Lifeguarding Today (American Red Cross) (Paperback)

by American National Red Cross (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 317 pages
• Publisher: C.V. Mosby (October 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801675553
• ISBN-13: 978-0801675553
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #260,851 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A definite lifeguard training text!, March 26, 1999

By	[e-mail] Herman Kepani Jr (Paia, Hawaii) - See all my reviews

As a lifeguard training instructor with the American Red Cross, I would recommend this book! A key chapter is chapter 2 which mentions the American with Disabilities Act or ADA and how a lifeguard should interact with the public. Rescue skills are no good if you don't have good people skills! I like the idea of additional modules with chapters 13 and 14 lifeguarding at waterpark and waterfront facilities. SO if you take the additional modules you already have the book!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The ALMOST Definative Ligfeguard Training Text, February 17, 2002

By	Thomas Webster (Orlando, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As an American Red Cross Lifeguard Training Instructor I have had the opertunity to teach many classes using the above text. Very detailed descriptions and photographs of skills. My only complaint about this text is that you still need a seperate book for the CPR portion of the course. The r2001 release of te program has the CPR in the same book. Even while teaching to the new program, Lifeguarding Today remains one of my most used books for information and examples.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must in Water Safety, February 22, 1999

By A Customer

This book does a good job of explaining lifeguarding and the skills needed. It has a lot of great information. There is information in this book that other lifeguard courses don't focus on and I feel as an aquatics director is needed. I would have liked to see CPR skills included, some of the old Red Cross skills, and skills tought in other lifeguard courses. However everything this book is worth reading. I liked it so much that I now teach the course. This is a good buy.