1. The professional lifeguard
responsibilities of a professional lifeguard
Characteristics of a professional lifeguard
3. Surveillance and recognition
An overview of the process of drowning
Injury-prevention strategies
Effective guarding : injury prevention challenges
5. Emergency action plans
Types of emergency action plans
Implementing an emergency action plan
Emergencies outside of your zone
General procedures for a water emergency
Train to the standard, meet the objective
Additional rescue skills for waterfronts
Special situations for waterfronts
When things do not go as practiced
7. Before providing care and victim assessment
Preventing the spread of bloodborne pathogens
General procedures for injury or sudden illness on land
Recognizing and caring for breathing emergencies
Cardiac chain of survival
Multiple-rescuer response
Responding to injuries and illnesses
Skin and soft tissue injuries
Heat-related illnesses and cold-related emergencies
Injuries to muscles, bones and joints
11. Caring for head, neck and spinal injuries
Causes of head, neck and spinal injuries
Caring for head, neck and spinal injuries.