Health & Safety

Water Safety Instructor

Do you want to teach swimming and water safety courses? If you are at least 17-years old and a proficient swimmer, you can become an American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor! As a Water Safety Instructor (WSI), you can:
- Teach skills that may save a life
- Gain terrific work experience as an aquatics professional
- Earn money--or join a volunteer team--while you help people learn valuable skills
- Learn organizational and presentation skills that will help you in any career
- Make a difference in people's lives

Whether you want to splash around with kids and teach them to swim, help children or adults refine their strokes, or teach diving safety techniques, you can do it as an American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor. Qualified WSIs can also help prepare swim coaches to prevent and respond to emergency situations.
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Lifeguard Training

The American Red Cross Lifeguarding program provides lifeguards with skills and knowledge necessary to keep patrons of aquatic facilities safe in and around the water. This program includes a lifeguard training course with aquatic-specific first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) training. It also offers a choice of environment-specific lifeguarding modules and courses with advanced prevention and resuscitation skills to meet the training needs of aquatic facility managers and their staff.
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Emergency Response

The purpose of the American Red Cross Emergency Response course is to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to work as a first responder in an emergency to help sustain life, reduce pain, and minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness until more advanced medical help can arrive.

The course content and activities will prepare participants to make appropriate decisions about the care to provide in an emergency. The course teaches the skills a first responder needs to act as a crucial link in the emergency medical services(EMS) system.

The course follows the 1995 US DOT First Responder National Standard Curriculum and meets ECC Guidelines.

Adult CPR/First Aid classes are taught the third week of each month at the Red Cross Office.  The fee is $25.  Call the office to pre-register.
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CPR for the Professional Rescuer

CPR for the Professional Rescuer is a 9-hour course that teaches a variety of skills including one- and two-rescuer CPR, use of resuscitation masks and bag-valve masks for ventilating victims, and how to respond in special rescue situations such as drowning.

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Preventing Disease Transmission

Preventing Disease Transmission is a two-hour training module for employers and employees who, while on the job, may be exposed to blood or other body fluids that could cause infection. Employers can offer this program as part of their compliance with OSHA regulations.

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Workplace Training

The American Red Cross Workplace Training program is a first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) training program to prepare individuals to respond to injuries and sudden illnesses that may arrise in the workplace. This program offers a choice of first aid and CPR courses and injury-control modules to meet the specific training needs of employers and their employees.

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Water Safety / Swimming

The American Red Cross Learn To Swim Program is designed to teach participants how to be safe around water. This course begins with a water safety session and an assesment of the swimmers ability. The course then begins teaching them the fundametals of swimming strokes such as front crawl(freestyle), back crawl, breastroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, and even the butterfly.

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Babysitter's Training

What you need to know and what every parent wants in a responsible babysitter!
Designed for 11- to 15-year olds, the Babysitter’s Training Course can help you:


Interview for a babysitting job
Choose safe and age-appropriate toys and games
Prevent injuries and be prepared if an emergency does happen
Perform first aid
Learn diapering and feeding techniques
Handle bedtime issues
Market yourself safely
And more!
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