P.E. 28A
This page is used for messages (see below) to students enrolled in PE 28A during quarters the class is in session. Messages are in somewhat chronological order.
P.E. 28A is the De Anza lifeguard training class. For information about it click on these links:
Lifeguard Training
Lifeguard Training FAQs has a description of (and advice for passing) the prerequisite swim tests The last person to finish the prerequisite test Fall quarter 2004 was a 115 pound woman. She ended up with the highest "A" in the class and earned all the certifications. People who are taking this class to get a lifeguard certification will have time to practice the prerequisite test as we will mostly concentrate on first aid and CPR at the start of the quarter. The swim test will not be officially given until at least two weeks into the quarter.
P.E. 28A student evaluation comments
How to get an A in lifeguard training
De Anza lifeguard training classes have more students than the average at other facilities. Various graduates of the class come to help tutor, teach and recruit employees. Introductions to the 2012 lifeguard instructors are posted at: volunteer lifeguard instructors
How to find the pools, get a locker, P/NP grading, waitlists and more are covered at Swim classes FAQs
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 is the text you need. It is available for a free download at: http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/l/lg_part_manual_landing.html
The De Anza bookstore will probably charge $37.04 (used $28.05) for it.
 Some bookstores still sell older versions of the Red Cross lifeguard training text. These three books are no longer used.
 You need to buy two pocket masks for use in this class, one in an adult size and one pediatric. It's the device for rescue breathing with a one-way valve so your breaths go into the victim, but their escaping breath doesn't give you germs. I recommend you get one with an oxygen port. Sometimes the pocket masks can be found in the bookstore near the textbook, sometimes they are elsewhere in the bookstore. You don't need the text or pocket masks the first day of class.
The De Anza bookstore will probably charge $14.99 for a pocket mask set.
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Photo below by lifeguard instructor George Cullison.
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For those of you who want to get ahead on reading, we will probably cover the material in this order:
pages 36-38, 87-92, 103-4, 106 - 108, 113 - 114 victim recognition, surface dives, entries and approaches, active victim rear rescue
chapter 1, the professional lifeguard
chapter 7, before providing care and victim assessment
chapter 10, first aid
water rescue skills pages 87 to 94 and escapes page 100, as well as the skills charts on 107-110 (skipping submerged victim and multiple victim at first), two person removal from the water pages 118-119, quick removal from shallow water for a small victim, page 130.
chapter 8, breathing emergencies
chapter 9, cardiac emergencies
page 102 in the water ventilations
pages 116 (submerged victim) and 111 (multiple victims)
chapter 6, (water rescue skills) as a whole
chapter 11, spinal injuries
chapter 2, facility safety
chapter 3, surveillance and recognition
chapter 4, injury prevention
chapter 5, emergency action plans
and finally, the waterfront lifeguard materials, pages 94-101 and 120-127.
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We will meet Monday/Wednesday 10:30 - 12:20 and Friday 9:30 - 12:20.
(Please note that these times are not quite the ones in the official schedule. The computer set us up with Monday 10:30 to 11:20 and 11:30 to 12:20, but with Wednesday 10:30 to 12:20. Students in previous classes decided that it worked better when we were in the pool to meet until 12:15 to have more time to shower and get to the next class, and to run until 12:20 when we were in a classroom, so that is how we ran the class. Likewise we did not always need a break Fridays at precisely 10:45 for 15 minutes, so we decided to take a shorter break when we actually needed it.)
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Where do we meet? Each day in class I expect to announce where we will be for the next class and I will usually post the location below at this webpage. If we expect to be in a classroom always bring your swimsuit/towel in case plans change.
Classrooms:
Almost all our pool work will be in the diving well (deep pool). To find the diving well, look at the full campus map at: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/map/ There is a light blue rectangle with the word Pools in it, the light blue square next to it is the diving well.
At the beginning of the quarter we will spend more time in classrooms, later we will spend more time in the pool.
S75 will be our Friday classroom. To find S75 go to: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/map/s_quad.html Look for the S7 building and then find S75. The door to the classroom faces the freeway. As of Friday, May 3 we meet in E35. Same map.
Monday/Wednesday classroom at 10:30 will be L66, then we move to L42 at 11:30. To find these L quad classrooms go to: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/map/l_quad.html
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De Anza aquatics classes require students learn about aspects of aquatics history, basic exercise physiology and nutrition.
These areas could require hours of lecture.
In an effort to be able to spend more time in the water and to save students from having to buy yet another text,
I have developed some short online reading assignments to cover
the needed info.
For many of these assignments I ask you to briefly write up a few new things you learned from reading the assignments; none of these assignments requires paragraphs and paragraphs of verbose prose. Most of the time a few sentences are all that is needed.
Often the easiest way to do an assignment is to run your mouse across some of the text, copy it (click Ctrl C or Apple C on many computers) and paste it (click Ctrl V or Apple V) to a blank document on your computer. You can handwrite any assignment but it must be easily readable, so block printing is preferred and must be in letters at least as big as the type on this page.
