H2O Proficiency
Entries: Demonstrate deep and shallow head- and foot-first entries from a height
(max. 1m).
Inflate clothes: Backward roll entry wearing shirt and long pants. Swim 10 - 15m
or yd. remove and inflate pants. Form a huddle for 1 minute with two or more others.
Submerged victim recovery:Recover an unconscious victim from deep water to the
surface & carry to nearest point of safety.
Rescue drill 1: Minimum 5m head-up approach into a head-first surface dive to
retrieve object from a depth between 2 and 3 m or yd. Surface with object and eggbeater
kick 5m or yd. to start point.
Rescue drill 2: Demonstrate a 25m or yd. head-up approach into a foot-first
surface dive to retrieve a 4.5kg (10lb.) object (maximum depth 2m). Carry object to point
of entry. Exit water and demonstrate rescue breathing on a manikin.
Object support: Support a 4.5kg (10lb.) object at the surface for 3 minutes or
better in deep water.
Fitness medley: Wearing a shoulder loop and line, swim a 100m individual medley
in 3 minutes or less (100yd. in 2:40 min.) as follows: 25m or yd. each of lifesaving kick,
backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle.
Endurance challenge: Swim 400m in 12 minutes or better (400yd. in 10:45 min.)
using freestyle or any combination of strokes of the swimmers choice.
First Aid
Assess pulse & respiration rates: Find and count pulse and respiration rates
on a partner. Demonstrate ability to find and count own pulse.
Adult CPR: Demonstrate single-rescuer CPR on a manikin.
Land spinal: Demonstrate the immobilization of a possible spinal-injured
breathing victim on land.
Recognition & Rescue
Victim recognition: Demonstrate ability to simulate in the water the appearance
of a weak swimmer, a non-swimmer, an unconscious victim and an injured victim. Demonstrate
ability to recognize the difference between a weak swimmer and a non-swimmer; and to
recognize an unconscious and an injured victim.
Hand signal communication: Demonstrate ability to perform and to recognize three
different hand signals.
Walk & spot: Walk the perimeter of the aquatic facility to locate a
submerged object within 30 seconds.
In-water search: Search an area with both shallow and deep water (max. depth 2
m).
Rescue with partner: With a partner, perform a low-risk rescue of a non-swimmer
or a victim with external bleeding. Assist victim to safety showing ability to avoid
direct contact. Perform appropriate follow-up procedures, including treatment for shock.
Rescue non-breathing victim: Rescue an unconscious, non-breathing victim in deep
water. Return with the victim to the beach, dock or poolside. Untrained bystanders assist
in victim removal. Perform appropriate follow-up procedures, including treatment for
shock.
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