Category Archives: Lifeguarding

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Good Things Happening In August in the QCA

  • 4th – English Channel Swim Challenge awards & speaker
  • 4th & 5th – Yard Sale for Haiti
  • 7th – Zapdos raids begin in Pokemon Go
  • 10th-12th – Tug Fest – Tug of War across the Mississippi River
  • 11th – Tug Fest parade & fireworks — Rumble Over the River
  • 12th – Family GaGa Ball Tournament
  • 19th – Dinner with my Trivia team
  • 20th – Updating Red Cross Lifeguard Instructor water skills meeting
  • 26th – HyVee Family Health Fair
  • 27th – Aquatic Staff Picnic & Meeting

 

Tugging for Iowa

Health, Lifeguarding, Work

Water Exercise Classes You Could Take at the Two Rivers YMCA

  • Aqua Zumba
  • Water In Motion
  • Shallow Water High Energy
  • Slow & Easy (Arthritis class)
  • AiChi body/mind/spirit class
  • Aqua Combo (Deep & Shallow, high energy)
  • Fluid & Flexible (for Fibromyalgia & other joint & muscle pain)
  • Multiple Sclerosis cool water class
  • Deep Water High Energy
  • Day’s End Warm Water Workout (Deep & Shallow)

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Classes You Should Take at the Y (if you live in the Quad Cities)

  1. Lifeguarding (Earn your certification) 
  2. Boot Camp Combo (Land & Water)
  3. Les Mills Body Flow
  4. DREAM Basketball (for youth)
  5. Superhero Training (age 3-6)
  6. Preschool Arts & Play
  7. Adult Swim Lessons
  8. Family Zumba
  9. Les Mills CX Worx
  10. Silver Sneakers (Seniors Range of Motion)
  11. Aqua Combo (Shallow and Deep Water Ex)
  12. Deep Water Ex – 4 pm Tues & Thurs (the one I teach!)

 CHECK OUT THE Y’S FALL PROGRAM GUIDE HERE

Events, Lifeguarding, Work

Results of Two Rivers YMCA’s Lifeguard Olympics

Team Competition

  1. 10 pound Brick Relay
    First Place:  Team USA
  2. Lifeguard Tow
    Tie for First Place:  Team USA,  Water Weasels
  3. Dive Retrieval
    First Place:  Team USA
  4. Backboard Spinal Rescue
    First Place (by only 4 points):  Team USA

    Gold Medal:  Team USA

 

Individual Competition

  1. Brick Retrieval with Feet Only
    Gold Medal:  Tom N
    Second Place:  Bill P
  2. Treading Water Highest
    Gold Medal:  Trent F
    Second Place:  Brandon R
  3. Treading Water in Streamline
    Gold Medal: Kristi Z
    Second Place: Sasha P
  4. Underwater Swim
    Gold Medal:  Bill P
    Tie for Second Place:  Jeff H, Tom N
  5. Best Splash
    Gold Medal: Tom N
    Second Place: Trent F
  6. Individual All-Around Points
    Gold Medal:  Tom N

 

 

 

 

Lifeguarding, Words, Work

Acronyms I Will Be Teaching in the Lifeguarding Course that Begins Tonight

  1. FIND – a method for problem solving
    • Figure out the problem
    • Identify solutions
    • Name the pros & cons
    • Decide
  2. RID – what prevents a lifeguard from doing his best
    • Recognition — Failure to recognize an emergency
    • Intrusion — of secondary duties
    • Distraction — by outside sources and people
  3. SAMPLE – conducting a secondary assesment
    • Signs & symptoms
    • Allergies
    • Medicines
    • Past pertinent medical history
    • Last oral intake
    • Events leading up to the incident
  4. FAST – assessing a potential stroke victim
    • Face
    • Arms
    • Speech
    • Time
  5. LL – AED pad placement
    • lower left
    • upper right