How to become a lifeguard instructor starts with holding a current lifeguard certification and enough experience to teach from, then completing an instructor course. The course assesses your teaching and your judgment, not your swimming, which surprises strong candidates most. Published on 4 September 2026 · Last updated on 4 September 2026 · By the…
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Water Safety for Summer Camps
Water safety for summer camps depends on layered controls rather than any single one. Swim classification, a buddy system with scheduled checks, dedicated lifeguards who are not also running the activity, and hard counts at entry and exit each catch what the others miss. Published on 4 September 2026 · Last updated on 4 September…
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Heat Safety for Lifeguards
Heat safety for lifeguards is a vigilance problem before it is a medical one. Heat degrades attention, reaction time and judgment well before it produces heat illness, so a guard on a hot stand becomes a worse guard hours before they become a patient. Published on 4 September 2026 · Last updated on 4 September…
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Spinal Injury Management in Water
Spinal injury management in aquatics rests on one principle: stabilise the head and neck where the casualty is, rather than moving them to somewhere convenient. The exception that overrides everything is the airway. A casualty who is not breathing needs an airway before they need spinal precautions. Published on 4 September 2026 · Last updated…
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