Have you ever been looking for a word or a key phrase to describe something, but just couldn’t quite grab the right terminology from your memory banks or creative thinking to ‘tick the box’? I have been “suffering” with this dilemma for quite some time now, trying to find a simple phrasal verb that would express what Lifeguarding and Technology is all about!
Read MoreBefore I tell you about this pocket-sized problem, we need to back up a bit.
To get a decent airway in an unconscious, non-breathing casualty one of your best bets is good old head tilt, chin lift method.
Head tilt lifts the tongue off the back of the throat and chin lift… what does chin lift do?
Read MoreIf I see another experienced lifeguard doing ‘cpr’ on a manikin while melodically calling ‘one- one
thousand, two- one thousand, three- one thousand’… I might be the one they have to roll over and
wipe away the vomit.
Read MoreThis is a must watch video if you are a Lifeguard. This is the reality of what a drowning can look like!
Jo Talbot, Commercial Operations Director at RLSS UK explains:
“It is vitally important that we provide lifeguards with the best possible training to support them in their role and ensure leisure operators benefit from the most proficient and confident staff.
Read MoreI was on a poolside today, the oldest operational pool that exists in the UK today I am advised.
It opened in 1888. I wonder did the person who dreamt that crazy idea up ever think then where we would all be now?
Read MoreIt’s been an exciting month actually. I have been doing quite a bit of instruction with, Trainers and Duty Managers. Now I’m not talking about the “normal” training covered in any syllabus………….
Read MoreRecently, as I deliver Lifeguard information and training sessions, the more I find I am talking about Hypoxic Blackout (commonly referred to as Shallow Water Blackout) in much greater detail. I spend a lot of time explaining to
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