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The American Red Cross Lifeguard course provides entry-level lifeguard participants with the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies and to provide professional-level care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries and sudden illnesses until emergency medical services (EMS) personnel take over.

What You'll Learn

  1. Must be 15 years old on or before the final scheduled session of this course.
  4. Complete a timed event within 1 minute, 40 seconds: Starting in the water, swim 20 yards. Then surface dive, feet-first or head-first, to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object before returning to the surface and swimming 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point with both hands holding the object and keeping the face at or near the surface so they are able to get a breath. Candidates should not swim the distance under water and should exit the water without using a ladder or steps.