Being a lifeguard lead me to find my interest in Medicine. Over the past three summers‚ I have been the head lifeguard at a community neighborhood. Like becoming a Doctor‚ there is lots of work and practice that goes into being capable of rescuing a life. I went through hours and hours of training workshops and CPR training classes in order to get my lifeguard certification. At the end‚ the only thing that makes all the training and exhaustion worth it is when you are able to successfully put yours
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went through a variety of spontaneous dreams and ambitions when it came to who I wanted to be when I grew up. My impulsive‚ yet frequent change of mind was based on my sole passion to help people‚ though I never had a true calling until I became a lifeguard. When I was younger‚ my Poppy died from a drowning accident. He had Parkinson’s Disease and had an at home nurse with him at all times. But this never stopped him from doing what he loved to do. One day he wanted to go for a swim in the family pool
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to overlook the lifeguards sitting at their posts carefully patrolling all of the people and activities going on around them; especially if you are the parent of strong swimmers who you believe are more than qualified to be lifeguards themselves. Being a strong swimmer and loving the water may seem super important to becoming a lifeguard‚ but in reality the duties of one are much more involved and crucial to the enjoyment and safety of all the pool and beach goers. These lifeguards are not only ready
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down a hot beach in the cutest red lifeguard bathing suit while the wind is blowing her hair in slow motion. This is the image that Hollywood portrays as the ideal lifeguard. However realistic Baywatch may seem‚ it is far from reality. Lifeguarding is thought of as easy going and care free‚ but it is quite the opposite. A lifeguard must remain alert and aware at all times because a normal day could easily turn into a life or death situation. Becoming a lifeguard is a relatively simple process.
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TWEET‚ TWEET‚ TWEET!!! Being a lifeguard‚ three tweets can be a life or death situation. “Lifeguards don’t do much” I overheard a friend speaking. I could not believe my ears when i heard this. A lifeguard has many responsibilities that deal with innocent lives of children and adults. Able to rescue a 150 pound kid isn’t the easiest task. While i was working as a lifeguard at skyview pool. Which is a pool i started working at the bottom of the food chain and worked my way up to almost becoming head
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Standing shivering on the wet tile edge of the pool‚ aware to his white skin‚ his father telling him to jump; There is blue –green water all around him he can’t breath he is sinking. One event‚ small or big‚ bad or good‚ is enough to shape and change one life. There is one event for Harold the main character of “trust me” that changed and influenced his life. Besides not being able to swim after almost drowning in the swimming pool‚ it seems that Harold also had had emotionally scars
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Responding to emergency service incident P3 - identify the statutory and voluntary agencies who may work together at the scene of an emergency incident Statutory and voluntary agencies: Statutory agencies are services like the police‚ fire and ambulance. These will always join an emergency incident. However at some incidents they will be helped by voluntary agencies like: St John Ambulance - St John Ambulance is a charitable organisation staffed by trained volunteers. The organisation
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Do you know how to swim? Unfortunately 1 in 5 Australian children who graduate from primary school have never been taught to swim‚ and consequently are not prepared if faced with life threatening situations in the water. By introducing compulsory swimming lessons the Government of South Australia would be benefiting all primary school children by ensuring they obtain adequate water safety skills‚ whilst also encouraging physical activity and the development of social skills and self-confidence.
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IN THE SUPERIOR DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CONNECTICUT DISTRICT OF KAMPOO DIVISION 12 RETURN DATE: AUGUST 30‚ 2013 : SUPERIOR COURT : SHAYLA SMITH‚ A MINOR CHILD AND MARY SMITH N/O/F : Plaintiff‚ : J. D. OF CONNECTICUT v. : AT NEW HAMSHIRE OD FAMILY CAMPGROUND‚ INC. : ROBERT TUTTLE : SUSAN TUTTLE : Defendants. : August 24‚ 2013 COMPLAINT COUNT ONE – NEGLIGENCE (OD Family Campground) 1. The Plaintiff‚ Shayla Smith a minor child
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Swimming was just not my strong point. As an adolescent‚ someone jumped onto me in a swimming pool‚ and it made me go under unexpectedly‚ and it scared the living daylights out of me. I tried to avoid going into any swimming pools in those days‚ so my intentions for this gathering was to just be a bystander. Several people were in the swimming pool and several people were sitting alongside the pool. Only a few of the toddlers were in the pool with a parent. Children were tossing the ball around
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