The De Anza library has a lab where you can access computers: http://www.deanza.edu/library/librarywestcomputer.html and a few laptops for loan to students: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/library/laptop.html
Please note: you are responsible for keeping a copy of each assignment in case the one you turn in is lost. I do not accept emailed assignments.
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course calendar / homework assignments
Homework assignments will be posted here as we go along. I intend to post the full list for each day at least a week in advance. Some assignments that take a bit longer will be posted well in advance.
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Monday, April 8, the first day of the quarter, 10:30 to 12:20, our class meets in the pool bleachers by the diving well (deep pool) but we will not be in the water.
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Eggbeater, the treading water kick used by water polo players, is not required for this class or for certification, but it is useful to learn.
There is a tutorial on doing eggbeater at:
http://www.expertvillage.com/video/44405_synchronized-swimming-egg-beaters.htm
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Optional reading on preventing swimmer's ear:
http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/rwi/illnesses/swimmers-ear-prevention-guidelines.html
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/swimmers-ear/DS00473/DSECTION=prevention
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We meet at the diving well (deep pool) on Wednesday, April 10 and will be in the water.
The first homework assignments are due Wednesday April 10.
Yes, there are lots of them but most are quick.
1) Get your text (buy a hardcopy and write your name on/in it, or use the free download link near the top of this webpage). Read pages 36-38 (victim recognition), 87-92 (general proceedures, entries and approaches), 106-108 (assists, active victim rear rescue), and 113-114 (surface dives) in your text.
2) read: How to rescue a drowning victim using a reaching assist or a shepherd's crook and write up three new things you learned from the page. (If you already knew everything at the page write up the three most important things.) This writing assignment only requires three sentences.
To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title shepherd's crook.
3) Read reaching assists and throwing assists on pages 55 to 57 in the American Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety Manual (one of the textbooks for Red Cross swim instructors, a class occasionally offered at De Anza) at: http://editiondigital.net/publication/?i=55928
4) read: Lifeguard class safety rules and write up three new things you learned from the page. (If you already knew everything at the page write up the three most important things.) This writing assignment only requires three sentences.
To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title Lifeguard class safety rules.
5) Read Student attitudes about disruptive behavior and rate/write up the top five that bother you the most. If you have a story from a De Anza class about disruptions, write it out for me. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title disruptive behavior.
6) Read: Simple secondary survey study sheet (No, you won't have to memorize all of it!)
7) Get your pocket masks and put your name on them and on the case. Bring them, your textbook and a notebook to class every day.
8) Read the course syllabus, also known as the greensheet: PE 28A course syllabus
. You are responsible for understanding the material in this document.
9) Email me your email address if I don't already have the right one from the college. Mine is
donahuemary@fhda.edu
If you don't have email yet, De Anza has info on where you can get free email at:
http://www.deanza.edu/students/emailupdate.html
10) If you didn't do it already, get a locker. How to get a P.E. locker at De Anza College (Okay, yes this isn't really a homework assignment, since you do not have to have a locker.)
11) The following is optional, not a homework assignment. Aquatics International is a magazine for aquatics professionals. It regularly has great articles about pool news and you can get a free subscription. Go to:
http://www.aquaticsintl.com/ and take a look. If you want a subscription, click on Subscribe near the top. Where it asks, you might as well describe yourself as an aquatics professional since you are going to be one. It will also ask you to describe your facility, so describe a place you intend to work at.
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We meet in classroom S75 on Friday, April 12. To find S75 go to: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/map/s_quad.html Look for the S7 building and then find S75. The door to the classroom faces the freeway.
Homework due Friday, April 12 :
1) Bring a gallon sized zip lock bag with your name on it to store your manikin faces in for the quarter. (A thin bag from the grocery produce section will not work.)
2) Read chapter 1 (The Professional Lifeguard, pages 1-10), 7 (before providing care and victim assessment, pages 131-158) and 10 (first aid, pages 214-245) in your Lifeguarding text.
3) Lifeguarding review questions BBP, a Red Cross project.
I accept many homework projects late, the class session after they were due, for half credit. But we discuss the answers to some homework in class the day it is due, so you can't turn it in after we have talked about it and get credit for it. This is one of those assignments.
4) In your text on page 217 there is a picture of medical identification tags/bracelet. Go to:
http://www.medicalert.org/shop/medicalert-jewelry/emergency-medical-id/watch/1
for a look at the newest MedicAlert product, a watch "designed to be easily recognized by first responders and emergency medical personnel. The face of the watch features the MedicAlert symbol and the back of the watch is engraved with the member's medical information, member ID and the MedicAlert® 24-Hour Emergency Hotline number, standard information that appears on all MedicAlert medical identification products."
Please notice that this homework assignment does not require you to write up anything, just to look at the page.
