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.




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