What are Indoor Lifeguarding Protocols?
Learn some indoor lifeguarding protocols.
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Indoor Lifeguarding Protocols
Special Precaution
- A child can drown a full grown adult.
- Reach from shore.
- Throw a flotation device to them.
- Row to them.
- Do not go.
Primer
- No swimmers allowed in unguarded water.
- One guard at every position required.
- Lifeguards rotate positions during shift to maintain focus
- Rotations are 15 to 240 minutes, depending on difficulty.
Minor Incident
- Short tweet of the whistle.
- Indicates guard has to leave position to attend to an incident
- Another guard must cover that position.
- If no one is available to cover, pool must be cleared of all swimmers.
Major Incident
- Someone is in major distress.
- Long loud tweet of whistle.
- Everyone out of the water.
PIA Carry
- Used to carry non-swimmer back to shore.
- Once close to non-swimmer lifeguard will go under water and grab non-swimmer’s waist.
- Get non-swimmer’s shoulders out of water to stop instinctive drowning response.
- Lifeguard puts non-swimmer on hip then uses legs and one arm as propulsion back to shore.