5) Read chapter 8 (cardiac emergencies, pages 193 to 213)
6) Read again, the secondary survey section of the: Simple secondary survey study sheet
7) Complete this assignment. write these notes in your lifeguarding text
If you downloaded the text and did not buy a hard copy, read the page, print the page and keep it where you can reference it.
8) You each will be required to complete these scenarios: first aid scenarios
Please notice that this homework assignment does not require you to write up anything, just to look at the page and start thinking about what you would do in those situations. There will be quiz questions on each of the subjects before we actually do the role playing for the scenarios.
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Saturday, April 13 10 a.m. and Sunday, April 14, 10:30 a.m. probable extra practice time at the pool to work on skills and passing the required swim test. Be sure to check in with me, verify there is a lifeguard to watch you and verify which part of the pool you can use before you get in and swim.
The locker rooms are not open much on weekends, so if you store your swimsuit in your locker you will not be able to get it if you come to a weekend extra practice.
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Monday, April 15 we meet in L66 at 10:30, then we move to L42 at 11:30.
Again, to find these L quad classrooms go to: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/map/l_quad.html
homework due Monday April, 15
1) read water rescue skills pages 87 to 94 and escapes page 100, as well as the skills charts on 107-110 (skipping submerged victim and multiple victim at first), two person removal from the water pages 118-119, quick removal from shallow water for a small victim, page 130.
If you are trying to get ahead on homework, suggest you don't finish 2) and 3) until after the lecture on Friday, April 12.
I accept many homework projects late the class session after they were due for half credit. But we discuss the answers to some homework in class the day it is due, so you can't turn it in after we have talked about it and get credit for it. 2) and 3) are some of those assignments.
2) Complete the FIND scenario, a Red Cross project. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title FIND scenario.
3) Complete the Legal Considerations worksheet a Red Cross project. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title Legal Considerations.
4) Read: CPR manikin use and write up three new things you learned. This writing assignment only requires three brief sentences. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title CPR manikin use.
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Wednesday, April 17 we meet in classroom L66 at 10:30, then we move to L42 at 11:30.
homework due Wednesday, April 17:
1) Read History of lifesaving and briefly write up the three most striking listings. This writing assignment only requires three sentences. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title history of lifesaving.
2) Read: Cultural issues in first aid and write up three new things you learned from the page. (If you already knew everything at the page write up the three most important things.) This writing assignment only requires three sentences.
To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title cultural issues.
3) Read again, the secondary survey section of: Simple secondary survey study sheet
4) Get your De Anza student photo I.D. which you will use as a library card. You can also use it to get online at the De Anza internet lab and various local businesses give discounts to card holders. A page of discounts (mostly 10% off food) is at http://www.deanza.edu/dasb/discounts/index.html
De Anza photo student ID cards are processed downstairs in the Campus Center.
You need to bring a photo I.D. and proof of registration and fee payment but they might be able to pull up your registration info on a computer if you provide your Social Security number or student ID number. The line is shorter after about 3 p.m. Recent hours have been Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday 9 - 4:30.
5) Complete the questions at lifeguarding AED use in unique situations a Red Cross project. I accept many homework projects late the class session after they were due for half credit. But we discuss the answers to some homework in class the day it is due, so you can't turn it in after we have talked about it and get credit for it. This is one of those assignments.
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We meet in classroom S75 on Friday, April 19. Again, to find S75 go to: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/map/s_quad.html Look for the S7 building and then find S75. The door to the classroom faces the freeway.
Be sure to bring your pocket masks (and something to kneel on if you want it).
homework:
1) Read body piercings and lifeguards: http://www.aquaticsintl.com/2002/july_aug/0207_rm.html or try copying and pasting the previous one or this into your browser: www.aquaticsintl.com/2002/july_aug/0207_rm.html and write up three statistics from that page. This writing assignment only requires three brief sentences. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title piercings. (They recently removed the photos of actual injuries).
2) Read Common mistakes in professional rescuer CPR skills - Lifeguard Training while following along in your text and briefly write up three new things you learned. If you already knew it all, write up the most important things. This writing assignment only requires three sentences.
3) Take the self-test at: CPR Pro skills review questions Please note that there is no homework to write up for this, it is just to help you get the facts into your brain.
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Saturday, April 20 NO extra practice time at the pool due to the Coast Conference swim meet.
Sunday, April 21, extra practice time at the pool to work on skills and passing the required swim test. Be sure to check in with me, verify there is a lifeguard to watch you and verify which part of the pool you can use before you get in and swim.
The locker rooms are not open much on weekends, so if you store your swimsuit in your locker you will not be able to get it if you come to a weekend extra practice.
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If you go to the Krazy Glue webpage at: http://www.krazyglue.com/faq/ and click on I've heard it was invented to seal battlefield wounds, you will find the statement "Instant Krazy Glue ® products should not be used for wound care."
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Monday, April 22 We meet at the pool. We will probably be able to stay after for extra pratcice.
