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15 yrs and older

Teaches the duties and responsibilities of lifeguards to prevent and respond to aquatic emergencies and procedures to carry them out in a professional manner.  Certifies participant as an American Red Cross Lifeguard.  Includes certifications in CPR for the Professional Rescuer, First Aid, Automated External Defibrillation, Oxygen Administration, and Bloodborne Pathogens Training.

Prerequisites:

• Must swim 300 yards continuously using these strokes in the following order: 100 yards of front crawl stroke, 100 yards of breastroke, 100 yards of either front crawl or breaststroke or a combination of both.  All 300 yards must use rythmic breating with your face in the water and a stabilizing, propellant kick.
• Swim 200 yards using front crawl or breaststroke, surface dive to a minimum depth of 7 feet, retrive a 10 lb. object, return to the surface and swim back to starting point with the object within 1:45.  When returning to the starting point, you must hold the 10 lb. object with both hands and keep your face above water.

Mon-Fri
12/27 - 12/31
Marilyn Fox Building
9:00 am - 5:00 pm each day
$190
Register online

Participants must attend all five (5) classes in a session to achieve certification.
No refunds on cancellations made less than seven (7) days prior to the start of class.
Participants who do not pass the prerequisite will receive a refund minus a $25 fee.

Contact:
Don Schmidt, 314-442-3296 (Staenberg)
Sheena Koester, 314-442-3495 (Fox)