After taking our New York State Department of Health certified lifeguarding class you would need to go to Nassau County’s website and apply for a test. You MUST already posses a New York State Department of Health lifeguarding certification.
RESCUE SKILLS
– Slide-In Entry
– Stride and Compact Jumps
– Rescue Approach-Front Crawl or Breaststroke
– Simple Assist
– Extension Assist from the Deck
– Reaching Assist with Equipment and Throwing Assist
– Swimming Extension Rescue
– Active and Passive Drowning Victim Rear Rescue
– Two-Person Removal from the Water Using a Backboard
– Passive Submerged Victim-Shallow Water
– Multiple-Victim Rescue
– Feet-First Surface Dive
– Submerged Victim-Deep Water
– Front and Rear Head-Hold Escape
CARING FOR HEAD, NECK OR BACK INJURY SKILLS
– Manual In-Line Stabilization for a Head, Neck or Back Injury on Land- Lying Down, Sitting or Standing
– Using a Backboard for a Standing Victim on Land
– Head Splint Technique-Face-Up Victim, Shallow Water at or Near Surface
– Head Splint Technique-Face-Dow Victim, Shallow Water at or Near Surface
– Head and Chin Support-Face-Up Victim, Shallow Water at or Near Surface
– Head and Chin Support-Face-Down Victim, Shallow Water at or Near Surface
– Head Splint Technique-Face-Up Victim, Deep Water at or Near Surface
– Head Splint Technique-Face-Down Victim, Deep Water at or Near Surface
– Head and Chin Support-Face-Up Victim, Deep Water at or Near Surface
– In-Line Stabilization for a Submerged Victim-Face-Up, Face-Down or on One Side in Deep Water
– Using a Backboard in Shallow and Deep Water
CPR/AED FOR THE PROFESSIONAL RESCUER SKILLS
– Putting on Gloves
– Initial Assessment
– Rescue Breathing-Adult, Child and Infant
– Using a Bag-Valve-Mask Resuscitator-Two Rescuers
– Conscious Choking-Adult, Child and Infant
– Unconscious Choking-Adult, Child and Infant
– CPR-Adult, Child and Infant
– Two-Rescuer CPR-Adult, Child and Infant
– Using an AED-Adult and Child
FIRST AID SKILLS
– Secondary Assessment
– Controlling External Bleeding
– Applying a Sling and Binder
– Applying an Anatomic Splint
– Applying a Soft Splint
FINAL SKILL SCENARIOS TO BE DEMONSTRATED
– Final Skill Scenario 1-Active Drowning Victim
– Final Skill Scenario 2-Submerged Passive Drowning Victim
– Final Skill Scenario 3-Head, Neck or Back Injury.
Note there are several ways to care for a spinal injury in the water. In this scenario the victim will be face down and the student will need to rotate the victim face up with their choice of any of the different saves for this purpose.