Homework:
1) The American Cancer Society has skin cancer prevention info at:
http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003184-pdf.pdf
Read it and write up three new things you learned. If you already knew everything at that site, write up the three most important things mentioned.
To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title skin cancer.
2) Read: How to pass a Red Cross written test and write up three new things you learned. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title pass Red Cross test.
3) Re-read Common mistakes in professional rescuer CPR skills - Lifeguard Training
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Wednesday, April 24
Be sure to bring your pocket masks (and something to kneel on if you want it). We meet in the classrooms.
Homework:
1) read STOP THAT CRAMP! 4 causes -- and solutions -- for muscle cramps during exercise
http://www.usms.org/news/newsitem.php?n=29
and briefly write up three new things you learned. If you already knew it all, write up the most important things. This writing assignment only requires three sentences.
Optional reading:
http://www.berkeleywellness.com/fitness/active-lifestyle/lists/7-smart-stretching-tips-/slideid_206
2) Read CPO and briefly write up three new things you learned. If you already knew it all, write up the most important things. This writing assignment only requires three sentences.
3)  read the info about the sign at the De Anza pool at: pool chemical signs
and briefly answer this question: What is the most important thing for lifeguards to know about chemicals from the perspective of the fire department? This writing assignment only requires one sentence.
4) Read the whole Simple secondary survey study sheet again
5) read page 102: in the water ventilations
pages 116 (submerged victim) and 111 (multiple victims)
Then read all of chapter 6, (water rescue skills) again.
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Thursday, April 25 is Club Day, and if it is not rained out the Outdoor Club will have a table in the main quad near the big fountain from about 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., but at least 11 to 1.
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Friday, April 26 there will be a big campus meeting that will cancel some classes, but not ours.
We meet in the classroom.
homework due Friday, April 26:
1) read chapter 2, facility safety
2) and complete this Red Cross project: lifeguarding reasons for the rules
Again, after we go over this in class you can not turn it in late and get credit for it.
3) read chapter 3, surveillance and recognition
Extra credit assignment, due Friday, April 26 extra credit essay: first aid (I suggest you don't start on this until after the first aid lectures.)
Saturday, April 27 10 a.m. and Sunday, April 28 , 10:30 a.m. probable extra practice time at the pool. Be sure to check in with me, verify there is a lifeguard to watch you and verify which part of the pool you can use before you get in and swim.
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 There is a copy of the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillation for Professional Rescuers and Health Care Providers video at the Learning Center that you can watch for review. The library catalog number is RC87.9.C6414 2011. You can check it out and watch it in the Library Express, room LC 123, but you can't take it home. Go to the campus map at http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/map/main_quad.html. The door to the Library Express, (room LC 123) is on the south side of the Library building, the door faces the 'grassy area'. Hours it is open are at http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/library/libraryhours.html
There are an adult and infant manikin available for checkout at the library. Ask for the manikins in the big blue bag at the checkout desk on the main floor (they are in the room behind the checkout desk). They can't leave the campus, but you can take them upstairs to a room and practice with a friend/study group. Don't put your mouth on them, they are doubtlessly quite dirty.
If you have had CPR training before you might want to read Why did they change CPR?
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Monday, April 29 meet at the pool.
1) read Neighborhood Watch applied to swim centers and write up three most important things you learned. If you already knew it all, write up the most important things.
2) read chapter 11, spinal injuries
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Wednesday, May 1` We meet at the classrooms.
1) lifeguard training homework chin carry example
2) Read In the water resuscitation and write up three new things you learned. If you already knew it all, write up the three most important.
3) Write up, in detail, first aid scenarios #1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 at: first aid scenarios
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Friday, May 3
CPR skills testing day. Meet at a new Friday classroom, E35, very near our old classroom, S75. To find E35 go to: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/map/s_quad.html Look for the E3 building and then find E35. The door to the classroom faces the freeway.
No homework, except to be ready to test on all the skills in chapters 8 and 9 (except oxygen and AED). Be sure to bring your pocket masks (and something to kneel on if you want it). (The written test will be later.)
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The Coast Conference Badminton Individual Championships will be held at De Anza Friday, May 3, 5-7 p.m. and Saturday, May 4, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the main gym.
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Saturday, May 4 10 a.m. and Sunday, May 5, 10:30 a.m. probable extra practice time at the pool. Be sure to check in with me, verify there is a lifeguard to watch you and verify which part of the pool you can use before you get in and swim.
Again, we are finding that the locker rooms are not open much on weekends, so if you store your swimsuit in your locker you will not be able to get it.
Please note: each first Saturday of the month (including May 4) there is a flea market at De Anza (unless it is rained out), taking up a lot of parking space. There will be parking attendants asking for ten dollars to park, but if you have purchased a quarter-long permit and tell them you are there for a class, they will let you in.
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Monday, May 6 We meet at the classrooms. Re-read AED skills.
Homework for Monday, May 6:
1)USA Swimming has nutrition articles at:
http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1635&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en
read the first two featured articles and briefly write up two new things you learned from each of them. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title Nutrition.
