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    Day 1 of Class: 
     
    Pre-Test in Pool Area 
     
    Chapter 1 (The Professional Lifeguard) from book - covered in class. Be sure to read again at home.
     
    The Professional Lifeguard (3:37)
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/professional_lifeguard.html
     
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    Day 2 of Class: 
     
    Chapter 2 (Facility Safety) and Chapter 3 (Surveillance and Recognition)- covered in class.  Be sure to read again at home. 
    For homework, read Chapters 4 (Injury Prevention) & 5 (Emergency Action Plan) at home. 
     
    In Pool, we practiced skills below from videos: scanning, entries and approaches, stride jump, compact jump, slide in entry, active drowning victim from front, activity drowning victim from back, passive drowning victim, multiple victim rescues. 
     
    Entries and Approaches (6:56):
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/entries_and_approaches.html
     
    Surveillance (8:58): 
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/surveillance.html
     
    Scanning (6:26)
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/scanning.html 
     
    Zones of Surveillance (8:36)
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/zones_of_surveillance.html 
     
    Injury Prevention (5:23)
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/injury_prevention.html
     
    Emergency Action Plans (7:10): 
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/emergency_action_plans.html
     
    Water Rescue Skills - Rescues at or Near the Surface (7:04)
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/wrs-rescues_at_or_near_the_surface.html
     
    Review - Surveillance Activity 1  (7:59):
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/review-surveillance_activity_1.html 
     
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     Day 3 of Class:
     
    Chapter 6 (Water Rescue Skills)
     
    In pool, we completed all water rescue skills as well as head, neck, and back injuries in the water.  Worked on using the backboard for removal from the water. 
     
    Water Rescue Skills - Submerged Victim Rescues (5:34): 
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/wrs-submerged_victim_rescues.html 
     
    Head, Neck, and Spinal Injuries in the Water (13:35):
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/head_neck_and_spinal_injuries_in_the_water.html 
     
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     Day 4 of Class: 
     
    Chapter 7 (Before Providing Care and Victim Assessment) and Chapter 8 (Breathing Emergencies) 
     
    Standard Precautions (4:17): 
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/standard_precautions.html 
     
    Primary Assessment - Adult (3:41): 
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/primary_assessment_adult.html 
     
    Primary Assessment - Child and Infant (4:18): 
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/primary_assessment_child_and_infant.html 
     
    Giving Ventilations - Adult, Child and Infant (3:46):
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/giving_ventilations_adult_child_and_infant.html 
     
    Using a Bag-Valve Mask - Two Rescuers (1:24)
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/using_a_bag_valve_mask_resuscitator_two_rescuers.html 
     
    Conscious Choking - Adult, Child (3:05): 
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/conscious_choking_adult_and_child.html 
     
    Conscious Choking - Infant (2:23):
     http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/conscious_choking_infant.html
     
    Unconscious Choking - Adult, Child, Infant (4:26): 
     http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/unconscious_choking_adult_child_and_infant.html
     
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    Day 5 of Class: 
     
    Chapter 9 (Cardiac Emergencies) 
     
    Heart Attack and the Cardiac Chain of Survival (3:26)
     http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/heart_attack_and_the_cardiac_chain_of_survival.html
     
    CPR - Adult and Child (4:55): 
     http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/one_rescuer_cpr_adult_and_child.html
     
    CPR - Infant (2:23): 
     http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/one_rescuer_cpr_infant.html
     
    Two Rescuer CPR - Adult and Child (2:25)
     http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/two_rescuer_cpr_adult_and_child.html
     
    Two Rescuer CPR - Infant (1:51): 
     http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/two_rescuer_cpr_infant.html
     
    Using an AED (2:07): 
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/using_an_aed.html
     
    Using an AED - CPR in Progress (1:45)
     http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/using_an_aed_cpr_in_progress.html
     
    Putting it All Together: Multiple Rescuer Response - CPR in Progress (1:56)
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/piat_multiple_rescuer_response_cpr_in_progress.html
     
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     Day 6 of Class:
     
    Chapter 10 (First Aid) and Chapter 11 (Caring for Head, Neck, and Spinal Injuries) 
     
    Review - Surveillance Activity 2 (5:43): 
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/review-surveillance_activity_2.html
     
    Responding to Sudden Illnesses (8:10):
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/responding_to_sudden_illnesses.html 
     
    Responding to Injuries (11:38): 
     http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/responding_to_injuries.html
     
    Caring for Spinal Injuries on Land (3:22): 
     http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/caring_for_spinal_injuries_on_land.html
     
    When Things Do Not Go as Practiced (4:52): 
     http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/when_things_do_not_go_as_practiced.html
     
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    Day 7 of Class: 
     
    In the pool, we completed waterfront skills using the surfboard.  Final test day in the water. 
     
    Waterfront Rescue Skills (15:54): 
    http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/Videos/lifeguarding/waterfront_rescue_skills.html