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 Bronze
Cross is designed for lifesavers who want the challenge of more advanced training
including an introduction to safe supervision in aquatic facilities. Bronze Cross is a prerequisite for all advanced
training programs including National Lifeguard and Instructor certification.
Prerequisite: Bronze Medallion and Emergency First Aid
H20
Proficiency
- *Starting
on a deck, dock, or beach, demonstrate an entry and swim a 50 m or yd. head-up approach
with a shoulder loop and line or rescue tube to a passive victim or manikin, and then tow
the victim 50 m or yd. to safety.
- *Swim
head-up for two sets of 6 x 25 m or yd. while maintaining a consistent pace and
work-to-rest ratio. Rest for one minute
between sets. Check your pulse after the last
repeat in each set.
- *Swim
600 m or 650 yd. in 18 minutes or better using any combination of strokes of the candidate’s
choice.
First
Aid
- *Demonstrate
primary assessment of a conscious victim and an unconscious victim, including:
Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Major
bleeding
Mechanism of
injury
*Demonstrate
secondary assessment of a victim, including:
- Vital signs
- Head-to-toe
survey
- History
- *Demonstrate
rescue breathing and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a manikin, including:
- Adult, child,
and infant victims
- Complications
in resuscitation (e.g. vomiting)
- Adaptations
(e.g. mouth-to-nose, stoma)
- Demonstrate
two-rescuer adult, child, and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a manikin:
- *a Simulate the
treatment of:
- A conscious
adult or child with an obstructed airway
- Complications
– a pregnant woman and person who is obese
*b)
On a manikin, demonstrate the treatment of a conscious infant with an
obstructed airway.
*c)
Simulate the treatment of an unwitnessed unconscious adult, child, or
infant with an unobstructed airway.
*Demonstrate the care and treatment of
a victim suffering from hypothermia.
Recognition & Rescue
*Walk an aquatic environment scene,
evaluate the ongoing activities, and demonstrate how to educate peers about safe aquatic
leisure choices. Evaluate and correct, where
appropriate, hazardous conditions in unsupervised areas.
Recover and immobilize a face-down
breathing victim with a suspected cervical spinal injury found in deep water. Transport to shallow water. Recruit and direct a trained bystander to assist. Demonstrate the ability to
manage vomiting while maintaining immobilization.
*Using bystanders, organize a logical
underwater search of an area with both shallow and deep water to maximum depth of 3
metres.
Perform a rescue involving two or more
victims. One victim requires rescuer
assistance, while the other victim(s) can follow directions for self-rescue and assist as
bystanders once at the point of safety. The
situation is designed to emphasize communication skills, victim care, removals, and
follow-up including contact with EMS.
Perform a rescue of a submerged,
non-breathing, and pulseless victim. The
situation is designed to emphasize victim care, removal, and follow-up including contact
with EMS.
*Perform a rescue of an injured victim
in a situation in which there are two rescuers. The
rescue requires a 50 m or yd. approach and a 50 m or yd. return. The situation is designed to emphasize either
contact or non-contact rescues, victim care, removals, and follow-up including contact
with EMS.
Perform a rescue of a victim suffering
injuries or conditions in a situation that emphasizes rescuer response to deteriorating
circumstances and requires the use of bystanders. The rescue requires a 20 m or yd.
approach and a 20 m or yd. return.
*Asterisk indicates
instructor-evaluated item.
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