Detailed descriptions of backboarding are at:
Deep water backboarding
shallow water backboarding
you should read them more than once.
optional reading:
Search nutrition at the Ironman website for lots of recent articles:
http://ironman.com/
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Wednesday, May 8
We meet at the classrooms.
1) read chapter 4, injury prevention
and complete this Red Cross assignment: lifeguarding strategies for a Safe Group Visit
Again, after we go over this in class you can not turn it in late and get credit for it.
Detailed descriptions of backboarding are at:
Deep water backboarding
shallow water backboarding
you should read them more than once.
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You will have two Red Cross multiple choice exams for your main certifications in lifeguard training, first aid, and CPR/AED. You will not need a scantron.
CPR/AED/first aid is the first exam. It has 40 multiple choice questions and you must get 80% correct. The class will take it shortly after we have finished all the CPR/AED/first aid lecture, videos and skills.
Each of these will be graded immediately after you take it so you will know how you did right away. If you fail an exam, you will get a second try at a different exam (on the same subjects). Right after you take an exam you should open up your text and look for the answers to questions you were not sure of the answers to. If you need a second try you will take it right after (or the same class session as) the first try.
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Friday May 10
We meet at the pool. We will do the prerequisite swim test for lifeguard or waterfront lifeguard as well as other work. Lifeguard Training FAQs has a description of (and advice for passing) these prerequisite swim tests. You are responsible for knowing all the rules, especially those that could cause you to fail the test. If you are too ill or have an injury that would keep you from doing the test(s) I will need a note from your doctor.
If you try for waterfront guard and successfully complete the long swim, treading and get the weight test, but do not complete the get the rings underwater swim, it will be considered a fail of the waterfront guard test, but a pass of the pool guard test.
If you are worried that you can do the get the weight test after swimming 300 yards and treading, but think that the 550 yard swim might get you too tired, you can do the test for pool lifeguard today and do the waterfront lifeguard test this weekend during a swim class, or POSSIBLY during a weekday extra practice.
Those of you who have finished all the lecture/videos/skills will take the CPR/AED/first aid exam.
For review, re-read the CPR/first aid chapters (7, 8, 9, and 10) and look at:
CPR Pro skills review questions
Bloodborne Pathogens quick facts
CPR quick facts
AED quick facts
Potential extra credit assignment:
lifeguard class CPR/AED extra credit
I originally wrote that Friday, May 17 was the deadline to apply for graduation (file for your degree) and get your name in the graduation program. But they changed the date to May 10. The final deadline to apply for graduation is Friday, June 28.
http://www.deanza.edu/graduation
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No practice time Saturday May 11, due to the New Student/Parent Orientation.
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We meet at the classrooms.
1) Three homework projects due May 13 are at: swimming pool codes
More homework might be posted here later.
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Wednesday, May 15
We meet at the classrooms.
Homework:
1) Should lifeguards wear cowboy boots?
2) Read again: Simple secondary survey study sheet
3) read again: Deep water backboarding and shallow water backboarding
4) Lifeguard in-line stabilization project I suggest you do not do this assignment until we have tried spinal injury rescues in the pool.
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Free 15 minute chair massage from the P.E. Division Massage Therapy Program Chair Massage class, Wednesday, May 15 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the main quad by the fountain and library. First come, first served.
Stress Town - Thursday, May 16 11-2 in the Sunken Gardens next to the Flint Center.
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Friday, May 17
We meet at the pool.
Homework:
1) read http://www.ada.gov/lawenfcomm.htm
and write up:
On the average, what percentage of speech reading (reading lips) by deaf people is understood?
Writing notes is a common way to communicate with deaf people. What is one potential drawback mentioned at the page?
Write up the two best other practical suggestions for effective communication.
2) read: http://www.cpsc.gov/PageFiles/117257//5013.pdf
and write up a two brief descriptions of home drownings associated with common household products and the safety tips to prevent such drownings
3) read chapter 5, emergency action plans
More homework might be posted here later.
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Saturday, May 18 10 a.m. probable extra practice time at the pool. Be sure to check in with me, verify there is a lifeguard to watch you and verify which part of the pool you can use before you get in and swim.
You don't have to actually launch and paddle a rescue board at a waterfront facility to get your waterfront lifeguard cert. But since people have wanted to before, we will have a field trip to do so, Sunday May. 19. You must fill out the release form and get it to me before the event. You will want to plan to borrow or rent a wetsuit. Again, you don't need to attend this to get a waterfront cert.
waterfront lifeguard practice May 16, 2010
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Monday, May 20
We meet in the classrooms.
Homework:
1) I suggest you write out this one after you have tried backboarding in the water: Lifeguard backboarding project
2) This next assignment involves identifying what mistake(s) were made in photos of spinal injury management.
You will need to think through the steps and recognize things that are happening at the wrong time.
You need to spot things that should not happen at any time.
