd, 49, was charged with abandonment and endangering a child by criminal negligence, a state jail felony, in a direct indictment on June 29, said Sam Jordan, spokeswoman for the Tarrant County district attorney’s office.

“A lifeguard has hours of boredom and moments of trauma.” Most of the time they are scanning/watching and waiting to be called into action. 95 percent of a good lifeguard’s work is preventative and their most important and critical skill is scanning.

Scanning: most important and critical skill for guards - By Kristin Joson Another source of excitement is the anticipation of the 8 million people that will visit us this summer. Sun worshipers, graduates, boogie boarders, surfers, beach enthusiasts and just about anyone that wants to get away for a great vacation will be arriving.