Re: Lifesaving BSA Requirement / PS to Drinking & Smoking
Coy Veach (coyveach@FLASH.NET)
Fri, 29 May 1998 16:54:39 -0500
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The BSA lifeguard requirement is to be certified in Adult CPR. Adult
CPR applies to persons 8 years and older which covers the majority of
the people that will be found at a Scouting swimming function. The two
most prevalent organizations that teach CPR are the American Heart
Association and the American Red Cross.
For American Heart Association you need to take Adult Heartsaver to meet
the requirements. I would spend a little extra time and take
"Community" CPR which covers infant and child CPR. This will allow your
Scouts to "Be Prepared" for family swimming events, or to work in a
family pool center as a lifeguard. The cost varies since AHA
instructors are not required to charge a fee for their services, though
most do charge a minimal amount to cover the cost of training materials
that they must provide to you. I did not charge since I did this as a
community service. Contact your local chapter of the AHA and they can
put you in touch with a local instructor or may offer classes in their
facility. Plan on spending a day for community CPR. The Web site for
AHA is http://www.amhrt.org/. Click on "Your Local AHA" to find the
chapter nearest you.
The second orgainzation is American Red Cross. You can take CPR as a
stand alone course, or for a little more money and time you can take it
as part of their Basic First Aid course. I recommend that if you go the
ARC route you take Basic First Aid. The first aid portion is an
excellent refresher to the First Aid Merit Badge and the quality of
instruction may be surperoir to that received for the Merit Badge. It
also provides certification in First Aid which is helpful for things
like Philmont. The cost for the full course used to be about $25.00.
It may have changed since I was an instructor. I taught very few
courses since I could do the AHA for free. The instructors are required
to charge for the course by ARC. The money goes to support their
training efforts and other programs so I never felt like my money was a
waste. You can locate your local chapter at http://www.crossnet.org/
and click on "Your Local Red Cross".
The other option should should check out is a list of Lifeguard
Counselors in your Council. The people are often certified to teach CPR
since it helps their students complete the requirements.
YIS
Coy Veach
Troop 591
Arlington, Texas
I usttab alotta things, now I just are.
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The BSA lifeguard requirement is to be certified in Adult CPR. Adult
CPR applies to persons 8 years and older which covers the majority of the
people that will be found at a Scouting swimming function. The two
most prevalent organizations that teach CPR are the American Heart Association
and the American Red Cross.
For American Heart Association you need to take Adult Heartsaver to
meet the requirements. I would spend a little extra time and take
"Community" CPR which covers infant and child CPR. This will allow
your Scouts to "Be Prepared" for family swimming events, or to work in
a family pool center as a lifeguard. The cost varies since AHA instructors
are not required to charge a fee for their services, though most do charge
a minimal amount to cover the cost of training materials that they must
provide to you. I did not charge since I did this as a community
service. Contact your local chapter of the AHA and they can put you
in touch with a local instructor or may offer classes in their facility.
Plan on spending a day for community CPR. The Web site for AHA is
http://www.amhrt.org/. Click on "Your Local AHA" to find the chapter
nearest you.
The second orgainzation is American Red Cross. You can take CPR
as a stand alone course, or for a little more money and time you can take
it as part of their Basic First Aid course. I recommend that if you
go the ARC route you take Basic First Aid. The first aid portion
is an excellent refresher to the First Aid Merit Badge and the quality
of instruction may be surperoir to that received for the Merit Badge.
It also provides certification in First Aid which is helpful for things
like Philmont. The cost for the full course used to be about $25.00.
It may have changed since I was an instructor. I taught very few
courses since I could do the AHA for free. The instructors are required
to charge for the course by ARC. The money goes to support their
training efforts and other programs so I never felt like my money was a
waste. You can locate your local chapter at http://www.crossnet.org/
and click on "Your Local Red Cross".
The other option should should check out is a list of Lifeguard Counselors
in your Council. The people are often certified to teach CPR since
it helps their students complete the requirements.
YIS
Coy Veach
Troop 591
Arlington, Texas
I usttab alotta things, now I just are.
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