Some of the mistakes are described to every class in the hope they will not happen during testing, yet they still happen.
Yes, some of these are just for a laugh, but some of the most obvious or critical really are mistakes people have made, posted in the hope that you will not.
Extra thought can get you extra credit.
Look at the rescue and backboarding pictures in chapter ten again, and the detailed descriptions of backboarding at: Deep water backboarding and shallow water backboarding and do this work on your own, not as a group:
backboarding mistakes quiz 1 page one
backboarding mistakes quiz 1 page two
backboarding mistakes quiz 1 page three
backboarding mistakes quiz 1 page four
backboarding mistakes quiz page five
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Wednesday, May 22
We meet at the pool.
homework:
1) read deaf lifeguards and briefly write up three new things you learned. If you knew it all, write up the three most important things.
2) read Why you should wear a lifejacket. and briefly write up three new things you learned. If you knew it all, write up the three most important things.
3) Read: Preventative lifeguarding and briefly write up the five most important things you learned.
4) In anticipation of the bloodborne pathogens certification lecture, reread pages 132 - 140.
5) In anticipation of the epipen lecture reread pages 166-168.
6) In anticipation of the oxygen certification lecture/skills/exam, re-read pages 172 - 180, 189-192 and read: Oxygen administration quick facts
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Friday, May 24
We meet at the pool. You should be bringing your whistle, gloves, fanny pack and pocket mask to all water sessions.
homework:
1) What went wrong here?
2) What happens of you skip a minor, early step in CPR?
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Holidays, no classes and no extra weekend practices: Saturday May 25, Sunday, May 26 and Monday, May 27.
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Outdoor Club surfing lesson Monday May 27 at 6:45 a.m. You MUST sign up and pay in advance.
surfing lessons
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Wednesday, May 29
We probably will meet in a the classrooms.
1) Read Estate of Yoni Gottesman versus Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club, et al:
http://www.lifesaving.com/general-interest/case-studies/estate-yoni-gottesman-v-cathedral-oaks-athletic-club-et-al
This case study lists 15 breaches of the standard of care by the lifeguards, 36 by the aquatics director, (and many more by other staff). Which five do you think were the most important ones the lifeguards failed at, and which five for the aquatics director?
Watch the 13 minute Security Camera video at
http://www.yonigottesman.com/video/drowning_video/drowning_video.html
and consider whether your lifeguard staff should watch it.
It is difficult to keep watching, "Yoni has been floating face down for three minutes... Yoni has been floating face down for four minutes... Yoni has been floating face down for five minutes... Yoni has been floating face down for six minutes... Yoni has been floating face down for seven minutes... and you can quit if you can't handle it.
2) Carefully read Final skills scenarios and write up the three most important things you find at that page that you must remember during testing. Also write up anything you think I should add to the page.
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Friday, May 31
We meet at the pool and will complete the head, neck or spinal injury in the water scenario described at: Final skills scenarios, plus other work. The other two final skills scenarios will be done later in the quarter.
You should be bringing your whistle, gloves, fanny pack and pocket mask to all water sessions.
homework:
1) Whose fault...the lifeguard or the manager/management?
2) Return the pool inspection form and the lifeguard assignments (various sizes of pools) you were given last Friday.
optional extra credit: Bloodborne pathogens self study exam
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Maybe extra practice Saturday, June 1
Sunday, June 2, 10:30 a.m. probable extra practice time at the pool. Be sure to check in with me, verify there is a lifeguard to watch you and verify which part of the pool you can use before you get in and swim.
Please note: each first Saturday of the month (including June 1) there is a flea market at De Anza (unless it is rained out), taking up a lot of parking space. There will be parking attendants asking for ten dollars to park, but if you have purchased a quarter-long permit and tell them you are there for a class, they will let you in.
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Monday, June 3
We meet at the classrooms.
homework:
1) Every lifeguard, not just pool managers, should be familiar with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) webpages. Go to the pages below and answer the questions.
http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/rwi/illnesses/head-lice.html
Can head lice spread in a swimming pool? How would a swimmer be likely to get head lice at a pool?
http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/pools/irritants-indoor-pool-air-quality.html
What causes stinging eyes at an indoor pool?
http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/pools/swim-diapers-swim-pants.html
Are swim diapers effective in holding in feces? Why or why not?
http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/pdf/swimming/pools/fecal-incident-response-recommendations.pdf
How long does it take an appropriate level of free chlorine to kill E coli in a pool? Cryptosporidium?
At http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/pools/animals/dead-animals-and-pools.html
answer this question: which dead animals in a pool pose a health risk to swimmers?
Go to: http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/audience-aquatics-staff.html
Then click on 12 steps for prevention of recreational water illnesses, and answer these questions:
What is the optimum PH for a pool? What is the best filtration system for a kiddie pool? Which rules from the webpage would you put on a poolside sign, besides the ones listed at step 11? Is a written fecal accident response policy required?
