Surf Coach Life Saving Award - Gower, Swansea, South West Wales

 SLSGB Surf Coach Life Saving Award - Cost of courses here

To establish a standard that creates a level of competence in lifesaving that meets the requirements of the surf coach and enables more location and job specific training and assessment.  Surf Coaching requires 1:10 ratio and so most surf coaches will operate on their own, so will need to have life saving skills to deal with situations without immediate assistance.

Pre-Requisite

·          Be a minimum of 16 years of age on the date of Assessment

·          Be able to swim 100 metres in a swimming pool

·          Be medically and physically fit

·          Minimum Guided Learning Hours- 40 Hours prior to Assessment

Validity of Award

·          24 months from the date of Assessment

Syllabus

1.      Fitness Test & Releases

·          Complete a swim of 200M in the sea

·          Two releases and appropriate handling of situation

2.     Lifesaving skills, Rescue & Knowledge

Demonstrate effectively the ability to carry out the following:

·          Swim rescue without an aid,  Demonstrate over 100M

·          Board rescues. Conscious & Unconscious casualty.  Carry out both with the student’s surfboard only, and then the student and instructors surfboards.

·          Spinal management in a surf coach environment, having to use public/students to assist

·          Relevant signals

·          Communications with lifeguards and other services

·          Marine environment (weather, swell, waves...)

3.     Life Support

Demonstrate effectively the ability to carry out the following:

·          Using a live simulated unconscious patient (8 years and up) demonstrate primary survey, secondary survey and recovery position

·          Demonstrate CPR on an adult manikin

·          Demonstrate CPR on a child manikin

4.     Have a thorough knowledge of the recognition and management of the following conditions.  Ability to demonstrate the practical management of all of these conditions at the discretion of the assessor:

Choking                                                                                 Head Injuries
Fractures, breaks & dislocations                                           Eye injuries
Cramp                                                                                    Marine & Insect Stings
Fainting                                                                                  Bleeding
Strain/Sprain                                                                         Shock
Heat stroke/exhaustion                                                        Sunburn
Hypothermia                                                                          Soft tissue injuries

 

This award is written as a joint effort between the BSA and SLSGB and is sufficient as a pre-requisit to become a surf coach.

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