Lifeguard.txt

• 1. Whistle
• 2. Verbal
• 3. Hand signals
• 4. Alarms

• 1. Exhaustion
• 2. Intoxication from drugs or alcohol
• 3. Immobilisation caused by injury or accident
• 4. Immersion in cold water/long periods in cool water
• 5. Cold weather conditions

Your actions or inactions will impact on the development of an emergency and outcome.

Managing health and safety in swimming pools

• 1. Rate (beats per minute)
• 2. Strength (strong or weak)
• 3. Rhythm (regular or irregular)

A type of fracture more commonly found in young children. Can be mistaken for a sprain or strain.

• British standards institute.
• Provide guidance on an agreed way of doing something, ie what should be in a first aid box.

A process or set of rules to be followed. ie process map for use of AED (page 172)

• Special child pads 1-8 years.
• 8 years for adult pads.

Whether an AED can be used in a wet enviroment.