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