2) This assignment requires making phone calls to people you can't talk to except during weekday working hours and should not be put off until the last minute.
Make phone calls to one city and one private pool and ask them about their requirements for employment as a guard and pay/benefits. Write up and turn in the info. Also note if it was difficult to get. For example, did the person know the difference between kinds of CPR certs or did they just say you have to know CPR? Did the first person you talked to know anything, the second? Was the recording out of date?
3) Carefully re-read Final skills scenarios
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Wednesday, June 5
We meet at the pool.
Homework: swim club guest policy
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Friday, June 7
We meet at the pool and will complete the active drowning victim at the surface scenario (and if we have time and are far enough along, the passive submerged drowning victim in deep water scenario) described at: Final skills scenarios.
BRING your whistle, gloves, fanny pack and pocket masks.
Do not miss class. This will be nearly impossible to make up.
homework:
1) Swimming Pool Risk Management project
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Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9, no extra practice time at the pool due to an event.
Monday, June 10
We meet at the classrooms.
1) read canoe over canoe rescue and write up three new things you learned. If you knew it all, write up the three most important things.
2) read rescue board safety tips and write up three new things you learned. If you knew it all, write up the three most important things.
3) Homework: read beach drag and briefly write up three things to teach your staff about how to make such a rescue more effective in saving a victim.
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Wednesday, June 12
Unless we decide otherwise Monday, we meet at the classrooms.
homework:
1) Read Americans with Disabilites Act Guide for Small Businesses http://www.ada.gov/smbusgd.pdf
and write up the three most important things you learned from it that you could use as a pool manager.
Write up the specifics of why you can't just change any parking space from non-handicapped to handicapped.
When I tried to download it again before posting this assignment I found it loaded very slowly, but refreshing the page got it to function.
2) Read the handout you were given in class last week about YMCA child abuse identification and write up three things you as a pool manager could use. Please save De Anza some printing money and return the handout.
3) Read the handout you were given in class last week about USLA swimmer observation and write up three new things you learned. Please save De Anza some printing money and return the handout.
4) Preventative lifeguarding has the list of unsafe practices or potential problems to watch for, various minor and major infractions and the disciplinary actions for various ages of pool patrons, and the advice:
"Preventative guarding is the key. Yelling "no diving," may get tiresome, but doing a backboard rescue is worse. Anticipate dangerous situations and prevent problems."
"Be aggressive and consistent. Assume control and never relinquish it. Be strict and never let down. Your job is important and you must maintain your authority."
Read the page again.
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Free 15 minute chair massage from the P.E. Division Massage Therapy Program Chair Massage class, Wednesday, June 12 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the main quad by the fountain and library. First come, first served.
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Friday, June 14
We meet at the pool.
Homework: Read a fast, basic neurological exam choose and write up one test each for eyesight, face muscles, muscular strength, hand/eye control and balance when standing or walking (not including any of the usual stroke tests) that you will try to learn well enough to use in a future emergency.
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Saturday, June 15 no extra practice time at the pool.
and Sunday, June 16 , our schedule for the beginning swim class has changed, so no extra practice at the pool
Monday, June 17
We meet in the classrooms.
Optional extra credit, as many of the questions at:
Lifeguard training first aid extra credit assignment as you want to complete.
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Wednesday, June 19
We meet in the classrooms.
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Optional reading after our brief discussion of wilderness first aid protocals:
digital Wilderness and Remote First Aid manual has a link to that text, with rescue request forms and also includes a link to the American Red Cross Wilderness and Remote First Aid Pocket Guide.
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Friday, June 21
We meet at the pool.
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Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23, no extra practice time at the pool due to an event.
Sunday, June 23, 7 p.m. free Music Department Student Recital at A11 Choral Hall.
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PE28A final exam spring 2013
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Monday, June 24 Finals do not start today, we still have a regular class session. We will decide Friday, June 21 if we meet at the pool or the classrooms.
Homework: part of the final exam You really don't want to turn this in late the next class session for half credit!
Homework: Touched by a Drowning
(Because people had difficulties finding to book, the deadline for this extra credit assignment has been extended.) Optional extra credit, as many of the questions at:
Lifeguard training first aid extra credit assignment as you want to complete.
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Please note that even though the class meets M/W/F our final exam date is Tuesday, June 25, 11:30 to 1:30 and if we need it, Thursday, June 27 9:15 to 11:15 and possibly, Friday, June 28 9:15 to 11:15). We meet at the pool.
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May 17 was the deadline to apply for graduation (file for your degree) and get your name in the graduation program. The final deadline to apply for graduation and participate in commencement activities is Friday, June 28.
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Graduation, Saturday June 29, 9 a.m. . http://www.deanza.edu/graduation
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probably February 7-9, 2014, TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL Yosemite Valley Winter Camping trip.
