Czech lifeguard course

A simplified way of getting the Czech lifeguard certificate

• Complete the Lifeguarding course in accordance to the ARC standards – obtain the ARC certificate
• Complete 15 hours of lectures about techniques, which differ from the American lifeguard’s ones
• Provide us a document about finishing 25 hours of a supervised practice in the USA
• Obtain a certificate about lifeguard retraining according to the Czech standards

What is the course consisted of?

• Diving with the ABC (fins, snorkel, mask)
• Improving swimming techniques
• Techniques of saving a drowning person
• Freeing techniques
• Rescuing a drowning person from a pool by yourself

• Life-saving aids
• Spine injury suspicion
• Usage of the basic rescue vessels
• Water rescue in the Czech Republic
• Safety and health protection during work and it’s legislation

• Didactics of the swim methods
• Diving – basic knowledge about the equipment and methods
• Basic knowledge about the hydrology of still and flowing water
• Technical equipment of the pool, administration and maintenance
• Basic knowledge of tying a knot

First day admission tests

• 25-metre underwater swim
• 400-metre swim
• An examination from the First block – Lifeguard ARC

Final tests

• Every participant will be evaluated continuously during the course
• A 400-metre swim (first 200 metres under the limit of 4 minutes)
• A 25-metre swim under water, picking up 3 pucks from the bottom at the end
• A presentation of chosen rescue techniques and pulling a person out of the pool
• A 200-metre swim with a drowning person

• Saving a drowning person in a deep water: 25 m swim, 25 m drag and back in 1:30 seconds
• Practical examination from CPR
• Written examination from the theoretical part of the Second block
• A 100-metre swim with ABC equipment
• Emptying a mask filled with water
• Tying knots examination

Equipment, notices and questions

Equipment: Except the equipment used in the First block, it is necessary to have the ABC equipment.
Notice: The Czech lifeguard course is physically demanding, we recommend you to prepare yourself and revise your knowledge gained in the First block (American lifeguard course)
Addition questions: Don’t hesitate and contact jindrich.josifek@czech-us.cz