Usually one of our biggest trips. Rain? Snow? Sleet? Sunshine? Raccoons (quite possibly IN the tents), Coyotes! Campfires! Night hikes, early morning hikes, long hikes to viewpoints above the valley, snowboarding, skiing, Ranger walks, Ranger snowshoe walks, ice skating, snow sculpture building. Many years we have people who have never been camping before and/or have never been in the snow. (So they've never been in a snowball fight, either.) Snow Camp
  
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The photos of lifeguards using their rescue tubes as footrests, reading while on duty and more are at:
NOT RESCUE READY
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programs for student success in all kinds of classes, including tutorials, readiness, academic skills, instructional computing and more:
http://www.deanza.edu/studentsuccess
You don't have to pay for all your classes/fees at once. De Anza has an installment payment plan that allows you to defer most of your payments. Go to: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/registration/cashier/deferpay.html
More students qualify for financial aid than use it or even know they qualify. There are enrollment fee waivers you can apply for online which take about a week to get an answer. For all the details go to:
http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/financialaid/index.html
De Anza College offers many scholarships, some of which have few applicants!
Check out the loot:
http://www.deanza.edu/financialaid/scholarship.html
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optional reading/extra resources:
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The Red Cross text and instructor's manual, Bloodborne Pathogens Training: Preventing Disease Transmission, mentioned some online sources.
Generally, the vaccinations you got as a child will protect you the rest of your life, with a few exceptions. An adult recommended vaccinations schedule is at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/adult-schedule.htm
The latest on bloodborne pathogens is at: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/bloodbornepathogens/index.html
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When you call 911 from a land line telephone, such as in your house, you get dispatch for the city the phone (your house) is located in. When you call 911 from a cell phone you get the Highway Patrol at a central location. Sometimes, especially if you are not calling about something on the freeway/highway, it would be faster to get dispatch for the specific city the problem is happening in. This requires knowing the direct dial seven digit phone number for each dispatch.
Direct dial emergency phone numbers for most cities in Santa Clara County, California, can be found at the Santa Clara County ARES/RACES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services/Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) website.
http://www.scc-ares-races.org/dd-emer-nos.html
San Mateo County cities (and the San Francisco airport) direct dial phone numbers can be found at:
http://www.blackberryreact.org/smco911phones.html
When you are planning a camping trip, try to get the direct dial number for the park/Sheriff or agency in charge before you go.
In a lot of Canada you can dial 911 in an emergency just like in the U.S. But elsewhere it's often a different number. http://www.sccfd.org/travel.html has most of them.
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advance care directives has a link to where you can get a free copy, and links to legal info on the subject.
HIPAA: the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996/2003.
Pandemic flu
digital Wilderness and Remote First Aid manual also includes a link to the American Red Cross Wilderness and Remote First Aid Pocket Guide
http://www.wildmed.com/three-tips-being-good-trip-medic.php
Bloodborne Pathogens quick facts
injuries quick facts
Page 25 has lightning info, Thunderstorm and lightning safety includes the answer to the question: Why can't you swim during a lightning storm? A strike on a lake doesn't kill all the fish in the lake.
Page 85 discusses incident stress. To find out about the Bay Area Critical Incident Stress Management Team go to: http://www.billwilsoncenter.org/services/all/critical.html
Page 230 has care for an insect sting. insect repellant has answers to questions about
the percentage of DEET needed in an effective insect repellant, toxicity
allergies, attracting stinging insects and more.
Anaphylaxis quick facts includes prevention and an answer to the question: Can a person who is prescribed an epi-pen risk going into the wilderness?
Page 234 Hypothermia is mostly preventable. Wilderness adventure books warn that 'cotton kills': read more about proper clothing for outdoor adventures to prevent hypothermia at: Snow or rain camp must-haves.
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De Anza College home games usually has the dates of the campus blood drives as well links to student recitals, dance performances and art exhibitions.
From class discussion on burns, one of the first things my husband and I did after taking Community Emergency Response Team training was to switch from the cheap $5-ish model of smoke alarm we had in the hall to the better $25-ish model and put them in more rooms. The better models, with I (ionization) and P (photoelectric) on the box, will detect smoke faster than the cheap models.
We might do a class outside of regular class time for an additional certification:
California Lifeguards and Title 22
First Aid for Public Safety Personnel study guide
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LOST YOUR RED CROSS CARD(S)? Go to If you lost your Red Cross certification card
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If you are in a profession that requires them (nursing, for example) CEUs are available for almost every certification you can earn in PE 28A after you complete the course. Go to: continuing education credits (units)
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Emergency managers warn us: "YOYO96...You're on your own for 96 hours. With preparation you can get through it... if you have thought through everything you can be prepared..."Do it yourself earthquake preparedness
A link you can send to friends and family about Do it yourself earthquake preparedness: http://faculty.deanza.edu/donahuemary/stories/storyReader$4079
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIGTyANMFb4
http://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/life-saving-skills/hands-only-cpr.aspx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf-vGhKn0AA
http://www.redcross.org.uk/What-we-do/First-aid/Everyday-First-Aid/Stroke
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